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Website http://www.abnamro.nl/en/index.html
Headquarters
Gustav Mahlerlaan 10
1082 PP Amsterdam
Netherlands
CEO/chair Robert Swaak
CEO
Supervisors
De Nederlandsche Bank & Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Ownership
listed on NYSE

Until September 2023 ABN AMRO was majority-owned by the Dutch State (56.3%). On Sept 25 2023 the Dutch State's ownership was reduced to below 50%.  ABN AMRO's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch commercial bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. Its origins date back to 1824. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis. ABN AMRO serves retail, private and commercial banking customers in the Netherlands and to a lesser extent in other markets, where it prioritises serving Dutch companies doing business abroad. Its private banking activities are focused on the Netherlands, Europe and Asia.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

ABN AMRO's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Sustainability

Sector specific policies

Power Generation sustainability requirements

Bank policy
2024-07-04 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Sustainability Risk Policy Framework

Bank policy
2024-05-28 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability Risk Policy

Bank policy
2024-05-02 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Publically-listed companies, excluded because of involvement in controversial weapons

Bank policy
2023-07-03 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2022-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Defense sector policy

Bank policy
2022-05-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Summary – Oil & Gas Policy 2022

Bank policy
2022-04-20 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Modern Slavery Statement

Bank policy
2021-05-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainable risk policy for lending & project finance

Bank policy
2021-04-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Exclusion list

Bank policy
2021-04-24 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability Risk Policy for Investment

Bank policy
2021-03-08 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Human rights statement

Bank policy
2020-12-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Policy on agri-commodities

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Policy chemicals & pharma

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Policy on metals & minerals

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Policy for the manufacturing industry

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Policy for transportation sector

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sector policy for animal protein sector

Bank policy
2020-05-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Anti money laundering sanctions statement

Bank policy
2019-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Equator Principles Policy 2018

Bank policy
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability policy for commercial real estate

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability policy for energy

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Summary - Investment Products & Services Policy

Bank policy
2016-08-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Animal Welfare Statement

Bank policy
2016-07-12 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Climate Change Statement

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Guidelines for Dams

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability Risk Policy for Lending

Bank policy
2014-04-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Tobacco policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Forestry and Tree Plantations Policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Banking for ImpactTags: corporate social responsibility | environment
Basel ConventionTags: chemicals | transport and infrastructure
Climate Statement Dutch Banking Association (NVB)Tags: climate change | transparency
Code Banken (Dutch Banking Code)Tags: bond issuance
De Spitsbergen ambitieTags: climate change
Diversity CharterTags: corporate social responsibility
Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on International Responsible Business Conduct regarding Human RightsTags: human rights
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Finance for Biodiversity PledgeTags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Klimaatakkoord NetherlandsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)Tags: corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)Tags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)Tags: carbon | corporate social responsibility
Poseidon PrinciplesTags: corporate social responsibility | shipping
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Responsible Ship Recycling Standards (RSRS)Tags: safety | shipping | waste management
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)Tags: agriculture | commodities | corporate social responsibility
Science Based TargetsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
UN Guiding Principles Reporting FrameworkTags: United Nations | human rights
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

ABN AMRO is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of ABN AMRO's link to these deals.

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Most large banks still failing to implement UN human rights principles, new BankTrack benchmark finds

Despite gradual progress, banks show little action in addressing impacts, protecting vulnerable groups and supporting affected communities.
2024-11-27 | BankTrack
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Banks ready to finance false solutions to the climate crisis

BankTrack’s new False Solutions Tracker, mapping bank definitions of renewables, finds that most banks include ‘false solutions’ within their sustainable/green finance targets.
2024-11-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Banks’ low-ambition and incoherent climate targets put net zero goals at risk – new ShareAction analysis

2024-11-05 | ShareAction
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Dutch financial sector: over 80% of investments in energy sector still going to fossil fuels

A new report finds that Dutch bank ING now finances more fossil fuels than in 2016
2024-10-22 | Amsterdam | Amnesty International, Fair Bank Guide Netherlands, Milieudefensie, PAX, Profundo, World Animal Protection
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BankTrack set to publish 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark in November

50 of the world’s largest banks were invited to provide feedback on draft assessments of their human rights disclosures
2024-07-23 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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Major banks still allow human rights violations to persist: New report from FF Netherlands

Huge difference between policy and practice, especially at ING and Rabobank
2024-06-11 | Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
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New Report: Bankrolling Ecosystem Destruction

EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate
2024-03-27 | Amsterdam | Greenpeace International, Harvest, Milieudefensie
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Rabobank faciliteert lobby van Braziliaanse ontbossers met miljarden

2024-03-21 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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How Dutch banks finance agrilobby in Brazil

The new report exposes the links between Dutch financial institutions and agribusiness lobby
2024-03-21 | Amsterdam | Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
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The credit chainsaw

A review of how EU-based banks are pouring billions into deforestation
2024-03-12 | Global Witness
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67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Banks risk stranded assets & climate catastrophe in steel lending without metallurgical coal exclusions
2023-12-07 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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European Finance Flows fuelling the climate crisis: The role of Article 2.1c under the UNFCCC

The EU’s call for COP28 to address the world’s climate-harming financial flows not matched by its own efforts at home, research by ActionAid reveals
2023-11-30 | ActionAid
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Exclusive: Four banks quit initiative assessing climate targets

Four major banks, including Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) and HSBC Plc (HSBA.L), have quit the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
2023-11-29 | Reuters
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ING en ABN Amro willen niet betrokken zijn bij olieboringen rond de Noordpool, maar zijn het toch

2023-09-28 | Follw the money
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Dutch State sells off more of its ABN Amro shares; Equity stake now below 50%

2023-09-26 | NL Times
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ING bank en ABN-amro helpen de fossiele industrie aan tientallen miljarden

2023-09-26 | Follow the money
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Fossil fuel companies are not slowing down. Which banks and lawyers facilitate their growth?

2023-09-26 | Follw the money
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Policy analysis report: Moving away from mass destruction

2023-07-27 | ICAN, PAX
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Challenging banks on their Dodgy Deals this AGM season

Our AGM wrap up blog
2023-06-27 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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UK firm given £430m green transition loan then expanded oil and gas business

Exclusive: Wood Group boosts fossil fuel business and shrinks renewables work after getting government-backed loan
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2023-06-07 | The Guardian
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Banken en milieugroepen willen hetzelfde, maar staan tegenover elkaar

Banks and environmental groups want the same, but disagree (in Dutch)
BankTrack mentioned
2023-05-21 | Het Financieele Dagblad
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Global banks commit to net-zero, but bankroll carbon bomb in Australia 

New research finds that nine banks provided billions of dollars to build key infrastructure for the Barossa gas project. Campaigners say divest now.  
2023-04-19 | Environment Centre NT, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Reclaim Finance, Solutions for Our Climate, Urgewald
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Betting on a sinking ship: banks behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO

Drilling Approval Invalidation Increases Uncertainty Around Barossa Gas Project with $1.15bn Debt Financing
2023-04-19
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Climate plans of large Dutch banks, insurers and pension funds fall seriously short

2023-03-20 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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Who dares to finance Eni and Exxon’s dangerous Rovuma gas plans in Mozambique?

Two banks made clear they will avoid financing Rovuma LNG, but plenty remain in the frame.
2023-03-20 | BankTrack, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Les Amis de la Terre France, ReCommon
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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Global bank policies ‘dangerously inadequate’ to prevent financing of deforestation, climate chaos and human rights abuses

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 160% between 2020 and 2021.
2022-10-18 | Forests & Finance Coalition
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Call to Dutch investors: get out of TotalEnergies

Dutch civil society draws attention to EACOP on Total's investor day
2022-09-28 | Utrecht/Amsterdam | BankTrack, Both ENDS, Fair Finance Guide Netherlands, ING Fossielvrij, Milieudefensie
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Oproep aan Nederlandse investeerders: stap uit TotalEnergies

2022-09-27 | Both Ends
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NewClimate Institute report: 29 major polluters on collision course with our climate

2022-07-05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
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New report: Despite ‘no deforestation’ rhetoric, major brands and banks failing to stop deforestation and human rights abuses

Annual analysis reveals that as threats facing Indigenous communities in rainforest regions increase, demand-side companies are failing to reform supply chains
2022-06-14 | Rainforest Action Network
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NGOs reveal top international companies, banks, and investors that fuel Russia's war machine

2022-04-04 | Berlin | urgewald, Ecodefense
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What the war in Ukraine teaches us

Lessons for European governments, companies and financiers - a Profundo Expert View
2022-03-04 | Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch financial sector European frontrunner in financing deforestation

2021-12-08 | Milieudefensie
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Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
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Banks and biodiversity: are banks moving towards Kunming?

