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About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is one of the main banks in Europe. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. Together with Société Générale and Crédit Lyonnais it is one of the 'three old banks' of France. BNP Paribas is an universal bank and operates in three main business areas: retail banking, corporate investment banking and investment solutions.

Website http://www.bnpparibas.com/en
Headquarters
16, boulevard des Italiens
75009 Paris
France
CEO/chair Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
Director and CEO
Supervisor
Banque de France
Annual reports Annual report 2018
CSR report 2017
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext

BNP Paribas' share holder structure can be accessed here.

Subsidiaries
BNP Paribas Fortis – Belgium (profile)

Related Dodgy Deals

BNP Paribas 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

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 25.5 million
October 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 300 million to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.2
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 264 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) Guinea profile

mining - non coal
Debt – project finance
USD 473 million
2016
BNP Paribas participated in a USD 473 million syndicated loan
source: Inclusive Development International
link

Israeli illegal settlements Israel profile

Construction | transport and infrastructure
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 4.8 million
BNP Paribas owns and manages shares in Hapoalim Bank, which is active in the Israeli Settlements.
source: www.11.be
link

Mountain Valley Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 35 million
1 December 2016 - 1 December 2026
source: EQM filings at the SEC
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 41 million
18 February 2014 - 18 February 2019
source: EQM filings at the SEC
link

Ostroleka C coal power plant Poland profile

energy plants - coal
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 300 million
February 2017
Eurobond to ENERGA
source: link

Solwara 1 Deep Sea Mining Project Papua New Guinea profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 45 million
2013
Provided to MB Holding and its subsidiaries since 2013
source: Profundo report
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 101.40 million
2013
Provided to Metalloinvest and its subsidiaries since 2013
source: Profundo report
link

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) - international - profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
EUR 500 million
December 2018 - June 2034
Co-financed EUR 500 million EBRD B-loan
source: EIB press release
link
Debt – project finance
EUR 635 million
December 2018 - June 2034
Co-financed EUR 635 million commercial banks loan
source: EIB press release
link

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
Co financed CAD 14 billion corporate loan to Kinder Morgan including underwriting from January 1, 2014 through May 2017
source: Mazaska Talks
link

Tufanbeyli coal power plant Turkey profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
EUR 30 million
27 July 2012
As part of a 142 million euros loan
source: link
Debt – project finance
EUR 60 million
27 July 2012
As part of a 608 million euros loan
source: link
There are no active projects for BNP Paribas now.

Projects - on record profiles

Annova LNG Terminal United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 40 million
26 May 2016 - 26 May 2021
Part finance of USD 600 million revolving credit facilty
source: Rainforest Action Network
link

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline Azerbaijan profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
February 2004

Belene nuclear power plant Bulgaria profile

energy plants - nuclear
Debt – project finance
2007
In 2007, BNP Paribas provided a small loan to finance the project's initial development. Eventually, however, BNP Paribas recalled the loan and also ended its involvement. This was shortly after the project's sole foreign investor, the energy company RWE, took the decision to drop out of Belene in 2009.

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised

Canadian tar sands Canada profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
USD 6,054 million
2009
Total Tar Sands Financing
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
2007
Bond issue – underwriter
2007
Share issue – underwriter
2007

Dynegy coal power plants United States profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
for Sandy Creek project, closed in August 2007

El Dorado International Airport Colombia profile

transport and infrastructure
Debt – project finance
USD 125 million
14 May 2015
source: IJGlobal

Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 65 million
March 2007
Participation in issuing syndicate led by JP Morgan Chase and Merril Lynch.
Debt – corporate loan
USD 303 million
March 2007
Participation in a $ 10 billion syndicated loan arranged by JP Morgan Chase and Merril Lynch
Debt – corporate loan
USD 45 million
March 2007
for acquisition of other mining group (Phelps Dodge)

Great Barrier Reef Coal & Gas Exports Australia profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
AUD 151 million
5 May 2013
source: link

Hazelwood coal power plant Australia profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – corporate loan
AUD 80 million
2008
source: link

Jaitapur nuclear power plant India profile

energy plants - nuclear
Approached, interested
Has been repeatedly mentioned by Indian authorities as one of the bank that will provide financing for Jaitapur reactors. BNP Paribas is expected to be the lead arranger bank for this deal.
source: link

Kaltim Prima Coal mine Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 34.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
September 2007
KazMunaiGaz paid loan early in October 2008

Kusile coal power plant South Africa profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1,185 million
December 2009
Part of € 1,185 million syndicated loan - ECA/Coface-covered loan to fund turbine contracts with Alstom for the Medupi and Kusile
source: link

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
15 December 2009
source: link

Medupi coal power plant South Africa profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1.185 million
December 2009
ECA/Coface-covered loan to fund turbine contracts with Alstom for the Medupi and Kusile plants
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 740 million
May 2009
Part of $ 740 million syndicated loan - Proceeds were used to fund part of the Medupi boiler contract with Hitachi
source: link

