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Last update: 2024-03-01 14:20:05
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Website http://www.credit-suisse.com
Headquarters
Paradeplatz 8
8070 Zurich
Switzerland
CEO/chair Ulrich Körner
CEO
Supervisor
FINMA
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listed on NYSE & SIX Swiss Exchange

On 31 May 2024, UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG have merged, whereby UBS AG is the surviving entity and Credit Suisse AG has ceased to exist.

Credit Suisse Group was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It serves companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. The Credit Suisse bank offers services in private banking, investment banking, and asset management.

On March 19th 2023, following intervention by regulators, the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS was announced. 

On 31 May 2024, UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG have merged, whereby UBS AG is the surviving entity and Credit Suisse AG has ceased to exist. Updates on the acquisition by UBS can be accessed here.

Sustainability
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Credit Suisse's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Sustainability

2023-03-14 00:00:00

TCFD report 2022

Bank policy
2023-03-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2023-03-07 00:00:00

Sustainable Investment Framework

Bank policy
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2022-04-27 00:00:00

Summary of Credit Suisse’s Sector Policies and Guidelines 2022

Bank policy
2022-04-27 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2022-03-08 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2022-03-08 00:00:00 | Crédit Suisse
2021-11-04 00:00:00

Summary of sector policies and guidelines

Bank policy
2021-11-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-04-22 00:00:00

Statement on Biodiversity

Bank policy
2021-04-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2020-05-22 00:00:00

Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Transparency Statement 2020

Bank policy
2020-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-03-05 00:00:00

Statement on human rights

Bank policy
2019-03-05 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-02-04 00:00:00

Statement on climate change

Bank policy
2019-02-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-02-04 00:00:00

Statement on Sustainability

Bank policy
2019-02-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-04-23 00:00:00

Whistleblower policy

Bank policy
2018-04-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2016-05-30 00:00:00

Whistleblower process

Bank policy
2016-05-30 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2012-06-14 00:00:00

Summary of Oil and Gas policy

Bank policy
2012-06-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2012-06-14 00:00:00

Summary of Oil and Gas policy

Bank policy
2012-06-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2010-12-31 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2010-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon PrinciplesTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Green Bond PrinciplesTags: bond issuance | investment | sustainable development
IFC - Operating Principles for Impact ManagementTags: investment
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)Tags: corporate social responsibility
Poseidon PrinciplesTags: corporate social responsibility | shipping
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)Tags: agriculture | commodities | corporate social responsibility
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
Thun Group on Human RightsTags: Human Rights
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Wolfsberg PrinciplesTags: finance | corruption
Dodgy Deals

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

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The banks financing dirty steel

The world’s major banks continue to support the largest and most polluting steel producers
2024-03-26 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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Still butchering the planet

The big-name financiers bankrolling livestock corporations and climate change – 2024 update
2024-03-18 | London | Feedback
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Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds

Financiers providing billion-dollar support for industrial livestock companies to expand leading to unsustainable rise in production
2024-03-18 | London | the Guardian
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Coal Havens - Asia’s biggest banks still open for coal business after COP28

The largest banks in India and Indonesia – global hotspots of the coal industry's growth – have no coal exclusion policy
2024-01-23 | Will O'Sullivan – BankTrack
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67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Banks risk stranded assets & climate catastrophe in steel lending without metallurgical coal exclusions
2023-12-07 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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Confronting a Fossil Future: Stopping the gas detour in renewable-rich Southeast Asia

Massive plans for gas undermine energy transition in renewables-rich Southeast Asia, new research reveals at COP 28
2023-12-03 | Dubai, UAE | Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED)
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Investing in Extinction - How the global financial sector profits from traditional medicine firms using threatened species

2023-10-23 | Environmental Investigation Agency
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Russian court rules that $20.9 mln in Credit Suisse assets may be seized

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russian-court-rules-that-209-mln-credit-suisse-assets-may-be-seized-2023-10-19/
2023-10-19 | Reuters
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UBS, Credit Suisse face wider US probe over Russia sanctions, Bloomberg reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ubs-credit-suisse-face-wider-us-probe-over-russia-sanctions-bloomberg-news-2023-09-27/
2023-09-27 | Reuters
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New report and blog: Barclays' bond with Adani

For the sake of the climate, human rights - and for its own good - Barclays should cut ties with Adani after the company's recent scandals
2023-09-18 | BankTrack, The Sunrise Project
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The causes fueling the climate crisis are receiving 20 times more financing than the solutions, new groundbreaking report by ActionAid reveals

2023-09-04 | ActionAid
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New report: Major global banks are financing deadly US coal plants thanks to loopholes in their climate commitments

Banks continue to fund utility parent companies, despite policies to restrict loans to coal plants
2023-09-01 | Sierra Club
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UBS drops Credit Suisse’s Russian clients

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2023-07-30 | SwissInfo
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Policy analysis report: Moving away from mass destruction

2023-07-27 | ICAN, PAX
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Banks committed to net zero still funding North Sea oil expansion by Equinor

Over 60 organisations have written to Equinor's biggest bankers warning them not to fund the company's controversial Rosebank oil field due to climate risks.
2023-07-04 | BankTrack
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Banks’ fossil fuel finance is under more scrutiny than ever

As global temperatures rise, so do tensions at banks’ AGMs. But that hasn’t stopped investors, campaigners and people on the front line of the climate crisis holding bank boards accountable.
2023-06-01 | ShareAction
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Financing mining for transition minerals in South Africa: Are banks doing enough on human rights?

New briefing finds banks linked to companies extracting transition minerals are overlooking serious human rights and environmental concerns
2023-04-26 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2023-04-13 | San Francisco | BankTrack, urgewald, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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UBS to gain $8bn fossil fuel exposure from Credit Suisse deal as activists warn of ‘climate nightmare’

Historic tie-up between Swiss rivals ‘could add up to a climate nightmare’, Reclaim Finance warns
BankTrack mentioned
2023-03-29 | Dow Jones' Financial News
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Top Swiss financial institutions still fuelling climate chaos

Co-published with Collectif BreakFree Suisse & Greenpeace
2023-03-28 | Reclaim Finance
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UBS is buying Credit Suisse’s emissions burden, too

2023-03-22 | Bloomberg
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Statement to Credit Suisse's clients

2023-03-21 | Credit Suisse press release
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UBS agrees to takeover of stricken Credit Suisse for $3.25bn

2023-03-20 | The Guardian
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Swiss National Bank provides substantial liquidity assistance to support UBS takeover of Credit Suisse

2023-03-19 | Swiss National Bank
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Credit Suisse to borrow up to $54bn from Swiss central bank

2023-03-16 | BBC News
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ESG round-up: ShareAction slams Credit Suisse's climate strategy

The latest development in sustainable finance: ING earns plaudits for restrictions on mid-stream oil and gas financing; West Virgina votes in favour of anti-ESG bill.
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2023-03-14 | Responsible Investor
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Global Witness calls on financiers to stop bankrolling rainforest beef, after official audit reflects findings about JBS

