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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 report CSR report 2018
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext

Morgan Stanley's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

Morgan Stanley 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
October 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 5 billion to Dominion Energy. Of this USD 308 million, 31 million is loaned by Morgan Stanley's subsidiary Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.1
link

Euca Energy Brazil profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Advisor
2019
Contracted to close a deal for the sale of the company
source: Valor Economico
link

Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
Morgan Stanley does not provide direct financing for the Line 3 replacement but provides revolving credit for Enbridge.
source: Greenpeace
link

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada profile

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

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin Argentina profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 300 million
Morgan Stanley co-financed a USD 300 million credit line for Vista Oil & Gas for its 400-well drilling programme
source: Financial Times (2018)
link
Equity – share owner/manager
Current shareholder of YPF
source: Vaca Muerta Megaproject (dated 2017)
link
There are no active projects for Morgan Stanley now.

Projects - on record profiles

Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills India profile

mining - non coal
Share issue – underwriter
Vedanta 2003 (IPO) and 2007

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised

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

Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
June 2006

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 1,798 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1.898 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
Morgan Stanley participated in a syndicated loan to BAE Systems for 100.13 million euro of a total package of 2.3 billion euro.
source: ThomsonEikon

Klabin Brazil profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 100 million
13 September 2017 - 13 September 2027
Bookrunner for USD 500 million Green Bond issuance
source: Latinfinance.com
link

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 12 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 236 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 388.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 69.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 27.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 35 million
source: RWE, Essen, 13 February 2003; Thomson ONE database, RWE, Essen, 25 November 2008.

Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia profile

oil and gas
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 166.67 million
16 April 2019 - 16 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

UPM-Kymmene Finland profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 32 million
2011 - 2017
Loans and underwriting between 2011 and 2017
source: Profundo, 2017

Vale Brazil profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 3 billion
May 2015 - May 2020
Co-financed USD 3 billion credit facility
source: Vale press release
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 156.25 million
3 August 1992 - 10 August 2026
Via Vale Overseas Ltd.
source: Profundo research Jan 2019
There are no active companies for Morgan Stanley now.

Companies - on record profiles

Alpha Natural Resources United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 610.9 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 737.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 115.6 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 1,097.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1,106.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Coal India India profile

mining - coal
IPO underwriter
2010
assisted Coal India in raising this equity, acting as joint bookrunners
source: Profundo study (December 2010)
Uncategorised
EUR 435.2 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

DTEK Ukraine profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 8.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 586.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 927.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 205.9 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 826.

Elbit Systems Israel profile

arms industry and trade | aviation | security and surveillance systems
Equity – share owner/manager

ENGIE France profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Uncategorised
EUR 3.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 23.7 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
IPO underwriter
28 June 2012
source: link

First Resources Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
14 March 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - holds 0.85% of the shares - Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore
source: Annual Report 2013

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 434.2 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 372.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

IOI Corporation Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 150 million
20 June 2012
Joint bookrunner for US $ 600 mln. bond issuance. Part of four participating banks, providing US $ 150 mln.
source: ThompsonONE Banker

Kinder Morgan United States profile

energy distribution | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 145 million
19 September 2014
Co-financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility
source: www.sec.gov
link

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) South Korea profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal | nuclear industry
Share issue – underwriter
USD 100 million
2014 - 2017
Share and bond issuance combined
source: Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 51.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

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 34.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 378.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
Principal manager.
source: Euroweek - Issue 1007, Reuters, London, 22 November 2007; The Sunday Times, London, 25 November 2007.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 1.6 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 2.5 million
source: Press release Rio Tinto, London, 25 April 2002; Euroweek - Issue: 750.

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands profile

oil and gas
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 375 million
6 September 2019
Shareholding, amount dated 6 September 2019
source: Fintel
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 4,167 million
2009 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Profundo

Singapore Technologies Engineering Singapore profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Morgan Stanley's role in Singapore Technologies Engineering can be found here:
source: link

Textron United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Morgan Stanley's 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
Uncategorised
EUR 32.6 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 86 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 22.5 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Website Vattenfall (www.vattenfall.com).
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 151.1 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 646; Euroweek - Issue: 658; Thomson ONE database; Thomson ONE Banker.