Mining in Goa/ Sesa Goa India profile

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

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 265 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Nam Theun 2 dam Laos profile

energy plants - dams
Debt – project finance
May 2005
Debt – project finance
May 2005
inherited from takeover part of Fortis
Debt – project finance
PRG/PRI Coordinator, inherited from take over part of Fortis
Uncategorised
Lead arranger

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

Rosemont Copper Mine United States profile

mining - non coal
Approached, interested
source: link

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 350 million
October 2009
Participation in US$1,4bn provided by consortium of BNP Paribas, BTM, Mizuho, and SMBC
source: Project Finance International
Debt – corporate loan
USD 125 million
June 2008
Participation in loan of $1.6 billion provided by a consortium of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., and BNP Paribas, in addition to $3.7 billion loan provided by JBIC

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) India profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
USD 327 million
April 2008
Acted as lead arranger for one tranche of US$ 327 million of the US$1.2 billion loan.
source: Profundo

Texas LNG Terminal United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure

Theun-Hinboun dam expansion Laos profile

energy plants - dams
Debt – project finance
October 2008
Participation in $187,5 million syndicated loan arranged by Exim Bank of Thailand
source: press release Exim Bank of Thailand October 8th, 2008

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Approached, interested
USD 60 million
January 2010
part of syndicate loan of USD 60 million
source: link

Companies - active profiles

Arauco Chile profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 300 million
2011 - 2017
Loans and underwritings to Arauco between 2011 and 2017 for the Montes del Plata mill.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, “Corporate events-deals”, viewed in Jan 2017; Bloomberg, “Loans”, viewed in Jan 2017; Bloomberg, “Share and Bond issuance underwritings”, viewed in Jan 2017.

BAE Systems United Kingdom profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 100 million
30 April 2018
BNP Paribas 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

CEZ Group Czech Republic profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 174 million
The amount financed consists of corporate or project finance and shares or bonds issuance
source: Fool's Gold: The financial institutions bankrolling Europe's most coal-dependent utilities
link

Elbit Systems Israel profile

arms industry and trade | aviation | security and surveillance systems
Debt – corporate loan
USD 180 million
August 2017
BNP Paribas participated in $180 million loan to Elbit Systems

Energa Group Poland profile

energy distribution | energy plants - coal | energy plants - renewables
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 300 million
2017 - 2027
source: Bond program prospectus, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
link
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 500 million
2013 - 2020
source: Consolidated quarterly financial statement Q3 2016
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. BNP Paribas 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 April 2018 - 23 March 2024
Co-financed a USD 792 million corporate loan
source: Sec.gov
link

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Equity – share owner/manager
2017
BNP Paribas Nominees Singapore PTE Ltd holds 0.14% of GAR shares
source: GAR Annual report 2017
link

Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) Liberia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Equity – share owner/manager
2017
BNP Paribas Nominees Singapore PTE Ltd holds 0.14% of GAR's shares
source: GAR Annual Report 2017
link

Klabin Brazil profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 620 million
31 October 2019
Co-financed USD 620 million loan, meant for Klabin's Puma II project.
source: IDB Invest press release
link

Lockheed Martin United States profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 55 million
November 2013
source: link

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) Poland profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 182 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 356 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 22.6 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 613.1 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 859.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond owner/manager
EUR 9.91 million
source: Bloomberg database.
Debt – corporate loan
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 128.4 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); RWE, Essen, 24 April 2002.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.

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 2 billion
June 2017 - June 2022
Co-financed USD 2 billion credit facility
source: Vale press release
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 156.25 million
3 August 2016 - 10 August 2026
Via Vale Overseas ltd.
source: Profundo research Jan 2019
Debt – corporate loan
USD 3 billion
May 2015 - May 2020
Co-financed USD 3 billion credit facility
source: Vale press release
link

Wilmar International Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
USD 19 million
2017
Revolving credit facility
source: Forests and Finance Database
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 65 million
2014
Revolving credit facility
source: Forests and Finance Database
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 20 million
2014
Revolving credit facility
source: Forests and Finance Database
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 461 million
2010 - 2014
Total amount of 9 corporate loans provided by BNP Paribas in the period 2010-2014.
source: FoE Europe report (November 2015)
link
There are no active companies for BNP Paribas now.

Companies - on record profiles

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 137 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 380 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 193.8 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

Areva France profile

energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 94 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 135 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 0.1 million
source: Reuters3000 financial database
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 218.8 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 313.5 million
source: Thomson ONE database, Euroweek - Issue: 986, Euroweek - Issue: 990, Euroweek - Issue: 1029

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 123.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 236.2 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008.
Advisor
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: Press release, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 12 November 2007; Reuters, London, 22 November 2007.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 47.5 million
source: Prospectus Supplement; Press release BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 6 December 2005; Presentation BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 25 April 2006; Euroweek - Issue: 951;Final terms, Press release, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 3 May 2006; Final terms,BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 22 February 2007;
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 90.8 million
source: International Financing Review, 26 October 2002; Euroweek - Issue: 780; Prospectus WMC Resources, 26 June 2003;International Financing Review, London, 9 September 2004; International Financing Review, London, 26 March 2005; Annual Report 2005, BHP Billiton; International Financing Review, London, 23 April 2005; Euroweek - Issue: 914.