2023-03-14 | Global Witness
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Credit Suisse announces 'Say on Climate' plan - ShareAction response

Credit Suisse commits to new sectoral targets for cutting emissions, but fails to close key loopholes in fossil fuel policy
2023-03-14 | ShareAction
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New report reveals the 40 financial institutions funding the world's climate-changing methane problem

A new report by Planet Tracker and Changing Markets reveals the top financial institutions funding the world’s biggest methane producers, and the role they can play in turning the tide on global heating.
2023-01-17 | London | Changing Markets, Planet Tracker
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Throwing fuel on the fire: GFANZ members provide billions in finance for fossil fuel expansion

2023-01-17 | Paris, France /Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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Europe’s largest banks falling short on climate and biodiversity action

New ShareAction research uncovers urgent need for UK and European banking sector to close loopholes in climate and biodiversity strategies
2022-12-12 | ShareAction
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Qatar’s gas output increase could cause catastrophic global heating, report says

If Qatar exploits all its reserves it will add 50bn metric tons of CO2 to atmosphere, more than entire annual emissions of whole world
BankTrack mentioned
2022-12-08 | The Guardian
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Exposed: Western banks funding Qatar’s carbon bombs

US$ 20 trillion estimated damage linked to massive gas expansion by hosts of 2022 World Cup
2022-12-08 | Henrieke Butijn – BankTrack
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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Major banks support rainforest oil project despite problems

BankTrack mentioned
2022-11-04 | London | AP
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Major banks support rainforest oil project despite problems

2022-11-04 | London | Washington Post/ Associated Press
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‘Wilful Ignorance’: Indigenous Delegation incredulous at bankers’ attitude to fossil fuel impacts

US and Mexican activists fighting new oil and gas projects said they had to give a basic lesson on the harm caused by fracking during meetings with financiers in London
2022-11-04 | DeSmog
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Rio Grande Valley: at risk from fracked gas terminals

Big banks step away
2022-10-18 | Rainforest Action Network
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Banks in Russia now have to help with conscription: Those who stay could be complicit in war crimes

2022-10-11 | Lorena Bisignano – BankTrack, Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Finance groups risk being kicked out of Mark Carney-led climate coalition

2022-08-22 | London, UK; and Boston, USA | Financial Times
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Jackdaw shows once again Shell is failing on climate. So why are its bankers failing to act?

2022-07-19 | The Hague, The Netherlands | Sumeyra Arslan – BankTrack
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Banks have arranged US$2.7 trillion in bonds for fossil fuel companies

2022-07-12 | Australia | The Sunrise Project
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Global banks ignore Amazon's indigenous voices at their peril

2022-06-23 | Reuters
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New Report: Financing a Fossil Future – Tracing the Money Pipeline of Fossil Gas in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is spiraling into a fossil future thanks to a massive fleet of gas projects
2022-06-03 | Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED)
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Climate groups call on Shell’s bankers to stop Jackdaw gas field

UK government’s regulatory approval opens the door for Shell to move ahead with the Jackdaw field
2022-06-03 | BankTrack
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Almost a quarter of Credit Suisse’s shareholders call for further climate action in vote against management

Climate resolution receives wave of investor support, though key shareholders continue to neglect Net Zero responsibilities
2022-04-29 | Zürich, Switzerland | ShareAction
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UBS holds $22 bln for Russians subject to Swiss and EU scrutiny

2022-04-26 | Reuters
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Credit Suisse investor rebellion over climate action grows ahead of annual meeting

Aviva Investors to back shareholder resolution - Calls for faster action to cut fossil fuel finance - Group now 31-strong, with combined $5 trln in assets
2022-04-25 | Reuters
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NGOs reveal top international companies, banks, and investors that fuel Russia's war machine

2022-04-04 | Berlin | urgewald, Ecodefense
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New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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Credit Suisse investors demand greater climate action

Eleven institutional investors including Amundi and Ethos submit shareholder resolution urging Credit Suisse to reduce exposure to fossil fuel assets.
2022-03-09 | London, UK | ShareAction
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British MPs urge global banks to close Russian offices ‘without delay’

Labour’s Margaret Hodge says banks including Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse have ‘moral duty’ to exit quickly
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2022-03-06 | The Guardian
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Climate Groups Press Banks, Asset Managers to Sever Russian Ties

The activists are referring to the financiers as the “Putin 100.”
2022-03-04 | Bloomberg Green
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What the war in Ukraine teaches us

Lessons for European governments, companies and financiers - a Profundo Expert View
2022-03-04 | Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo
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Win! Credit Suisse rules out Whitehaven Coal

It raises the question of when other banks like Deutsche Bank, NAB and Westpac will follow suit.
2022-02-24 | Market Forces
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Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians

2022-02-20 | The Guardian
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Suisse Secrets

2022-02-20 | OCCRP
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Credit Suisse boss Horta-Osorio resigns over Covid breaches

2022-01-17 | BBC News
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Credit Suisse Group appoints Axel P. Lehmann as new Chairman; António Horta-Osório has resigned

2022-01-17 | Credit Suisse press release
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#StopEACOP: 11 banks say “no” to Total in 2021

2021-12-31 | BankTrack
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Barclays, RBS, HSBC, Credit Suisse and UBS fined for taking part in forex trading cartel

2021-12-02 | CNBC
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Domtar deal, deforestation and abuses: Whose side are banks on?

2021-11-25 | Luisa Colasimone - Environmental Paper Network
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Glasgow wrap-up: updates from banks and civil society at COP26

With COP26 behind us, it’s as clear as ever before that banks must act urgently to help achieve the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C.
2021-11-17 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Climate groups call out banks lobbying for watered down Net Zero Commitments

Stop the Money Pipeline organizations respond to news that on behalf of a group of 12 banks, HSBC lobbied Mark Carney’s GFANZ to scrap mandatory science-based targets and delay a deadline.
2021-11-09 | New York | BankTrack, Stop the Money Pipeline
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Meet the banks funding the owners of the Cambo oil field

New research shines a spotlight on the banks backing Shell and Siccar Point Energy
2021-10-29 | #StopCambo
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Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
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‘Wreckers of the Earth’: 300 London-based companies destroying the planet

2021-10-14 | Corporate Watch
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Letter from ClientEarth to 17 banks regarding the Cambo oil field

2021-09-14 | ClientEarth
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North Sea oil field development shows banks’ hypocrisy over climate

ClientEarth sends letter to 17 banks urging them to stop financing Shell and Siccar Point Energy, the companies pushing for the Cambo oil field
2021-09-14 | ClientEarth
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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Indonesian paper giant APP takes over North American Domtar, putting the company’s credibility at risk

2021-07-30 | Sergio Baffoni – Environmental Paper Network
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New bank links to Myanmar junta and atrocities found

