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Standard Bank's green claims challenged in formal Advertising Regulatory Board complaint

Civil society complaint asks advertising regulator to scrutinise whether Standard Bank can market itself as a leader in sustainable finance and climate action while financing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
2026-10-28 | Johannesburg, South Africa | BankTrack, #StopEACOP, Fossil Free South Africa, Lawyers for Human Rights
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StopEACOP demands accountability after undisclosed bank loans revealed

149 civil society organisations demand full disclosure from regional lenders tied to the $3.7B in EACOP financing, as Uganda pushes for commercial production by June 2027.
2026-10-28 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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ArcelorMittal Quarterly Risk Briefing: October 2026

2026-10-28 | BankTrack, SteelWatch
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COP17 Finance Day: New stocktake finds banks' nature commitments won't support UN targets

Voluntary commitments of major banks are far from what is necessary to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
2026-10-26 | Utrecht | BankTrack
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New assessment finds financial regulators failing to turn biodiversity commitments into binding rules

Global review of 11 strategically important financial jurisdictions finds no comprehensive restrictions on financing deforestation and ecosystem conversion ahead of UN biodiversity summit
2026-10-21 | Yerevan, Armenia | BankTrack, Amazon Watch, CED Cameroon, Friends of the Earth US, Milieudefensie, Observatório da Mineração, Profundo, Rainforest Action Network, Repórter Brasil, Sahabat Alam Malaysia, TuK INDONESIA
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European banks financing coal expansion risk massive climate bomb in Australia

European banks are financing a potential massive climate bomb in Australia that could unleash up to 800 million tonnes of CO2 per year, more than twice Australia’s domestic emissions from energy and industry
2026-10-20 | BankTrack, urgewald, Lock the Gate, Market Forces, Reclaim Finance
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The Global Coal Exit List 2026: Plans for new coal projects outpace cancellations

2026-10-20 | Berlin | urgewald
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New global analysis finds banks pumped USD 595 billion into high-risk agribusiness and mining in tropical forest regions since 2020

First combined analysis of agribusiness and mineral mining financial flows exposes growing biodiversity impacts from banks and investors
2026-10-15 | Amsterdam | BankTrack, Amazon Watch, CED Cameroon, Forests & Finance Coalition, Friends of the Earth US, Milieudefensie, Observatório da Mineração, Profundo, Rainforest Action Network, Repórter Brasil, Sahabat Alam Malaysia, TuK INDONESIA
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Report: The elephants in the room driving biodiversity destruction

Partnership of civil society groups say governments at COP17 Biodiversity Conference are ignoring the real drivers of biodiversity loss rooted in inequitable global economic systems and rules, while trillions continue to finance ecosystem destruction
2026-10-15 | Rainforest Action Network
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the China Capital investigation investigation in September. The global investigation "lays bare the hidden playbook of one of China’s most powerful banks."

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Evidence from Bank.Green's Watchtower tool found ING helped fossil fuel companies raise over $900 million in capital, in an apparent breach of its own recent policy to stop financing oil and gas companies that develop new fields. See Follow The Money.

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At the end of September, Bloomberg reported that OTP Bank - the second largest international bank in Russia - had begun planning its exit from the country. The move will pile pressure on Austria's Raiffeisen to speed its own exit.

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In October, NGOs filed a formal complaint with South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) challenging Standard Bank over misleading environmental and climate claims which contrast with its continued financing of major new fossil fuel projects such as the EACOP.

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