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About Barclays

Barclays, established in 1690, is a major global financial services provider, based in the United Kingdom, engaged in retail and commercial banking, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services. Barclays operates in more than 50 countries and employs approximately 120,000 people, serving 48 million customers and clients worldwide.

Website http://www.barclays.com
Headquarters
1 Churchill Place
E14 5HP London
United Kingdom
CEO/chair Jes Staley
Group Chief Executive Officer
Supervisor
Bank of England
Annual report Annual report 2019
Ownership
listed on London Stock Exchange & NYSE Euronext

Barclay's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

Barclays 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.

Projects - active profiles

Annova LNG Terminal United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 20 million
26 May 2016 - 26 May 2021
Part finance of USD 600 million revolving credit facilty
source: Sec.gov
link

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 308 million
November 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 5 billion to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.1
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 340 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Drax Repower project United Kingdom profile

energy plants - coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
GBP 350 million
12 December 2012
Barclays provided a GBP 350 million credit facility (restated on 21 April 2017)
source: Drax Repower Funding Statement
link
Advisor
Likely to act as financial advisor on the Repower project considering Drax' statement in paragraph 3.3.3. of the funding statement
source: Drax Repower Funding Statement
link

Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
November 2019 - November 2039
Consisting of: USD 125 million (30 year), USD 125 million (6 year), USD 250 million (10 year)
source: IJGlobal database, copyright 2020, all rights reserved
link
Debt – corporate loan
Barclays does not provide direct financing for the Line 3 replacement but provides revolving credit for Enbridge.
source: Greenpeace
link

Mountain Valley Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 51 million
18 February 2014 - 18 February 2019
source: EQM filings at the SEC
link

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
 315 million
31 May 2017
Financed CAD 315 million as part of CAD 5.5 billion credit facility
source: Securities & Exchange Commission
link
There are no active projects for Barclays now.

Projects - on record profiles

Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills India profile

mining - non coal
Bond issue – underwriter
GBP 30 million
2004 - 2009
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/comments/935711/barclays_hsbc_and_rbs_linked_to_dirty_financing_for_fossil_fuels.html#comments_form
Debt – corporate loan
General corporate finance: Vedanta in April 2007, May 2008 & August 2008

Canadian tar sands Canada profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
USD 13,780 million
2009
Total Tar Sands Financing
source: link
Uncategorised
GBP 8 billion
2007 - 2009
£8 billion to various companies involved in tar sands
source: link
Uncategorised
2007
Owning or managing shares or bonds

Cerrejón coal mine Colombia profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 3.524 billion
May 2013
Total involvement in companies behind Cerrejon, as of may 2013
source: WDM - The Cerrejon mine

Dominion Cove Point LNG United States profile

energy distribution
IPO underwriter
October 2014
source: link

Dynegy coal power plants United States profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – corporate loan
Credit facility in May 2007

Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Equity – share owner/manager
GBP 277 million
Barclays owns or manages shares in Freeport
source: link

Great Barrier Reef Coal & Gas Exports Australia profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
AUD 77 million
5 May 2013
source: link

Kaltim Prima Coal mine Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Kusile coal power plant South Africa profile

energy plants - coal
Advisor
October 2010
Absa to help it with the design and implementation of what will be a multibillion-rand international bond programme, which could kick off in the US early 2011
source: link

Mining in Goa/ Sesa Goa India profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 66.8 million
August 2008
Debt – corporate loan
USD 75 million
April 2007

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 143 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 204 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Offshore Detention Centres Australia profile

Immigration detention
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 56.82 million
26 February 2016
Participation in corporate loan to Ferrovial
source: Report Association with abuse

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 2 billion
April 2007
In April 2007, Barclays became a member of a banking syndicate that provided a US$2 billion corporate loan to Gazprom in support of its acquisition of a majority share of SEIC, the Sakhalin II Project operator.
Debt – corporate loan
US$ 17.1 million (May 2010) - In May 2010, SEIC secured a three-year, US$ 17.1 million loan from Barclays for general corporate purposes.