Bumi Resources Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 34.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Drummond United States profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 38.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 762.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 927.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1,879.1 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 2,365.34 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 659; Euroweek - Issue: 673; Press release Electricité de France, Paris, 28 November 2008; Euroweek - Issue: 826; Press release Electricité de France, Paris, 28 May 2008; Press release Electricité de France, Paris, 19 November 2008; Press release Electricité de France, Paris, 28 November 2008.

Eletrobras Brazil profile

energy distribution | energy efficiency | energy plants - biomass | energy plants - dams | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - ocean energy | energy plants - solar | energy plants - thermoelectric | energy plants - wind | energy transmission
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 15.4 million
source: Press release Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Caracas, 10 December 2005; Website Societe Generale; Website Trade Finance Magazine; Thomson ONE database.

ENGIE France profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Uncategorised
USD 1,713 million
2006
shares/bonds underwriter or manager, since 2006
source: Thomson One
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 34.8 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 45.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Eskom South Africa profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 369 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

First Resources Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
14 March 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - holds 0.46% of the shares - BNP Parisbas Securities Services Singapore and Nominees Singapore
source: Annual Report 2013

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 613.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 618.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Hanwha South Korea profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on BNP Paribas' role in Hanwha can be found here:
source: link

Jindal Steel & Power India profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 0.7 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 185 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
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 5.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database.

Marubeni Japan profile

energy plants - coal | forestry - pulp and paper | mining - non coal | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 101 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report
link

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - hydro | energy plants - renewables | manufacturing | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 14.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
source: Euroweek - Issue: 972; Asian Development Bank, Manilla, 25 October 2006; Thomson ONE database.

OLAM Singapore profile

agriculture - food crops | agriculture - palm oil | forestry - pulp and paper
Uncategorised
22 September 2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - holds 0.04% - on behalf of BNP Paribas Securities Services Singapore
source: Annual Report 2014

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 180 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 34.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 72.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 0.4 million
source: Website Rio Tinto (www.riotinto.com).
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 2 million
source: Annual report 2007, Rio Tinto, London, April 2008.

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands profile

oil and gas
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 563 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Dirty Profits II report
link

Shenhua Group China profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 3.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

SUEK Russian Federation profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 271.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Textron United States profile

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

Trafigura Singapore profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 193 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 1,029 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

Vattenfall Sweden profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 459.7 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 564.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
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 317.4 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Press release, Vattenfall, Stockholm, 27 June 2005; 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 40 million
June 2009
Approached, interested
USD 75 million
April 2007
inherited from take over part of Fortis
Debt – corporate loan
USD 75 million
April 2007

Vinci France profile

transport and infrastructure
Uncategorised
USD 1,167 million
2006
shares/bonds underwriter or manager, since 2006
source: Thomson One

Vitol Switzerland profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 59 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 986 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

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

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas must face revived lawsuit over Sudanese genocide- U.S. appeals court

2019-05-22 | Reuters
blog
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our news

Fool’s Gold – €16bn for Europe’s biggest climate polluters

2019-05-21 | Berlin | Europe Beyond Coal
blog
external news
our news

RWE plans destruction of ancient German forest

Top bankers of Europe's biggest CO2 emitter revealed in Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019
2019-03-21 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
blog
external news
our news

Banks need to join forces to stop oil, shale businesses shopping around: BNP

2019-03-15 | S&P Global
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas fund arm plans €1bn coal divestment

French asset manager is latest company to reduce fossil fuel exposure
2019-03-14 | FT
blog
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our news

Banks be warned – Poland’s PGE wants to blow the house and the climate on coal expansion extravaganza

Latest distress signal from new financial results another reason for potential financiers to walk away
2019-03-14 | Warsaw, Poland | Kuba Gogolewski – Development YES Open-Pit Mines NO
blog
external news
our news

Thirteen Guinean villages lodge complaint against World Bank for financing destructive bauxite mine

Further finance came from a syndicate of commercial banks under the Equator Principles
2019-03-11 | Conakry | Inclusive Development International
blog
external news
our news

Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
blog
external news
our news

Trans Adriatic Pipeline: France provides massive financial support to controversial gas project

2019-01-17 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

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 | Claire Hamlett – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New briefing paper on RWE – Europe’s worst polluter – for investors, insurers and banks

2018-12-16 | Europe Beyond Coal
blog
external news
our news

New report: Three years after the Paris climate summit, French banks are financing more coal

