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Campaign

Banks and Climate

By: BankTrack
2023-03-15 12:49:37
Contact:

Maaike Beenes, Campaign Lead Banks and Climate

Campaigners:
Sumeyra Arslan
Henrieke Butijn
Natasha Ion

 

 

Photo: BankTrack
By: BankTrack
2023-03-15 12:49:37
Contact:

Maaike Beenes, Campaign Lead Banks and Climate

Campaigners:
Sumeyra Arslan
Henrieke Butijn
Natasha Ion

 

 

Why this campaign?

A global emergency…

The world is facing an acute and rapidly accelerating climate crisis. With each passing year, the number and severity of heatwaves, hurricanes, floods, forest fires and other climate-related disasters is increasing, already disrupting the lives of millions of people. Despite the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the average global temperature is now 1,1 degrees higher than in 1990, with polar areas warming three times as fast and other areas facing ever more extreme heatwaves, opening the very real risk of them becoming uninhabitable.

For the world to still have a two-thirds chance to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C, global greenhouse gas emissions must be brought to net zero by 2050 latest, with over half of that reduction achieved by 2030. The latest IPCC and International Energy Agency reports are both crystal clear that this requires an immediate end to all new fossil fuel exploration and development, and a rapid phase-out of all remaining fossil fuel use.

…linked to other emergencies

The climate crisis poses a huge threat to nature, with forests being destroyed by wildfires or turning into savannah, tundras and alpine permafrost areas thawing, coral reefs bleaching and oceans getting both warmer and more acidic, thus becoming uninhabitable for many species while also releasing even more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

A warming planet is also expected to face more pandemics. Changing weather patterns, forest fires and other climate-related habitat destruction will set animals on the move, from bats to rodents to mosquitoes, leading to contact between animals and with humans that normally don’t interact, physically bringing together pathogens and potential new hosts.

Above all, the climate crisis poses massive risks to people and communities globally, especially poor, marginalised and/or Indigenous communities who bear very little responsibility for causing the crisis, yet are faced with destruction of their homes, land and livelihoods. The consequences of global warming, including desertification and extreme weather, will lead to water and food scarcity, forcing many people from their lands. Areas already affected by conflict will be disproportionately impacted because of the decreased “adaptive capacity” of both people and institutions already under stress.

Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry that is at the heart of the climate crisis also impacts directly on human rights, as it penetrates Indigenous and communal lands for exploration and pollutes water and agricultural land. Even in the global North, its heavily polluting industries disproportionately impact poor, marginalised communities and especially communities of colour. Similarly, low-income and working-class communities disproportionately suffer the consequences of current spiking energy prices, and have less access to energy-saving measures. The welfare of fossil fuel industry workers worldwide must also be at the heart of any just transition towards a green economy.

Role of banks

Banks must play a key role in tackling the climate emergency. Despite all the rhetoric coming from banks committing to become net zero by 2050, trillions of dollars in bank finance still keeps the coal, oil and gas industry that is at the heart of the crisis afloat, and even helps expand it. No climate commitment of any bank is complete without a pledge to urgently phase out this finance and commit to financing a just transition to a zero-carbon society.

Banks also act as financiers of other high-emitting business sectors, such as steel, cement, petrochemicals, manufacturing, transport, real estate, etc. They must use their leverage over clients to rapidly steer these industries towards zeroing out their emissions, including by providing the finance for this transition.

Finally, banks have a responsibility to address their continued financing of business sectors that impact on natural forests and other ecosystems critical for climate mitigation and adaptation, including agricultural commodities such as soy, sugar, rubber, and beef and timber.

What banks must do

The overall aim of the Banks and Climate campaign is for banks to end their finance for the fossil fuel industry. In order to achieve this, banks must:

  1. Immediately end all financing for fossil fuel expansion projects and for all companies expanding fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure, along the whole fossil fuel value chain;
  2. Phase out all ongoing financing for fossil fuel projects and companies, on a timeline aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, starting with an immediate end to finance for coal mining and coal power, as well as projects and companies active in tar sands oil, Arctic oil and gas, offshore oil and gas, fracked oil and gas, and LNG;
  3. Require all their existing clients to publish phase out plans for their fossil fuel activities on a 1.5°C-aligned timeline;
  4. Commit to zero out the climate impact of their entire finance portfolio before 2050, and to halve this impact by 2030 at the latest, without relying on discredited offset schemes;
  5. Immediately end all financing for fossil fuel projects and companies that abuse human rights, including Indigenous rights, and;
  6. Publicly and comprehensively report on all the previous steps.

These demands are set out in more detail in the Global Call on Banks, supported by over 260 organisations around the world. They also reflect the ‘Principles for Paris Aligned Financial Institutions’,  which were developed collaboratively by 60 NGOs with expertise on fossil fuel financing.

What BankTrack does

BankTrack’s Banks & Climate campaign challenges commercial banks to act urgently and decisively to help limit global warming to 1.5°C by ending finance for the fossil fuel industry and phase out all financed emissions to net zero by 2050. We do this through:

Monitoring bank finance for fossil fuels. Together with partners we each year publish the authoritative Banking on Climate Chaos report, providing an up-to-date overview of the fossil fuel portfolio of the 60 largest banks globally.

Monitoring bank policies on climate and fossil fuels, including specific high-risk sub-sectors. Our exclusion tables provide an accessible tool for activists and other audiences, showing whether banks have in place policies for the fossil fuel industry and for specific high impact sub sectors. We also provide an up-to-date overview of Net Zero commitments and membership of industry initiatives including the Net Zero Banking Alliance. In combination with tools developed by partners like the Coal Policy Tool and Oil and Gas Policy Tracker, the exclusion tables and climate commitment monitoring are a key resource for pushing banks to strengthen their policies on fossil fuels and climate.

Engaging with banks and industry initiatives to raise standards, either in banks’ own policies or as part of financial sector initiatives. Together with partners, BankTrack has pushed initiatives like the Net Zero Banking Alliance, the Equator Principles and the Principles for Responsible Banking) to strengthen their commitments on climate action.

Campaigning on Dodgy Deals to stop bank financing for projects and companies with significant adverse climate impacts. BankTrack campaigns in collaboration with affected communities and other partners for banks to address the negative impacts of specific projects and companies on climate, human rights and nature, either by engaging to ensure the negative impacts are stopped, or by ruling out finance altogether.

Supporting the global climate finance movement with research, tools and collaboration. BankTrack’s website provides an extensive database of bank policies, finance data and Dodgy Deal information that aims to support other civil society organisations, agents of change within the financial sector, media and other stakeholders. The Fossil Banks No Thanks Platform showcases the work of organisations working to stop bank financing for fossil fuels and provides campaign tools including a calendar of bank annual shareholder meetings. We also take part in global and regional coalitions including Europe Beyond Coal, Beyond Gas, the Climate Safe Lending Network and the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN).

Topics

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Banks and oil and gas

Banks and coal

Dodgy Deals

Current Dodgy Deal targets

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria | project

Rosebank

United Kingdom | project

Rovuma LNG

Mozambique | project
All
Projects
Companies

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda
Project
Target
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique
Project
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria
Project
Target
LNG Terminal

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria | project

Rosebank

United Kingdom
Project
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction

Rosebank

United Kingdom | project

Rovuma LNG

Mozambique
Project
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Rovuma LNG

Mozambique | project

Adani Godda thermal power project

India
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Adani Godda thermal power project

India | project

Adani Group

India
Company
Active
Coal Mining | ...

Adani Group

India | company

Cambo oil field

United Kingdom
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Cambo oil field

United Kingdom | project

Carmichael coal mine project

Australia
Project
Active
Coal Mining

Carmichael coal mine project

Australia | project

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia
Project
Active
Coal Mining

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia | project

Coastal GasLink pipeline

Canada
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

Coastal GasLink pipeline

Canada | project

Driftwood LNG terminal

United States
Project
Active
LNG Terminal

Driftwood LNG terminal

United States | project

ENGIE

France
Company
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

ENGIE

France | company

EPH

Czech Republic
Company
Active
Biomass Electric Power Generation | Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

EPH

Czech Republic | company

Emba Hunutlu coal power plant

Turkey
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Emba Hunutlu coal power plant

Turkey | project

Gazprom

Russian Federation
Company
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Gazprom

Russian Federation | company

Jackdaw gas field

United Kingdom
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Jackdaw gas field

United Kingdom | project

Line 3 Replacement Pipeline

United States
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

Line 3 Replacement Pipeline

United States | project

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)

Ghana
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)

Ghana | project

Oil and gas exploration Virunga National Park

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Oil and gas exploration Virunga National Park

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | project

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international -
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international - | project

RWE

Germany
Company
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

RWE

Germany | company

Rampal coal power plant

Bangladesh
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Rampal coal power plant

Bangladesh | project

SUEK

Russian Federation
Company
Active
Coal Mining | ...