19 international banks together invest over US$65 billion in shares of companies with ties to the Myanmar military junta
2021-07-28 | BankTrack, Justice For Myanmar
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Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banks remain highly exposed to risk of fueling corruption, human rights violations, and environmental harms despite commitments
2021-07-08 | San Francisco | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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UBS et Credit Suisse accusés d’investir dans des entreprises liées à l’armée birmane

(In French) UBS and Credit Suisse accused of investing in companies linked to the Burmese army
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2021-05-28 | Swissinfo.ch
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Intl banks asked to suspend investments linked to Myanmar junta

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2021-05-27 | La Prensa Latina Media
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Nine international banks invest over US$24 billion in companies linked to Myanmar regime and atrocities

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase, UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas among the top banks investing in companies linked to the Myanmar military junta
2021-05-27 | BankTrack, Justice For Myanmar
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စစ်ကောင်စီနဲ့ဆက်စပ်တဲ့ ကုမ္ပဏီ ၁၈ ခုမှာ နိုင်ငံတကာဘဏ် ၉ ခု ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်နေ

(In Burmese) Nine international banks are involved in 18 companies affiliated with the military council
2021-05-27 | Radio Free Asia
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Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas
2021-05-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Revealed: Businesses and banks behind global plastic waste crisis

Just 20 companies produce over 50 per cent of all single-use plastic - Top financial institutions enabling plastic waste identified
2021-05-18 | Minderoo Foundation
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Eacop’s financing blues as lenders desert $3.5b project

2021-05-04 | The East African
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Exclusive: Credit Suisse investors call for tougher coal finance policy -letter

2021-04-30 | Reuters
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Gov’t not bothered about banks refusing to finance EACOP

2021-04-27 | Kampala, Uganda | The Independent
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New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2021-04-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, urgewald, Amazon Watch, Bank on our Future, Indigenous Environmental Network, Market Forces, Positive Money, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

2021-04-21 | The Guardian
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Total’s East African oil pipeline to go ahead despite stiff opposition

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

2021-04-07 | DeSmog
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Credit Suisse executives depart after Archegos and Greensill losses

2021-04-06 | The Guardian
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Total gives assurance as banks threaten opt out of oil project

2021-04-02 | The Citizen
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Will the East African Crude Oil Pipeline really benefit all?

2021-03-26 | ESI Africa
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016
2021-03-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Barclays and Credit Suisse rule out supporting East African Crude Oil Pipeline in the face of growing community concern

The #StopEACOP alliance of African and international environmental and human rights organizations has claimed another win in our campaign to stop the construction of the world's longest heated oil pipeline across East Africa.
2021-03-18 | Stop EACOP Alliance
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Cambodia: Communities impacted by Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project seek IFC dispute resolution process; Companies' responses

2021-02-22 | BHRRC
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Credit Suisse: An enabler of mega-looting in Mozambique?

2021-02-09 | Daily Maverick
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BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, ING to exclude exports of Ecuadorian Amazon oil from trading activities

Commitments come in response to Amazon Watch, Stand.earth report that exposed how European banks provide USD 10 billion in oil trade financing from Amazon to U.S.
2021-01-25 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Bank lending to plastics industry faces scrutiny as pollution concerns mount

2021-01-07 | Reuters
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Five years lost - How the finance industry is blowing the Paris carbon budget

2020-12-10 | Paris | urgewald, Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), Friends of the Earth US, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon
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Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Barclays, HSBC and Credit Suisse among worst offenders on oil sands finance

ShareAction says Barclays has participated in 11 loan and bond deals to oil sands companies since its net zero announcement in March
2020-10-29 | London | ShareAction
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Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

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

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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New report reveals European banks financing trade of controversial Amazon oil to U.S.

Banks in Switzerland, France and the Netherlands facilitate trade from Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador, where oil extraction contributes to spills, human rights abuses and climate destruction
2020-08-12 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Banks are turning a blind eye to Mozambique gas field graft

2020-06-23 | Business Live
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New report: Credit Suisse and UBS still enable a tremendous amount of CO2 emissions

2020-05-27 | Zürich | Greenpeace Switzerland
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Major blow to Keystone XL pipeline as judge revokes key permit

Campaigners welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection
2020-04-16 | The Guardian
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Reckless Keystone XL decision by TC Energy endorsed by JPMorgan Chase, Citi and Canadian peers

Big banks lead multi-billion dollar bond issuances days after company pushes pipeline forward amid global pandemic
2020-04-03 | San Francisco | 350 Seattle, Amazon Watch, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Action Network
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Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

New report reveals global banks funneled USD 2.7 trillion into fossil fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with financing on the rise each year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam ousted after spying scandal

2020-02-07 | The Guardian
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Indigenous Women file OECD Specific Instance against Credit Suisse for rights violations regarding pipeline financing

2020-01-30 | San Francisco | WECAN
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TRT ratifica decisão liminar que obriga Eldorado a adequar jornada de trabalho de seus motoristas

2020-01-24 | Ministerio Publico do Trabalho
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Credit Suisse to stop financing new coal-fired power plants

2019-12-11 | Reuters
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Credit Suisse cuts profit targets and pivots away from coal

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2019-12-11 | City A.M.
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Big European banks face call to end funding for firms building coal-fired plants

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2019-12-05 | Reuters
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The key criminal probes involving Swiss banks

2019-11-27 | Swissinfo.ch
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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Saudi Aramco IPO: climate change fears cause banks to miss out on millions in fees

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2019-11-21 | The Independent
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Failure of Aramco IPO gives a black eye to bank CEOs and a warning to investors

2019-11-20 | London, UK | BankTrack, 350.org, Earthworks, Friends of the Earth US, Global Witness, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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Banks set to cash in on the Saudi Aramco IPO want you to know they’re still serious about climate change

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2019-11-14 | Fortune
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Western banks funding Saudi Aramco IPO betraying climate change promises

2019-11-05 | Newsweek
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Aramco IPO: These are the banks and advisers on world's biggest sale

2019-11-03 | Bloomberg
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Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups

2019-10-17 | The Guardian
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Environmental groups warn banks against climate and human rights implications of underwriting Saudi Aramco offering

2019-10-17 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Credit Suisse makes a step towards indigenous rights

2019-10-16 | Society for Threatened Peoples
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Swiss banks are lashing out at climate activists rather than taking action. This has to stop.

