Active

Banks endorsing draft Principles for Responsible Banking called upon to urgently act on what they sign

Principles must bring commitments

2018-11-26 | Paris | BankTrack

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff

Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

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

Alaska Natives Call on Banks to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Drilling

Greenpeace block Barclays’ HQ over dirty oil pipeline funding

U.S. court order stops some work on Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia

Powering past coal? Top UK banks are passing the buck

2018-05-24 | BankTrack

2018-05-01 | The Independent

Barclays tell AGM new extreme oil policy on way as First Nations protest over Canadian tar sands pipeline

2018-05-01 | Financial Times

Climate protesters storm annual Barclays shareholder meeting

2018-04-05 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack

Smoke and mirrors - world's top banks on notice to slash support for coal power development

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.

Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club

Enbridge's Line 3 expansion is all risk, no reward

2018-03-04 | CBC News

Banks told they're lagging on response to climate change risks

2018-02-15 | Bloomberg

2017-12-11 | Financial Times

Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network

Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-10-31 | Greenpeace, Oil Change International

Banks warned of tar sands pipelines investment risks in new report

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it

Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network

Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines

Greenpeace Investor Briefing: Problematic Pipelines

2017-09-20 | Greenpeace

2017-08-01 | Environmental Paper Network

Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

Bank support for FSB Task Force recommendations is welcome, but reveals lack of joined-up thinking

TCFD: banks supporting better disclosure are not the ones exiting coal project finance

2017-07-31 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack, Yann Louvel – BankTrack

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

2017-07-12 | War on Want

Barclays and HSBC increased finance for coal power in 2016, despite claims to support Paris Agreement

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

2017-07-10 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack

2017-06-28 | Washington, DC | Divestinvest, Mazaska Talks

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

Over 20 Indigenous and environmental groups deliver urgent letter.

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

2017-06-09 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, others

2017-05-09 | Turtle Island | Mazaska Talks

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

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network

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

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance Guide International, Oxfam

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

Banking on TransCanada means banking on Keystone XL

Who's bankrolling TransCanada?

2017-03-24 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network

Discussion Paper by Thun Group of banks meets series of objections from UN Working Group, John Ruggie and over 30 civil society organisations

Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

2017-02-28 | BankTrack

2016-12-21 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack

Rampal financing still in the balance as double standards mount

2016-12-08 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack

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

Dakota Access: UK banks back pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners

2016-12-01 | EnergyDesk

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald

Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

Seventh annual bank finance Report Card reveals major banks poured hundreds of billions into extreme fossil fuels

New report finds banks betting on climate change

2016-06-14 | Nijmegen, San Francisco | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International

Barclays was the world's top lender to mountaintop removal coal firms prior to announcing new policy

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

2015-04-07 | Berkeley | Rainforest Action Network

2015-04-07 | The Guardian

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

Barclays ends financing of controversial mountaintop removal mining

2015-02-13 | The Guardian

Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks

2015-02-06 | The Guardian

Why Barclays must quit bankrolling coal industry

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations

Call for banks to divest from APRIL

2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.

Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK

2014-11-21 | Palestine News Network

Barclays boycotted over Israel arms trade shares

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

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

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance

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

2014-04-23 | London | World Development Movement

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

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

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

Barclays AGM: Protestors to target Barclays for bankrolling coal

Fifth annual coal finance report shows JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo end financing for mountaintop removal coal

Barclays: The Biggest Banker of Mountaintop Removal Coal

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

2014-04-17 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network

Watch WDM's online, interactive documentary exploring how UK banks are financing coal mining in Indonesia.

Extreme Coal – No Longer Business as Usual

Dirty Money - an interactive documentary

2013-11-21 | London | World Development Movement

2013-11-18 | The Guardian

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

2013-11-05 | London | World Development Movement

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

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses

BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

2013-10-04 | The Huffington Post

Who's Funding Climate Change...

2013-10-01 | London | World Development Movement

UK banks financing coal boom destroying Borneo rainforests

2013-02-14 | London | Miriam Ross

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

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

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-01 | Sakhalin Island, Russia | Environmental-Finance

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

2012-07-31 | Sakhalin Island, Russia | Pacific Environment

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

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN

Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe

New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing

Bankrolling Climate Change

2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance

Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-09-06 | Bangkok | Finance GreenWatch

China digs in conflict-ridden Burma for oil and gas

Long overdue recognition shows need for new systems in banks and more effective ongoing monitoring regime by FSA, say campaigners

FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness

2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness

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

2011-06-14 | The Ecologist

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

2011-02-24 | London | Global Witness

Don’t make it easier for dictators to steal

2010-10-11 | London | Global Witness

British banks complicit in Nigerian corruption, court documents reveal

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability

Bob Diamond to be appointed as Barclays new chief executive

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

2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack

New website exposes nuclear secrets of commercial banks

BankTrack calls on banks to stop funding nuclear power

2010-05-26 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack

Activists call on governments and financial institutions to stop explosive investments

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

2010-04-14 | Geneva, Switzerland | Netwerk Vlaanderen/ IKV PaxChristi

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack

Cashing in on Tar Sands: RBS, UK banks and Canada’s “blood oil”

UK Taxpayers' money involved in financing controversial tar sands companies

2010-03-01 | London | Platform

also banks that do business with corrupt regimes have been exposed in Global Witness research