SUEK

Russian Federation | company

Sengwa coal power plant

Zimbabwe
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Sengwa coal power plant

Zimbabwe | project

Shell

United Kingdom
Company
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Shell

United Kingdom | company

TotalEnergies

France
Company
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

TotalEnergies

France | company

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)

- international -
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | ...

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)

- international - | project

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP)

Canada
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP)

Canada | project

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina | project

West African Gas Pipeline and Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline extension

- international -
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

West African Gas Pipeline and Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline extension

- international - | project

Adaro Energy

Indonesia
Company
On record
Coal Mining | ...

Adaro Energy

Indonesia | company | on record

EastMed Pipeline

- international -
Project
On record
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

EastMed Pipeline

- international - | project | on record

Kınık Coal Power Plant

Turkey
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

Kınık Coal Power Plant

Turkey | project | on record

Medupi coal power plant

South Africa
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Medupi coal power plant

South Africa | project | on record

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE)

Poland
Company
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE)

Poland | company | on record

Vung Ang II coal power plant

Vietnam
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Vung Ang II coal power plant

Vietnam | project | on record

Yunus Emre coal power plant

Turkey
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Yunus Emre coal power plant

Turkey | project | on record

Çayırhan-B coal power plant

Turkey
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Çayırhan-B coal power plant

Turkey | project | on record

Çırpılar coal power plant

Turkey
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Çırpılar coal power plant

Turkey | project | on record
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Banks: High Carbon, Hidden Risks

NGO document
2017-09-25 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2017-09-07 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - 4 page summary

BankTrack publication
2017-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Oil Change International
2016-06-27 00:00:00

Understanding the issues around quantifying GHG emissions in the financial sector

Volume 3
Bank document
2016-06-27 00:00:00 | ORSE ADEME Association Bilan Carbone Caisse des Dépôts
2016-06-27 00:00:00

Understanding the issues around quantifying GHG emissions in the financial sector

Volume 2
Bank document
2016-06-27 00:00:00 | ORSE ADEME Association Bilan Carbone Caisse des Dépôts
2016-06-27 00:00:00

Understanding the issues around quantifying GHG emissions in the financial sector

Volume 1
Bank document
2016-06-27 00:00:00 | ORSE ADEME Association Bilan Carbone Caisse des Dépôts
2015-10-01 00:00:00

Understanding the issues around quantifying GHG emissions in the financial sector

Executive Summary
Bank document
2015-10-01 00:00:00 | ORSE ADEME Association Bilan Carbone Caisse des Dépôts
2013-04-01 00:00:00

Scope 3 Calculation Guidance - Investments Supplement

NGO document
2013-04-01 00:00:00 | GHG Protocol
2015-11-23 00:00:00

Carbon Compass

Investor guide to carbon footprinting
Bank document
2015-11-23 00:00:00 | Kepler Cheuvreux
2013-07-01 00:00:00

From financed emissions to long-term investing metrics

State-of-the-art review of GHG emissions accounting for the financial sector
NGO document
2013-07-01 00:00:00 | 2° investing initiative
2017-05-08 00:00:00

ING Coal Bank Briefing 2017

BankTrack publication
2017-05-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-06-21 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change 2017

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2017
BankTrack publication
2017-06-21 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Sierra Club, Oil Change International
2017-04-28 00:00:00

Credit Suisse Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

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

The Cirebon 2 coal power plant and the Equator Principles

BankTrack publication
2017-04-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Greenpeace
2015-11-02 00:00:00

Beginning of the lignite bust in Poland

Other document
2015-11-02 00:00:00 | Michal Wilczynski
2016-11-14 00:00:00

Still Coughing Up For Coal

Big Banks After the Paris Agreement
BankTrack publication
2016-11-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth France, urgewald, Market Forces
2016-06-14 00:00:00

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
BankTrack publication
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Oil Change International
2016-05-19 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole Coal Bank Briefing 2016

BankTrack publication
2016-05-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre France
2016-02-22 00:00:00

Indonesian Coal Market Update

Regulatory Crackdown on Coal Mining
NGO document
2016-02-22 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2015-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from The Co-operative Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-12-18 00:00:00 | The Co-operative Bank
2015-12-02 00:00:00

The Coal Test: Where Banks Stand on Climate at COP 21

BankTrack publication
2015-12-02 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Friends of the Earth-France, urgewald
2015-11-26 00:00:00

Letter from Cultura Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-26 00:00:00 | Cultura Bank
2015-11-23 00:00:00

Letter from Sparda Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-23 00:00:00 | Sparda Bank
2015-11-19 00:00:00

Letter from Ecology Building Society to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-19 00:00:00 | Ecology Building Society
2015-11-17 00:00:00

Letter from NewB to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-17 00:00:00 | NewB
2015-11-15 00:00:00

Letter from Triodos Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-15 00:00:00 | Triodos Bank
2015-11-11 00:00:00

Letter from JAK Medlemsbank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-11 00:00:00 | JAK Medlemsbank
2015-11-11 00:00:00

Letter from Folkesparekassen to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-11 00:00:00 | Folkesparekassen
2015-11-11 00:00:00

Letter from ProCredit Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-11-11 00:00:00 | ProCredit Bank
2015-11-05 00:00:00

Undermining our future

Bank financing for fossil fuel and renewable energy
BankTrack publication
2015-11-05 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide, BankTrack
2015-10-12 00:00:00

Letter from Alternative Bank Schweiz to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-10-12 00:00:00 | Alternative Bank Schweiz
2015-10-09 00:00:00

Letter from Beneficial State Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-10-09 00:00:00 | Beneficial State Bank
2015-10-08 00:00:00

Letter from Merkur Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-10-08 00:00:00 | Merkur Bank
2015-10-05 00:00:00

Letter from La Nef to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-10-05 00:00:00 | La Nef
2015-10-05 00:00:00

Financing Climate Chaos

How Minnesota’s Banking Giants Prioritize Profit in the Face of Climate Change
NGO document
2015-10-05 00:00:00 | MN 350
2015-09-22 00:00:00

Letter from GLS to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-09-22 00:00:00 | GLS
2015-09-10 00:00:00

The Plomin C Coal Plant: Analysis of compatibility with Crédit Agricole energy policies

NGO document
2015-09-10 00:00:00 | By Pippa Gallop (CEE Bankwatch) and Lucie Pinson (Les Amis de la Terre)
2015-09-03 00:00:00

Letter from ASN Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-09-03 00:00:00 | ASN Bank
2015-08-27 00:00:00

Letter from Ekobanken to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-08-27 00:00:00 | Ekobanken
2015-08-24 00:00:00

Letter from New Resource Bank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-08-24 00:00:00 | New Resource Bank
2015-08-11 00:00:00

Letter from EthikBank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-08-11 00:00:00 | EthikBank
2015-08-10 00:00:00

Letter from Banco FIE to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-08-10 00:00:00 | Banco FIE
2015-07-23 00:00:00

Letter from UmweltBank to BankTrack on signing the Paris Pledge

Correspondence
2015-07-23 00:00:00 | UmweltBank
2015-06-08 00:00:00

Standard Chartered's involvement in the Carmichael coal mine would be 'non-standard' and 'unchartered', on the bank's own terms

BankTrack publication
2015-06-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2015-05-21 00:00:00

Deutsche Bank Coal Bank Briefing 2015

BankTrack publication
2015-05-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2015-05-21 00:00:00

Transparency & Accountability in the Financial Sector

A case study of Fair Finance Guide International
NGO document
2015-05-21 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide International
2015-05-20 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole Coal Bank Briefing 2015

French version
BankTrack publication
2015-05-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France
2015-05-20 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole Coal Bank Briefing 2015

English version
BankTrack publication
2015-05-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France
2015-05-19 00:00:00

Société Générale Coal Bank Briefing 2015

English version
BankTrack publication
2015-05-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2015-05-19 00:00:00

Société Générale Coal Bank Briefing 2015

French version
BankTrack publication
2015-05-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2015-05-13 00:00:00

BNP Paribas Coal Bank Briefing 2015

English version
BankTrack publication
2015-05-13 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2015-05-04 00:00:00

The end of coal?

