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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
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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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Banks are failing to prevent rights violations in Liberia despite financing link and clear warnings

Communities call on banks to cease financing for ArcelorMittal until water contamination, and land compensation issues are addressed
2026-10-14 | BankTrack, Fair Steel Coalition
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Nuclear Weapons No Thanks - Except in Portfolios

New study: Are investment funds breaking their own nuclear weapons rules?
2026-10-13 | Berlin | Facing Finance
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OUT NOW: "From Risks to Rights – A Financial Advocacy Guide"

2026-10-09 | Tallgrass Institute, Saami Council, SIRGE Coalition, STP Switzerland
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European banks refuse to safeguard biodiversity from fossil fuels

Out of the 24 European banks contacted by civil society groups from across the world, none committed to refrain from financing activities linked to biodiversity destruction, including in highly threatened areas such as the Coral Triangle.
2026-10-05 | BankTrack, urgewald, Andy Gheorghiu, Arayara International Institute, BreakFree Suisse, Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED), Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR), Energy Shift Southeast Asia, Les Amis de la Terre, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon
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Celebrating 50 years of the OECD Guidelines & the launch of the OECD Watch NGO
Fri Oct 30 2026 3:00 PM (UTC) Amsterdam, Netherlands Meet up
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Focus banks

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

China

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."

ING

Netherlands

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.

OTP Bank

Hungary

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.

Standard Bank

South Africa

In Just Share's recent "How cool is your bank" report, Standard Bank remains the lowest-ranking of South Africa's banks, although its score has improved. It is also the only bank in the report with an energy portfolio largely weighted towards fossil fuels.

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BankTrack Nature StockTake report
2026-10-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack
Regulating Finance for Biodiversity
2026-10-21 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance
Banking on Biodiversity Collapse 2026
2026-10-15 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance
Food, Land, and Money
2026-09-23 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
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