2019-10-03 | London
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Imagine UBS becoming carbon neutral

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2019-08-05 | Republik
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Climate protesters arrested outside Swiss banks

2019-07-08 | Reuters
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dirty Profits 7 - Out of Control: Irresponsible weapons transfers and future weapon systems

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
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Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty in $2 Billion Mozambique Scam

2019-05-21 | Bloomberg
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Mozambique’s hidden debt: Public Eye files a criminal complaint against Credit Suisse

2019-04-29 | Zürich | Public Eye
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UBS quietly improves its coal exclusion policy – a bit too weak, a bit too late

No changes to UBS funding restrictions on tar sands and other extreme fossil fuels. Credit Suisse makes no climate positive policy moves.
2019-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace
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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
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Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Credit Suisse and UBS financing massive greenhouse gas emissions – new report

2019-01-31 | Geneva, Switzerland | Greenpeace Switzerland
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Three Former Credit Suisse Bankers Arrested for Involvement in Mozambique Debt Deals

2019-01-03 | The Wall Street Journal
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Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
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New briefing paper on RWE – Europe’s worst polluter – for investors, insurers and banks

2018-12-16 | Beyond Fossil Fuels
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Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

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

2018-10-26 | Earther
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Gunvor joins other commodity players with sustainability-linked loan led by ING

Participating banks in the Gunvor facility include ABN Amro, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, KfW Ipex-Bank, Mizuho, MUFG Bank, Nedbank, Rabobank, Raiffeisen, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit.
2018-10-17 | Global Trade Review
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Credit Suisse is in trouble after failings on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption checks

2018-09-17 | Business Insider
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Justiça condena indústria Eldorado a indenizar sociedade em R$ 2 milhões por infrações trabalhistas

2018-08-28 | Ministerio Publico do Trabalho
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U.S. court order stops some work on Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia

2018-06-25 | Reuters
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AGM briefing: Switzerland's per capita financing of fossil fuels worst in Europe, thanks to Credit Suisse and UBS

2018-04-25 | BankTrack, Greenpeace
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, new report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar sands companies and pipelines.
2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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The Chain: Paradise Papers Links APRIL’s Tax Avoidance to Deforestation and Banks, Could Impact USD 500 Million Loan

2017-11-16 | Chain Reaction Research
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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
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Leaked Records Reveal Offshore’s Role In Forest Destruction

How lawyers and big banks help one of Asia’s largest paper companies expand despite poor environmental record and social conflicts
2017-11-08 | ICIJ
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Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
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Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
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Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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Standing Against the Banks: DAPL Divestment and Water Protectors' Fight for Justice, Indigenous Rights, Water and Life

2017-07-05 | EcoWatch
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150,000 People Representing more than $4 Billion Call on Banks to Defund Tar Sands Pipelines

2017-06-28 | Washington, DC | Divestinvest, Mazaska Talks
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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
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Banks provide billions for Dirty Diesel traders while failing to act on human rights, says new briefing

- Oil traders Trafigura and Vitol received over $100 billion in loans since 2012
- Of 26 banks contacted, not one has pressured companies over toxic fuel exports to Africa
2017-05-23 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Indigenous leaders launch new campaign to defund all four proposed tar sands pipelines

2017-05-09 | Turtle Island | Mazaska Talks
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Greenpeace gatecrashes Credit Suisse shareholder meeting

2017-04-28 | Zurich | Reuters
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Credit Suisse and UBS finally move on coal – but they’re still in climate cloud cuckoo land

2017-04-25 | Yann Louvel – BankTrack
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Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

2017-03-24 | Illegal Deforestation Monitor
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Who's bankrolling TransCanada?

Banking on TransCanada means banking on Keystone XL
2017-03-24 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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Mozambican campaigners demand cancellation of secret debt before the IMF lends again

2017-03-22 | London | Tim Jones – Jubilee Debt Campaign
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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
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RAN Statement on Continued Investment in Energy Transfer Equity

Company Still Represents a Disastrous Venture for Climate and Human Rights
2017-01-26
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Indonesian civil society writes to banks: APRIL failing to implement its own policy

2016-11-29 | Environmental Paper Network
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Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald
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Mozambique’s secret loans: A scandal that started in London

2016-10-18 | BankTrack Blog
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Mozambique’s secret loans: A scandal that started in London

2016-10-18 | Tim Jones – Jubilee Debt Campaign
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New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
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New 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
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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APRIL announces new sustainability policy after campaign pressure on its financiers

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

2015-06-03 | The Wall Street Journal
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Tennis star responds to rainforest advocates

2015-05-20 | Mongabay
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Roger Federer encourages rainforest campaigners

Tennis star asks Credit Suisse to review the bank's business relationship with Indonesian pulp and paper group RGE/APRIL
2015-05-19 | BASEL, SWITZERLAND / PULAU PADANG, RIAU, INDONESIA | Bruno Manser Fund
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Banks and pension funds continue to bankroll deforestation and land grabs

2015-04-30 | The Guardian
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Sumatran activists to challenge Credit Suisse over finance for deforestation

2015-04-24 | Zurich | BankTrack
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Manser Stiftung protestiert gegen die Credit Suisse

2015-04-24 | 10vor10
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Zerstörung des Regenwaldes: Roger Federer soll die Credit Suisse stoppen

2015-04-23 | Finews
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Tennis Star Roger Federer urged to help stop Credit Suisse from funding deforestation in Indonesia

Sumatra rainforest communities send a cry for help ahead of crucial meeting with Swiss bankers – Credit Suisse asked to stop funding Indonesia’s RGE / APRIL pulp and paper group
2015-04-23 | Zurich | Bruno Manser Fonds
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Was Crédit Suisse damit zu tun hat, dass sich 28 Indonesier die Lippen zunähten

2015-04-22 | Vice
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Activists target Roger Federer as brand ambassador for bank linked to deforestation

2015-04-22 | Mongabay
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Briefing to banks and potential investors on the ongoing risks and outstanding social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector: Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) bond offering

Joint NGO statement
2015-04-15 | Nijmegen
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Credit Suisse Urged To Cut Ties With APRIL: Watchdogs

2015-03-18 | Indonesia Business Daily ($)
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Credit Suisse breaching its own forest policy by financing Indonesian rainforest devastation

New BankTrack analysis reveals finance for RGE Group breaks all six of the Swiss bank’s exclusion rules
2015-03-17 | Nijmegen
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Credit Suisse vergibt 50-Millionen-Kredit an Regenwaldzerstörer APRIL

2015-03-10 | Greenpeace Switzerland
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Umstrittener Credit Suisse Kredit fur Papiergigant

2015-03-08 | Sonntagszeitung
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Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

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

2015-02-17 | BankTrack Blog
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Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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'Record year' for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Bumi’s Deadly Coal

New report reveals extensive water contamination and human rights violations by Bumi’s KPC coal mine
2014-08-21 | Jakarta | JATAM and Greenpeace
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Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
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Thun Group of Banks agrees to consider remedy for victims of human rights abuse

2014 | BankTrack
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Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments - watchdog

2013-12-13 | London | Thompson Reuters
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Credit Suisse ignored human rights commitments and became major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant 2 weeks after land grab scandal

2013-12-13 | London | Global Witness
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BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses
2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Goldman and Deutsche back India Coal despite their environmental standards

2013-10-01 | The Guardian
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Coal India to Investors: What’s a Few Billion Tons of Coal Between Friends?

2013-09-24 | RAN blog
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Coal India to Investors: What’s a Few Billion Tons of Coal Between Friends?