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom profile

mining - non coal
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 883 million
March 2010
Along with UBS, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. For Subsidiary Vedanta Resources Jersey II.
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
October 2009
Along with Deutsche Bank, for subsidiary Sterlite Industries
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
September 2009
Along with Goldman Sachs, for subsidiary Sesa Goa
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 1.25 billion
July 2009
Uncategorised
USD 132.16 million
July 2009
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Along with JPMorgan Chase, for subsidiary Sterlite Industries
Bond issue – underwriter
 312.5 million
June 2008
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 530 million
June 2007
53 million/ €530 million - Managed and underwritten for subsidiary Sterlite Industries

Veolia Environment France profile

transport and infrastructure | water utilities
Equity – share owner/manager
Holds 245,989 shares valued at $6,238,000

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

2019-08-09 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
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Ignoring Public Opposition and Significant Risk, Morgan Stanley Fails to Rule Out Support for Arctic Refuge Destruction

2019-08-08 | Sierra Club
blog
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
blog
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Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

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

2018-10-26 | Earther
blog
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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
blog
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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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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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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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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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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 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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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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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
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Morgan Stanley Targeted Over Coal Financing

2015-10-12 | Desmog blog
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Five Reasons Why Morgan Stanley is RAN’s Next Target Bank on Coal Finance

2015-09-22 | Rainforest Action Network
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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
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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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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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Banking on Coal: New BankTrack Report Highlights Bank Complicity in Global Coal Mining Boom

2013-12-12 | RAN
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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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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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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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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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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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New report card exposes largest financers of mountaintop removal coal mining

2011-04-05 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
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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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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 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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NGOs sound warning over one of year's largest IPOs

2010-04-28 | London | Anna Grigoryeva, Platform-London
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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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J.P. Morgan rolls into Calgary

2010-04-05 | Calgary, Canada | Global Investor
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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
blog
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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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“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

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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
correspondence

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

Environmental and social policy statement

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

Statement on human rights

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

Modern Slavery Statement

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

Fool's Gold

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

Annual report 2018

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

CSR report 2018

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

Policy for corporate social responsibility

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

Supplier code of conduct

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

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

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

Code of conduct

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
correspondence

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

Banking on coal mining

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

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

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

Code of ethics and business conduct

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

CSR report 2017

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

Annual Report 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
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
correspondence

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

Carbon Neutral by 2022

2018-01-02 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
ngo documents

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

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

In the Red

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

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

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

Annual Report 2016

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

Sustainability Report 2016

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

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

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

Annual Report 2015

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

Sustainability Report 2014

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

Annual Report 2014

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

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

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

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
correspondence

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

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

Banking with Principles?

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

2013 Sustainability Report

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

Annual Report 2013

2014-05-01 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
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
csr policies

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

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

2012 Sustainability Report

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

Annual Report 2012

2013-02-26 00:00:00 | Morgan Stanley
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
other documents

Morgan Stanley CLuster Munitions Investments

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

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

The Principle Matter - Banks, climate and the Carbon Principles

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

Policy and Practice, report card on banks and mountaintop removal

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

Open letter to banks coordinating Uralchem IPO

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

Close the Gap

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

Mountaintop Removal request for information letter sent to Morgan Stanley

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

Morgan Stanley cluster munitions investments

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

Morgan Stanley 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.
our publications

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

Profiles of U.S. Banks

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

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

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

Media



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:

Investment policies

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

Year:
csr policies

Environmental and social policy statement

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

Statement on human rights

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

Modern Slavery Statement

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

Policy for corporate social responsibility

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

Supplier code of conduct

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

Coal and oil & gas policy statements

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

Code of conduct

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

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

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

Code of ethics and business conduct

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

Carbon Neutral by 2022

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

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,…