2015 Coal Finance Report Card
BankTrack publication
2015-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
2015-04-16 00:00:00

Coal Market Update April 2015

Depressed market see utilities phase out coal and miners cut production
BankTrack publication
2015-04-16 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2014-12-16 00:00:00

Coal Market Update December 2014

Spinning off risky coal assets increasing in momentum
BankTrack publication
2014-12-16 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2014-10-29 00:00:00

Banking on Coal 2014

BankTrack publication
2014-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2014-09-23 00:00:00

Coal Market Update September 2014

Uncertain Markets as Corruption Stories Break Around the World
BankTrack publication
2014-09-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2014-08-19 00:00:00

Smaller, Greener Banking

Banking for Sustainability in a New Scotland
NGO document
2014-08-19 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Scotland
2014-07-25 00:00:00

Europe's dirty 30

How the EU's coal-fired power plants are undermining its climate efforts
NGO document
2014-07-25 00:00:00 | Climate Action Network, WWF and others
2014-07-11 00:00:00

Coal Market Update July 2014

Supply glut continues to weigh on prices
BankTrack publication
2014-07-11 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - USA

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - Australia

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - China

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - South Africa

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - Russia

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - India

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - Colombia

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - Central Europe

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-21 00:00:00

Banking on Coal - Indonesia

Other document
2014-05-21 00:00:00
2014-05-05 00:00:00

Indian Power Prices

Briefing Note
NGO document
2014-05-05 00:00:00 | IEEFA
2014-04-17 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences
BankTrack publication
2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2014-03-03 00:00:00

Coal Market Update March 2014

Another chapter of Beijing air pollution saga; coal protests continue in India and Australia
BankTrack publication
2014-03-03 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-12-13 00:00:00

Banken finanzieren Kohle

Other document
2013-12-13 00:00:00 | Energiezukunft
2013-11-26 00:00:00

Remote Prospects

A financial analysis of Adani's coal gamble in Australia's Galilee Basin
NGO document
2013-11-26 00:00:00 | IEEFA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
2013-11-21 00:00:00

Coal Market Update November 2013

Britain and UN weigh in on coal debate in Warsaw
BankTrack publication
2013-11-21 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-11-19 00:00:00

Warsaw – Day 8: King Coal gets a kicking

Other document
2013-11-19 00:00:00 | Eco Business
2013-11-19 00:00:00

British coal pledge 'not worth the paper it's written on'

Other document
2013-11-19 00:00:00 | Oneworld
2013-11-19 00:00:00

UK banks are coal's biggest lenders

Other document
2013-11-19 00:00:00 | World Coal
2013-11-18 00:00:00

Top 20 banks ‘bankrolling’ coal mining sector

Other document
2013-11-18 00:00:00 | Mining People Environment
2013-11-17 00:00:00

COP19: Heffa Schücking on banks! role in coal boom

Other document
2013-11-17 00:00:00 | Climate Change TV
2013-11-15 00:00:00

Banking on Coal

BankTrack publication
2013-11-15 00:00:00 | urgewald, BankTrack, CEE Bankwatch Network, Polska Zielona Sieć
2013-11-14 00:00:00

W"glowa bankowo#$ – kosztem ludzi, #rodowiska i klimatu

Other document
2013-11-14 00:00:00 | Dla Klimatu
2013-10-01 00:00:00

Glencore Xstrata – the birth of a mining monster

Briefing paper
NGO document
2013-10-01 00:00:00 | London Mining Network
2013-09-30 00:00:00

Banking while Borneo burns

How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom
NGO document
2013-09-30 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
2013-09-23 00:00:00

Coal India: Running on Empty?

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

Coal Market Update September 2013

Governments and international financial institutions waking up to the dangers of coal investments
BankTrack publication
2013-09-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-08-27 00:00:00

RBS’s true carbon emissions 2012

NGO document
2013-08-27 00:00:00 | Global Justice Now
2013-08-14 00:00:00

Coal India investor brief

High risk, low return
NGO document
2013-08-14 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2013-07-23 00:00:00

Thirsty Coal 2

Shenua's Water Grab
NGO document
2013-07-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace East Asia
2013-07-23 00:00:00

Coal Market Update July 2013

Low prices take their toll on coal firms
BankTrack publication
2013-07-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-06-01 00:00:00

Stranded

A Financial analysis of GVK’s proposed Alpha Coal Project in Australia’s Galilee Basin
NGO document
2013-06-01 00:00:00 | IEEFA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
2013-05-16 00:00:00

Coal Market Update May 2013

Coal market continues to underperform
BankTrack publication
2013-05-16 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-05-02 00:00:00

Financing Reef Destruction

How banks are using our money to destroy a natural icon
NGO document
2013-05-02 00:00:00 | Market Forces
2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Cerrejón mine - Coal exploitation in Colombia

NGO document
2013-05-01 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
2013-04-29 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2013

Extreme investments - US Banks and the Coal Industry
BankTrack publication
2013-04-29 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2013-04-18 00:00:00

Unburnable Carbon 2013

Wasted capital and stranded assets
NGO document
2013-04-18 00:00:00 | Carbon Tracker Initiative
2013-03-12 00:00:00

Coal Kills

An Assessment of Death and Diseasecaused by India’s Dirtiest Energy Source
NGO document
2013-03-12 00:00:00 | Urban Emissions in partnership with the Conservation Action Trust and Greenpeace India
2013-03-07 00:00:00

Coal Risk Update March 2013

Arch Coal, Blair Mountain, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
BankTrack publication
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
2013-03-04 00:00:00

Coal Market Update March 2013

No signs of a coal rebound in 2013
BankTrack publication
2013-03-04 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2013-02-05 00:00:00

Coal Risk Update February 2013

Selenium Risk at Alpha Natural Resources’s Mountaintop Removal Mines
BankTrack publication
2013-02-05 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
2012-12-19 00:00:00

Coal Market Update December 2012

What does Doha mean for the future of coal?
BankTrack publication
2012-12-19 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2012-11-20 00:00:00

Global Coal Risk Assessment

Data analysis and market research
NGO document
2012-11-20 00:00:00 | World Resources Institute
2012-10-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling Climate Disruption

The Impacts of the Banking Sector's Financed Emissions
BankTrack publication
2012-10-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack
2012-10-23 00:00:00

Coal Market Update October 2012

Where will the water come from?
BankTrack publication
2012-10-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2012-10-22 00:00:00

White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal

NGO document
2012-10-22 00:00:00 | As You Sow
2012-09-01 00:00:00

Equator Principles and the Alpha Coal Project

NGO document
2012-09-01 00:00:00 | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
2012-08-14 00:00:00

Thirsty Coal

A Water Crisis Exacerbated by China's New Mega Coal Power Bases
NGO document
2012-08-14 00:00:00 | Greenpeace East Asia
2012-08-03 00:00:00

European Investment Bank Induced GHG Footprint

The carbon footprint of projects financed by the Bank
Bank document
2012-08-03 00:00:00 | European Investment Bank
2012-08-01 00:00:00

Coal financing - what the KfW prefers to keep under wraps

NGO document
2012-08-01 00:00:00 | urgewald
2012-07-30 00:00:00

Coal Market Update July 2012

Volatile thermal coal prices and environmental risks make export projects unattractive
BankTrack publication
2012-07-30 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2012-07-11 00:00:00

Rio Tinto: a record fit for the Olympics?

Rio Tinto briefing July 2012
NGO document
2012-07-11 00:00:00 | London Mining Network
2012-06-28 00:00:00

Locked-in

The Financial Risks of New Coal-fired Power Plants in Today's Volatile International Coal Market
NGO document
2012-06-28 00:00:00 | Sierra Club
2012-05-19 00:00:00

Enel Today and Tomorrow

Hidden Costs of the Path of Coal and Carbon versus Possibilities for a Cleaner and Brighter Future
NGO document
2012-05-19 00:00:00 | SOMO
2012-05-14 00:00:00

Coal Market Update May 2012

Growing uncertainty for medium term coal export market: Are assumptions behind coal export projects sound?
BankTrack publication
2012-05-14 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2012-05-01 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2012

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

BHP Billiton Dirty Deeds

Alternative Annual Report 2012
NGO document
2012-01-01 00:00:00 | London Mining Network, Mineral Policy Institute
2011-11-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling climate change

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

Bankrolling Climate Change

A look into the portfolios of the world’s largest banks
BankTrack publication
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald, groundWork, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, BankTrack
2011-11-15 00:00:00

Bank of America: Risking Public Health and the Climate

NGO document
2011-11-15 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2011-11-11 00:00:00

Coal Financing in Europe: The Banker’s Dilemma

NGO document
2011-11-11 00:00:00 | Chatham House
2011-11-03 00:00:00

Article in the Australian Financial Review: Big banks cool on clean coal plant

Other document
2011-11-03 00:00:00 | Mathew Dunckley
2011-10-19 00:00:00

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

Other document
2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
2011-09-01 00:00:00

Why Coal Projects in the CDM undermine Climate Goals

NGO document
2011-09-01 00:00:00 | CDM Watch and Sierra Club
2011-07-13 00:00:00

Unburnable Carbon

Are the world’s financial markets carrying a carbon bubble?
NGO document
2011-07-13 00:00:00 | Carbon Tracker Initiative
2011-05-30 00:00:00

Marginal Oil : What is driving oil companies dirtier and deeper?