2013-09-24 | RAN
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Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network call out Bank of America for major stake in Coal India deal

Human rights abuses and widespread deforestation overlooked while banking giant aids world’s largest coal mining company
2013-09-04 | San Francisco | Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network
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Ignoring Human Rights Abuses and Coal’s Uncertain Future, Big Banks Line Up for Piece of World’s Largest Coal Miner

2013-09-04 | RAN
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India picks seven banks for 5 percent stake sale in Coal India: sources

2013-08-29 | Reuters
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Big banks warned to steer clear of Coal India share offer

2013-08-23 | India | Ashish Fernandes
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Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers

2013-04-10 | RAN
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Coal India share issue collapses

2013 | BankTrack
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Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
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Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
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Bankrolling Climate Change

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing
2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork
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While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

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

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

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

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
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Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights
2011-07-14 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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New report card exposes largest financers of mountaintop removal coal mining

2011-04-05 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
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EuroSibEnergo’s Hong Kong IPO threatens rivers of Siberia and Lake Baikal

2011-03-14 | San Fransisco | Pacific Environment, International Rivers
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New report finds bank Carbon Principles did not curb financing of coal

Rainforest Action Network report finds implementation of the Carbon Principles lacking
2011-01-21 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts

2011-01-17 | Switzerland | BBC news
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Wall Street turns its back on Mountaintop Removal coal mining

2011 | BankTrack
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WikiLeaks cables confirm concerns of IAP and partners in Bangladesh mine case

WikiLeaks reveals U.S. diplomats pushed Bangladesh to re-open mine opposed by thousands; cables confirm long-standing concerns of human rights groups
2010-12-22 | Phulbari, Bangladesh | International Accountability Project
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WikiLeaks cables: US pushed for reopening of Bangladesh coal mine

2010-12-21 | Guardian
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Success: Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

2010-11-25 | Zuerich, Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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CS-Richtlinien sind: ein halber Schritt in die richtige Richtung

2010-10-21 | Berne Declaration
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A tale of two Swiss banks

2010-10-20 | San Fransisco, US | Rainforest Action Network
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Banks grow wary of environmental risks

2010-08-31 | NY Times
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Banks toughen lending rules to coal, PNC & UBS still bucking the trend

Two banks take heat for continuing to fund Massey Energy and mountaintop removal mining
2010-08-27 | United States
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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
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New report card, largest financers of Mountaintop Removal coal mining

PNC, JPMorgan Chase and UBS receive failing grades
2010-05-13 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

2010-04-15 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
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Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

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

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

2010 | BankTrack
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Swiss bank fined $536mln for Burma ties -

Democratic Voice of Burma
2009-12-17 | Norway
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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
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Carbon Principles and Climate Principles will not stop melting of the ice

2009-03-30 | Bonn, Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Global civil society calls on private banks to withdraw support from Bangladesh coal mine

2008-08-21 | San Francisco, USA | International Accountability Project
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Genocide in Darfur

No business with death
2007-10-29 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
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Major international banks finance catastrophic mud volcano

Lapindo Brantas is shirking its responsibility for the damage
2007-06-21 | Brussels Belgium, Jakarta Indonesia | Friends of the Earth Europe
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Credit Suisse involved in Malaysian logging giants stock exchange listing

2007-02-15 | Basel, Zuerich | Berne Declaration
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Solidly Swiss?

UBS, Credit Suisse and the global oil, mining and gas industry
2006-07-04 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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Bankers and Oil Barons Schmooze EBRD President Lemierre at Davos

2006-01-01 | Davos, Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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The banks and loopholes keeping coal finance alive in Asia
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2023-04-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
2023-03-14 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-03-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2023-03-14 00:00:00

TCFD report 2022

Bank policy
2023-03-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2023-03-07 00:00:00

Sustainable Investment Framework

Bank policy
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2023-01-27 00:00:00

Background briefing: Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

BankTrack publication
2023-01-27 00:00:00 | Profundo for Sierra Club, Fair Finance International, BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
2022-12-12 00:00:00

In debt to the planet

Europe’s largest banks are not doing enough to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
NGO document
2022-12-12 00:00:00 | ShareAction
2022-11-17 00:00:00

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-10-17 00:00:00

Responses received to letters sent to signatories of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

Other document
2022-10-17 00:00:00 | London Stock Exchange
2022-10-01 00:00:00

Rio Grande Valley: At Risk From Fracked-Gas Exports 2022 Update

NGO document
2022-10-01 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Les Amis de la Terre, Save RGV, Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
2022-07-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and Mars se Drine to Credit Suisse on Rio Tinto Jadar Lithium Mine

Correspondence
2022-07-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Mars se Drine
2022-06-03 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2022-06-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack, 350.org, Bank on our Future and Uplift
2022-04-27 00:00:00

Summary of Credit Suisse’s Sector Policies and Guidelines 2022

Bank policy
2022-04-27 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021
BankTrack publication
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, urgewald
2022-03-24 00:00:00

CSR Report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-24 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2022-03-11 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-11 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2022-03-08 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2022-03-08 00:00:00 | Crédit Suisse
2022-03-01 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-01 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

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

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

Correspondence
2021-12-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-11-04 00:00:00

Summary of sector policies and guidelines

Bank policy
2021-11-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Credit Suisse to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

Correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-10-04 00:00:00

A practitioner's guide for banks

Considerations for banks in setting a net zero strategy
Other bank document
2021-10-04 00:00:00 | Sustainable Markets Initiative - Financial Services Taskforce
2021-09-23 00:00:00

Drill, baby, drill

How banks, investors and insurers are driving oil and gas expansion in the Arctic
NGO document
2021-09-23 00:00:00 | Reclaim Finance
2021-07-08 00:00:00

Banking on Amazon destruction

NGO document
2021-07-08 00:00:00 | Amazon Watch & Stand.earth
2021-06-24 00:00:00

Guidance on Biodiversity Target Setting for PRB signatories

Other document
2021-06-24 00:00:00 | UNEPFI
2021-05-25 00:00:00

The Big Smoke

The global emissions of the UK financial sector
NGO document
2021-05-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace and WWF
2021-05-03 00:00:00

Key Cerrado Deforesters in 2020 Linked to the Clearing of More Than 110,000 Hectares

NGO document
2021-05-03 00:00:00 | Chain Reaction Research
2021-04-29 00:00:00

CSR Report 2020

Annual report
2021-04-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-04-22 00:00:00

Statement on Biodiversity

Bank policy
2021-04-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2021-04-21 00:00:00

Commitment statement Net Zero Banking Alliance

Other document
2021-04-21 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2021-03-23 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

BankTrack publication
2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2020-10-31 00:00:00

High Risk, Low Reward

An overview of European banks' position on oil sands
NGO document
2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ShareAction
2020-10-13 00:00:00

Letter from CRAAD-OI, WOMIN, IDI, BankTrack to ten FIs on Base Toliara project

Correspondence
2020-10-13 00:00:00 | CRAAD-OI, WOMIN, IDI, BankTrack
2020-09-24 00:00:00