2018-11-26 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

USA: Govt. contractors accused of profiting from separation & detention of migrant & asylum seeking families

2018-07-25 | Business-humanrights.org
blog
external news
our news

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

2018-06-25 | Reuters
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank still involved in illegal Israeli settlement industry

2018-05-29 | 11.11.11
blog
external news
our news

Investors urge fossil fuel firms to shun Trump's Arctic drilling plans

2018-05-14 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

New report: Société Générale – Foot on the gas for fossil fuels

2018-03-05 | Paris | Friends of the Earth France
blog
external news
our news

Out of sync with climate reality – the coal mine and coal plant dreams of Poland's two dirty utilities

2018-02-26 | Warsaw | Katarzyna Kubiczek, Ecological Association EKO-UNIA
blog
external news
our news

Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-12-11 | Financial Times
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas Says It Will Stop Funding for Tobacco Industry

French bank is latest financial firm to boycott industry - Clients said to include BAT, Imperial Brands and Philip Morris
2017-11-24 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Investor alert: Deep sea mining project in last-ditch search for capital

Banks and other investors warned to steer clear
2017-10-25 | Nijmegen and Brisbane | BankTrack, Deep Sea Mining Campaign
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas takes the global lead in excluding unconventional fossil fuels from portfolio

Other banks urged to follow suit, starting with the Equator banks
2017-10-12 | Nijmegen, Paris | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

BNP to halt shale oil financing, expand funds for renewables

2017-10-11 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

Nouvelles mesures climat de BNP Paribas : un pas dans la bonne direction

2017-10-11 | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas takes further measures to accelerate its support of the energy transition

BNP Paribas will no longer finance LNG terminals that predominantly liquefy and export gas from shale
2017-10-11 | BNP Paribas
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

Ten Equator banks demand decisive action on Indigenous peoples following DAPL debacle

Banks from the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy press Equator Principles Association for change
2017-06-16 | BankTrack
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

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
blog
external news
our news

Pipeline action at Société Générale: French banks must not be Trump accomplices

2017-05-22 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

The Money Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline: Is Your Bank Financing Another Fracked-Gas Disaster?

2017-05-18 | Oil Change International
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

Standing Rock Sioux applauds BNP Paribas’ decision to divest from DAPL

2017-04-05 | Cannonn Ball, N.D. | Stand with Standing Rock
blog
external news
our news

French Banks’ Dangerous Liaisons with the Israeli Settlement Enterprise

2017-03-31 | Association France Palestine Solidarité
blog
external news
our news

Report reveals links between five French banks and insurance companies and the Israeli settlements

2017-03-29 | Paris | Association France Palestine Solidarité, CCFD - Terre Solidaire, Fair Finance France, FIDH, LDH, Solidaires
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

Standard Chartered and other major banks financing palm oil

2017-03-16 | Energy Desk Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Environmentalists urge French bank not to finance Texas fracking project

2017-03-02 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Environmentalists urge French bank not to finance Texas fracking project

2017-03-02 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Des ONG reprochent à BNP Paribas de financer l’exportation du gaz de schiste américain

2017-03-01 | Le Monde
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas bankrolling climate change, pollution, and wildlife extinction through Texas LNG project; low income and native communities targeted once again

U.S. partner Bank of the West also tied to massive liquefied natural gas deal
2017-03-01 | San Francisco, Paris | Les Amis de la Terre, 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

Coal Roadshow: JPMorgan Chase propping up new coal plant in Poland

Less than one year after committing not to finance new coal power in the developed world, JPMorgan Chase uses policy loophole to finance company planning new coal capacity in Poland
2017-02-24 | Warsaw, San Francisco | Foundation “Development YES - Open-Pit Mines NO”
blog
external news
our news

Multi-billion euro investments out of control: How banks continue to finance violations of human rights and environmental norms

For the fifth consecutive year Facing Finance reports on violations of environmental and social norms and standards by multinational corporations, as documented by international NGOs.
2017-02-09 | Hamburg/Berlin | Facing Finance
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas ne financera plus de nouvelle centrale à charbon

2017-01-25 | Le Figaro
blog
external news
our news

Coal in Indonesia: Société Générale pulls out of financing, Crédit Agricole under pressure to follow

2017-01-03 | Paris | Friends of the Earth France
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

Climate Finance Day: BNP Paribas failing to respect coal finance commitments

One year after COP21, French bank has still not excluded Polish coal company PGE from client list
2016-11-03 | Paris, France | BankTrack, Fair Finance France, Foundation Development YES Open-Pit Mines NO, Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Charbon: le «double jeu» des banques françaises

2016-10-28 | Liberation
blog
external news
our news

Malgré leurs promesses, les banques restent addicts au carbone

2016-10-04 | L'Humanité
blog
external news
our news

Climate Week NYC Sponsored by Banks Financing Fossil Fuel Projects

2016-09-22 | TriplePundit
blog
external news
our news

Banks sponsoring ‘Climate Week NYC’ responsible for investing billions in extreme fossil fuels

Research shows Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of the West (BNP Paribas) continue to play major role in funding climate change activities
2016-09-19 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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

COAL: BNP Paribas misses its shot, the match begins!