NGO document
2011-05-30 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Europe, Heinrich Böll Stiftung
2011-04-05 00:00:00

Policy and Practice

2011 report card on banks and mountaintop removal
BankTrack publication
2011-04-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
2011-03-21 00:00:00

Dirty Money - Corporate greenwash and RBS coal finance

NGO document
2011-03-21 00:00:00 | Platform
2011-03-11 00:00:00

Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom, and the real cost of coal

NGO document
2011-03-11 00:00:00 | COEIL
2011-03-03 00:00:00

Submission to IFC on draft performance standards climate language

BankTrack publication
2011-03-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2011-01-21 00:00:00

Jatropha: money doesn’t grow on trees

NGO document
2011-01-21 00:00:00 | Foe Europe
2011-01-21 00:00:00

The Principle Matter - Banks, Climate and the Carbon Principles

NGO document
2011-01-21 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2011-01-20 00:00:00

Mega-project, Mega-risks risk analysis for investors in the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Complex

NGO document
2011-01-20 00:00:00 | International Rivers and Friends of the Earth – Brazilian Amazonia
2011-01-01 00:00:00

Reserves Replacement Ratio in a Marginal Oil World: Adequate Indicator or Subprime Statistic?

NGO document
2011-01-01 00:00:00 | Oilchange International, Greenpeace & Platform
2010-12-09 00:00:00

Beleggingen pensioenfondsen in olie en teerzanden

NGO document
2010-12-09 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2010-11-22 00:00:00

A climate strategy for banks: know your financed emissions

NGO document
2010-11-22 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2010-09-20 00:00:00

Investing responsibly: a financial puzzle

NGO document
2010-09-20 00:00:00 | SOMO
2010-09-07 00:00:00

Australian banks financing coal and renewable energy

NGO document
2010-09-07 00:00:00 | Profundo for Greenpeace Australia Pacific
2010-08-01 00:00:00

Protecting rivers and rights: ten years after the World Commission on Dams report

NGO document
2010-08-01 00:00:00 | International Rivers et.al
2010-07-26 00:00:00

A bank for the future: maximizing public investment in a low-carbon economy

NGO document
2010-07-26 00:00:00 | James Leaton
2010-07-06 00:00:00

EBRD Methodology for Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Guidance for consultants working on EBRD-financed projects
Bank document
2010-07-06 00:00:00 | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2010-07-01 00:00:00

Toxic fuels: toxic investments - Why we need mandatory greenhouse gas reporting

NGO document
2010-07-01 00:00:00 | WWF-UK and the Co-operative
2010-06-02 00:00:00

Bankers on Tenterhooks

Climate change: co-funded by banks operating in Belgium
NGO document
2010-06-02 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen
2010-06-01 00:00:00

Briefing: banks and finance

Other document
2010-06-01 00:00:00 | Oliver Wagg, Ethical Corporation
2010-05-13 00:00:00

Policy and Practice: report card on banks and mountaintop removal

BankTrack publication
2010-05-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2010-05-11 00:00:00

O Desafio Climático 2.0- O que os bancos devem fazer para combater as mudanças climáticas

NGO document
2010-05-11 00:00:00 | Amigos da Terra Amazonia Brasiliena
2010-05-05 00:00:00

Tar sands: Fuelling the climate crisis, undermining EU energy security and damaging development objectives

NGO document
2010-05-05 00:00:00 | Friend of the Earth Europe
2010-05-01 00:00:00

An introduction to Anglo American plc

NGO document
2010-05-01 00:00:00 | London Mining Network
2010-04-14 00:00:00

Letter from RAN, Sierra Club, BankTrack to Citigroup on Mountaintop Removal

Correspondence
2010-04-14 00:00:00 | RAN, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2010-03-01 00:00:00

Cashing in on tar sands, RBS, UK banks and Canada’s “blood oil”

NGO document
2010-03-01 00:00:00 | Platform et al.
2009-12-27 00:00:00

Banking on carbon accountability: 2: The carbon impact of investment

NGO document
2009-12-27 00:00:00 | carbon accountability programme
2009-12-10 00:00:00

A challenging climate 2.0

What banks must do to combat climate change
BankTrack publication
2009-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2009-12-01 00:00:00

Carbon Footprinting of financed emissions

NGO document
2009-12-01 00:00:00 | Milieu Defensie
2009-12-01 00:00:00

Carbon Footprinting of Financed Emissions - Existing Methodologies, a Review and Recommendations

NGO document
2009-12-01 00:00:00 | Milieu Defensie
2009-11-05 00:00:00

A dangerous obsession

The evidence against carbon trading and for real solutions to avoid a climate crunch
NGO document
2009-11-05 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth UK
2009-10-26 00:00:00

NGO letter to dutch parliament about RBS

NGO document
2009-10-26 00:00:00 | Platform
2009-10-20 00:00:00

Royal Bank of Sustainability

NGO document
2009-10-20 00:00:00 | Platform, World Development Movement, People & Planet, FoE Scotland, BankTrack
2009-10-15 00:00:00

Letter from RBS top dutch parliament about sustainability

Correspondence
2009-10-15 00:00:00 | RBS
2009-09-29 00:00:00

Accounting for risk: conceptualizing a robust greenhouse gas inventory for financial institutions

NGO document
2009-09-29 00:00:00 | WRI
2009-09-22 00:00:00

Smaller, Simpler and More Stable

Designing carbon markets for environmental and financial integrity
NGO document
2009-09-22 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2009-08-01 00:00:00

Accounting for Risk: Conceptualizing a Robust Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Financial Institutions

NGO document
2009-08-01 00:00:00 | World Resources Institute
2009-07-01 00:00:00

Shifting Sands: How a changing economy could bury the tar sands industry

NGO document
2009-07-01 00:00:00 | Platform et al.
2009-05-06 00:00:00

RBS and Fossil Fuel Finance

NGO document
2009-05-06 00:00:00 | Platform
2009-03-26 00:00:00

Subprime Carbon? Re-thinking the World’s Largest New Derivatives Market

NGO document
2009-03-26 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US, Michelle Chan
2009-03-20 00:00:00

Subprime Carbon?

Re-Thinking the world's largest new derivatives market
NGO document
2009-03-20 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2009-03-01 00:00:00

Meek Principles for a Tough Climate

Why the Climate and Carbon Principles will not stop the melting of the ice
BankTrack publication
2009-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2009-01-31 00:00:00

RBC's Blue Water Problem

NGO document
2009-01-31 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2008-12-10 00:00:00

Assurances françaises : changements climatiques garantis?

NGO document
2008-12-10 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
2008-12-02 00:00:00

The Climate Principles

Bank document
2008-12-02 00:00:00 | The Climate Group
2008-11-19 00:00:00

Financing Global Warming: Canadian Banks and Fossil Fuels

NGO document
2008-11-19 00:00:00 | RAN
2008-11-05 00:00:00

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

NGO document
2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2008-11-05 00:00:00

Towards an effective climate policy

NGO document
2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2008-11-05 00:00:00

Aan de slag met effectief klimaatbeleid

NGO document
2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2008-09-01 00:00:00

BP and Shell: rising risks in tar sands investments

NGO document
2008-09-01 00:00:00 | Platform et al.
2008-08-01 00:00:00

Cashing in on coal: RBS, UK banks and the global coal industry

NGO document
2008-08-01 00:00:00 | Platform
2008-07-28 00:00:00

Unconventional Oil - Scraping the bottom of the barrel

NGO document
2008-07-28 00:00:00 | WWF-UK and the Co-operative
2008-06-24 00:00:00

Saving money while saving the planet?: First CO2 & SRI labeling scheme for retail banking products

Other document
2008-06-24 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre
2008-06-01 00:00:00

Climate labeling of products for personal customers

NGO document
2008-06-01 00:00:00 | Les Amis de la Terre and many other organisations
2008-05-01 00:00:00

Beleggers op hete kolen: Een kritische doorlichting van de klimaatfondsen op de Belgische markt (in Dutch)

NGO document
2008-05-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen
2008-02-12 00:00:00

German financial institutions and oil & gas in Africa and the former Soviet Union

Other document
2008-02-12 00:00:00 | Profundo
2008-01-15 00:00:00

The Kashagan Stitch up

NGO document
2008-01-15 00:00:00 | Platform and others
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of U.S. Banks

NGO document
2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

NGO document
2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
2007-12-12 00:00:00