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

2010-02-18 | London | Global Witness

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon

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

2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen

Six European organizations launch a revealing website: www.banksecrets.eu

BankTrack members unveil bank secrets

2009-06-25 | Brussels | CRBM

Global Witness to testify at Financial Services Committee Congressional Hearing

Leading banks facilitating corruption, fuelling poverty

2009-05-19 | Washington DC | Global Witness

Advert in Financial Times warns banks to stay out

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

2009-04-29 | Tasmania, Australia | The Wilderness Society

2009-03-11 | London | Global Witness

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

2008-08-26 | London, Edinburgh | Platform

Cashing in on Coal - New Report

Friends of the Earth International urges banks to stop fuelling harmful agrofuel boom

New Report: European banks financing damaging agrofuels in Latin America

2008-05-19 | Brussels, Montevideo | Friends of the Earth Europe

Lapindo Brantas is shirking its responsibility for the damage

Major international banks finance catastrophic mud volcano

2007-06-21 | Brussels Belgium, Jakarta Indonesia | Friends of the Earth Europe

2004-10-02 | The Guardian

Barclays accused over Indian dam

Documents

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Type:

Year:

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

2018-10-16 00:00:00

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

Barclays Coal statement 2018

World Heritage site and Ramsar Wetlands statement

Barclays Group Statement on Modern Slavery

Barclays PLC Environmental Social Governance Report 2017

Annual Report 2017

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

2017-09-20 00:00:00

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

An Assessment of Bank Policies for Financing Pulp and Paper

2017-08-01 00:00:00

In the Red

2017-08-01 00:00:00 | Environmental Paper Network

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

2017-06-06 00:00:00

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

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

2017-05-17 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

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

2017-03-14 00:00:00

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

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

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Environmental, Social Governance Supplement 2016

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context

2017-02-21 00:00:00

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie

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

2017-02-14 00:00:00

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

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

2017-01-31 00:00:00

Barclays Statement on Bribery and Corruption

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

2016-12-08 00:00:00

Letter from 53 organisations to 5 banks on Exim India bonds

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

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Barclays statement on human rights

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack

2016-06-20 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-06-20 00:00:00

Requirements of external suppliers

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016

2016-06-14 00:00:00

Shorting the Climate

2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance

2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network

2016-04-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Environmental and Social in Lending

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Utilities & Waste Management

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Service Industry

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Power Generation

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Mining & Metals

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Oil & Gas

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing General Manufacturing

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Infrastructure

2016-02-04 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Barclays Supplier Code of Conduct

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

2016-02-02 00:00:00

Return to Stability - Annual Report 2015

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Agriculture and Fisheries

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing - Forestry & Logging

Future-proofing our decision-making

2015-10-31 00:00:00

The Barclays Lens

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

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

2015-03-31 00:00:00

Policy Position Statement on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining

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

2015-03-19 00:00:00

Barclays PLC Annual Report 2014

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

Environmental Sustainability Policy statement

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

2014-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights

2014-10-01 00:00:00

Dirty Profits III

2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance

Which Southeast Asian Companies Will Prosper in the New Age of Forest Conservation?

2014-09-23 00:00:00

The Green Tigers

2014-09-23 00:00:00 | Forest Heroes

Liquefied natural gas holding company - Avoid

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Dominion Midstream Partners - Profundo Risk Report

2014-09-10 00:00:00 | Profundo

Barclays Statement on the Defence Sector

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

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Citizenship Report 2013

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences

2014-04-17 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack

2014-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays

2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013 Barclays

How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom

2013-09-30 00:00:00

Banking while Borneo burns

2013-09-30 00:00:00 | World Development Movement

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

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Barclays Citizenship Plan 2015

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

2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Cerrejón mine - Coal exploitation in Colombia

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

2012-12-06 00:00:00

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

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

2012-10-29 00:00:00

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

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

2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks

2011-11-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling climate change

2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald/BankTrack/groundwork

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

2011-05-25 00:00:00

Barclays Cluster Munitions Investments

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

2011-03-01 00:00:00

Barclays PLC and agricultural commodity derivatives report

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

2010-12-18 00:00:00

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

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

2010-10-11 00:00:00

International thief thief

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

2010-10-04 00:00:00

Where did our money go?

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks

2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

2010-04-01 00:00:00

Barclays cluster munitions investments

2010-03-03 00:00:00 | Barclays

2010-03-03 00:00:00

Statement on anti-money laundering

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

2009-10-01 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

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

2009-01-23 00:00:00

Statement on Data Protection

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

2008-08-01 00:00:00

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

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

2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

Media

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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 Environment page

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

Barclays Human Rights page

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

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Barclays has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Banking Environment Initiative
Carbon Disclosure Project
Climate Principles
Equator Principles
Global Reporting Initiative
Green Bond Principles
Principles for Responsible Banking
Soft Commodities Compact
Thun Group on Human Rights
UNEP Finance Initiative
Wolfsberg Principles

Investment policies

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

Year:

Barclays Coal statement 2018

World Heritage site and Ramsar Wetlands statement

Barclays Group Statement on Modern Slavery

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

2017-01-31 00:00:00

Barclays Statement on Bribery and Corruption

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

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Barclays statement on human rights

2016-06-20 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-06-20 00:00:00

Requirements of external suppliers

2016-04-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Environmental and Social in Lending

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Utilities & Waste Management

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Service Industry

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Power Generation

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Mining & Metals

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Oil & Gas

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing General Manufacturing

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Infrastructure

2016-02-04 00:00:00 | Barclays

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Barclays Supplier Code of Conduct

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Agriculture and Fisheries

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing - Forestry & Logging

Future-proofing our decision-making

2015-10-31 00:00:00

The Barclays Lens

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

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

2015-03-31 00:00:00

Policy Position Statement on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

Environmental Sustainability Policy statement

Barclays Statement on the Defence Sector