Shwe gas and pipelines projects Myanmar profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
GBP 389 million
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - own or manage shares in PetroChina
source: link

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Uncategorised
USD 0.34 million
1 April 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - shareholding in Archipelago Resources
source: Bloomberg, April 2010

Companies - active profiles

Adani India profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal | oil and gas
Share issue – underwriter
USD 443.74 million
2016 - 2018
source: Coalexit.org database
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 50 million
2016 - 2017
source: Coalexit.org database
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 15 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 577 million
2014 - 2017
Combined total share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link

BAE Systems United Kingdom profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 100 million
30 April 2018
Barclays participated in a syndicated loan to BAE Systems for 100.13 million euro of a total package of 2.3 billion euro.
source: Facing Finance
link
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 230 million
3 December 2015
Barclays participated in a 1.4 billion euro bond issuance for 230 million euro for BAE Systems
source: Facing Finance
link

CEZ Group Czech Republic profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal

CoreCivic United States profile

prison industry
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 1.516 billion
31 December 2018
CoreCivic has issued bonds, totalling USD 1.516 billion. Barclays underwrote one or more.
source: CoreCivic 10-K filings at sec.gov
link

GEO Group United States profile

prison industry
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 1.150 billion
31 December 2018
GEO Group has issued four bonds, totalling USD 1.150 billion. Barclays underwrote one or more.
source: GEO Group 10-K filings at sec.gov
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 900 million
30 April 2018 - 19 May 2021
Co-financed a USD 900 million revolving credit facility
source: Sec.gov
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 792 million
30 March 2018 - 23 March 2024
Co-financed a USD 792 million corporate loan
source: Sec.gov
link

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 12 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 102 million
2014 - 2017
Share and bond issuance combined
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 1,122 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 586.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.
Debt – corporate loan
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 311.2 million
source: RWE, Essen, 1 July 2003; RWE, Essen, 25 November 2008; RWE, Essen, 22 July 2004; Thomson ONE database; Website RWE Group (www.rwe.com).

UPM-Kymmene Finland profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 32 million
2011 - 2017
Loans and underwriting between 2011 and 2017
source: Profundo, 2017

Vale Brazil profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 3 billion
26 December 2019 - 26 December 2024
Co-financed USD 3 billion credit facility
source: Vale press release
link

Wilmar International Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 102 million
2010 - 2011
Total amount of two corporate loans provided by Barclays in the period of 2010-2011.
source: FoE Europe report (November 2015)
link
There are no active companies for Barclays now.

Companies - on record profiles

Alpha Natural Resources United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 137.2 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 182.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 181.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 448.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Arch Coal United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 5.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Areva France profile

energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 0.8 million
source: Reuters3000 financial database
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 100 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 986; Euroweek - Issue: 990;Thomson ONE database.

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 67.9 million
September 2008
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008; Website ADR.com; Thomson ONE database.

Bumi Resources Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Drummond United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 8.3 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

DTEK Ukraine profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 19.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 3,041.6 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Statement from Pierre Gadonneix, Chairman and CEO of EdF, Electricité de France, Paris, 24 September 2008.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 1,415.26 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 847; Euroweek - Issue: 1083.

ENGIE France profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Uncategorised
USD 1,721 million
2006
shares/bonds underwriter or manager, since 2006
source: Thomson One
Uncategorised
EUR 23.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 34.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Eskom South Africa profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
June 2013
Proceeds were used for general corporate purposes.
source: Thomson ONE Banker, Tearsheets 2550822006, 30 July 2013
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 583.3 million
January 2011
It is assumed that half of the bond issuances were directed to Medupi and half were directed to Kusile.
source: Thomson ONE Banker, Tearsheet 2257485006, 19 January 2011.
Uncategorised
EUR 613.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 3.9 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 770; Thomson ONE database.

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 236.8 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 752.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

IOI Corporation Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
shares/bonds underwriter or manager

Jindal Steel & Power India profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1.3 million
2010 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Kinder Morgan United States profile

energy distribution | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
19 September 2014
Co-financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility
source: www.sec.gov
link

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) South Korea profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal | nuclear industry
Share issue – underwriter
USD 171 million
2014 - 2017
Share and bond issuance combined
source: Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 51.3 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Marubeni Japan profile

energy plants - coal | forestry - pulp and paper | mining - non coal | transport and infrastructure
Uncategorised
31 March 2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - ownes 1.44% of the shares - through Barclays Securities Japan Limited
source: link

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - hydro | energy plants - renewables | manufacturing | mining - coal
Share issue – underwriter
USD 631 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 172.8 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond issue – underwriter
source: Thomson ONE database.