A Challenging Climate

What international banks should do to combat climate change
BankTrack publication
2007-12-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2007-12-10 00:00:00

Hellfire Economics: Multinational companies and the contract dispute over Kashagan, the world’s largest undeveloped oilfield

NGO document
2007-12-10 00:00:00 | Platform
2007-11-11 00:00:00

Banks, Climate Change and the New Coal Rush

NGO document
2007-11-11 00:00:00 | RAN
2007-10-24 00:00:00

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

NGO document
2007-10-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
2007-08-30 00:00:00

Analysis of investments addressing climate change

Other document
2007-08-30 00:00:00 | UNFCCC
2007-07-12 00:00:00

The energy revolution: Greening the grid

NGO document
2007-07-12 00:00:00 | RAN
2007-07-12 00:00:00

The dirty truth about clean coal

NGO document
2007-07-12 00:00:00 | RAN
2007-06-09 00:00:00

Investing in climate change: Dutch banks compared

NGO document
2007-06-09 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands - Milieudefensie
2007-03-12 00:00:00

The Oil & Gas Bank - RBS & the financing of climate change

NGO document
2007-03-12 00:00:00 | Platform
2007-03-01 00:00:00

Climate Change Litigation Cases: Analyses of Issues to be Addressed

NGO document
2007-03-01 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands - Milieudefensie
2006-07-04 00:00:00

World map of oil, mining and gas industry

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

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

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

Öl fuer Deutschland, Koste es was es wolle: Deutsche Banken in der russischen Ölförderung

NGO document
2006-07-04 00:00:00 | urgewald
2006-06-10 00:00:00

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

NGO document
2006-06-10 00:00:00 | Profundo
2006-06-07 00:00:00

Investing in Climate Change: the role of Dutch banks

NGO document
2006-06-07 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2005-06-06 00:00:00

Climate change and the financial sector: An agenda for action (Full report)

NGO document
2005-06-06 00:00:00 | WWF International, Allianz Group
2003-03-13 00:00:00

Carbon Trade Watch Briefing Nr. 1. "The Sky is not the limit: The emerging market in greenhouse gases"

NGO document
2003-03-13 00:00:00 | Carbon Trade Watch / Transnational Institute

Firewalk

2010-06-08
Flamish celebrities walked on bare foot on hot coals to support the ‘Bankroet’ campaign of Netwerk Vlaanderen. Several politicians of different colours supported the campaing and signed the petition to ban investments in coal fired power plants

Oil sands - Alberta, Canada

2008-07-23
The boreal forest is habitat to the caribou and also a valuable carbon store Open cast extraction of oil sands Oil sands means destruction of ecosystems on a vast scale In situ extraction requires more energy and water, and still fragments the forest 400 tonne trucks extract ferry the oil sands from the mine Huge 50 sq km tailings ponds are toxic liabilities Processing plants are adjacent to the River Athabasca. The McClelland Fen is a unique patterned wetland vital for migratory birds which is under threat from oil sands expansion Indigenous First Nations communities are concerned over the impacts of toxins on fish and water quailty following high rates of rare cancers The greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands are the fastest growing contributor to Canada failing to meet its Kyoto targets
Images from the production of oil sands in Alberta, Canada

Rio+20 : from sustainable development to green economy, what is at stake ? which alternatives ?

a 16-minute video fully subtitled in English with interviews of Pablo Solon, Edagardo Lander, Yvonne Yanez, Silvia Ribeiro, Tony Clarke, Nnimmo Bassey, Anabella Rosemberg.
2012-06-11 12:24:47

Fireparty: launch campaign against banks and climate change

-in dutch-
2010-06-10 15:21:14

Subprime Carbon? Michelle chan talks about carbon trading

explanation about carbon trading
2009-09-21 15:49:18

Video links

Webinar - Banking on Climate Change: How Big Banks Fuel the Climate Crisis - part 1

By funding fossil fuel companies and projects, banks press the gas pedal on climate change. They fuel harm to communities sited near fossil fuel projects, as well as to communities that are already feeling the hurt from our warming climate. In recognition of our growing movement, many banks have taken steps away from coal or other fossil fuels — but they haven’t done nearly enough.

Webinar - Banking on Climate Change: How Big Banks Fuel the Climate Crisis - part 2

This webinar pulls back the curtain on bank greenwashing, from their fossil fuel policies to their public statements. It also highlights inspiring actions that have successfully pushed banks to drop proposed fracked gas export projects in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Who dares to finance Eni and Exxon’s dangerous Rovuma gas plans in Mozambique?

Two banks made clear they will avoid financing Rovuma LNG, but plenty remain in the frame.
2023-03-20 | BankTrack, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Les Amis de la Terre France, ReCommon
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Briefing: The role of financial institutions in decarbonising the steel sector

Financial Institutions must push steelmakers towards the right technologies
2023-03-17 | Reclaim Finance
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Mozambique shows how JPMorgan Chase and other banks back war and climate chaos

New Banking on Climate Chaos case study
2023-03-16 | BankTrack, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Rainforest Action Network
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Gaz de schiste : pourquoi la France a dû retourner sa veste

(Article in French)
2023-03-15 | Les Echos
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ESG round-up: ShareAction slams Credit Suisse's climate strategy

The latest development in sustainable finance: ING earns plaudits for restrictions on mid-stream oil and gas financing; West Virgina votes in favour of anti-ESG bill.
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2023-03-14 | Responsible Investor
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Credit Suisse announces 'Say on Climate' plan - ShareAction response

Credit Suisse commits to new sectoral targets for cutting emissions, but fails to close key loopholes in fossil fuel policy
2023-03-14 | ShareAction
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Dutch bank ING supports controversial pipeline to import gas from authoritarian Azerbaijan

Financing the Bulgaria-Serbia Interconnector Gas Pipeline goes against the bank's own stated priorities and is a massive step in the wrong direction.
2023-03-09 | BankTrack
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26 business clients ask ING to stop financing oil and gas

With a full-page newspaper add, organisations including trade union FNV and relief organisation Cordaid call on the bank to end financing for fossil fuels
2023-03-07 | ING Fossielvrij
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Deutsche Bank tightens finance policy on coal, but not on oil and gas

2023-03-02 | Reuters
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Citi report reveals marginal progress on emissions targets, disclosures

Bank takes modest steps on emissions targets, but fails to establish clear accountability measures
2023-03-02 | Sierra Club
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These ‘Net-Zero’ Banks Are Still Pretty Big on Big Oil

A BloombergNEF study reveals how energy financiers that pledged to move away from fossil fuels are way behind.
2023-03-01 | Bloomberg
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Triodos Bank statement on the Net-Zero Banking Alliance

The financial sector needs to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions of loans and funds’ investments, using a science-based targets approach, to align their portfolios with the 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming scenario.
2023-02-24 | Triodos Bank
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French NGOs take BNP Paribas to court in world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank

2023-02-23 | Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous, Oxfam France
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Banks' energy policies reflect net-zero ambition gap

Restrictions on upstream oil and gas financing aren't the silver bullet that the sector needs to achieve its climate goals.
2023-02-23 | Euromoney
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Financial institutions need to address steelmaking’s coal addiction

With massive investments in the pipeline, it’s up to financial institutions to make sure that the right technologies to produce steel get financed rather than coal-based ones. 
2023-02-23 | Reclaim Finance
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Global protests against multinational banks funding East African Crude Oil Pipeline

2023-02-22 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP, 350.org
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Barclays scales down oil sands finance following investor pressure

Barclays radically reduces financing for oil sands, but fails to update other key aspects of its oil and gas policy despite investor concerns
2023-02-15 | ShareAction
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Principles for Responsible Banking to strengthen climate ambition to meet increased expectations

2023-02-09 | UNEP FI
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European Banks Get Tougher on Oil, Gas

BankTrack quoted
2023-02-08 | Energy Intelligence
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'Go Clean ICBC coalition' report finds China's 'Green Bank' is falling short of its renewable energy commitments

2023-02-02 | Go Clean ICBC Coalition
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UniCredit’s initial sectoral targets: a step forward toward decarbonization

First set of targets for priority sectors as part of its NZBA commitments focus on oil and gas and power, but leave out coal and do not cover underwriting activities.
2023-02-01 | Reclaim Finance
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Mark Carney accusations call green credentials into question

Ex-Bank of England governor’s climate group is ‘dragging its feet’ on green investment
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2023-01-24 | The Telegraph
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Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

Major global banks are standing in the way of climate targets with new data showing just 7% of their financing for energy companies went to renewables between 2016 and 2022
2023-01-24 | BankTrack, Fair Finance International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, The Sunrise Project
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Banks still investing heavily in fossil fuels despite net zero pledges – study

