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About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and is an American global financial services firm that is headquartered in New York. It provides an array of financing services, including investment banking, asset management for institutions and high net worth private clients, and investment research.

Website http://www.goldmansachs.com/
Headquarters
200 West Street
10282 New York
United States
CEO/chair David M. Solomon
Chairman and CEO
Supervisor
Federal Reserve
Annual reports CSR report 2018
Annual report 2018
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext

Goldman Sachs' share holder structure can be accessed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

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

Projects - active profiles

Annova LNG Terminal United States profile

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

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 308 million
November 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 5 billion to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.1
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 264 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Israeli illegal settlements Israel profile

Construction | transport and infrastructure
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 1.2 million
Goldman Sachs owns and manages shares in Bank Leumi, which is active in the Israeli settlements.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon (12 March 2018)
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 1.1 million
Goldman Sachs owns and manages shares in the First International Bank of Israel, which is active in the Israeli settlements
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon (12 March 2018)
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 1.4 million
Goldman Sachs owns and manages shares in Bank Hapoalim, which is active in the Israeli settlements
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon (12 March 2018)
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 5.5 million
Goldman Sachs owns and manages shares in the Israeli Discount Bank, which is active in the Israeli settlements
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon (12 March 2018)

Mountain Valley Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 41 million
18 February 2014 - 18 February 2019
source: EQM filings at the SEC
link

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin Argentina profile

oil and gas
Equity – share owner/manager
Current shareholder of YPF
source: Vaca Muerta Megaproject (dated 2017)
link
There are no active projects for Goldman Sachs now.

Projects - on record profiles

Dominion Cove Point LNG United States profile

energy distribution
IPO underwriter
October 2014
source: link

Dynegy coal power plants United States profile

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

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 102 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 224 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Offshore Detention Centres Australia profile

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

Companies - active profiles

BAE Systems United Kingdom profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 100 million
30 April 2018
Goldman Sachs participated in a syndicated loan to BAE Systems for 100.13 million euro of a total package of 2.3 billion euro.
source: ThomsonEikon

CEZ Group Czech Republic profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 4 million
2016 - 2018
source: Fool's Gold: The financial institutions bankrolling Europe's most coal-dependent utilities
link

Lockheed Martin United States profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 215 million
24 August 2018
Goldman Sachs participated for 215.3 million euro in a syndicated 2.2-billion-euro loan to Lockheed Systems
source: ThomsonEikon

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) Poland profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Share issue – underwriter
USD 190 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 547.8 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Share issue – underwriter
Amount not known.
source: Euroweek - Issue: 1036, London, 11 January 2008; Press release Polska Grupa Energetyczna, Lublin, 25 September 2008.

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 167 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 69.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 845.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.

Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia profile

oil and gas
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 166.67 million
16 April 2019 - 15 April 2022
source: IJGlobal Database view November 2019, all rights reserved
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
16 April 2019 - 16 April 2029
source: IJGlobal Database view November 2019, all rights reserved
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 333.33 million
16 April 2019 - 16 April 2024
source: IJGlobal Database view November 2019, all rights reserved
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
16 April 2019 - 16 April 2039
source: IJGlobal Database view November 2019, all rights reserved
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
16 April 2019 - 16 April 2049
source: IJGlobal Database view November 2019, all rights reserved
link

Vale Brazil profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 3 billion
May 2015 - May 2020
Co-financed USD 3 billion credit facility
source: Vale press release
link
There are no active companies for Goldman Sachs now.

Companies - on record profiles

Alliant Techsystems United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Goldman Sachs' role in Alliant Techsystems can be found here:
source: link

Alpha Natural Resources United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 51.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 182.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 138.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 57.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Arch Coal United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 51.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 38.1 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Areva France profile

energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Advisor
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: International Herald Tribune, 1 November 2007.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 40 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 986; Euroweek - Issue: 990;Thomson ONE database.