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 34.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 37.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 8.3 million
Total nuclear finance provided: € 8.3 mln
source: Annual report 2007, Rio Tinto, London, April 2008.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 0.8 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 3.9 million
source: Press release Rio Tinto, London, 25 April 2002; Euroweek - Issue: 750; Euroweek - Issue: 798; Thomson ONE database; Website Rio Tinto (www.riotinto.com).

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands profile

oil and gas
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 2.6 million
6 September 2019
Shareholding, value dated 6 September 2019
source: Fintel
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 5.76 billion
2009 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Profundo

SUEK Russian Federation profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 111.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

TC Energy Canada profile

Debt – corporate loan
USD 1 billion
14 December 2017 - 14 December 2018
Co financed USD one billion credit facility to TransCanada Pipeline USA
source: Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
USD 500 million
14 December 2017 - 14 December 2018
Co financed USD 500 million credit facility to TransCanada American Investment
source: Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2017
Co financed USD 1.5 billion credit renewal
source: Data provided by Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2016
Co financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility

Textron United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Barclays' role in Textron can be found here:
source: link

Vattenfall Sweden profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 421.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 459.7 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 216.2 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Website Vattenfall (www.vattenfall.com); Thomson ONE Banker.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 247.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Press release, Vattenfall, Stockholm, 25 November 2008; Press release Vattenfall, Stockholm, 5 March 2009; Press release Vattenfall, Stockholm, 1 April 2009; Press release Vattenfall, Stockholm, 6 May 2009; Thomson ONE Banker.

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 66.8 million
August 2008
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 208.3 million
June 2008
Debt – corporate loan
USD 75 million
April 2007
Bond issue – underwriter
2004

Veolia Environment France profile

transport and infrastructure | water utilities
Equity – share owner/manager
Holds 134,047 shares valued at $3,399,000

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Barclays bows to shareholder pressure and announces 2050 ‘net zero’ “ambition”

2020-03-30 | Responsible Investor
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Barclays risks investor revolt with new fossil fuel policy

2020-03-30 | London, UK | Europe Beyond Coal
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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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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Davos financial players pump US$1.4 trillion into fossil fuels: new Greenpeace report

Banks, insurers and pension funds are as culpable for the climate emergency as the fossil fuel industry - especially those at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
2020-01-21 | Greenpeace
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Shareholder resolution at Barclays puts climate crisis centre stage for European banking sector in 2020

2020-01-08 | ShareAction
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Barclays pressured by shareholders to cut fossil fuel financing

2020-01-08 | Reuters
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Big European banks face call to end funding for firms building coal-fired plants

2019-12-05 | Reuters
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Big four UK banks providing billions for coal power expansion, urged to ‘clean up their acts’ for Glasgow COP

2019-12-05 | London, UK | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org
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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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We are letting banks off the hook for financing environmental destruction - that must change

2019-10-23 | Independent
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Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry

2019-10-13 | The Guardian
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Money to burn

More than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn
2019-09-23 | Global Witness
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Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction

New investigation by Global Witness uncovers for the first time a truly global picture of major financial players driving $44 billion into companies directly or indirectly involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and Papua New Guinea.
2019-09-23 | Global Witness
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Overly underwhelming - a reflection on Fossil Banks’ AGM season

2019-06-19
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Dirty Profits 7 - Out of Control: Irresponsible weapons transfers and future weapon systems

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
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Fool’s Gold – €16bn for Europe’s biggest climate polluters

2019-05-21 | Berlin | Europe Beyond Coal
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Antitrust: Commission fines Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG €1.07 billion for participating in foreign exchange spot trading cartel

2019-05-16 | European Commission press release
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It’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking system

2019-05-13 | openDemocracy
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Banks' fossil fuel funding rises, environmental groups warn

2019-03-21 | S&P Global
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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UK environmentalists target Barclays in fossil fuels campaign

2019-03-20 | The Guardian
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Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
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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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Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks

The case for legal action against the big banks that created and profited from Puerto Rico’s debt crisis
2019-02-20 | Public Accountability Initiative
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'Wrong side of history': Barclays' fossil fuels policy shift garners mixed reviews

2019-01-15 | Business Green
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Barclays’ energy policy review: ‘Half measures’ not good enough, says BankTrack

2019-01-15 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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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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Neil Young criticises festival sponsor Barclays over 'fossil fuel funding'

2018-12-10 | The Guardian
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Barclays customers in switch threat over tar sands investment

2018-12-05 | The Guardian
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Principles must bring commitments

Banks endorsing draft Principles for Responsible Banking called upon to urgently act on what they sign
2018-11-26 | Paris | BankTrack
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Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff
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Alaska Natives Call on Banks to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Drilling

2018-10-26 | Earther
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Greenpeace block Barclays’ HQ over dirty oil pipeline funding

Greenpeace UK volunteers take over the main entrance to Barclays HQ in London to protest the bank’s refusal to stop funding tar sands pipelines
2018-07-19 | London
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U.S. court order stops some work on Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia

2018-06-25 | Reuters
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Powering past coal? Top UK banks are passing the buck

2018-05-24 | BankTrack
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Barclays tell AGM new extreme oil policy on way as First Nations protest over Canadian tar sands pipeline

2018-05-01 | The Independent
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Climate protesters storm annual Barclays shareholder meeting

2018-05-01 | Financial Times
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Smoke and mirrors - world's top banks on notice to slash support for coal power development

2018-04-05 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, new report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar sands companies and pipelines.
2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Enbridge's Line 3 expansion is all risk, no reward

2018-03-04 | CBC News
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Banks told they're lagging on response to climate change risks

2018-02-15 | Bloomberg
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Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-12-11 | Financial Times
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Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
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Banks warned of tar sands pipelines investment risks in new report

2017-10-31 | Greenpeace, Oil Change International
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Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
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Greenpeace Investor Briefing: Problematic Pipelines

Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines
2017-09-20 | Greenpeace
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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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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
blog
external news
our news

New report: HSBC a ‘crucial link in the chain’ of Palestinian oppression says War on Want

2017-07-12 | War on Want
blog
external news
our news

More black marks for coal-hungry UK banks in latest Report Card

Barclays and HSBC increased finance for coal power in 2016, despite claims to support Paris Agreement
2017-07-10 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

150,000 People Representing more than $4 Billion Call on Banks to Defund Tar Sands Pipelines

2017-06-28 | Washington, DC | Divestinvest, Mazaska Talks
blog
external news
our news

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Over 20 Indigenous and environmental groups deliver urgent letter.
2017-06-09 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, others
blog
external news
our news

Indigenous leaders launch new campaign to defund all four proposed tar sands pipelines

2017-05-09 | Turtle Island | Mazaska Talks
blog
external news
our news

Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance Guide International, Oxfam
blog
external news
our news

Who's bankrolling TransCanada?

Banking on TransCanada means banking on Keystone XL
2017-03-24 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

Discussion Paper by Thun Group of banks meets series of objections from UN Working Group, John Ruggie and over 30 civil society organisations
2017-02-28 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Rampal financing still in the balance as double standards mount

2016-12-21 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Top US and UK banks urged not to help bankroll destructive Rampal coal plant in Bangladesh

2016-12-08 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Dakota Access: UK banks back pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners

2016-12-01 | EnergyDesk
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

New report finds banks betting on climate change

Seventh annual bank finance Report Card reveals major banks poured hundreds of billions into extreme fossil fuels
2016-06-14 | Nijmegen, San Francisco | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
blog
external news
our news

Barclays cuts ties with mountaintop removal coal, says MTR will be "phased out" soon

Barclays was the world's top lender to mountaintop removal coal firms prior to announcing new policy
2015-04-07 | Berkeley | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Barclays ends investment in 'toxic' coal mining practice under campaign pressure

2015-04-07 | RT
blog
external news
our news

Barclays ends financing of controversial mountaintop removal mining

2015-04-07 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks

2015-02-13 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Why Barclays must quit bankrolling coal industry

2015-02-06 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Barclays boycotted over Israel arms trade shares

2014-11-21 | Palestine News Network
blog
external news
our news

'Record year' for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
blog
external news
our news

