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About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is an American investment bank founded in 1935. Morgan Stanley was one of four investment banks that for decades ruled on Wall Street together with Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch and JPMorgan Chase. The bank's main activities are: institutional securities, wealth management and investment management.

Website http://www.morganstanley.com/
Headquarters
1585 Broadway
NY 10036 New York
United States
CEO/chair Mr. James Gorman
Chairman & CEO
Supervisor
Federal Reserve
Annual reports Annual report 2019
CSR report 2018
Ownership
listed on NYSE

Morgan Stanley's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

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Banks, climate and energy

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
21
21
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
21
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 21 points out of 200

6 points out of 120 for oil and gas policy.

15 points out of 80 for coal policy.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 200 policy points for its overall fossil fuel policies; 120 possible points for oil and gas policies and 80 possible points for coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-50 points), followers (50.5-100 points), front runners (100.5-150 points) or leaders (150.5-200 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel expansion

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
13
13
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
13
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 13 points out of 89

3 points for a moderate exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: Morgan Stanley will not directly finance new oil and gas exploration and development in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), but its policy does not mention infrastructure.

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal mining projects: Morgan Stanley excludes direct finance for new coal mines. Expansion is not mentioned in this policy. Morgan Stanley will also not provide financing for mountain top removal coal mines.

6 points for a strong exclusion of coal power projects: Morgan Stanley will decline financing transactions globally that directly support the development of new or physical expansions of coal-fired power generation, unless there is carbon capture and storage or equivalent carbon emissions reduction technology.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
csr policies
2019-03-15 00:00:00

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

2019-03-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The scores for a bank's policies restricting expansion of fossil fuels - in each area, prohibitions against financing projects and/or companies expanding that area - are aggregated into a fossil fuel expansion policy score.

The point-based policy ranking for fossil fuel expansion consists of the following distribution:

  • Coal mining: 14 points​
  • Coal power: 14 points
  • Other coal: 7 points
  • Tar sands: 9 points
  • Arctic oil and gas: 9 points
  • Offshore oil and gas: 9 points
  • Fracked oil and gas: 9 points
  • LNG: 9 points
  • Other oil and gas: 9 points

A bank can obtain a total of 89 policy points for its fossil fuel expansion policy. Based on this score, banks are then classified as laggards (0-22.25 points), followers (22.25-44.5 points), front runners (44.5-66.75 points) or leaders (66.75-89 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on oil and gas financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
6
6
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
6
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 6 points out of 120

0.5 point out of 20 for tar sands policy: see here.

3.5 point out of 20 for Arctic oil and has policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for offshore oil and gas policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for fracked oil and gas policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for LNG policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for other/conventional oil and gas: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For each of the six subsectors, 20 possible policy points can be obtained, so a bank can obtain a total of 120 policy points for its oil and gas policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-30 points), followers (30.5-60 points), front runners (60.5-90 points) or leaders (90.5-120 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on tar sands

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0.5
0.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding tar sands companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to tar sands.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking above assesses bank policies in four ways:

 1) Restriction on direct financing for tar sands projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand tar sands.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for tar sands.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in tar sands above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its tar sands policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points). 

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on Arctic oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
3.5
3.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
3.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 3.5 point out of 20

3 points for a moderate exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: Morgan Stanley will not directly finance new oil and gas exploration and development in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The policy does not mention infrastructure.

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding Arctic oil and gas companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to Arctic oil and gas development.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for Arctic oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand Arctic oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for Arctic oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in Arctic oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its Arctic oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on offshore oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0.5
0.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding offshore oil and gas companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to ultra deepwater oil and gas exploration and production. 

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for offshore oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in offshore oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its offshore oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fracked oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0.5
0.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding fracked oil and gas companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to exploration and production of shale oil or gas using hydraulic fracturing.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores 

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for fracked oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in oil and gas fracking above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its fracking policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on LNG

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0.5
0.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding LNG companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to the construction or operation of LNG plants and terminals."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores 

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for LNG projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand LNG.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for LNG.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in LNG above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its LNG policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on other/conventional oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0.5
0.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment regarding other/conventional oil and gas companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for transactions related to the construction or operation of oil and gas transportation pipelines.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for other/conventional oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand other/conventional oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for other/conventional oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in other/conventional oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its other/conventional oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
15
15
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
15
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 15.5 points out of 80

7.5 points out of 32 for coal mining policy: see here.

