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ANZ head office in Melbourne. Photo: Public Domain (Sydney Architecture Archive)

About ANZ

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest bank in Australia, after the Commonwealth Bank, the National Australia Bank, and Westpac. ANZ was established in 1951. In addition to operations throughout Australia and New Zealand, ANZ has banking activities in 34 other nations. ANZ is the largest bank in New Zealand, where it operates two brands: ANZ and the National Bank of New Zealand.

Website http://www.anz.com.au
Headquarters
833 Collins Street, Docklands
3008 Melbourne
Australia
CEO/chair Shayne Elliott
CEO
Supervisor
Reserve Bank of Australia
Annual reports Annual report 2021
CSR Report 2021
Annual Report 2020
Ownership
listed on Australian Securities Exchange & New Zealand Stock Exchange

ANZ's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Complaints and grievances

ANZ launched a detailed grievance handling process in November 2021 in a first for the banking sector. The Grievance Mechanism Framework and complaint submission form are available here.

Contact us if you would like to discuss BankTrack support for a complaint to ANZ's grievance mechanism.

Related Dodgy Deals

ANZ has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.

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Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Details
ANZ
2022-03-14
AUS
2020
5
5
100
1.01000000006E+38
0
Australia
Profile
Reporting period
2020
PF deals under EP
5
Project names reported
5
% Project names reported
100
20220314
Last update: 2022-03-14
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-australia-and-new-zealand-banking-group-limited-anz-2018-2019/

Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. Where there is no percentage presented the EPFI has not reported having financed any project transactions in that reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

Banks and Climate

Bank net zero commitments

BankLast update
Country
Target 2025
Target 2030
Net zero 2050
SBT
NZBA
CCCA
Details
ANZ
2022-05-12
AUS
11111000
Australia
Profile
Target 2025
22.5
Target 2030
Net zero 2050
SBT
NZBA
CCCA
20220512
Last update: 2022-05-12
Explanation

Goal 2025:

  • reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions 24% by 2025 and 35% by 2030 (against a 2015 base year);
  • increasing renewable electricity use to 100% by 2025;
  • reducing potable water consumption by 25% by 2025 (against a 2017 baseline);
  • reducing waste to landfill by 30% by 2025 (against a 2017 baseline); and
  • reducing paper consumption (office and customer paper use only) by 60% by 2025 (against 2015 baseline).

Goal 2030:

From 1 July 2017 ANZ has adopted a science-based carbon reduction target which requires us to reduce our global scope 1 and 2 emissions by 24% by 2025 and 35% by 2030 from a 2015 base year.

Goal 2050: NZBA

ANZ supports the Paris Agreement’s goal of transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050 and our Climate Change Statement outlines our approach and commitments that seek to support this goal.

We are currently updating our Statement and Climate-related Financial Disclosures. These will be released prior to our Annual General Meeting and made available on anz.com/annualreport. In October 2021, ANZ joined the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Net Zero Banking Alliance – signalling a stronger commitment to align our lending portfolio with the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Relevant policies
csr policies
2021-11-23 00:00:00

Climate change commitment

2021-11-23 00:00:00
csr policies
2021-10-27 00:00:00

ESG Supplement

2021-10-27 00:00:00
References
2021-11-4

Net Zero Banking Alliance

2021-11-4 | UNEP FI
Explanation

This table tracks the net zero pledges and commitments of banks. It shows whether banks have committed to net zero by 2050 and have set an interim emissions reduction goal for 2025 and/or 2030. It also notes banks that have not yet set targets but have pledged to do so in the future, including by joining the Collective Commitment to Climate Action or Net Zero Banking Alliance. Finally, it notes whether banks have (pledged to) set Science-Based Targets. More information and references can be found by expanding the 'details' section of each bank.

  • A blue check mark means the bank has set a target or joined the alliance. A check mark does not mean that the target set by the bank meets any particular standard, just that is has set a target. In case we have identified short comings in the target, for example when it only applies to lending and not underwriting), this is noted in the 'details' section.
  • An orange dash means a bank has pledged to set a target (for example, banks commit to set 2030 and 2050 targets when they join the NZBA), but have not yet actually done so.