As China hosts the first part of the UN Biodiversity Conference, banks are called upon to support its goals
2021-10-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch pension funds, insurers and banks not yet Paris-proof

The climate plans of the Dutch financial sector are totally insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and they do not reflect the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis. This is evident from new research by the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-09-30 | Amsterdam | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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Forests & Finance Coalition warns foreign investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

2021-08-19 | Forests & Finance
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Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banks remain highly exposed to risk of fueling corruption, human rights violations, and environmental harms despite commitments
2021-07-08 | San Francisco | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Dear bank CEO, you are cordially invited to defund this pipeline

Anti-oil activists are turning their focus on fossil fuel funding, aiming to stop the flow of money for good.
2021-07-01 | Bloomberg Green
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World’s 50 largest banks and investors driving deforestation through weak policies and major investments, new study finds

Top investors BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, PNB, EPF, GPIF, and KWAP all amongst lowest scoring
2021-06-08 | Forests & Finance
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ABN AMRO verkoopt divisie die investeert in olie- en gasindustrie

2021-06-08 | Trouw
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185 organizations call on Canadian officials to hold ReconAfrica accountable for massive oil and gas plans

2021-06-04 | Oil Change International
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Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas
2021-05-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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ABN Amro settles Dutch money laundering case for €480 million

2021-04-19 | NL Times
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Chris Vogelzang steps down as Danske Bank CEO amid ABN AMRO probe

2021-04-19 | Finance Feeds
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More than half of Europe’s bank directors too compromised to end fossil fuel finance

2021-04-07 | DeSmog
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Cancelled Annova LNG Export Project Signals Potential Headwinds for U.S. FIDs

The sponsors of the planned Annova liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in South Texas have called quits on the development, citing changes in the global market.
2021-03-23 | Natural Gas Intelligence
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Justitie verdenkt ABN AMRO nu ook van 'schuldwitwassen'

2021-03-15 | Iex
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The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) welcomes fifteen new financial institutions

2021-03-04 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)
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Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Progress on Dutch bank sustainability policies but improvements still needed

2020-10-27 | Fair Finance International
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A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now

2020-10-20
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Western banks provide billions in backing for firms driving tuna species to collapse

2020-09-28 | Unearthed
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Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

Twenty PRB banks provided over US$1.25 trillion in fossil fuel financing since Paris Agreement
2020-09-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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Banks are fueling deadly fires, Covid-19 threatens to compound the risks

2020-09-08 | forestsandfinance.org
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Dutch banks slammed by independent committee for failing to address client confidentiality

2020-08-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Major Brands and Banks Complicit in the Production of Conflict Palm Oil on Stolen Community Lands in Indonesia

2020-08-21 | Rainforest Action Network
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ABN AMRO reports net loss of EUR 5 million for Q2 2020

Going forward Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) will focus on clients in Northwest Europe and Clearing and will exit all non-European corporate banking activities. Trade & Commodity Finance activities will be discontinued completely, and Natural Resources and Transportation & Logistics will focus on European clients only.
2020-08-12 | ABN AMRO
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Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

Research into 37 projects financed 'under Equator' finds project-level grievance mechanisms or stakeholder engagement processes cannot be evidenced in 65% of cases
2020-08-11 | BankTrack
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ABN Amro to slash size of investment bank

2020-08-11 | Financial Times
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Civil society denounces Indonesia’s government siding with companies threatening Indigenous Peoples, endangered species and the environment

2020-06-04 | Indonesia | Environmental Paper Network
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New report profiles major brands and banks driving deforestation and human rights abuses, failing to meet 2020 commitments

2020-03-31 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Dutch banks fail to act on gender equality

Dutch banks still have far to go to realise gender equality in both their internal operations and their client and investee relationships. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by SOMO for the Fair Bank Guide on the performance of seven Dutch banks.
2020-03-12 | SOMO
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Robert Swaak to succeed Kees van Dijkhuizen as CEO of ABN AMRO

2020-01-09 | ABN AMRO
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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ABN Amro liet na 5 miljoen klanten apart te screenen

(article in Dutch)
2019-11-20 | NRC
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ABN Amro faces money laundering investigation, shares tumble

2019-09-26 | Reuters
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Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-20 | Indonesia | EPN
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Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-19 | Environmental Paper Network
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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ABN AMRO CEO Kees van Dijkhuizen will not serve a new term of office following the end of his current term

2019-06-16 | GlobeNewswire.com
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These Are the Banks Caught Up in the Russia Money-Laundering Scandal

2019-03-06 | Bloomberg
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Russian money laundering machine shifted millions through the Netherlands

2019-03-05 | Dutchnews.nl
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Banks must show their teeth to tackle cocoa abuses