Fracking Fiasco: The banks that fueled the U.S. shale bust

NGO document
2020-09-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2020-07-01 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-01 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2020-06-24 00:00:00

Gas in Mozambique: A windfall for the industry, a curse for the country

France thrusts Mozambique into the fossil fuel trap
NGO document
2020-06-24 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre France, Friends of the Earth International, JA! (Friends of the Earth Mozambique)
2020-05-22 00:00:00

Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Transparency Statement 2020

Bank policy
2020-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2020-05-19 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-05-19 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

BankTrack publication
2020-03-18 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
2020-03-12 00:00:00

Open Letter to Sappi CEO

NGO document
2020-03-12 00:00:00 | GeaSphere
2019-12-10 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
NGO document
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
2019-04-25 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Credit Suisse (English)

BankTrack publication
2019-04-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-04-25 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Credit Suisse (German)

BankTrack publication
2019-04-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-04-16 00:00:00

CSR report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-03-05 00:00:00

Statement on human rights

Bank policy
2019-03-05 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-02-04 00:00:00

Statement on climate change

Bank policy
2019-02-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2019-02-04 00:00:00

Statement on Sustainability

Bank policy
2019-02-04 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

NGO document
2018-12-10 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance Coalition
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to Credit Suisse on Demands FBNT campaign

Correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
2018-04-25 00:00:00

Swiss Banks in the End of the Fossil Fuel Age

BankTrack publication
2018-04-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2018-04-23 00:00:00

Whistleblower policy

Bank policy
2018-04-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility Factsheet 2017

Other bank document
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Environmental Performance Data for In-House Operations 2017

Other bank document
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2018-02-28 00:00:00

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

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

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

Correspondence
2018-01-15 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2017-11-24 00:00:00

Letter from 30 Indonesian NGOs to PT RAPP financiers on current situation of PT RAPP (APRIL's main supplier)

Correspondence
2017-11-24 00:00:00 | 30 Indonesian NGOs
2017-09-11 00:00:00

Sustainability in the Swiss retail banking sector

WWF rating of the Swiss retail banking sector 2016/2017
NGO document
2017-09-11 00:00:00 | WWF Switzerland
2017-07-03 00:00:00

Letter from WECAN to Credit Suisse on DAPL

Correspondence
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | WECAN
2017-06-13 00:00:00

Japanese and Malaysian banks and investors continue to pump billions of dollars into forest-risk companies, without adequate environmental and social safeguards

NGO document
2017-06-13 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
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

Correspondence
2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
2017-05-22 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

Annual report
2017-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2017-05-22 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility Report 2016

Annual report
2017-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2017-04-28 00:00:00

Society for Threatened Peoples files OECD complaint against Credit Suisse at the OECD National Contact Point (NCP) Switzerland

NGO document
2017-04-28 00:00:00 | Society for Threatened Peoples
2017-04-28 00:00:00

Credit Suisse Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

BankTrack publication
2017-04-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Greenpeace
2017-03-14 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-02-21 00:00:00

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context
Other document
2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie
2017-02-14 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
2017-01-17 00:00:00

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
NGO document
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2016-11-14 00:00:00

Letter from Jikalahari & JMGR to Credit Suisse on APRIL failing to implement its own policy

Correspondence
2016-11-14 00:00:00 | Jikalahari & JMGR
2016-06-14 00:00:00

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
BankTrack publication
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Oil Change International
2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
BankTrack publication
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
2016-05-30 00:00:00

Whistleblower process

Bank policy
2016-05-30 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2016-04-29 00:00:00

Company Profile 2015

Annual report
2016-04-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2016-03-29 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility Report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2016-02-16 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #1:Labour standards violations in IOICorporation’s Malaysian plantations

BankTrack publication
2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2015-06-15 00:00:00

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
NGO document
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
2015-05-04 00:00:00

The end of coal?

2015 Coal Finance Report Card
BankTrack publication
2015-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
2015-04-27 00:00:00

Letter from Testbiotech to Credit Suisse on Invitation to a conference in Berlin on patents on life, genetic engineering and animal welfare

Correspondence
2015-04-27 00:00:00 | Testbiotech
2015-04-24 00:00:00

MINUTES - 2015 Annual General Meeting - CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG

Friday, April 24, 2015, 10:30-13:50, Hallenstadion, Zurich-Oerlikon
Other bank document
2015-04-24 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2015-04-16 00:00:00

Letter to tennis star and Credit Suisse poster boy Rodger Federer, from Indonesian communities, asking for help to stop deforestation

Other document
2015-04-16 00:00:00 | Jikalahari and JMGR
2015-04-16 00:00:00

Response to press release by NGOs issued on 15 April 2015

Company document
2015-04-16 00:00:00 | GAR
2015-04-15 00:00:00

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) bond offering

Briefing to banks and potential investors on the ongoing risks and outstanding social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector
NGO document
2015-04-15 00:00:00 | Joint NGO statement
2015-03-26 00:00:00

APRIL'ignores'its'own'sustainability'policy

NGO document
2015-03-26 00:00:00 | Greenomics
2015-03-23 00:00:00

Corporate Social Reponsibility Report 2014

Annual report
2015-03-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2015-03-19 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Annual report
2015-03-19 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse Group AG
2015-03-17 00:00:00

How Credit Suisse is breaching its policies and procedures in financing APRIL/RGE Group’s forest destruction

BankTrack publication
2015-03-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2015-03-16 00:00:00

Umstrittener Credit-Suisse-Kredit fur Papiergigant

Die Grossbank leiht einem indonesischen Konzern 50 Millionen US-Dollar entgegen ihrer eigenen Richtlinien
Other document
2015-03-16 00:00:00 | Simon Widmer, Sonntagszeitung
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

NGO document
2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
2014-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

Correspondence
2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
2014-10-29 00:00:00

Banking on Coal 2014

BankTrack publication
2014-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2014-10-01 00:00:00

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
NGO document
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
2014-08-21 00:00:00

PT KPC/Bumi Resources Deadly Coal

Ecological and Social Crisis caused by KPC/Bumi Resources’ Coal Production
NGO document
2014-08-21 00:00:00 | JATAM
2014-04-07 00:00:00

Corporate Responsibility Report 2013

Annual report
2014-04-07 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2014-04-02 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

Annual report
2014-04-02 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse Group AG
2013-09-23 00:00:00

Coal India: Running on Empty?