Abbreviations:

CCCA = Collective Commitment to Climate Action
NZBA = Net Zero Banking Alliance
SBT = Science-Based Targets

For more details see this page.

Banks and Human Rights

Human Rights Benchmark November 2019

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ANZ
AUS
7.5
Front runner

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Australia
Score
Front runner
7.5
Explanation

ANZ's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark in November 2019. The bank is assessed as a Front runner, with a total score of 7.5 out of 14.

Policy: 3/3
Due dilligence: 3/5
Reporting: 1/3
Remedy: 0.5/3

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3.5 points
4 - 5.5 points
6 - 8.5 points
9 - 14 points
For more details see this page.

Response Tracking

This page evaluates ANZ's responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring
Banks and Dirty Diesel: Vitol and Trafigura (May 2017)
1
0.5
0.5
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Responded?
Total score
1
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded acknowledging its link to the impact, however it did not comment on or respond to the substance of the issues raised.
Action
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank stated that it had engaged with the companies and is "satisfied they understand their responsibilities to respect human rights, and are seeking to engage on the issue using whatever leverage they have". The bank did not state whether it required the company to take specific actions or if the bank itself took appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
BankTrack Human Rights Briefing, May 2017

Rio Tinto's Jadar mine, Serbia (Letter, Dec 2021)
1
0.5
0.5
n/a
Dodgy Deal profile
Responded?
Total score
1
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank's response confirms that it has engaged with the commpany, but does not comment on the substance of the issues raised.
Action
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
As well as stating that it has engaged with the company, the bank's response comments on the result of the engagement (the bank is "satisfied" that the cleint understands its responsibilities. However it does not set out any specific actions or requitements discussed with the company.
Monitoring
n/a
Rationale for score
The impact was not raised over a year ago and therefore is not scored on monitoring progress.
More info
Letter to financiers of Rio Tinto, December 2021


Average
100%
1
0.5
0.5
0

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Climate groups call on Shell’s bankers to stop Jackdaw gas field

UK government’s regulatory approval opens the door for Shell to move ahead with the Jackdaw field
2022-06-03 | BankTrack
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New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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Repeat offenders NAB, ANZ and Westpac bankrolling “bet against the Paris Agreement”

NAB, ANZ and Westpac are among 18 global banks that have loaned to a gas processing facility that paves the way for a carbon bomb at the scale of 15 coal power stations.
2022-01-20 | Market Forces
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ANZ forced to address heavy fossil fuel funding at 2021 AGM

Despite its commitments to the Paris Agreement and net-zero by 2050, and that achieving these goals leaves no room for new fossil fuel projects, ANZ has continued pouring billions into companies and projects that expand the fossil fuel industry.
2021-12-16 | Market Forces
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ANZ climate complaint ruling highlights need for Australia to follow other countries and pass new climate finance laws

2021-12-15 | Friends of the Earth Australia
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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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ANZ will keep lending to oil and gas

2021-11-26 | Financial Review
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ANZ fails to rule out funding fossil fuel expansion amidst climate crisis

2021-11-26 | Market Forces
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New Hope Corporation doubles down on coal during farcical 2021 AGM

2021-11-19 | Market Forces
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ANZ launches human rights grievance mechanism in a first for the global banking sector

The bank’s move follows 2020 agreement reached in OECD complaints process
2021-11-03 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel, Equitable Cambodia, Inclusive Development International, SOMO
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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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Shareholders push for Australia's banks to stop fossil fuel funding

2021-10-07 | Reuters
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Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

210+ groups support urgent call to action
2021-09-23 | BankTrack
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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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Gov’t not bothered about banks refusing to finance EACOP

2021-04-27 | Kampala, Uganda | The Independent
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‘Silence not an option’: ANZ refuses to sign letter condemning Myanmar violence