5 Photos That Show Why Barclays Bank Must Stop Financing Mountain Destruction

2014-04-25 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

From Appalachia to London, Barclays Bank Takes Heat for Coal Financing

2014-04-24 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

I’m Visiting Barclays Bank and I Need You to Back Me Up

2014-04-23 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Barclays AGM: Protestors to target Barclays for bankrolling coal

2014-04-23 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

Barclays: The Biggest Banker of Mountaintop Removal Coal

2014-04-21 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Report Finds Top Banks Moving Away From Coal: Citigroup and Barclays seen as laggards

Fifth annual coal finance report shows JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo end financing for mountaintop removal coal
2014-04-17 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Extreme Coal – No Longer Business as Usual

2014-04-17 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Dirty Money - an interactive documentary

Watch WDM's online, interactive documentary exploring how UK banks are financing coal mining in Indonesia.
2013-11-21 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

British banks among world's biggest lenders to coal industry, report finds

2013-11-18 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Five banks made £2.2 billion from food speculation in 2010-2012

2013-11-05 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses
2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Who's Funding Climate Change...

2013-10-04 | The Huffington Post
blog
external news
our news

UK banks financing coal boom destroying Borneo rainforests

2013-10-01 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers

2013-04-10 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Barclays ends food speculation that made up to £278 million in 2012

2013-02-14 | London | Miriam Ross
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

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

NGOs seek Sakhalin compensation from Shell, UK banks (Subscription required)

2012-08-01 | Sakhalin Island, Russia | Environmental-Finance
blog
external news
our news

Complaint seeks resettlement and compensation from Shell and UK banks for damage caused by Sakhalin II oil and gas project

2012-07-31 | Sakhalin Island, Russia | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
blog
external news
our news

New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

Bankrolling Climate Change

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing
2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork
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

China digs in conflict-ridden Burma for oil and gas

2011-09-06 | Bangkok | Finance GreenWatch
blog
external news
our news

FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

Long overdue recognition shows need for new systems in banks and more effective ongoing monitoring regime by FSA, say campaigners
2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Barclays account used by Dictator’s son to buy €18m of artwork with suspect funds

2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Barclays, HSBC and RBS linked to 'dirty financing' for fossil fuels

2011-06-14 | The Ecologist
blog
external news
our news

Don’t make it easier for dictators to steal

2011-02-24 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

British banks complicit in Nigerian corruption, court documents reveal

2010-10-11 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Bob Diamond to be appointed as Barclays new chief executive

2010-09-07 | Times
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

BankTrack calls on banks to stop funding nuclear power

New website exposes nuclear secrets of commercial banks
2010-05-26 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions invest over US$43 billion in producers of cluster bombs

Activists call on governments and financial institutions to stop explosive investments
2010-04-14 | Geneva, Switzerland | Netwerk Vlaanderen/ IKV PaxChristi
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

UK Taxpayers' money involved in financing controversial tar sands companies

Cashing in on Tar Sands: RBS, UK banks and Canada’s “blood oil”
2010-03-01 | London | Platform
blog
external news
our news

28 countries accused of facilitating money laundering … but key offenders missing

also banks that do business with corrupt regimes have been exposed in Global Witness research
2010-02-18 | London | Global Witness
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

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

BankTrack members unveil bank secrets

Six European organizations launch a revealing website: www.banksecrets.eu
2009-06-25 | Brussels | CRBM
blog
external news
our news

Leading banks facilitating corruption, fuelling poverty

Global Witness to testify at Financial Services Committee Congressional Hearing  
2009-05-19 | Washington DC | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

World's major banks rule out financing Gunns' Pulp Mill

Advert in Financial Times warns banks to stay out
2009-04-29 | Tasmania, Australia | The Wilderness Society
blog
external news
our news

Major banks facilitate corruption in world's poorest countries; government regulation is not working

2009-03-11 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Cashing in on Coal - New Report

2008-08-26 | London, Edinburgh | Platform
blog
external news
our news

New Report: European banks financing damaging agrofuels in Latin America

Friends of the Earth International urges banks to stop fuelling harmful agrofuel boom
2008-05-19 | Brussels, Montevideo | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