7.5 points out of 32 for coal power policy: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For both coal mining and coal power, 32 possible policy points can be obtained, while for other coal,16 possible policy points can be obtained. So a bank can obtain a total of 80 policy points for its coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-20 points), followers (20.5-40 points), front runners (40.5-60 points) or leaders (60.5-80 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal mining

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
7.5
7.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
7.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 7.5 points out of 32

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal mining projects: Morgan Stanley excludes direct finance for new coal mines. Expansion is not mentioned in this policy. Morgan Stanley will also not provide financing for mountain top removal coal mines.

3 points for the commitment to reduce financial exposure to coal mining companies: Morgan Stanley has pledged to phase out out financing of those thermal coal mining companies that do not have a diversification strategy within a reasonable timeframe. However this applies only to "significant" coal mining companies, and thus does not qualify as a weak phaseout, which must apply to most of the coal mining sector.

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding coal mining companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence for thermal coal mining companies. In addition, Morgan Stanley prohibits "financing for companies that rely on MTR for anything more than a limited portion of their annual coal production" as well as for any company without "a plan to eliminate existing MTR operations in the foreseeable future." Continued financing of companies involved in MTR at all is not strong enough to be counted as a weak exclusion of coal mining companies.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
csr policies
2019-03-15 00:00:00

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

2019-03-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal mining projects.

  • None (0), mountaintop removal mining exclusion (0.5), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal mining.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal mining.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal mining above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal mining policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal power

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-04-22
USA
7.5
7.5
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
7.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587506400
Last update: 2020-04-22
Explanation

Total: 7.5 points out of 32

6 points for a strong exclusion of coal power projects: Morgan Stanley will decline financing transactions globally that directly support the development of new or physical expansions of coal-fired power generation, unless there is carbon capture and storage or equivalent carbon emissions reduction technology.

1 point for the commitment to proportionally reduce exposure to coal power companies: Morgan Stanley says it is "seeking to reduce the proportion of our energy financing to coal mining and coal fired power generation."

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding coal power companies: Morgan Stanley conducts enhanced due diligence on transactions involving coal-fired power generation.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00
csr policies
2019-03-15 00:00:00

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

2019-03-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal power projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal power.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal power.

  • None (0), proportional reduction (1), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal power above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal power policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal infrastructure

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
2020-03-01
USA
0
0
0
United States
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 20

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal infrastructure projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1), strong exclusion (3)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1), weak phase-out (2), strong phase-out (4)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal infrastructure above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (4), full exclusion (5)

A bank can obtain a total of 16 policy points for its coal infrastructure policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-4 points), followers (4.5-8 points), front runners (8.5-12 points) or leaders (12.5-16 points)

For more details see this page.

Banks and human rights

BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Morgan Stanley
USA
100
United States
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Explanation

Morgan Stanley's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark in November 2019. The bank is assessed as a Follower, with a total score of 5.5 out of 14.

Policy: 3/3
Due dilligence: 2.5/5
Reporting: 0/3
Remedy: 0/3

For more details see this page.

News

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2020-12-03 | Global Witness
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2020-09-28 | Unearthed
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Morgan Stanley sets net-zero financed emissions target without key details

Commitment does not include interim targets or plans to phase out fossil fuels or deforestation
2020-09-21 | New York | Stop the Money Pipeline
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How Morgan Stanley is linked to deforestation in the Amazon

2020-09-17 | Mongabay and Reporter Brasil
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US banks are getting the message: Arctic drilling is bad business

2020-08-20 | Ben Cushing, Sierra Club
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Morgan Stanley commits to tallying its climate impact

The financial giant will become the first major U.S. bank to count emissions from its loans and investments
2020-07-20 | Politico
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Morgan Stanley will be first major US bank to track and report its climate impact

2020-07-20 | New York | Sierra Club
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Morgan Stanley next major US bank to rule out financing Arctic oil & gas