2021-04-05 | BHRRC
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ANZ labelled ‘worst in Australia’ on climate over fossil fuel loans

2021-03-24 | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016
2021-03-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Over 260 organisations call on banks not to finance Total’s East African Crude Oil Pipeline

With a final investment decision nearing, African and International organisations warn banks against joining $2.5 billion loan for a “manifestly irresponsible” project • New stopeacop.net campaign website launched.
2021-03-01 | International | BankTrack, 350.org Africa, AFIEGO, Inclusive Development International, IUCN NL
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Climate risk sees ANZ divest from Port of Newcastle, the largest thermal coal terminal in the world

2021-02-09 | ABC News
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Corporate accountability and the just transition: Frameworks for holding corporations accountable for climate change

2020-12-14 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Birka Wicke, Utrecht University, Joseph Wilde Ramsing, OECD Watch, Katharine Booth, Business and Human Rights Lawyer, Marian Ingrams, OECD Watch
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Citi, Deutsche Bank, ANZ committed for trial in Australian criminal cartel case

2020-12-08 | Reuters
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Bushfire survivors and Friends of the Earth’s response to Initial Assessment of ANZ climate complaint under OECD guidelines

2020-11-25 | Friends of the Earth Australia
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ANZ's climate policy reveals steps away from coal to support net zero emission by 2050

2020-10-29 | ABC News
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Nationals call for ANZ boycott after bank's push for net zero emissions

2020-10-29 | The Guardian
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ANZ commits to exit thermal coal, but rewards climate-destructive companies

2020-10-29 | Market Forces
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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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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ANZ agrees to landmark settlement with Cambodian farmers displaced by sugar company it financed

The agreement, the first of its kind by a commercial bank, sets an important human rights precedent for the banking industry worldwide.
2020-02-27 | Inclusive Development International
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Bushfire survivors join claim against ANZ for financing climate crisis

2020-01-30 | The Guardian
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Bushfire survivors launch claim against ANZ under international law for financing climate change

2020-01-30 | Friends of the Earth Australia
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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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Too little, too late

National Australia Bank’s new climate policy an exercise in greenwash
2019-11-15 | Market Forces
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ANZ and Westpac boosted new lending to fossil fuel projects last year, figures show

2019-11-06 | The Guardian
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NAB, ANZ and Westpac hit with climate risk shareholder resolutions

2019-10-10 | Melbourne, Australia | Market Forces
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Big Australian banks face shareholder vote on coal lending

2019-10-10 | The Australian Financial Review
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Australian Prudential Regulation Authority demands banks, insurers act on climate risk

2019-03-20 | Financial Review
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Our Future: Clean energy a test for banks’ rehabilitation

2019-02-04 | The Advocate
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Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
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ANZ Declines to ‘Do the Right Thing’ for Displaced Cambodian Farmers

Statement by Inclusive Development International And Equitable Cambodia for the ANZ Banking Group Annual General Meeting
2018-12-19 | Equitable Cambodia, Inclusive Development International
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ANZ bank issued rare rebuke by Australian oversight body

2018-10-11 | Inclusive Development International
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Australian inquiry slams greedy banks and regulator for rampant misconduct

2018-09-28 | Reuters
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Big four banks quit coal only to invest in other fossil fuels, research finds

2018-05-31 | The Guardian
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Big four banks quit coal only to invest in other fossil fuels, research finds

2018-05-31 | The Guardian
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New research: Australian banks 2ºC scorecard 2018

2018-05-31 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
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TCFD: banks supporting better disclosure are not the ones exiting coal project finance

Bank support for FSB Task Force recommendations is welcome, but reveals lack of joined-up thinking
2017-07-31 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack, Yann Louvel – BankTrack
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'Big four' Australian banks slammed for fossil fuel backing

2017-07-25 | Environmental Finance
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Banks provide billions for Dirty Diesel traders while failing to act on human rights, says new briefing

- Oil traders Trafigura and Vitol received over $100 billion in loans since 2012
- Of 26 banks contacted, not one has pressured companies over toxic fuel exports to Africa
2017-05-23 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Standard Chartered and other major banks financing palm oil