Major international banks finance catastrophic mud volcano

Lapindo Brantas is shirking its responsibility for the damage
2007-06-21 | Brussels Belgium, Jakarta Indonesia | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

Barclays accused over Indian dam

2004-10-02 | The Guardian

Documents

| | | | | | | | | | | |
Type:
Year:
our publications

Banking on Climate Change Fossil Finance Report 2020

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year
2020-03-18 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
annual reports

Annual report 2019

2020-03-12 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

Briefing: why Blackrock should divest from biomass

2020-02-29 00:00:00 | Biofuelwatch
csr policies

Group statement on modern slavery

2020-02-29 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Supplier code of conduct

2019-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
correspondence

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

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications

The UK's dirty coal secret

$26 billion support from big four banks for international companies planning coal fleet 16 times the size of current UK capacity
2019-12-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org
correspondence

Letter from Barclays to BankTrack on PRB implementation

2019-09-11 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on the defence sector

2019-06-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
our publications

Failure to Transition: How Barclays’ 2019 Energy and Climate Change Statement fails to address climate risk

Investor Briefing
2019-05-02 00:00:00 | Greenpeace UK and BankTrack
our publications

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Barclays

2019-04-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents

The Wall Street Banks Still Financing Private Prisons

2019 Data Brief
2019-04-30 00:00:00 | ITPI, Public Accountability Initiative, Center for Popular Deocracy
annual reports

Annual report 2018

2019-03-19 00:00:00 | Barclays
annual reports

CSR report 2018

2019-03-19 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Forestry and palm oil statement

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental risk in lending

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on modern slavery

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Energy and Climate Change Statement

2019-01-14 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Policies and Principles

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
our publications

Coal plant developers: 2018 research analysis

2018-12-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence

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

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

World Heritage site and Ramsar Wetlands statement

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Coal statement

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
annual reports

Barclays PLC Environmental Social Governance Report 2017

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
annual reports

Annual Report 2017

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

The Big Shift - Banks must invest our money in a cleaner future

2017-12-07 00:00:00 | Christian Aid
ngo documents

Problematic pipelines: Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines

2017-09-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
ngo documents

In the Red

An Assessment of Bank Policies for Financing Pulp and Paper
2017-08-01 00:00:00 | Environmental Paper Network
ngo documents

Deadly Investments

UK bank complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | War on Want
correspondence

Letter from RAN and 13 others to 14 banks that underwrote Kinder Morgan Canada IPO on warning to finance the IPO

2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
annual reports

Annual Report 2016

2017-05-17 00:00:00 | Barclays
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to Thun Group on concerns regarding Thun Group discussion paper on human rights

2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

Environmental, Social Governance Supplement 2016

2017-02-23 00:00:00 | Barclays
other documents

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context
2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack and others to Thun Group of Banks on Significant Concerns Regarding Thun Group Discussion Paper

2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
csr policies

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
correspondence

Letter from 53 organisations to 5 banks on Exim India bonds

2016-12-08 00:00:00 | 53 organisations
csr policies

Statement on human rights

2016-11-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
our publications

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
our publications

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
our publications

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Utilities & Waste Management

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Service Industry

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Power Generation

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Mining & Metals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Oil & Gas

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing General Manufacturing

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Infrastructure

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
annual reports

Return to Stability - Annual Report 2015

2016-02-02 00:00:00 | Barclays PLC
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Agriculture and Fisheries

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing - Forestry & Logging

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays
bank documents

The Barclays Lens

2015-10-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Policy Position Statement on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining

2015-03-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
annual reports

Barclays PLC Annual Report 2014

2015-03-19 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental Sustainability Policy statement

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
correspondence

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
our publications

Banking with Principles?