NGO document
2013-09-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace India
2013-03-07 00:00:00

Coal Risk Update March 2013

Arch Coal, Blair Mountain, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
BankTrack publication
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
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

Other bank document
2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group
2012-11-06 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2012-11-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack et al.
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

Other bank document
2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
2012-06-14 00:00:00

Summary of Oil and Gas policy

Bank policy
2012-06-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2012-06-14 00:00:00

Summary of Oil and Gas policy

Bank policy
2012-06-14 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2011-11-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling climate change

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks
BankTrack publication
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald, BankTrack, Groundwork
2011-07-04 00:00:00

One step forward, two steps back

NGO document
2011-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
2011-05-25 00:00:00

Credit Suisse Cluster Munitions Investments

Other document
2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
2011-04-05 00:00:00

Policy and Practice

2011 report card on banks and mountaintop removal
BankTrack publication
2011-04-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
2011-01-21 00:00:00

The Principle Matter - Banks, Climate and the Carbon Principles

NGO document
2011-01-21 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2010-12-31 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2010-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
2010-12-18 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
2010-05-13 00:00:00

Policy and Practice: report card on banks and mountaintop removal

BankTrack publication
2010-05-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
BankTrack publication
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2010-04-15 00:00:00

Without Map or Compass, Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights

NGO document
2010-04-15 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Credit Suisse cluster munitions investments

Other document
2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
2009-10-01 00:00:00

Credit Suisse cluster munitions financing

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

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
2009-03-01 00:00:00

Meek Principles for a Tough Climate

Why the Climate and Carbon Principles will not stop the melting of the ice
BankTrack publication
2009-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2008-08-01 00:00:00

Open letter to financial institutions investing in Global Coal Management Regarding the Phulbari Coal Project, Bangladesh

Correspondence
2008-08-01 00:00:00 | International Accountability Project
2008-08-01 00:00:00

Letter to Credit Suisse on Toka Tindung goldmine

Correspondence
2008-08-01 00:00:00 | Governor Noth Sulawesi
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

NGO document
2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
2007-10-29 00:00:00

PetroChina IPO

Other document
2007-10-29 00:00:00
2007-10-24 00:00:00

The biggest cause of climate change: Coal-fired power plants

NGO document
2007-10-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
2006-07-04 00:00:00

World map of oil, mining and gas industry

NGO document
2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration, Greenpeace
2006-07-04 00:00:00

Solidly Swiss? Credit Suisse, UBS and the global oil, mining and gas industry

NGO document
2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
2006-06-10 00:00:00

Involvement of Credit Suisse in the global mining and oil & gas sectors

NGO document
2006-06-10 00:00:00 | Profundo

Video links

http://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10vor10/video/manser-stiftung-protestiert-gegen-die-credit-suisse?id=6d928a7b-e0ff-4132-aff0-15c197479a7e
Protest at the Annual General Assembly of Credit Suisse, regarding its financing of deforestation.
http://streamstudio.world-television.com/CCUIv3/frameset.aspx?ticket=61-65-15645&target=en-default-&status=ondemand&browser=ns-0-0-0-17-0&stream=flash-video-500
Watch questions asked at the 2015 Credit Suisse AGM on APRIL and Bumi: 01:24:20 Question from Lukas Straumann from the Bruno Manser Fund; 01:29:50 Question from Woro Supartinah from Jikalahari; 01:35:15 Woro and Isnadi give a peat sample gift to the Chair of the Board of Credit Suisse; 01:35:31 Question from Merel van der Mark, from BankTrack. 01:36:44 Question from Katya Nikitenko from Greenpeace, on Bumi Resources.

Corporate Responsibility webpage of Credit Suisse

Risk Management and Sustainability

Approach & Reporting page

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Credit Suisse

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

Accountability
Grievances
Response tracking

Credit Suisse states that indications of potential or real human rights impacts can be brought to its attention using its Integrity Hotline (Switzerland: 0800 356 356 56), the Credit Suisse Whistleblower Process, client contact centers, online contact forms, or email.

Stakeholders may also raise complaints via the OECD National Contact Points (see OECD Watch guidance).

Credit Suisse is an Equator Principles signatory. While the Equator Principles have no official grievance mechanism, complaints relating to this bank's financing of Equator Principles projects can be filed through our own website www.equator-complaints.org.

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

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring
Base Toliara mineral sands mining project (October 2020)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank did not respond.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank engaged with its client or took appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on there the bank monitored the impacts or the actions of its clients
Banks and Dirty Diesel: Vitol and Trafigura (May 2017)
1
0.5
0.5
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded, but it did not acknowledge its link to the impact. The bank did respond to the substance of the issues raised, stating that "as part of our active involvement in industry associations we engaged among others with Trafigura...and asked them to provide us with their perspective on the report" and that, "based on these interactions and further research" they ascertained further information regarding the specific issues raised in the report.
Action
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank stated that it had "engaged among others with Trafigura", however it did not detail any specific actions it require the company to take nor state that the bank itself had taken any appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
BankTrack Human Rights Briefing, May 2017
Banks profiting from the construction and hotel boom in Qatar (November 2022)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank responded publicly but did not speak to the substance of the issues raised; rather, it referenced its relavent human rights policies and procedures.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank does not indicate whether it plans to engage or has already engaged its clients or investee companies on this issue.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information to indicate the bank is monitoring the actions of its clients, or actions it might itself have taken in response to the impacts raised.
More info
"No Questions Asked: Profiting from the construction and hotel boom in Qatar " report, November 2023
Deforestation in the Amazon (July 2019)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded but it did not acknowledge its link to the impact nor comment on or respond to the substance of the issues raised.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank does not detail whether or how it has engaged with its clients in the sector nor detailed whether it took appropriate action itself.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2019
East African Crude Oil Pipeline (March 2021)
1.5
0.5
1
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0.5
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank responded publicly by confirming it would not finance the project in question. It did not comment on or respond to the substance of the issues raised.
Action
1
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank took appropriate action by stating that it would not provide finance to the project. In addition, no evidence was found of substantial exposure to TotalEnergies (prior to the merger with UBS)
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored measures taken by its client to address the impacts associated with the project.
Finance for JBS and links to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (March 2023)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank responded citing client confidentiality.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank engaged with its client or took appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
"Global Witness calls on financiers to stop financing JBS", March 2023
IOI Corporation labour standards violations (February 2016)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded but it did not acknowledge its link to the impact nor comment on or respond to the substance of the issues raised.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank stated that "shareholding positions attributed to Credit Suisse in public records we note that these are for the major part held by the bank on behalf of clients, who are the beneficial owners of such stock. Consequently, we do have virtually no leverage over the investment decisions of our clients where these are not clearly prohibited or restricted by any applicable legal regulations." This is does not consitute engagement with the banks clients or appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
BankTrack Human Rights Briefing, February 2016
Myanmar: Equity exposure to companies linked to the military regime (October 2021)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responds by providing an overview of its ESG policies but does not comment on or respond to the issues raised.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank does not respond or comment on the allegations. The bank does not state appropriate action but confirms its ESG policies complying with the sanctions generally, as well as preventing its clients from purchasing securities of companies if sanctions apply, without mentioning the specific issues raised.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available about whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
New bank links to Myanmar junta and atrocities found, July 28, 2021
Rio Tinto's Jadar mine, Serbia (December 2021)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank did not respond.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank engaged with its client or took appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information to indicate the bank is monitoring the actions of its clients, or actions it might itself have taken in response to the impacts raised.
More info
Letter to financiers of Rio Tinto, December 2021

Average
78%
0.28
0.11
0.17
0
Banks and Climate

Banks and Climate

The 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that Credit Suisse provided US$ 104.62 Billion in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on Credit Suisse fossil fuel portfolio and how it compares to other large banks globally on Fossil Banks No Thanks and in the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

Fossil fuel finance data Credit Suisse

Banking on Climate Chaos fossil fuel finance data

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool (CPT) and the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker (OGPT). BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of Credit Suisse’s fossil fuel policy below.