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Uncategorised
EUR 164.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 6.5 million
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008; Website ADR.com; Thomson ONE database.
Advisor
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: Press release, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 12 November 2007; Reuters, London, 22 November 2007.
Debt – corporate loan
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008.

Coal India India profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 145.3 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Drummond United States profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 250 million
28 April 2017
Co-financed revolving credit facility of a total of USD 250 million
source: Thomson EIKON (2018, October), "Tearsheet - 3453159115", viewed in October 2018

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 240.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 927.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 305.2 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 675.

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 44.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 32.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) South Korea profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 46.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 5.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database.

Marubeni Japan profile

energy plants - coal | forestry - pulp and paper | mining - non coal | transport and infrastructure
Share issue – underwriter
USD 32 million
2014 - 2017
(Amount includes share and bonds issuance underwriting)
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report
link

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - hydro | energy plants - renewables | manufacturing | mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 109.8 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 0.8 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 1.3 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 770.

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands profile

oil and gas
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 71 million
6 September 2019
Shareholding value dated 6 September 2019
source: Fintel
link

Textron United States profile

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

Vattenfall Sweden profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 54.1 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom profile

mining - non coal
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 883 million
March 2010
Along with UBS, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. For Subsidiary Vedanta Resources Jersey II.
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
September 2009
Along with Morgan Stanley, for subsidiary Sesa Goa

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Global Finance Sector Failing to Apply Conservation Criteria to Pulp and Paper Funding

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

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
blog
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Report: The Five Biggest Financiers of New Amazon Oil Boom

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, HSBC, and JP Morgan Chase defy their own commitments by backing dangerous oil and gas extraction in the western Amazon
2020-03-12 | Oakland, California | Amazon Watch
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Following Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase announcements, Wells Fargo rejects funding for Arctic drilling

2020-03-02 | San Francisco | Sierra Club
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Davos financial players pump US$1.4 trillion into fossil fuels: new Greenpeace report

Banks, insurers and pension funds are as culpable for the climate emergency as the fossil fuel industry - especially those at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
2020-01-21 | Greenpeace
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Goldman Sachs to stop financing new drilling for oil in the Arctic

2019-12-16 | The Guardian
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Goldman Sachs curbs new lending on coal and Arctic oil

2019-12-16 | Bloomberg
blog
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Goldman Sachs adopts strongest fossil finance policy by a major US Bank

Bank rules out thermal coal and Arctic oil projects, commits to exit coal mining
2019-12-15 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Bank of America, Goldman and SocGen singled out for ‘human rights failings’

Pressure group says four out of five banks are ‘failing’ on human rights — though Citi, Barclays and Dutch bank ABN Amro win praise
2019-11-26 | Financial News
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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

2019-11-21 | The Independent
blog
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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
blog
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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

2019-11-14 | Fortune
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Banks fail to stop financing fossil fuel industry

2019-11-09 | The Financial Times
blog
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Western banks funding Saudi Aramco IPO betraying climate change promises

2019-11-05 | Newsweek
blog
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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
blog
external news
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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
blog
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Money to burn

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

New investigation by Global Witness uncovers for the first time a truly global picture of major financial players driving $44 billion into companies directly or indirectly involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and Papua New Guinea.
2019-09-23 | Global Witness
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Rio Grande Valley: Big banks urged not to back high risk fracked-gas export terminals

2019-08-14 | BankTrack
blog
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1MDB: Malaysia files charges against 17 current and ex-Goldman Sachs bosses

2019-08-09 | The Guardian
blog
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ESG pioneer to lead Goldman Sach’s new sustainable finance group

2019-07-29 | City Wire Selector
blog
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
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US banks pledged to fund renewable energy, but they still spend way more on fossil fuels

2019-03-28 | Mother Jones
blog
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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
blog
external news
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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
blog
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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
blog
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Malaysia Blames Goldman Sachs for Stolen Billions

2019-01-14 | The New York Times
blog
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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 | Europe Beyond Coal
blog
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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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New coal report finds troubling loopholes in existing bank policies