2016-05-26 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Bank financing of staggering Polish coal development plans continues to run deep

2016-02-25 | Kuba Gogolewski – Development YES Open-Pit Mines NO
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas IP changes voting policy to be 'a lot more aggressive' on climate change

2016-02-23 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

'Getting right down to the engine'

2016-02-15 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas coal finance impacts earn Pinocchio Climate Award from the public

2015-12-04 | Paris, France | BankTrack and Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas and Société Générale move away from coal – but not far enough

2015-11-19 | BankTrack and Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

COP21 : en Inde, vivre au milieu des centrales à charbon

2015-11-13 | France Info
blog
external news
our news

Bangladesh coal plant “non-compliant with Equator Principles” shows new BankTrack analysis

“Big Three” French banks ruled out financing for Rampal project near Sundarbans World Heritage mangrove forest
2015-06-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

French banks say no to Bangladesh coal plant

2015-06-25 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

EDF, Air France et BNP Paribas s’achètent l’amitié du climat

2015-05-29 | Terra Eco
blog
external news
our news

France defends 'imperfect' fossil fuel sponsors for Paris climate summit

2015-05-29 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas AGM: time to quit coal!

2015-05-13 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Three French banks refuse to finance Galilee Basin projects

2015-04-09 | Mining Innovation News
blog
external news
our news

French banks refuse to finance Great Barrier Reef coal mines ($)

2015-04-09 | Business Green
blog
external news
our news

Victory for the climate and environment: French banks pledge not to finance mega coal projects in Australia's Galilee Basin

2015-04-08 | Montreuil, France; Nijmegen, Netherlands | Friends of the Earth France / BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Les banques françaises se retirent du plus grand projet charbonnier au monde

2015-04-08 | Le Monde
blog
external news
our news

UN, banks and oil palm giants feast on the stolen land of Uganda's dispossessed

2015-02-19 | The Ecologist
blog
external news
our news

Give us back our land: Ugandan oil palm project taken to court over land-grab claims

2015-02-19 | Kampala/Brussels/London | Anne van Schaik and Frank Muramuzi
blog
external news
our news

Banks lend almost $2bn to “Indonesia’s biggest forest destroyer”

2015-02-17 | BankTrack Blog
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

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

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

BNP Paribas results disastrous for climate and taxation, say campaigners at today’s AGM

2014-05-15 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

Combatting climate change needs real commitments instead of loose guidelines - Banks must urgently curb fossil fuel financing
2014-04-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Anti-Areva Protest: Letter to French and European Bankers from Fishermen and Farmers of Jaitapur

2013-06-04 | DiaNuke.org
blog
external news
our news

European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

European banks fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas AGM: stop funding coal!

2013-05-15 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Kaliningrad Nuclear Plant: HypoVereinsbank follows BNP Paribas and pulls out. When will Coface and Société Générale follow suit?

2013-04-26 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Une centrale russe à l’assaut de l’Europe (Russian plant to conquer Europe)

2013-03-14 | France | Politis
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

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

“Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!” coalition welcomes cancellation Belene nuclear plant

Cancellation Bulgarian nuclear power plant sends clear signal to banks that nuclear industry is a dying business; the future is in renewables
2012-03-29 | Nijmegen | Coalition “Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!”
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

French banks : a citizen rating reveals what is going on underneath their activities

2011-11-02 | Paris and Nice | Les Amis de la Terre and Attac France
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

‘Nuclear banks no thanks’ coalition demands banks to stop financing nuclear energy

Nuclear disaster in Japan is a sad and urgent reminder of the inherent risks of nuclear energy
2011-03-15 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Symbolic funeral for coal at the offices of Deutsche Bank, ING & BNP Paribas

4,000 signatures call for banks to stop financing coal power stations
2011-03-01 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

BNP Paribas releases new policy on nuclear financing

Financing of Angra III and -possibly- Jaitapur plants shows hypocricy of effort
2011-02-15 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

France signs pact on Jaitapur N-plant

2010-12-07 | Hindustan times
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

India to build nuclear reactors in earthquake zone with help from BNP Paribas

2010-12-06 | Paris | Greenpeace International
blog
external news
our news

Thousands protest against French-backed Indian nuclear plant

2010-12-04 | The Times of India
blog
external news
our news

Theun Hinboun expansion project marks breakthrough

2010-11-23 | Laos | Phonsavanh Vongsay
blog
external news
our news

Lancement du premier calculateur de l’empreinte carbone de notre épargne

2010-11-22 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace tells BNP-Paribas ‘stop dangerous radioactive investments’