Assessment of Credit Suisse coal policy in the Coal Policy Tool

Assessment of Suisse oil and gas policy in the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker

Banks and Human Rights

Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack assessed Credit Suisse in its 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 5 points out of 14 and was ranked as a follower. In addition, Credit Suisse scored 0.3 out of 3 on how it responds to alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, which were raised by civil society organisations. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark

Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Credit Suisse
CHE
5
Follower 5
0
Switzerland
Score
Follower
5
Explanation

Credit Suisse's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022. The bank is assessed as a Follower, with a total score of 5 out of 14.

Policy: 2/3
Due dilligence: 1.5/5
Reporting: 1/3
Remedy: 0.5/3


Response Tracking:
The bank was also assessed on its responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations, for which it received an average score of 0.3/3. See the Response Tracking section of this profile for more details.

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 6.5 points
7 - 10 points
10.5 - 14 points
For more details see this page.
Banks and Nature

Banks and Nature

Credit Suisse’s policies for forest-risk sectors (beef, soy, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber and timber) have been assessed by the Forests & Finance coalition, achieving an overall score of 5.9 out of 10 and ranking it as a front runner. Credit Suisse achieved a score of 4.1 out of 10 specifically for its policies related to the beef sector and 7 out of 10 for its policies related to the palm oil sector. In addition, BankTrack and the Environmental Paper Network have assessed Credit Suisse’s policies related to the pulp and paper sector.

Between 2016 and 2022, Credit Suisse provided USD 2,234 in credit to companies operating in these forest-risk sectors and held investments amounting to USD 165 as of 2022. For more information, see the links below. 

Forests & Finance

Banks and beef

Banks and palm oil

Banks and pulp & paper

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Overall scores

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Credit Suisse Group
2022-09-21
CHE
5.9
Front runner 5.9
0
Switzerland
Profile
Score
Front runner
5.9
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the main forest-risk commodity sectors (Beef, Palm Oil, Soy, Timber, Pulp and Paper, and Rubber). Weighted scores are based on the scope of Credit Suisse Group's relevant policies, taking into account different types of financing and the sectors in which the bank is active. Details about the scores per sector policy can be found on Credit Suisse Group's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its policies. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Beef

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Credit Suisse Group
2022-09-21
CHE
4.1
Front runner 4.1
0
Switzerland
Profile
Score
Front runner
4.1
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to beef. Weighted scores are based on the scope of relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the beef industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on Credit Suisse Group's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its beef policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Palm Oil

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Credit Suisse Group
2022-09-21
CHE
7
Leader 7
0
Switzerland
Profile
Score
Leader
7
20220921
Last update: 2022-09-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to palm oil. Weighted scores are based on the scope of ABN AMRO's relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the palm oil industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on Credit Suisse Group's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its palm oil policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.
Tracking the NZBA

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Credit Suisse is a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and has therefore committed to reduce its financed emissions to net zero by 2050; within 18 months of joining the alliance set interim targets for 2030 (or sooner) for high emission priority sectors, and within 36 months set further sector targets; set new intermediary targets every 5 years from 2030 onwards; annually publish data on emissions and progress against a transition strategy including climate-related sectoral policies; and take a robust approach to the role of offsets in transition plans. BankTrack track's implementation of these commitments in the NZBA compliance tracker.

 

BankTrack's Net Zero Banking Alliance compliance tracker

Banks and Russia

Banks and Russian Aggression in Ukraine

BankTrack is keeping track of the public response of Credit Suisse to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Credit Suisse publicly condemned the war. Credit Suisse is considered by Leave-Russia.org to be "scaling back" its operations in Russia. We categorise its exposure to Russia as moderate, with over $1.1bn of financial assets. Credit Suisse supports the Russian fossil fuel industry through investments, loans, and underwriting. For further details, see the table linked below.

Bank responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Banks and Steel

Banks and Steel

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance’s 2023 report on metallurgical coal financing showed that Credit Suisse provided US$ 3.2 billion in loans and underwriting to developers of new metallurgical coal between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on Credit Suisse’s metallurgical coal financing and and how it compares to other large banks globally in the report.

Reclaim Finance tracks the metallurgical coal policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool. BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of Credit Suisse’s metallurgical coal policy below.

According to a report by Reclaim Finance, between 2016 and June 2023, Credit Suisse provided $4.5 billion in finance to the fossil-steel industry, making it the 31st largest financier worldwide. Find further details on Mitsubishi Credit Suisse's steel financing and how it compares to other large banks globally in the report. 

Metallurgical Coal Financing: Time to call it off 2023

Coal policy tool

Steeling our future: The banks propping up coal-based steel

Good Moves

Good moves

Year:

2022

Win! Credit Suisse rules out Whitehaven Coal

Climate-wrecking coal company Whitehaven Coal received a $1 billion loan in February 2020 from a group of major banks, including European investment bank Credit Suisse. Late last year, Credit Suisse updated its policy on thermal coal mining, clearly excluding Whitehaven from any further funding. This makes Credit Suisse…

2021

Barclays and Credit Suisse rule out supporting East African Crude Oil Pipeline in the face of growing community concern

Prominent commercial banks Barclays and Credit Suisse have both declared they will not provide financing for the construction of the world’s biggest heated crude oil pipeline proposed by French oil company Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. The banks provided statements making clear they…

2014

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

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

2013

Coal India share issue collapses

Coal India Limited's attempt at a public share issue was successfully blocked in late 2013. The Indian government, the company's majority shareholder, hoped toraise USD 3 billion through the sale of 10% of its stake in the world's largest coal miner. Banktrack was part of a coalition of groups including Greenpeace, Rainforest…

2011

Wall Street turns its back on Mountaintop Removal coal mining

After sustained campaigning by RAN, eight of Wall Street's biggest banks have developed public policies limiting their appetite for investment in mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. By 2011, MTR policies or statements had been released by banks including Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo,…

2010

Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

Bowing to civil society pressure, Credit Suisse for the first time published summaries of its internal guidelines and instructions for dealing with industries whose social and environmental record is cause for concern. The Berne Declaration welcomed the bank's move towards more transparency but at the same time regrets…
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