The new policy update also excludes financing new thermal coal mines and coal-fired power plants as well as a commitment to phase out financing of thermal coal mining companies.
2020-04-24 | New York | Ben Cushing, Sierra Club
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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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our news

Big businesses face pressure to avoid investing in areas Trump wants to develop

A dozen-and-a-half senators wrote letters to 11 of the largest U.S. banks asking them to back down from financing any oil and gas activity in an unspoiled expanse of Arctic wilderness.
2020-02-03 | The Washington Post
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Saudi Aramco IPO: climate change fears cause banks to miss out on millions in fees

2019-11-21 | The Independent
blog
external news
our news

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
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Western banks funding Saudi Aramco IPO betraying climate change promises

2019-11-05 | Newsweek
blog
external news
our news

Aramco IPO: These are the banks and advisers on world's biggest sale

2019-11-03 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups

2019-10-17 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Environmental groups warn banks against climate and human rights implications of underwriting Saudi Aramco offering

2019-10-17 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands
blog
external news
our news

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
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Rio Grande Valley: Big banks urged not to back high risk fracked-gas export terminals

2019-08-14 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Rainforest Action Network Responds to Morgan Stanley Updated Climate and Human Rights Policy

2019-08-09 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Ignoring Public Opposition and Significant Risk, Morgan Stanley Fails to Rule Out Support for Arctic Refuge Destruction

2019-08-08 | Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

Ignoring Public Opposition and Significant Risk, Morgan Stanley Fails to Rule Out Support for Arctic Refuge Destruction

2019-08-08 | Washington D.C. | Gabby Brown, Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

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

US banks pledged to fund renewable energy, but they still spend way more on fossil fuels

2019-03-28 | Mother Jones
blog
external news
our news

Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

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

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

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

Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks

The case for legal action against the big banks that created and profited from Puerto Rico’s debt crisis
2019-02-20 | Public Accountability Initiative
blog
external news
our news

Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
blog
external news
our news

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

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff
blog
external news
our news

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

2018-10-26 | Earther
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Think the big banks have abandoned coal? Think again

2018-05-28 | The New York Times
blog
external news
our news

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

Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, new report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar sands companies and pipelines.
2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

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

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

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

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

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

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

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

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

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

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

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

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

Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

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

New 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
blog
external news
our news

New report finds banks betting on climate change

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

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo cut coal financing, join growing movement by banks in U.S. and Europe

Rainforest Action Network calls on banks to end all financing for coal
2015-12-01 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Morgan Stanley Targeted Over Coal Financing

2015-10-12 | Desmog blog
blog
external news
our news

Five Reasons Why Morgan Stanley is RAN’s Next Target Bank on Coal Finance

2015-09-22 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Morgan Stanley pressured to drop coal financing

Rainforest Action Network announces campaign as next major bank targeted since Bank of America coal milestone
2015-09-22 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

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

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
blog
external news
our news

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

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

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

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

BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

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

Banking on Coal: New BankTrack Report Highlights Bank Complicity in Global Coal Mining Boom

2013-12-12 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

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

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

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Bankrolling Climate Change

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

New report card exposes largest financers of mountaintop removal coal mining

2011-04-05 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

NGOs sound warning over one of year's largest IPOs

2010-04-28 | London | Anna Grigoryeva, Platform-London
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

J.P. Morgan rolls into Calgary

2010-04-05 | Calgary, Canada | Global Investor
blog
external news
our news

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

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Carbon Principles and Climate Principles will not stop melting of the ice

2009-03-30 | Bonn, Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Global civil society calls on private banks to withdraw support from Bangladesh coal mine

2008-08-21 | San Francisco, USA | International Accountability Project
blog
external news
our news

“Carbon Principles” Another Nail in Coals Coffin

Growing anti-coal movement forces banks to take first step toward ending coal finance
2008-02-05 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network

Documents

Type:
Year:
ngo documents
2020-12-10 00:00:00

The money that feeds the cattle

2020-12-10 00:00:00 | Repórter Brasil
annual reports
2020-05-19 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-05-19 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
our publications
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

2020-03-18 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
correspondence
2019-12-10 00:00:00