2010-10-21 | Paris | Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

European banks provide fuel for the conflict in Sudan

The limited scope of Sustainable Asset Management
2010-09-20 | Amsterdam | Somo
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

Les Bisounours: Deux hypotheses

sur BNP Paribas et climat
2010-06-08 | Paris, France
blog
external news
our news

Bankruptcy threatens banks operating in Belgium

Netwerk Vlaanderen calls to halt investments in coal plants
2010-06-02 | Brussels/ Ghent | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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

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

Victoire à Belene (Bulgarie)

BNP Paribas jette l’éponge
2010-01-29 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
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

"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

EPR : Les banques françaises portent à bout de bras un fiasco industriel

2009-10-16 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Bugaria PM: Nuclear Plant Loan Disgrace for Former Government

2009-08-28 | Sofia news Agency
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

BNP Paribas: very high risk of harmful investments

New research from Netwerk Vlaanderen shows need for regulation of the banking industry
2009-03-19 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Cri d’alarme de l’UICN pour les baleines : BNP Paribas doit quitter Sakhaline II

2009-03-02 | Paris | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
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Environmental groups condemn Japanese and French banks for financing Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia

2008-06-17 | Tokyo, San Fransisco, Moscow, Nijmegen | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

Japanese Banks Blasted for Investment Plans in Sakhalin II

Banks to Stay out of Environmentally Unsound Oil and Gas Project in Russia
2008-06-12 | Tokyo | Friends of the Earth Japan
blog
external news
our news

Say No to Belene Nuclear Plant!

2007-11-20 | Europe | Urgewald
blog
external news
our news

Sakhalin II: new environmental violations brought to light

Banks once more warned for risks of being involved
2007-06-27 | United States of America | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

Europe-wide Protests against BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas must say No to the Belene Nuclear Power Plant
2007-06-05 | Europe | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

New report FoE France : French Banks, Fossil Banks?

New FoE report slams French banks for sad state climate policies
2007-03-06 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Sakhalin II: Six banks face serious decision

now that the Russian government has revoked the environmental permits
2006-09-15 | London, United Kingdom | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

New report FoE France : Banques et environnement: Presque tout reste à faire

2006-03-06 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre

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Exiting coal. Is the French finance industry on its way?

2019-11-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Unfriend Coal
correspondence

Letter from BNP Paribas to BankTrack on PRB implementation

2019-09-11 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
our publications

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing BNP Paribas (in French)

2019-05-23 00:00:00
ngo documents

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
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 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Sector policy - nuclear power

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-03-19 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Responsible Business Conduct Policy

2019-03-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence

Letter from Civil Society Groups to Companies linked to Vale on Breakdown of Brumadinho tailings dam

2019-02-21 00:00:00 | Civil Society Groups
our publications

Coal plant developers: 2018 research analysis

2018-12-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack
bank documents

The Katowice Commitment

2018-12-04 00:00:00 | ING, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Standard Chartered
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to BNP Paribas on Demands FBNT campaign

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

French Banks: TOTALly irreponsible in ultra-deep waters

Briefing paper
2018-08-03 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth France, Greenpeace France
annual reports

CSR report 2017

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Main commitments regarding fossil fuels

2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Financial security program

2018-05-03 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Sector policy - mining

2018-04-25 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

Annual Report 2017

2018-04-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

CSR Highlights 2017

2018-04-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

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
csr policies

Code of conduct

2018-01-23 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence

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

2018-01-16 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Defence and security sector policy

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Unconventional Oil and Gas - Sector Policy

2017-12-19 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

Major international banks continue to finance palm oil company Indofood despite evidence of systemic labor abuses

Forest & Finance Briefing
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
ngo documents

The human cost of conflict palm oil - revisited

How PepsiCo, Banks and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil perpetuate Indofood's worker exploitation
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, OPPUK & International Labor Rights Forum
csr policies

Position on the tobacco industry

2017-11-24 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
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
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
our publications

BNP Paribas Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

English version
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
our publications

BNP Paribas Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

French version
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
csr policies

Sector Policy - Palm oil

2017-05-11 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

CSR report 2016

2017-03-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

Annual report 2016

2017-03-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence

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

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

French Banks' Dangerous Liaisons with the Israeli Settlement Enterprise

2017-03-10 00:00:00 | Al-Haq, Association France Palestine Solidarité, Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement, Confédération Générale du Travail, Fair Finance France, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l’Homme and Union Syndicale SOLIDAIRES
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

Coal-Fired Power Generation Sector Policy

2017-02-08 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
correspondence

Letter from BNP Paribas to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-12-02 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence

Letter from 500 organisations to BNP Paribas on financing DAPL

2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
ngo documents

Protecting the Leuser Ecosystem

A Shared Responsibility
2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
annual reports

2015 Annual Report

2016-07-27 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

Corporate Social Responsibility 2015 Report

2016-07-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
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