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

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
ngo documents

The Green Tigers

Which Southeast Asian Companies Will Prosper in the New Age of Forest Conservation?
2014-09-23 00:00:00 | Forest Heroes
ngo documents

Dominion Midstream Partners - Profundo Risk Report

Liquefied natural gas holding company - Avoid
2014-09-10 00:00:00 | Profundo
annual reports

Citizenship Report 2013

2014-05-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
our publications

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences
2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
annual reports

Annual Report 2013 Barclays

2014-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

Banking while Borneo burns

How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom
2013-09-30 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
bank documents

Barclays Citizenship Plan 2015

2013-07-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

The Cerrejón mine - Coal exploitation in Colombia

2013-05-01 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
bank documents

Thun Group of Banks Response to a question at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, December 2012

2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group
bank documents

Statement by the Thun Group of banks on the "Guiding principles for the implementation of the United Nations 'protect, respect and remedy' framework" on human rights

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
our publications

Bankrolling climate change

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald/BankTrack/groundwork
other documents

Barclays Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
ngo documents

Barclays PLC and agricultural commodity derivatives report

2011-03-01 00:00:00 | Global Justice Now
correspondence

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

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

International thief thief

2010-10-11 00:00:00 | Global Witness
other documents

Where did our money go?

2010-10-04 00:00:00 | New Economics Foundation
our publications

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents

Barclays cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

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

Statement on Data Protection

2009-01-23 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents

Cashing in on coal: RBS, UK banks and the global coal industry

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | Platform
ngo documents

Profiles of European Banks

2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres

Media









Links

Avaaz on Barclay's role in funding Israel-Palestine conflict

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/israel_palestine_this_is_how_it_ends_loc/?slideshow

Barclays: Policy Positions

http://group.barclays.com/about-barclays/citizenship/policy-positions

Barclays: Corporate Governance page

https://www.home.barclays/about-barclays/barclays-corporate-governance.html

Dirty Money - an interactive documentary

An interactive documentary exploring how UK banks are financing coal mining in Indonesia. You can navigate your own way through a range of material. The documentary includes interview clips: including indigenous people whose homelands have been destroyed by coal mining, people in the mountains of Java running their own renewable energy projects, finance experts and campaigners.
http://www.wdm.org.uk/webdoc

Barclays Human Rights page

https://www.home.barclays/citizenship/our-approach/human-rights.html

Barclays ESG web page

https://home.barclays/citizenship/environmental-social-governance-overview/

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Barclays

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

https://environmentalpaper.org/barclays/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Barclays has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

An overview of Barclays' policy positions can be found here. Sectoral guidance notes are available here.

Year:
csr policies

Group statement on modern slavery

2020-02-29 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Supplier code of conduct

2019-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on the defence sector

2019-06-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Forestry and palm oil statement

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental risk in lending

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on modern slavery

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Energy and Climate Change Statement

2019-01-14 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Policies and Principles

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

World Heritage site and Ramsar Wetlands statement

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Coal statement

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on human rights

2016-11-30 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Utilities & Waste Management

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Service Industry

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Power Generation

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Mining & Metals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Oil & Gas

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing General Manufacturing

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Infrastructure

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Agriculture and Fisheries

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing - Forestry & Logging

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Policy Position Statement on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining

2015-03-31 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays
csr policies

Environmental Sustainability Policy statement

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Barclays is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

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Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure

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Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas

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Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia

mining - non coal

Good moves

Year:

2015

Barclays, ING, PNC pull back from Mountaintop Removal

In 2015, US bank PNC, UK bank Barclays and Dutch bank ING all announced new commitments to cut finance for the controversial practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. These banks join JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, RBS, BNP Paribas, and UBS - banks that have already committed to cut ties…

Barclays divests from Elbit Systems

In August 2015, campaign group Avaaz reported: "We have now been informed that since the end of last year Barclays has no beneficial ownership of any shares in Elbit Systems in any capacity, including as a hedge for client related business, nor does it hold any shares in nominee for clients. Barclays has also confirmed…

2014

Thun Group of Banks agrees to consider remedy for victims of human rights abuse

In 2013 the seven-strong Thun Group of Banks' produced a discussion paper on banks' responsibilities under new UN human rights guidelines. BankTrack's response to the paper highlighted that the banks had failed to address their responsibility to provide access to remedy to victims of human rights abuses. After…

Barclays commits to stop promoting tax dodging through tax havens to companies investing in Africa

Following a campaign by Action Aid, supported by 53,000 people taking action, hundreds writing to MPs, and thousands of messages, Barclays committed in November 2014 to stop promoting tax dodging through tax havens to companies investing in Africa. Barclay's commitment means that they have made changes to their…