Analysis shows broad compliance with credit exposure reduction commitments – but six biggest US banks still increased coal financing In 2017
2018-08-16 | Rainforest Action Network
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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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Think the big banks have abandoned coal? Think again

2018-05-28 | The New York Times
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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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Banks told they're lagging on response to climate change risks

2018-02-15 | Bloomberg
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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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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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Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action 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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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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Goldman Criticized for `Half-Measures' on Cutting Coal Support

2015-11-03 | Bloomberg
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Goldman Sachs Targets $150 Billion in Clean-Energy Deals by 2025

2015-11-02 | Bloomberg
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Goldman Bets on Being Green

2015-11-02 | The Wall Street Journal
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Goldman Sachs Sells Colombian Coal Mines to Murray Energy

2015-08-13 | The Wall Street Journal
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EU lobby register: still failing to deliver real transparency

2015-01-27 | Economic Voice
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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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RAN Applauds Move by U.S. Banks to Reject Australian Coal Port

Abbot Point coal export project presents dire threat to climate and to the Great Barrier Reef
2014-10-27 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Report Finds Top Banks Moving Away From Coal: Citigroup and Barclays seen as laggards

Fifth annual coal finance report shows JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo end financing for mountaintop removal coal
2014-04-17 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

Combatting climate change needs real commitments instead of loose guidelines - Banks must urgently curb fossil fuel financing
2014-04-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Goldman Sachs Sacks Coal Export Investment

2014-01-10 | RAN
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Goldman Sachs sacks coal terminal investment

Coal sector loosing appeal to Wall Street investors
2014-01-07 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Five banks made £2.2 billion from food speculation in 2010-2012

2013-11-05 | London | World Development Movement
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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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New Coal Finance Report Card Exposes Risk of Extreme Energy Investments

Banks pump $20 billion into coal despite U.S. coal industry decline and escalating climate impacts
2013-04-29 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers

2013-04-10 | RAN
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Goldman Sachs Sets the Wrong Target

2012-06-04 | RAN understory blog
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Goldman Sachs to announce low-ball target for renewables finance

2012-05-24 | Environmental Finance ($)
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Environmental groups rate banks based on support of coal

2012-05-01 | United States of America | The State journal
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US banks risk public health and climate by financing coal

RAN and sierra club detail the “filthy five” banks in third annual “coal Finance report rard”
2012-05-01 | San Francisco, USA | Rainforest Action Network
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Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs

2012-03-14 | New York | The New York Times
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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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Worst EU Lobbyists 2010 revealed- RWE, Goldman Sachs and ISDA

2010-12-02 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe et.al.
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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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Goldman Sachs charged with $1bn fraud over toxic sub-prime securities

2010-04-16 | London | The Guardian
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Top financial institutions invest over US$43 billion in producers of cluster bombs

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

2005-11-22 | San Fransisco | Friends of the Earth US

Documents

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our publications

Banking on Climate Change Fossil Finance Report 2020

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

Environmental Policy Framework

2019-12-15 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
correspondence

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

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence

Letter from Goldman Sachs to BankTrack on comments on 2019 Human Rights Benchmark

2019-08-13 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

CSR report 2018

2019-06-24 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

Fool's Gold

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

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Goldman Sachs

2019-05-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement 2018

2019-04-24 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Annual report 2018

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
our publications

Coal plant developers: 2018 research analysis

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

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to Goldman Sachs on Demands FBNT campaign

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

Banking on coal mining

U.S. banks’ performance against their policies since 2015
2018-08-31 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
csr policies

Code of business conduct and ethics

2018-05-07 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Statement on ESG & Impact investing

2018-05-07 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs Asset Management
annual reports

CSR report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Annual report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

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

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
csr policies

Statement on Policy Engagement and Political Participation

2018-01-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Statement on modern slavery and human trafficking

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Vendor code of conduct

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

In the Red

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

Annual Report 2016

2017-05-15 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Environmental, social and governance report 2016

2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Environmental, Social, and Governance Report 2015