Financial institutions signed up to GFANZ initiative accused of acting as ‘climate arsonists’
2023-01-17 | The Guardian
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Citi, BofA lead Wall Street banks funding fossil-fuel expansion

2023-01-17 | Bloomberg
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HSBC's secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

2023-01-11 | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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Banking on bailouts

Sizing the global costs when the fossil fuel bubble bursts
2023-01-11 | One-for-One campaign
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Our energy policy to support net zero transition

2022-12-14 | HSBC
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HSBC announces it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields

ShareAction response: this announcement sends a strong signal to fossil fuel giants and governments that banks’ appetite for financing new oil and gas fields is diminishing
2022-12-14 | London | ShareAction
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Europe’s largest banks falling short on climate and biodiversity action

New ShareAction research uncovers urgent need for UK and European banking sector to close loopholes in climate and biodiversity strategies
2022-12-12 | ShareAction
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Financing fossil fuel majors in line with net-zero strategy, say Nordic banks

BankTrack quoted
2022-12-12 | S&P Global
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Qatar’s gas output increase could cause catastrophic global heating, report says

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

US$ 20 trillion estimated damage linked to massive gas expansion by hosts of 2022 World Cup
2022-12-08 | Henrieke Butijn – BankTrack
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Right-wing attack on sustainable finance is the latest form of climate denial

Don’t believe the hype about “woke capitalism”
2022-12-08 | Washington, DC | Ben Cushing, Sierra Club
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Climate: Crédit Agricole plan is a step forward but more action needed on gas

Crédit Agricole S.A. details its intermediary targets and action plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 on 5 sectors
2022-12-06 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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Barclays coal plan exposes reach of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

The UK bank is acting to phase out financing to the world’s dirtiest companies earlier than previously stated.
2022-11-30 | Bloomberg
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Who will finance yet another gas megaproject in Mozambique?

2022-11-25 | ReCommon
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Leadership does not equal GFANZ

2022-11-23 | Environmental Finance
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Nordic banks increase finance for Arctic oil and gas, new report finds

Ten Nordic banks provided US$ 21.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry. DNB, SEB, Nordea and Danske Bank largest Nordic financiers.
2022-11-22 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Friends of the Earth Finland, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
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De gasmiljarden van ING (the gas billions of ING)

TV item about ING's financing for US LNG (in Dutch)
BankTrack quoted
2022-11-20 | Pointer
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WEO 2022 – From the fossil fuel age to the clean energy era

2022-11-16 | Reclaim Finance
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NGOs reveal the companies and financiers behind fossil fuel expansion in Africa

2022-11-15 | Berlin / Sharm El-Sheikh | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org Africa, Africa Coal Network, Oilwatch Africa
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Time for Barclays to move Beyond Burning

How Barclays finances the burning of fossil fuels, biomass and nature
2022-11-14 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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These U.S. banks are financing climate chaos through fossil fuel expansion

An overview of RAN's new report, Wall Street’s Dirtiest Secret: How fossil fuel expansion depends on big bank finance
2022-11-10 | Rainforest Action Network
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NGOs release the 2022 Global Oil & Gas Exit List

Oil and gas industry willing to sacrifice a livable planet
2022-11-10 | Berlin / Sharm el-Sheikh | urgewald
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Standard Chartered & COP27 in Egypt: Locking Africa out of a Just Transition

2022-11-09 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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High-Level Expert Group on the net-zero emissions commitments of non-state entities

2022-11-08 | UN High Level Expert Group
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NEW DATA: Royal Bank of Canada fossil fuel finance exceeds $9.2 billion since COP26

Ahead of COP27, breaking Stand.earth research reveals RBC fossil fuel finance increased in 2022 despite GFANZ membership, climate pledges
2022-11-04 | Territories of Indigenous peoples including Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, so-called Toronto, Ontario, Canada  | Stand.earth
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‘Wilful Ignorance’: Indigenous Delegation incredulous at bankers’ attitude to fossil fuel impacts

US and Mexican activists fighting new oil and gas projects said they had to give a basic lesson on the harm caused by fracking during meetings with financiers in London
2022-11-04 | DeSmog
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COP27: Take power over climate finance from financial corporations – strict regulation is needed to save the planet

Civil society groups come out against corporate capture and negligence on climate finance at climate summits and at the UNFCCC.
2022-11-02 | BankTrack, Corporate Europe Observatory, Global Justice Now, Transnational Institute
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Leaders or laggards? Report analyzes net-zero pledges of US banks

Commitments, actions from 6 biggest banks fall far short of what’s needed for global climate goals
2022-11-02 | New York | Sierra Club
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Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for

2022-10-31 | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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Europe’s locomotive runs on coal

ReCommon reports on the devastating impacts of RWE's coal mining operations in Germany
2022-10-27 | ReCommon
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French climate NGOs take unprecedented legal action against BNP Paribas, number one European financier of fossil fuel expansion

On the eve of Climate Finance Day, an international finance event held annually in Paris, BNP Paribas – number one financier of fossil fuel expansion in Europe and fifth in the world – is given three months to comply with the French duty of vigilance law.
2022-10-26 | Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous, Oxfam France
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Deutsche Bank recognizes the need to phase-out fossils, but fails to halt finance for fossil expansion

2022-10-26 | Reclaim Finance
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Lloyds Banking Group commits to not directly finance new oil and gas fields

ShareAction responds to first UK bank's commitment to not directly finance new oil and gas fields
2022-10-20 | ShareAction
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Rio Grande Valley: at risk from fracked gas terminals

Big banks step away
2022-10-18 | Rainforest Action Network
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Equator Principles put on notice by CSOs to commit on climate, nature, human rights, and pandemics, ahead of 20th Anniversary in 2023

BankTrack, the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network and 25 CSOs sent an open letter to the Equator Principles Association ahead of its AGM outlining strong commitments to be made
2022-10-14 | BankTrack, WECAN
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More major banks and insurers refuse to support EACOP

Lloyds syndicates silent amid human rights abuses
2022-10-14 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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Opacity and accountability: the hidden financial pipelines supporting new coal

2022-10-13 | San Francisco, CA | Global Energy Monitor
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Call to Dutch investors: get out of TotalEnergies

Dutch civil society draws attention to EACOP on Total's investor day
2022-09-28 | Utrecht/Amsterdam | BankTrack, Both ENDS, Fair Finance Guide Netherlands, ING Fossielvrij, Milieudefensie
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Liquefied gas, solid problem

Why private finance should not support any new LNG terminal project in Europe
2022-09-26 | Reclaim Finance
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US banks threaten to leave Mark Carney’s green alliance over legal risks

2022-09-21 | London, UK | Financial Times
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NGOs call on banks to raise bar for net zero delivery

Global coalition of civil society organisations urges the Net Zero Banking Alliance to ensure net zero strategies meet Race to Zero guidelines
2022-09-15 | Nijmegen, London, Paris | BankTrack, 350.org Japan, AbibiNsroma Foundation, AnsvarligFremtid, Bank on our Future, Climate Safe Lending Network, Environmental Defence, Fair Finance International, Global Witness, Make My Money Matter, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, ShareAction, Sierra Club, Stand.earth, Talanoa Institute
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GFANZ launches regional network to support climate finance in Africa

2022-09-07 | Cairo, Egypt | GFANZ
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As the world floods and burns, It's time to hold Wall Street to account

2022-09-01 | Common Dreams
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Canadian banks will get kicked out of UN net zero club unless they up their game: Report

2022-08-31 | Toronto | Greenpeace Canada
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UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows

Ukrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown
2022-08-24 | The Guardian
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Japan’s megabanks: no net-zero banking ambition

All 3 banks keep financing companies with coal expansion plans, without any restriction
2022-08-24 | Reclaim Finance
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Indigenous Australians to investors: Dump Adani Group

55 banks dropped direct financing of the Carmichael Adani Coal Mine - yet indirect investment keeps it afloat
2022-08-22 | Queensland, Australia | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, TippingPoint Australia, Wangan and Jagalingou Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians
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Finance groups risk being kicked out of Mark Carney-led climate coalition

2022-08-22 | London, UK; and Boston, USA | Financial Times
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Adani Group (financed by JP Morgan, MUFG, HSBC, BlackRock) is running an enormous fossil fuel project in Australia, violating Indigenous Rights

2022-08-22 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, TippingPoint Australia, Wangan and Jagalingou Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians
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What Race to Zero’s new guidelines mean for Gfanz

Gfanz is in talks with Race to Zero about how to implement its updated requirements, but many questions remain.
BankTrack quoted
2022-08-17 | CapitalMonitor
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Legal advice says Deutsche Bank breaching own coal policy by financing companies building new coal mines

2022-08-10 | Market Forces
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Westpac: climate change commitments one week, financing climate-wreckers the next?