BankTrack’s view of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Cocoa Paper
2018-12-20 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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ABN Amro was also as state bank involved in international dividend fraud

Article in Dutch
2018-11-08 | Follow the money
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Dutch banks allow consumers to unwittingly invest in controversial palm oil companies

2018-10-20 | Amsterdam | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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Gunvor joins other commodity players with sustainability-linked loan led by ING

Participating banks in the Gunvor facility include ABN Amro, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, KfW Ipex-Bank, Mizuho, MUFG Bank, Nedbank, Rabobank, Raiffeisen, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit.
2018-10-17 | Global Trade Review
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One of the world’s biggest power plant developers just gave up on coal

2018-09-17 | Quartz
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Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights publishes first annual report plus leverage and cocoa papers

2018-08-16 | BankTrack
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Dutch-based banks continue to finance deforestation and land-grabbing

2018-07-02 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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The Chain: Paradise Papers Links APRIL’s Tax Avoidance to Deforestation and Banks, Could Impact USD 500 Million Loan

2017-11-16 | Chain Reaction Research
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Leaked Records Reveal Offshore’s Role In Forest Destruction

How lawyers and big banks help one of Asia’s largest paper companies expand despite poor environmental record and social conflicts
2017-11-08 | ICIJ
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Investor alert: Deep sea mining project in last-ditch search for capital

Banks and other investors warned to steer clear
2017-10-25 | Nijmegen and Brisbane | BankTrack, Deep Sea Mining Campaign
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Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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HSBC triggers investigation into palm oil company over deforestation allegations

NGOs praise the bank’s move as they step up pressure on investors to stand by environmental and social commitments on palm oil
2017-07-17 | The Guardian
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Ten Equator banks demand decisive action on Indigenous peoples following DAPL debacle

Banks from the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy press Equator Principles Association for change
2017-06-16 | BankTrack
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ABN AMRO's human rights report: a welcome first step but missing some important details

2017-02-16 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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ABN AMRO threatens to stop financing company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

2017-02-02 | Amsterdam | BankTrack, Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Greenpeace
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Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

2017 | BankTrack
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ABN AMRO publishes first human rights report

2016-12-21 | ABN AMRO
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Indonesian civil society writes to banks: APRIL failing to implement its own policy

2016-11-29 | Environmental Paper Network
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Dutch banks spend millions on lobbying

The major Dutch banks spend millions on lobby through their own channels, through interest groups like the Association of Dutch Banks (VNB) and lobby organisations in the Netherlands, the EU and worldwide. At the same time, it is often unclear how lobbying is organised exactly and banks are transparent about their activities, concludes SOMO’s latest report A structural problem in the shadows – Lobbying by banks in the Netherlands.
2016-11-22 | Amsterdam | SOMO
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Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights?

2016-11-10 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
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‘More than half’ banks failing on human rights considerations, says report

2016-06-29 | Responsible Investor [$]
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First bank becomes early adopter of UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework: Dutch bank ABN AMRO commits to public reporting using groundbreaking human rights reporting framework

2015-06-24 | UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework
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APRIL announces new sustainability policy after campaign pressure on its financiers

2015-06-08 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Indonesian Paper Firm April to Halt Deforestation

2015-06-03 | The Wall Street Journal
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First Santander and now ABN Amro refuse to renew loans to APRIL

2015-03-09 | Nijmegen | Merel van der Mark
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ABN AMRO is dedicated to nature conservation

2015-03-06 | ABN AMRO
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ABN AMRO geeft APRIL een rode kaart (ABN AMRO gives APRIL a red card)

2015-03-06 | Greenpeace
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Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

BankTrack mentioned
2015-02-18 | Mongabay
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Banks lend almost $2bn to “Indonesia’s biggest forest destroyer”

2015-02-17 | BankTrack Blog
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'Green' bond issuance booming, but standards are unclear

BankTrack mentioned
2015-01-26 | Reuters
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Santander and ABN AMRO refuse to renew loans to APRIL

2015 | BankTrack
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Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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Big Banks Propping Up Dirty Coal Industry to the Tune of $89 Billion

BankTrack mentioned
2014-12-05 | The Huffington Post
Blog
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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Banks invest record €66bn in coal sector

2014-10-30 | RTCC - Responding To Climate Change
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World’s NGOs warn UN of ‘greenwash’ in green bonds market

BankTrack mentioned
2014-09-23 | Environmental Finance
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Engagement actionnarial: la stratégie européenne des ONG