2016-07-14 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

2015 Annual Report

2016-07-14 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
bank documents

The Goldman Sachs Business Principles

2016-07-14 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
our publications

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications

Shorting the Climate

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

Green Paper, Red Lines

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

Anti-bribery program

2016-01-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Annual Report 2014

2015-05-06 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
annual reports

Selected Highlights from the 2014 ESG Report

2015-05-06 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

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

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

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

Complaint against Goldman Sachs regarding their misleading entry in the EU lobby register

2015-01-27 00:00:00 | FoEE, CEO, Lobbycontrol
ngo documents

New and Improved? Why the EU Lobby register still fails to deliver

2015-01-27 00:00:00 | ALTER-EU
correspondence

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

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

Banking with Principles?

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

Selected Highlights from 2013 ESG Report

2014-07-14 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
our publications

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

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

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

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

Annual Report 2013

2014-01-01 00:00:00
ngo documents

Coal India: Running on Empty?

2013-09-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace India
our publications

Coal Finance Report Card 2013

Extreme investments - US Banks and the Coal Industry
2013-04-29 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
ngo documents

Dirty Profits

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

Human Rights Statement

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

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

Coal Finance Report Card 2012

Dirty Money, U.S. Banks at the Bottom of the Class
2012-05-01 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
csr policies

Anti-money laundering program

2012-04-30 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

The hunger-makers

How Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Other Financial Institutions Are Speculating With Food at the Expense of the Poorest
2011-10-23 00:00:00 | FoodWatch
other documents

Goldman Sachs Cluster Munitions Investments

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

Transition to a low-carbon economy

2010-09-20 00:00:00 | Tracy Wolstencroft, the head of GS Environmental Markets Group
our publications

Close the Gap

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

Goldman Sachs cluster munitions investments

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

Crossing the Rubicon: our investment framework for the next decade

2010-02-26 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
other documents

Goldman Sachs cluster munitions financing

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

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

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

Aandelen in klimaatverandering / Shares in climate change (in Dutch, with English summary)

2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
ngo documents

Profiles of U.S. Banks

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

Alternative energy- a global survey

2007-12-20 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
ngo documents

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

2007-10-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

Links

Goldman Sachs' Environmental Stewardship pages

http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/environmental-stewardship/index.html

Goldman Sachs controversies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs_controversies

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Goldman Sachs

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

https://environmentalpaper.org/goldman-sachs/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Goldman Sachs has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

Goldman Sach's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here. The bank's sector guidelines can be viewed here.

Year:
csr policies

Environmental Policy Framework

2019-12-15 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement 2018

2019-04-24 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Code of business conduct and ethics

2018-05-07 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Statement on ESG & Impact investing

2018-05-07 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs Asset Management
csr policies

Statement on Policy Engagement and Political Participation

2018-01-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Statement on modern slavery and human trafficking

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Vendor code of conduct

2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Anti-bribery program

2016-01-31 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Human Rights Statement

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
csr policies

Anti-money laundering program

2012-04-30 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs

Good moves

Year:

2020

Following Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase announcements, Wells Fargo rejects funding for Arctic drilling

Wells Fargo has released an update to its environmental policy ruling out funding for oil and gas projects in the Arctic region, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The update does not make improvements to the bank’s other oil and gas financing policies. The 2019 Banking on Climate Change report…

2019

Goldman Sachs adopts strongest fossil finance policy by a major US Bank

Today, Goldman Sachs announced the strongest fossil finance restrictions of any major U.S. bank, though it still lags behind its leading global competitors. It also remains far from alignment with what is needed to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Goldman Sachs has ruled out direct finance for new or expanding…

2015

Climate breakthrough as string of banks dump coal financing

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

2014

Goldman Sachs sacks coal terminal investment

In January 2014 Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners sold off its remaining equity investment in Carrix, the parent company of Pacific International Terminals and SSA Marine that are behind a colossal coal export terminal proposal near Bellingham, Washington. The move comes after coal companies and their proponents…

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…