2022-08-02 | MarketForces
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From local to global: Peruvian earth defenders confront Deutsche Bank in Germany

Delegation of Indigenous leaders from the Amazon built networks of support and solidarity in the movement against oil expansion in the Amazon
2022-08-01 | Amazon Watch
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Jackdaw shows once again Shell is failing on climate. So why are its bankers failing to act?

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

2022-07-12 | Australia | The Sunrise Project
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From fisherman to refugee, in part thanks to ING

A report from the coast of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
2022-07-12 | ING Fossielvrij
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As peak hurricane season looms, banks bolster cozy relationship with fossil fuel industry

2022-07-12 | Louisiana, USA | Louisiana Illuminator
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Climate action or greenwashing? The Oil and Gas Policy Tracker assesses financial players

2022-07-05 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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NewClimate Institute report: 29 major polluters on collision course with our climate

2022-07-05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
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TotalEnergies’ East African pipeline breaches international environmental and human rights standards

A new analysis shows banks supporting the East African Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project would be in non-compliance with their commitments under the Equator Principles
2022-07-05 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, AFIEGO, Inclusive Development International
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Finance Watch launches landmark net-zero report

Finance Watch calls for tightening of net-zero rules, warning that net-zero risks being discredited as a greenwashing tool unless it is clearly defined
2022-06-30 | Brussels, Belgium | Finance Watch
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BankTrack hosts webinars on the 2022 Banking on Climate Chaos report

Webinar programme organized along with Reclaim Finance, Amazon Watch and 350 Latin America featured frontline community activists from Uganda to Ecuador
2022-06-30 | Savon van den Berk
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Shareholders urge Japanese companies to take urgent climate action

2022-06-29 | 350.org Japan, FOE Japan, Kiko Network, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network
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From Peru to Uganda, activists call on Deutsche Bank to drop fossil finance

2022-06-28 | Reuters
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From Peru to Uganda, activists call on Deutsche Bank to drop fossil finance

2022-06-28 | Reuters
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As the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China holds its Annual General Meeting, civic groups call for the bank to stop funding fossil fuels

2022-06-23 | #StopEACOP, 350.org
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Global banks ignore Amazon's indigenous voices at their peril

2022-06-23 | Reuters
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Crédit Agricole takes first step to phase out from the oil and gas sector

2022-06-22 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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Strengthened Race to Zero criteria require GFANZ to support fossil fuels phase-out

2022-06-17 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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EU bank hands out billions to companies complicit in burning fossil fuels

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pumped billions of euros into polluting fossil fuel companies over the past two years despite talking up its climate credentials, new research by Counter Balance and CEE Bankwatch Network reveals.
2022-06-15 | Counter Balance
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Finance goes to war: Intesa Sanpaolo between Russian fossil industry and US gas

Intesa Sanpaolo is the Italian financial group with the closest relations with Moscow
2022-06-08 | Rome | ReCommon
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What’s next in the growing movement to push banks on climate action?

Surveying the financial landscape as AGM season winds down in the US
2022-06-06 | Sierra Club
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Protests around the world demanding stronger climate measures ahead of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shareholders’ meeting

2022-06-03 | Japan | Fossil Free Japan
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New Report: Financing a Fossil Future – Tracing the Money Pipeline of Fossil Gas in Southeast Asia

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

UK government’s regulatory approval opens the door for Shell to move ahead with the Jackdaw field
2022-06-03 | BankTrack
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GFANZ must tighten the screw on fossil fuel expansion

2022-06-02 | Oakland | Paddy McCully, Reclaim Finance
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Climate activists challenge Standard Bank’s plans to fund fossil fuel expansion in Africa

At the bank's AGM, 99.7% of shareholders support climate resolution by Just Share and Aeon Investment Management
2022-06-01 | BankTrack, Africa Institute for Energy Governance, Bank on our Future, Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Greenfaith International, Just Share, Laudato Si
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Win! Deutsche Bank abandons Whitehaven Coal’s bond issue

Huge win for campaign to stop dirty coal corporation building three new or expanded coal mines
2022-05-20 | Market Forces
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Toxic bonds initiative: 5 key takeaways from the launch webinar

Climate movement turns focus to debt market
2022-05-20 | San Francisco | SumOfUs
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BNP Paribas and Société Générale: stop financing climate destruction and human rights abuses

We report back from the two French bank AGMs of this week, where they were called out on finance for fossil fuels, forest biomass and illegal settlements
2022-05-19 | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack, Hannah Greep – BankTrack, Sumeyra Arslan – BankTrack
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Indigenous custodians target Deutsche Bank for ‘breaking promise’ on Adani

2022-05-18 | National Indigenous Times
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Eyes closed, costs down, profits up

Dirty Profits 9 published today by Facing Finance
2022-05-18 | Berlin | Facing Finance
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Big investors fail to hold Chase accountable on climate, but activists applaud levels of support ‘difficult to ignore’

2022-05-17 | New York | Sierra Club
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Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown

Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns
2022-05-12 | The Guardian
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Intesa replies to investors: no intention to improve its climate and environmental commitments

2022-05-11 | ReCommon
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Barclays is big on beef and burning

At Barclays AGM campaigners will be calling on the bank to stop financing big meat and burning fossil fuels and forests for energy
2022-05-04 | Hannah Greep – BankTrack
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Standard Chartered’s 2022 AGM dominated by shareholder alarm over fossil financing

2022-05-04 | London | Neil Simpson – BankTrack
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Standard Chartered AGM – shareholders rebel against management on climate change

Nearly 12% of shareholders vote for Market Forces / Friends Provident Foundation resolution
2022-05-04 | Market Forces
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Barclays’ shareholders not completely sold on bank’s new climate strategy

Some 19.19% of shareholders voted against the bank's Say on Climate plan, which lacks the ambition needed to address the climate crisis
2022-05-04 | London | ShareAction
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Aandeelhoudersactivisme gaat niet snel genoeg

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2022-05-02 | Het Financieele Dagblad (FD)
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Banco Santander takes a step on big oil, but what about big meat?

2022-05-02 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Sumeyra Arslan – BankTrack
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HSBC customer of 65 years and member of 10th Gurkhas confronts shareholders with video message over fossil fuels at AGM

Huge van-mounted digital screen parked outside HSBC AGM playing video of long-standing customer, 83-year-old Christopher Martin.
2022-04-29 | London | Market Forces
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Almost a quarter of Credit Suisse’s shareholders call for further climate action in vote against management

Climate resolution receives wave of investor support, though key shareholders continue to neglect Net Zero responsibilities
2022-04-29 | Zürich, Switzerland | ShareAction
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Intesa Sanpaolo shareholders’ meeting

Climate commitments are vague and weak. Investors ask for an urgent change of course
2022-04-28 | ReCommon
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Dear Dr Carney, demanding an end to fossil fuel expansion is NOT “clickbait”

2022-04-27 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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Citi: Still financing Indigenous rights violations & biodiversity loss in the Amazon

A Banking on Climate Chaos 2022 case study
2022-04-26 | Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, Stand.earth
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ING faces protests and tough questions over fossil fuel financing at its 2022 AGM

BankTrack's Maaike Beenes reports on disruption and demands for stronger climate action at the AGM of the largest Dutch bank
2022-04-25 | Amsterdam | BankTrack
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Carney and Bloomberg must show leadership to stop GFANZ dithering

Only five major GFANZ members have any restrictions on financing new oil and gas supply
2022-04-21 | Paris | BankTrack, urgewald, Climate Action Network International, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon
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Standard Chartered Bank hit with protests on opposite sides of the world as fossil fuel vote approaches

It's the only UK bank facing a shareholder-proposed climate change resolution at its AGM this year
2022-04-19 | Jakarta, Kalimantan, London | Market Forces
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This shareholder season, big banks are feeling the heat on climate

2022-04-19 | Sierra Club
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Bank of America is the latest bank to set 2030 emissions targets with no plan for absolute reductions or phasing out fossil fuel finance

2022-04-13 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Intesa Sanpaolo’s new board of directors brings in fossil fuels and agribusiness

News highlights the urgent need to close the revolving door between environmentally destructive industries and finance
2022-04-12 | Italy | ReCommon
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UniCredit shareholders’ meeting: on climate ambition there is still a long way to go

Once again, the Italian bank holds its shareholders' meeting behind closed doors, without debate and with little media visibility.
2022-04-08 | ReCommon
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At Royal Bank of Canada shareholder meeting, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs call for an end to fossil fuel finance