2017-03-16 | Energy Desk Greenpeace
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Victims put pressure on ANZ over the loss of their land

Pheun Ra, 42, was visiting her mother in hospital when security guards from the ANZ bank-financed Phnom Penh Sugar Company arrived at her small plot of land in Cambodia's south.
2017-02-27 | The Age
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Adani coalmine: ANZ chief suggests bank would not finance Carmichael project

2016-12-17 | The Guardian
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Banks' climate change talk not yet matched by action

2016-11-22 | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald
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New polling shows half of customers prepared to change banks over fossil fuels – as prominent Australians demand climate action

2016-09-15 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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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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New poll: Australians draw the line at badly behaving banks

Oxfam Australia release "Still Banking on Land Grabs"
2016-02-15 | Melbourne | Oxfam Australia
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ANZ makes climate commitment, but labelled ‘satirical’, ineffective

2015-10-06 | Rrenew Economy
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ANZ 'will not finance' dirty coal plants and pledges $10bn for clean energy

2015-10-06 | The Guardian
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ANZ climate change policy leaves open the door for real leadership

2015-10-06 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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No lifelines for old coal clunkers: ANZ shifts carbon emissions policy

2015-10-05 | The Australian Financial Review
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No excuse: How Australia’s big four banks can better respond to land grabs

2015-08-07 | Oxfam Australia
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Australian banks: New Report highlights gulf between renewable and fossil fuel financing

ANZ confirmed as Australia’s biggest fossil fuel lender
2015-06-18 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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Australian banks 'favour fossil fuel projects over renewables by $6 to $1'

2015-06-17 | The Guardian
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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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Hundreds publicly close bank accounts over fossil fuel investments

2014-10-20 | Melboune | Market Forces
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Displaced Cambodians file OECD complaint against ANZ Bank for financing massive land grab

2014-10-08 | Phnom Penh
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Displaced Cambodians file OECD complaint against ANZ Bank for financing massive land grab

2014-10-07 | Inclusive Development
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ANZ Refuses to Help Evictees of Senator’s Farm

2014-08-15 | The Cambodia Daily
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Australian banks face more pressure over support for coal projects

2014-07-09 | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Big Four Australian banks lose customers over fossil fuel gamble

2014-05-03 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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Customers switch banks in day of divestment

2014-05-03 | The Age
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Bank accounts closed in fossil fuels protest

2014-05-02 | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Australian banks backing companies accused of land grabs

2014-04-28 | Sydney | Oxfam Australia
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Australian and French banks target of protests on both sides of the world for investing in Australian coal projects

2014-02-26 | Melbourne and Paris | Market Forces and Les Amis de la Terre
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ANZ ethics under scrutiny over Cambodian sugar plantation loan

2014-01-23 | Syndey | The Age
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ANZ customers divest in Melbourne!

2013-10-26 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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“Sustainable” badge for Bank of America stretches credibility of Dow Jones Sustainability Index

2013-09-13 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Sixty prominent Australians call on ‘big four’ banks to end fossil fuel investment

2013-06-28 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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Investor Alert: GVK's US$10 billion Australian coal project uneconomic, an unacceptable risk

Finanial analysis of GVK Alpha Coal Project in Queensland's Galilee Basin concludes
2013-06-19 | Sydney | Greenpeace
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ANZ biggest gambler on dirty coal and gas exports

2013-05-31 | Melbourne | Market Forces
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our news

Report triggers campaign to prevent Australian fossil fuel investment

2013-05-02 | Brisbane | Market Forces
blog
external news
our news

Sustainability in the spotlight keeps banks on guard against greenwash

2013-02-07 | Business Review Weekly
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
blog
external news
our news

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
blog
external news
our news

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
external news
our news

Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Big banks 'no' to coal plant

2011-05-21 | The Age
blog
external news
our news

Nam Theun 2 inauguration hides real costs of controversial Equator Principles project

More than 100,000 people continue to suffer project impacts
2010-12-07 | Laos | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