Poland – Banks funding the dirtiest form of coal

2016-06-13 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications

Green Paper, Red Lines

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

Human Rights Impact Briefing #2: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Suppliers' CSR Charter

2016-05-09 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Agriculture Sector Policy

2015-12-08 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
annual reports

2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

2015-05-18 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
our publications

BNP Paribas Coal Bank Briefing 2015

French version
2015-05-13 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
our publications

BNP Paribas Coal Bank Briefing 2015

English version
2015-05-13 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

in Bahasa Indonesia
2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
ngo documents

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

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

Environmental and Social Responsibility Report 2013

2014-07-12 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

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
csr policies

Commitments regarding the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing

2014-05-27 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

Annual Report 2013

Serving our clients in a changing world
2014-01-01 00:00:00
csr policies

Oil Sands - Sector Policy

2013-07-26 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Nuclear Power - Sector Policy

2013-07-26 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

2012 Report on Environmental and Social Responsibility

2013-06-26 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
annual reports

2012 Annual Report

2013-05-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Statement on Human Rights

2012-12-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents

Dirty Profits

Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights
2012-12-19 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
correspondence

Letter from MASS to BNP Paribas

2012-12-10 00:00:00 | MASS
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack et al. to various financial institutions on APP

2012-11-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack et al.
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

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

A bank in reverse

To what extent is the Belgian banking sector operating in the real economy?
2012-01-14 00:00:00 | 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
ngo documents

Synthèse - Les banques sous pression citoyenne : l’heure de rendre des comptes

2011-11-02 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre/Attac
other documents

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
csr policies

Sector Policy - Wood Pulp

2011-09-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
other documents

BNP Paribas Cluster Munitions Investments

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

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

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

Media briefing – BNP Paribas and dangers of financing nuclear power

2010-10-21 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
ngo documents

Bankers on Tenterhooks - Climate change : co-funded by banks operating in Belgium

2010-06-02 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen
correspondence

Response to NGO letter concerning NT2 of 100327

2010-05-27 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
our publications

Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!

2010-05-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, urgewald, BankTrack, other NGOs
our publications

Close the Gap

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

BNP Paribas cluster munitions investments

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

Summary Table 'Hall of Fame and runners-up'

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

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.
other documents

BNP Paribas cluster munitions financing

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

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

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

French insurances : guaranteed climate change?

2008-12-10 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Assurances françaises : changements climatiques garantis?

2008-12-10 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Assurances françaises : changements climatiques garantis?

2008-12-10 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Profiles of European Banks

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

French banks, Fossil banks?

2007-03-06 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Environnement: Comment choisir ma banque?

2007-03-06 00:00:00 | Les amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Banques françaises et environnement : presque tout reste à faire

2006-03-06 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
ngo documents

Banques françaises, épargnez le climat!

2005-12-12 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre

Media

Coal funeral at Deutsche Bank, ING & BNP Paribas

Tell BNP Paribas: STOP dangerous nuclear investments

Belene action day against BNP Paribas - Europe

Paris Brussels Frankfurt Sofia Amsterdam Luxemburg Romania Rome Vienna Budapest






Links

BNP Paribas sustainable development pages

http://www.bnpparibas.com/en/responsible-bank/our-corporate-social-responsibility/environmental-responsibility

Bankwijzer

Belgian Fair Finance Guide
http://bankwijzer.be/nl/bankwijzer/banken/bnp-paribas/

BNP Paribas' publications

Includes sector policies, annual reports, and anti-money laundering statements.
https://group.bnpparibas/en/publications

BNP Paribas Climate action page

https://group.bnpparibas/en/hottopics/climate-actions/briefing

Fair Finance France

French Fair Finance Guide

https://www.fairfinancefrance.org/fair-finance-france/banques/bnp-paribas/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

BNP Paribas has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

BNP Paribas' webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies

Sector policy - nuclear power

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-03-19 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Responsible Business Conduct Policy

2019-03-01 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-02-22 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Main commitments regarding fossil fuels

2018-06-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Financial security program

2018-05-03 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Sector policy - mining

2018-04-25 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Code of conduct

2018-01-23 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Defence and security sector policy

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Unconventional Oil and Gas - Sector Policy

2017-12-19 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Position on the tobacco industry

2017-11-24 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Sector Policy - Palm oil

2017-05-11 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Coal-Fired Power Generation Sector Policy

2017-02-08 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Suppliers' CSR Charter

2016-05-09 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Agriculture Sector Policy

2015-12-08 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Commitments regarding the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing

2014-05-27 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Oil Sands - Sector Policy

2013-07-26 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Nuclear Power - Sector Policy

2013-07-26 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Statement on Human Rights

2012-12-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
csr policies

Sector Policy - Wood Pulp

2011-09-13 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas

Campaigns

BNP Paribas and the Equator Principles

The Equator Principles are a voluntary commitment of banks to try to avoid or minimise the social, environmental and human rights impact of projects they finance. For more information on the Equator Principles see their website here and the campaign page of BankTrack here.