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

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2019-08-08 00:00:00

Statement on human rights

2019-08-08 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-08-08 00:00:00

Environmental and social policy statement

2019-08-08 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-06-10 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-06-10 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanely
ngo documents
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
annual reports
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2019-04-15 00:00:00

CSR report 2018

2019-04-15 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-04-01 00:00:00

Policy for corporate social responsibility

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-04-01 00:00:00

Supplier code of conduct

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-03-15 00:00:00

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

2019-03-15 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

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

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to Morgan Stanley on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
ngo documents
2018-08-31 00:00:00

Banking on coal mining

U.S. banks’ performance against their policies since 2015
2018-08-31 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
csr policies
2018-05-23 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2018-05-23 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Code of ethics and business conduct

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2018-04-30 00:00:00

CSR report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents
2018-02-28 00:00:00

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
correspondence
2018-01-12 00:00:00

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

2018-01-12 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-01-02 00:00:00

Carbon Neutral by 2022

2018-01-02 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents
2017-09-20 00:00:00

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

2017-09-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
ngo documents
2017-08-01 00:00:00

In the Red

An Assessment of Bank Policies for Financing Pulp and Paper
2017-08-01 00:00:00 | Environmental Paper Network
correspondence
2017-06-06 00:00:00

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

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

Annual Report 2016

2017-05-22 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2017-04-30 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2016

2017-04-30 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

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
2016-06-14 00:00:00

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
2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
our publications
2016-02-16 00:00:00

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

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2016-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2015

2016-01-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2015-07-01 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

2015-07-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2015-03-24 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

2015-03-24 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

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

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

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

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
our publications
2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2014-10-29 00:00:00

Banking on Coal 2014

2014-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2014-05-01 00:00:00

2013 Sustainability Report

2014-05-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2014-05-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

2014-05-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
our publications
2014-04-17 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences
2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
correspondence
2014-04-09 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Policy Statement on the Future Development of the Galilee basin and Abbot Point

2014-01-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
annual reports
2013-06-19 00:00:00

2012 Sustainability Report

2013-06-19 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
our publications
2013-04-29 00:00:00

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
our publications
2013-03-07 00:00:00

Coal Risk Update March 2013

Arch Coal, Blair Mountain, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
annual reports
2013-02-26 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

2013-02-26 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
our publications
2012-05-01 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2012

Dirty Money, U.S. Banks at theBottom of the Class
2012-05-01 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
other documents
2011-05-25 00:00:00

Morgan Stanley CLuster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
our publications
2011-04-05 00:00:00

Policy and Practice

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

The Principle Matter - Banks, Climate and the Carbon Principles

2011-01-21 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
our publications
2010-05-13 00:00:00

Policy and Practice: report card on banks and mountaintop removal

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

Open letter to banks coordinating Uralchem IPO

2010-04-27 00:00:00 | International Socio-Ecological Union (SEU), Russia
our publications
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

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

Mountaintop Removal request for information letter sent to Morgan Stanley

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | RAN, Sierra Club, BankTrack
other documents
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Morgan Stanley cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
other documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

Morgan Stanley cluster munitions financing

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

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
our publications
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
2009-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of U.S. Banks

2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
ngo documents
2007-10-24 00:00:00

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

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

Links

Sustainability at Morgan Stanley

https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/sustainability-at-morgan-stanley

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Morgan Stanley

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/morgan-stanley/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Morgan Stanley has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Business for Social Responsibility
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Carbon Principles
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Green Bond Principles
  • Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Investment policies

Morgan Stanley's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2020-04-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy statement

2020-04-22 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-08-08 00:00:00

Statement on human rights

2019-08-08 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-08-08 00:00:00

Environmental and social policy statement

2019-08-08 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-06-10 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-06-10 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanely
csr policies
2019-04-01 00:00:00

Policy for corporate social responsibility

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-04-01 00:00:00

Supplier code of conduct

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2019-03-15 00:00:00

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

2019-03-15 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-05-23 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2018-05-23 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Code of ethics and business conduct

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2018-01-02 00:00:00

Carbon Neutral by 2022

2018-01-02 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
csr policies
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Policy Statement on the Future Development of the Galilee basin and Abbot Point

2014-01-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley

Good moves

Year:

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,…
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