World Bank-backed dam powers ahead, despite social cost

2010-12-07 | Bangkok | Inter Press Service
blog
external news
our news

ANZ turns its back on cluster bombs

Insights
2010-12-06 | Australia | BusinessDay
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace targets 'coal backing' ANZ

2010-10-19 | ABC News
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace illuminates ANZ as Australia's dirtiest bank

2010-10-19 | Sydney, Australia | Greenpeace Australia
blog
external news
our news

Banks being urged to lend 'green'

2010-10-02 | Sydney, Australia | The Syndey morning herald
blog
external news
our news

Banks under scrutiny over coal funding

2010-10-02 | Sydney, Australia | The Sydney morning herald
blog
external news
our news

ANZ hit with $50m suit over fees

2010-09-23 | BusinessDay
blog
external news
our news

Environment groups welcome Gunns’ frank assessment on native forests

2010-09-10 | Tasmania | Wilderness Society et al.
blog
external news
our news

Villages make way for new hydro project

2010-08-05 | Vientiane
blog
external news
our news

New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Penan score victory as logging road blockades halt timber giant's encroachment on their rainforests

Defiant forest communities announce they will continue to fight the Samling corporation's activities within the
2010-04-26 | Long Sabai, Sarawak, Malaysia
blog
external news
our news

Laos’ Nam Theun 2 dam operation illegal

Equator Principles project begins selling power to Thailand in violation of Concession Agreement and obligations to affected communities
2010-03-23 | Laos | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

DJ Archipelago Resources Names 3 Banks For Toka Tindung Finance

2010-01-05 | London | Tradingmarkets.com
blog
external news
our news

Theun Hinboun hydropower plant expansion progresses

2009-12-08 | Vientiane, Laos | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

ANZ Pressured to End Loans to Munitions Maker

2009-12-02 | Cambodia
blog
external news
our news

Banks must prove they give a dam

By Mark Zirnsak, Sydney Morning Herald
2009-11-27 | Australia | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

Banks must prove they give a dam

2009-11-27 | The Age, BusinessDay
blog
external news
our news

"Sustainable Finance" undermines food security of Lao communities

ANZ, BNP Paribas and KBC investment in Theun-Hinboun dam violates Equator Principles and Lao law
2009-11-17 | Laos | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

Must be forced to move 4000 indigenous

2009-11-13 | (English translation with Google-translate of Norwegian article) | Tekniskukeblad
blog
external news
our news

Må tvangsflytte 4000 urfolk

Statkrafts vannkraftprosjekt i Laos vil få alvorlige følger for over 50 000 mennesker, og 4000 urfolk blir tvangsflyttet, ifølge internasjonale organisasjoner.
2009-11-13 | Norway | International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

NGOs Welcome ANZ Decision Not to Finance Gunns Proposed Pulp Mill

Other banks urged to abstain from the project
2008-05-28 | Tasmania, Australia and Netherlands | The Wilderness Society
blog
external news
our news

New ANZ CEO Mr Smith asked to not finance Gunns pulp mill Tasmania

2007-09-18 | the Netherlands, Tasmania | The Wilderness Society
blog
external news
our news

ANZ risks Equator Principles violation

Gunns mill go-ahead depends on approval procedure below third world standards
2007-03-27 | Tasmania, Australia | The Wilderness Society
blog
external news
our news

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
external news
our news

NGOs lodge complaint against ANZ Bank for PNG illegal logging ties

2006-08-23 | Australia and Papua New Guinea | Rainforest Action Network

Documents

Type:
Year:
correspondence
2022-06-13 00:00:00

Letter from ANZ to BankTrack and Mars se Drine on lithium mining in Serbia’s Jadar Valley

2022-06-13 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2022-06-03 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack, 350.org, Bank on our Future and Uplift to 25 banks on Shell's proposed Jackdaw gas field

2022-06-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack, 350.org, Bank on our Future and Uplift
our publications
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, urgewald
annual reports
2021-12-16 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