2014-06-05 | Novethic
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APRIL signed a USD 265 million loan agreement

2014-04-25 | Reuters China
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12 more banks sign up to Green Bond Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2014-04-14 | Environmental Finance ($)
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Call to strengthen Green Bond Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2014-04-10 | Environmental Finance ($)
Blog
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Taking Lobbying Public

The Transparency of Dutch Banks’ Lobbying Activities
2013-12-17 | Amsterdam | SOMO
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Banks out to prove sustainability is a central pillar of their principles

BankTrack mentioned
2013-09-30 | Global Capital
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Banks back ‘broader, more robust’ Equator Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2013-05-14 | Environmental Finance ($)
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Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
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APRIL - PXF financing

2012-03-07 | Trade Finance Magazine
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While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
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Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
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BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
Blog
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Financiers search for sustainable future

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
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Beefed up Equator Principles fail to impress campaigners

2010-07-28 | ENDS Report
Blog
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Investeringen banken: meer fossiel dan duurzaam

2010-05-19 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie et al.
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BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
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Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch banks call for clear agreements on sustainable energy

2009-11-26 | Amsterdam | Eerlijke Bankwijzer
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De groene bank is bruin geworden

2009-10-21 | Vrij Nederland
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New website guides Dutch consumers in choosing sustainable bank

2009-01-22 | Utrecht | Milieudefensie
Blog
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Financial institutions vote more in favour of climate

2008-11-05 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
Blog
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NGOs Call on Royal Bank of Scotland to recall Loan on Sakhalin II

Loan for controversial oil and gas project passed on to RBS
2008-01-17 | Edinburgh, London | Pacific Environment
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Mind the Gap: BankTrack rates credit policies of 45 banks

New report shows continuing gap between policies and practice
2007-12-19 | Utrecht | BankTrack
Blog
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Milieudefensie publishes Climate Performance Index 2007 of Dutch Banks

ABN Amro climate laggard, Triodos and ASN climate leaders
2007-06-09 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
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Milestones: China’s Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards

BankTrack mentioned
2007-06-01 | Global Finance Magazine
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ABN AMRO Financing for Sakhalin II Poses Huge Risk for Potential Buyers

2007-04-26 | The Hague | Pacific Environment
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Strong criticism on Reopening Lafayette Rapu Rapu mine Philippines

Decision provides false reassurance to ABN AMRO, Standard Chartered, ANZ and other financiers
2007-02-09 | Manila, Utrecht | Defend Patrimony, Greenpeace and BankTrack
Blog
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Sakhalin II: Six banks face serious decision

now that the Russian government has revoked the environmental permits
2006-09-15 | London, United Kingdom | Pacific Environment
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Global banking giant ABN AMRO awarded for environmental hypocrisy

Dutch bank violating commitment to the environment by bidding on biggest oil drilling project in history
2006-05-11 | San Francisco | Milieudefensie
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Dutch banks under pressure not to finance Russian oil and gas project

2006-04-27 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Milieudefensie
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Banks warned of liability if Baku-Ceyhan pipeline leaks

2006-02-17 | London | Platform
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ABN AMRO wins Hypocricy Award

Funding Sakhalin II incompatible with being a sustainable bank
2005-11-12 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
Resources
Documents
Links

NZBA 2024 Progress Report

Other document
2024-10-01 00:00:00 | NZBA

Power Generation sustainability requirements

Bank policy
2024-07-04 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Sustainability Risk Policy Framework

Bank policy
2024-05-28 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Sustainability Risk Policy

Bank policy
2024-05-02 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Bankrolling Ecosystem Destruction

EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate 
Partner publication
2024-03-26 00:00:00 | Greenpeace International, Milieudefensie, Harvest

How the Netherlands finances agrilobby in Brazil

A case study for the Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
NGO document
2024-03-21 00:00:00 | Fair Bank Guide Netherlands

Integrated Annual Report 2023

Annual report
2024-03-12 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

Letter from BankTrack to ABN AMRO on Ending support for metallurgical coal

Correspondence
2023-12-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Publically-listed companies, excluded because of involvement in controversial weapons

Bank policy
2023-07-03 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Betting on a Sinking Ship

Banks Behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO Vessel
NGO document
2023-04-18 00:00:00 | Solutions for our Climate (SFO°C), JACSES, Jubilee Australia, Environment Centre NT, Urgewald, Reclaim Finance

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

2022 Climate Strategy & Targets

Other bank document
2022-12-16 00:00:00 | ABN Amro

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Dutch financial sector financed emissions

Financed emission