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Barclays helps arrange $750 million bond to North Sea oil company during UK wildfires

While firefighters battled blazes across the south of England this week, Barclays helped arrange a $750 million bond deal for UK oil and gas giant Harbour Energy, Global Witness can reveal
2026-08-13 | Global Witness
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Gasfield clans withdraw consent for Papua LNG & others speak out

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2026-08-13 | ActionAid Australia, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society, Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Market Forces, Reclaim Finance
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Major banks providing billions in "sustainable" loans to deforestation-linked companies

Global Witness found companies linked to deforestation and human rights violations are still able to access “sustainability-linked” loans, raising serious questions for ESG investors and government regulators
2026-08-05 | Global Witness
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Don't let Raiffeisen use Austrian courts to bail out its Russia business

BankTrack and B4Ukraine denounce Raiffeisen Bank International's bid to recover €3.15 billion from a Deripaska-linked company as an outrageous scheme that would allow the bank to recoup its Russia losses while continuing to do business in Russia.
2026-08-03 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine
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ArcelorMittal Quarterly Risk Briefing: July 2026

2026-07-20 | BankTrack, SteelWatch
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European banks won’t deliver a green steel transition alone

New analysis from BankTrack reveals stagnation and backtracking on green steel, and an urgent need for EU and UK to set stronger rules for finance
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2026-07-16 | Camila Cabanzo – BankTrack, Julia Hovenier – BankTrack, Quentin Aubineau – BankTrack
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Private Prisons complaint: Swiss watchdog finds two of three recommendations to UBS unaddressed

2026-07-16 | BankTrack, Worth Rises
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UniCredit is (mostly) leaving Russia – but will it leave behind its contributions to Putin’s war economy?

With a partial sale on the horizon, UniCredit is set to substantially reduce its presence in Russia. But in light of the ongoing war on Ukraine, the bank must clarify how it intends to make a full exit.
2026-07-14 | Max Hammer – BankTrack
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Phasing out coal, phasing in justice: Roadmap for financing responsible regional coal phase-out in Asia

2026-07-14 | Fair Finance Asia, Influencing Just Energy Transition in the ASEAN
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UniCredit

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The second largest international bank in Russia, which faced urgent calls to leave from Ukrainian-led civil society groups, is now finally substantially reducing its Russian presence. 

JPMorgan Chase

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The new Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 report crowns once again JPMorgan Chase as the top financier of fossil fuels among the largest global commercial banks, with a total of USD 248.9 billion financed in the period 2021-2025, USD 58.7 billion in 2025 alone.

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A statement from the Swiss government's National Contact Point finds that the bank only partially met two out of its three recommendations, following a complaint about its investments in private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group.

Raiffeisen Bank International

Austria

Raiffeisen Bank, the largest foreign corporate taxpayer to Russia, announced in late July that it intends to sue sanctioned Russian company Rasperia Trading Limited for some €3.15 billion.  BankTrack and B4Ukraine denounced the bid as an outrageous scheme to recoup its Russia losses while continuing to do business in the country.

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Banking on Climate Chaos 2026
2026-06-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald, Reclaim Finance, CEED, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club
The 17th edition of the Banking on Climate Chaos report tracks the financing by the largest 65 private commercial banks globally to more than 2.500 fossil fuel companies between 2021 and 2025.
Project Impact Briefing: Risks to Rio Tinto financiers from the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea
2026-04-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack
The Business of Leaving: Raiffeisen Bank International and the investment case for exiting Russia
2026-04-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack, KSE Institute, B4Ukraine
Briefing paper modelling the costs of a full exit from the Russian market for Raiffeisen Bank International
Financing False Solutions in Steel Decarbonisation
2026-02-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack
This report analyses the sustainable finance frameworks of 20 global banks, and which solutions for steel decarbonisation are included.
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