2021-12-16 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2021-12-16 00:00:00

CSR Report 2021

2021-12-16 00:00:00 | ANZ
our publications
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2021-12-12 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to ANZ on lithium mining in Serbia’s jadar valley

2021-12-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2021-11-23 00:00:00

Climate change commitment

2021-11-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2021-11-22 00:00:00

Human rights statement

2021-11-22 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2021-10-27 00:00:00

ESG Supplement

2021-10-27 00:00:00 | ANZ
our publications
2021-03-24 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021

Fossil Fuel Finance Report
2021-03-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance & Sierra Club
ngo documents
2021-02-25 00:00:00

Open Letter from over 260 civil society organisations to banks on EACOP

2021-02-25 00:00:00 | 263 CSOs
annual reports
2021-02-01 00:00:00

CSR report 2020

2021-02-01 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2021-01-26 00:00:00

Annual Report 2020

2021-01-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2020-11-19 00:00:00

Letter to banks and investors on Indofood labor exploitation

2020-11-19 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
bank documents
2020-11-06 00:00:00

ANZ 2020 ESG Supplement

2020-11-06 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Energy policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Extractive industries policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Forestry and forests policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Hydroelectric power policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Military equipment policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Water policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-29 00:00:00

Carbon policy

2020-10-29 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2020-03-24 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-03-24 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2020-03-24 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

2020-03-24 00:00:00 | ANZ
bank documents
2020-03-24 00:00:00

Climate related financial disclosures

2020-03-24 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2019-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to ANZ on the bank's progress on its fossil fuel finance since COP24

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2019-03-26 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2019-03-26 00:00:00

Code of conduct and ethics

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
other documents
2019-02-01 00:00:00

Final Report Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry-1

2019-02-01 00:00:00 | Royal Commission
other documents
2019-02-01 00:00:00

Final Report Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry-2

2019-02-01 00:00:00 | Royal Commission
other documents
2019-02-01 00:00:00

Final Report Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry-3

2019-02-01 00:00:00 | Royal Commission
annual reports
2018-12-18 00:00:00

2018 Sustainability Review

2018-12-18 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2018-12-17 00:00:00

Letter from ANZ to BankTrack and OECDWatch on ANCP report regarding Phnom Penh Sugar

2nd response to October 29th letter
2018-12-17 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

2018-12-10 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance Coalition
ngo documents
2018-11-26 00:00:00

Bankrolling the climate crisis

Aotearoa’s financial ties to the fossil fuel industry
2018-11-26 00:00:00 | 350.org New Zealand
csr policies
2018-11-22 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement 2018

2018-11-22 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2018-11-08 00:00:00

Letter from ANZ to BankTrack and OECDWatch on ANCP report regarding Phnom Penh Sugar

Response to October 29th letter
2018-11-08 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2018-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and OECD Watch to ANZ on Compensation for Families Displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar

2018-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack and OECD Watch
correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to ANZ on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
csr policies
2018-09-30 00:00:00

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy

2018-09-30 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2018-07-31 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policy

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2018-05-31 00:00:00

2° Scorecard - Are Australia's big four banks living up to their climate commitments?

2018-05-31 00:00:00 | Market Forces
annual reports
2018-04-26 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

2018-04-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2018-04-26 00:00:00

Corporate Sustainability Review 2017

2018-04-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2018-02-28 00:00:00

How banks contribute to human rights violations: responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
correspondence
2018-01-15 00:00:00

Letter from ANZ to Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, BankTrack on How banks contribute to human rights violations

2018-01-15 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2017-05-23 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

2017-05-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2017-05-23 00:00:00

Corporate Sustainability Report 2016

2017-05-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2017-01-31 00:00:00

Sime Darby urged to resolve long-standing land rights conflict before stock exchange listing of its plantation division

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK & Profundo
ngo documents
2017-01-17 00:00:00

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
csr policies
2016-12-16 00:00:00

Supplier Code of Practice

2016-12-16 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2016-11-17 00:00:00