The Equator Principles exist already since 2003. BNP Paribas adopted the Equator Principles in 2008.

Reporting on the Equator Principles

BNP Paribas must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.

Dodgy Deals

BNP Paribas is involved in financing the following Equator Principles projects that BankTrack considers controversial.

Active

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) - international -

oil and gas
Active

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Active

Tufanbeyli coal power plant Turkey

energy plants - coal
On record

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline Azerbaijan

oil and gas
On record

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

oil and gas
On record

El Dorado International Airport Colombia

transport and infrastructure
On record

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan

oil and gas
On record

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea

oil and gas
On record

Nam Theun 2 dam Laos

energy plants - dams
On record

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas
On record

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) India

energy plants - coal
On record

Texas LNG Terminal United States

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
On record

Theun-Hinboun dam expansion Laos

energy plants - dams
On record

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia

mining - non coal

Human rights

True leader Front runner Follower Laggard
BankTrack has assessed BNP Paribas on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in June 2016. BNP Paribas is assessed as a Front runner, with a total score of 6.5/12.
Policy: 3/3Due dilligence: 1.5/3
Reporting: 2/3Remedy: 0/3
For more details, see Banking with Principles? 2016 update.

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

BNP Paribas is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

Active

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) - international -

oil and gas
Active

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Active

Tufanbeyli coal power plant Turkey

energy plants - coal
On record

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline Azerbaijan

oil and gas
On record

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

oil and gas
On record

El Dorado International Airport Colombia

transport and infrastructure
On record

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan

oil and gas
On record

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea

oil and gas
On record

Nam Theun 2 dam Laos

energy plants - dams
On record

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas
On record

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) India

energy plants - coal
On record

Texas LNG Terminal United States

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
On record

Theun-Hinboun dam expansion Laos

energy plants - dams
On record

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia

mining - non coal

Good moves

Year:

2019

BNP Paribas backs away from US private prison industry

In July 2019 it was reported that BNP Paribas has become the latest bank after JP Morgan, Bank of America, US Bank and SunTrust to say it will no longer finance the US private prison operators CoreCivic Inc and GEO Group Inc. The move follows campaigning from a coalition of groups led by Families Belong…

2017

BNP Paribas to stop funding for tobacco industry

Bloomberg reports that BNP Paribas SA will cease funding and advising tobacco companies: "The French bank will halt transactions and investments related to the sector and “progressively disengage” from relationships with tobacco clients, Laurence Pessez, the bank’s global head of corporate…

BNP Paribas takes the global lead in excluding unconventional fossil fuels from portfolio

On October 12, BNP Paribas committed to help accelerate the energy transition and drastically reduce its financing of so called unconventional fossil fuels: tar sands, shale gas, oil and gas exploration projects in the Arctic region, as well as all related infrastructure for transport and export. Read more.

Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

In February 2017, ABN AMRO, ING, BayernLB and Nordea all announced they would step away from financing either the project or its backers. In March, ING became the first bank to sell its portion of a project loan supporting the pipeline. This was followed by DNB and by BNP Paribas selling…

2016

BNP Paribas blacklists Drummond for environmental and human rights reasons

BNP Paribas stated in May 2016 that after financing the coal company Drummond in 2010, it declined to provide further finance in 2012, and decided in 2014 not to provide financial services to the company until further notice, due to "ongoing ESG (including human rights) controversies". The announcement came in…

2015

“Big Three” French banks rule out financing for Rampal coal project

In June, the three largest French banks, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole and Société Génerale, have said they will not finance the Rampal coal power project, on the edge of the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh. The move comes six months after two Norwegian pension funds withdrew from India's…

Three French banks refuse to finance Galilee Basin projects

In April, BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole all ruled out finance to coal mining projects in the Galilee Basin in Queenland, Australia. The planned new coal mine and port is expected to have devastating effects on the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage Site. Read more.…

Climate breakthrough as string of banks dump coal financing

In May, Bank of America and Crédit Agricole became the first major banks to announce plans to stop financing coal mining. These announcements marked a hugely significant win and a breakthrough moment in the fight to end financing for the coal industry. The second half of 2015, in the run-up to the…

2014

More US and European Banks step back from Mountaintop Removal

In 2013, BNP Paribas pledged to cut financing for top producers of mountaintop removal coal. In spring 2014, JPMorgan Chase updated its environmental policy committing to aggressively reduce its financing relationships with mountaintop removal coal mining companies. And in April 2014, Royal Bank of Scotland followed suit,…

2012

Bulgarian government cancels Belene Nuclear Plant

In March 2012 the Bulgarian government officially announced the cancellation of the Belene nuclear power project. BankTrack members had worked to stop the project as part of an international coalition since 2006, when Western potential investors and financiers were approached for the project. In 2010 BNP Paribas withdrew…