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

2016-11-17 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2016-09-23 00:00:00

Health and Safety Policy

2016-09-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2015-12-08 00:00:00

Corporate Sustainability Review 2015

2015-12-08 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2015-11-09 00:00:00

Annual Report 2015

2015-11-09 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
annual reports
2014-12-05 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility Review 2014

2014-12-05 00:00:00 | ANZ
our publications
2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2014-12-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

2014-12-01 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2014-06-27 00:00:00

Failure to Restore: An Assessment of the Impacts of the Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Dam Projects on Downstream Communities in Laos

2014-06-27 00:00:00 | International Rivers
ngo documents
2014-04-30 00:00:00

Banking on Shaky Ground

Australia's big four banks and land grabs
2014-04-30 00:00:00 | Oxfam
annual reports
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Corporate Sustainability Review 2013

2014-01-01 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2013-05-10 00:00:00

CR Report 2013

Interim Report
2013-05-10 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2013-05-02 00:00:00

Financing Reef Destruction

How banks are using our money to destroy a natural icon
2013-05-02 00:00:00 | Market Forces
annual reports
2013-02-21 00:00:00

2012 Annual Report

Right place right time
2013-02-21 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
annual reports
2012-06-14 00:00:00

Annual report 2011

2012-06-14 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2012-05-25 00:00:00

CR Report 2012

Interim report
2012-05-25 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2012-05-14 00:00:00

2011 shareholder and corporate responsibility review

2012-05-14 00:00:00 | ANZ
annual reports
2011-11-17 00:00:00

Shareholder and corporate responsibility report 2010

2011-11-17 00:00:00 | ANZ
correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
ngo documents
2010-09-07 00:00:00

Australian banks financing coal and renewable energy

2010-09-07 00:00:00 | Profundo for Greenpeace Australia Pacific
our publications
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2010-02-24 00:00:00

Open Appeal to ANZ, Standard Bank and BNP Paribas: Stay away from the Toka Tindung gold mine on Sulawesi!

2010-02-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, et. al.
ngo documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
bank documents
2008-07-23 00:00:00

Future Financing Energy

2008-07-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
bank documents
2008-03-25 00:00:00

Future Financing for Forests

2008-03-25 00:00:00 | ANZ
ngo documents
2007-10-25 00:00:00

WWF statement on ANZ and the Tasmanian pulp mill

2007-10-25 00:00:00 | WWF-Australia

Links

ANZ - Australia’s climate change laggard

Market Forces campaign page

https://www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/banks-new/anz/

Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry

https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/royal-commission-misconduct-banking-superannuation-and-financial-services-industry

Market Forces' campaign on Australian banks

http://www.marketforces.org.au/banks/map/

Policies

Voluntary standards

ANZ has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
  • Equator Principles
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • National Carbon Offset Standard
  • Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)
  • Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • UNEP Finance Initiative
  • United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies

ANZ's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be seen here. ANZ's sector policies can be found here.

Year:
csr policies
2021-11-23 00:00:00

Climate change commitment

2021-11-23 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2021-11-22 00:00:00

Human rights statement

2021-11-22 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2021-10-27 00:00:00

ESG Supplement

2021-10-27 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Energy policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Extractive industries policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Forestry and forests policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Hydroelectric power policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Military equipment policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-31 00:00:00

Water policy

2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2020-10-29 00:00:00

Carbon policy

2020-10-29 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2019-03-26 00:00:00

Code of conduct and ethics

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2018-11-22 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement 2018

2018-11-22 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2018-09-30 00:00:00

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy

2018-09-30 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2018-07-31 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policy

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2016-12-16 00:00:00

Supplier Code of Practice

2016-12-16 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2016-11-17 00:00:00

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

2016-11-17 00:00:00 | ANZ
csr policies
2016-09-23 00:00:00

Health and Safety Policy

2016-09-23 00:00:00 | ANZ

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

ANZ is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

on record

Hazelwood coal power plant Australia

Coal Electric Power Generation