Kicking-off shareholder season, Indigenous land defenders, climate finance experts, youth activists ramp up pressure on RBC
2022-04-07 | Traditional territories of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, and Wendake-Nionwentsïo First Nations (so-called Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | Stand.earth
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Royal Bank of Canada abruptly cancels in-person portion of AGM as Wet’suwet’en Chiefs travel to confront bank’s funding of Coastal GasLink pipeline

Canada’s largest bank ducks accountability, attempts to avoid criticism of fossil fuel financing
2022-04-06 | Traditional territories of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, and Wendake-Nionwentsïo First Nations (so-called Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | Stand.earth
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Gulf Coast communities fighting the massive buildout of fracked gas exports

A Banking on Climate Chaos 2022 case study
2022-04-05 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

2022-04-01 | Africa Intelligence
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New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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Net zero vs zero ambition - the choice at Standard Chartered AGM

No further update on last year's climate policy, as rival banks leave Standard Chartered isolated on climate
2022-03-29 | United Kingdom | Market Forces
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Nordic bank Nordea faces questions about its fossil fuel policies at its AGM

Nordea Bank’s latest climate policy showed some real progress but failed to rule out finance for oil and gas expansion.
2022-03-24 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth Finland
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Dutch bank ING to stop financing new upstream oil and gas projects

2022-03-23 | Nijmegen, Paris | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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The Oil and Gas Policy Tracker: a tool to detect greenwashing practices in the finance sector

2022-03-22 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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Standard Bank to keep funding fossil fuel expansion in a climate emergency

New climate policy ends finance for some new coal projects, but allows lending for climate disaster projects like EACOP crude oil pipeline
2022-03-16 | Nairobi, Nijmegen | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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Credit Suisse investors demand greater climate action

Eleven institutional investors including Amundi and Ethos submit shareholder resolution urging Credit Suisse to reduce exposure to fossil fuel assets.
2022-03-09 | London, UK | ShareAction
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Finance sector has moral imperative to exclude Russian fossil fuel firms

Financial institutions most exposed to Russian oil, gas and coal should stop propping up Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine
2022-03-03 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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At least $132 billion in finance for fossil fuels is locking Africa out of a Just Transition, shows new report

African countries kept in fossil fuel stranglehold by Overseas money
2022-03-03 | BankTrack, 350.org Africa, AFIEGO, Africa Coal Network, Alerte Congolaise pour l’Environnement et les Droits de l’Homme (ACEDH), Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities (AERC), Centre for Alternative Development (CAD), Environment Governance Institute (EGI), Friends of the Earth Ghana, Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Friends of the Earth Togo, Innovation for the Development and Protection of the Environment (IDPE), Laudato Si, Lumière Synergie pour le Développement (LSD), Milieudefensie, Oil Change International, Save Okavango (SOUL), Solidarité pour la Réflexion et Appui au Développement Communautaire (SORADEC), Synergie de Jeunes pour le Développement et les Droits Humains (SJDDH), Women Environmental Programme Nigeria, WoMin, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)
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Win! Credit Suisse rules out Whitehaven Coal

It raises the question of when other banks like Deutsche Bank, NAB and Westpac will follow suit.
2022-02-24 | Market Forces
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Crédit Agricole: dodgy coal deals reveal policy breach

In 2019, Crédit Agricole became the first major bank in the world to exclude coal developers and to request an exit plan from the sector from its coal clients. But three years later, new financial data reveals that the bank has failed to properly enforce its policy.
2022-02-15 | Reclaim Finance
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Who is still financing the global coal industry?

New research reveals banks and investors behind the world’s worst climate offenders
2022-02-15 | Berlin | Urgewald
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ANZ forced to address heavy fossil fuel funding at 2021 AGM

Despite its commitments to the Paris Agreement and net-zero by 2050, and that achieving these goals leaves no room for new fossil fuel projects, ANZ has continued pouring billions into companies and projects that expand the fossil fuel industry.
2021-12-16 | Market Forces
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Westpac slammed over destructive fossil fuel funding at 2021 AGM

Westpac faced a formal proposal from shareholders that it commit to stop funding new fossil fuel projects at today’s annual general meeting (AGM). The bank’s board also received a barrage of tough questions over its continued funding for companies expanding the fossil fuel industry, including Santos and Whitehaven Coal.
2021-12-15 | Market Forces
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HSBC says clients must have plan to exit coal by end-2023

2021-12-14 | Reuters
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New Report: US banks and investors responsible for roughly the emissions of Russia

CAP and Sierra Club look at “financed emissions” to offer novel view of Wall Street's carbon footprint
2021-12-14 | Washington | Sierra Club
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Cambo oil field "paused" following pressure on Shell & banks

2021-12-12 | BankTrack
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Global banks hold fast to fossil fuels as climate pressure grows

2021-12-06 | Bloomberg
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Glasgow wrap-up: updates from banks and civil society at COP26

With COP26 behind us, it’s as clear as ever before that banks must act urgently to help achieve the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C.
2021-11-17 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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A future without coal: banking on Asia's just energy transition

2021-11-10 | Fair Finance Asia
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‘No power to stop it’: optimism turns to frustration over east Africa pipeline

2021-11-07 | The Guardian
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Banks are still financing fossil fuels – while signing up to net zero pledges

2021-11-04 | The Guardian
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NGOs release the first “Global Oil & Gas Exit List” at Glasgow COP

2021-11-04 | Glasgow | urgewald
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Morgan Stanley sets 2030 emissions targets, but fails to rule out financing for fossil fuel expansion

2021-11-03 | New York, NY | Sierra Club
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Carney’s net-zero finance alliances failing on fossil fuels

A new report from NGO Reclaim Finance criticizes leading private finance initiatives on climate change for failing both to address fossil fuel expansion and to enact reductions in absolute emissions
2021-11-02 | Glasgow | Reclaim Finance
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The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China should finance a green and low-carbon future, not the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

主题:请求中国工商银行资助绿色低碳未来, 而不是东非原油管道
2021-10-29 | #StopEACOP
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JBIC and private banks must reconsider decision to finance LNG Canada project

NGOs strongly condemn JBIC’s decision to provide public finance that ignores climate crisis and rights of Indigenous peoples ahead of COP 26
2021-10-29 | 350.org Japan, Friends of the Earth Japan, JACSES, Kiko Network, Mekong Watch
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Wet'suwet'en chiefs demand investors and financiers of Coastal Gaslink to divest from this and all future pipeline projects

Indigenous-led campaign, endorsed by 100+ groups, urges global investors and banks to divest from and stop financing Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada
2021-10-19 | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ territories (Vancouver, Canada) | Gidimt
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Banks due at UK’s ‘Green’ Investment Summit ‘financed £700 billion in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement’

Citi, JPMorgan and Barclays among “world’s biggest financiers” of oil, gas and coal at government summit on green future.
2021-10-18 | DeSmog
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Canadian fossil-heavy banks join GFANZ

The news last Friday that Canada’s biggest banks have finally joined Mark Carney’s “Net Zero” Banking Alliance was met with a giant ho-hum by climate campaigners.
2021-10-15 | RBC Revealed
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French bank La Banque Postale quits oil and gas, sets international precedent

2021-10-14 | Paris | Friends of the Earth France, Oxfam France, Reclaim Finance
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In major shift, IEA World Energy Outlook mainstreams 1.5°C pathway, showing need to end oil, gas, and coal expansion

New fossil fuel phase-out benchmarks test government ambition ahead of COP26
2021-10-13 | Oil Change International
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ING's climate reluctance

ING’s first Integrated Climate Report depicts the bank as a frontrunner on fighting climate change, but it has no plans to stop financing oil & gas
2021-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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JPMorgan Chase, world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels, announces net-zero emissions pledge

2021-10-08 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Standard Chartered shareholders challenge bank to live up to net zero promise on fossil fuels

2021-10-07 | Market Forces
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Environmental justice and human rights organizations address global leaders ahead of COP26: Carbon offsets don't stop climate change

Over 170 organizations including Amazon Watch, Food & Water Watch, Indigenous Environmental Network, Sunrise Movement, Gulf Coast Center for Law and Poverty, Friends of the Earth, and more around the world, sign statement opposing carbon offsets
2021-10-06 | Oakland, California | Amazon Watch
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Some SA banks committed to fossil fuel disinvestment — others aim to keep coal and oil financing furnaces burning

2021-10-04 | Daily Maverick
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Deutsche Bank prepares to raise funds for Whitehaven

Financial news source Debtwire reported last week that Deutsche Bank is preparing to raise funds for Whitehaven Coal’s climate-wrecking coal business.
2021-10-01 | Market Forces
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Dutch pension funds, insurers and banks not yet Paris-proof

The climate plans of the Dutch financial sector are totally insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and they do not reflect the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis. This is evident from new research by the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-09-30 | Amsterdam | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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NGOs call on Bank of China to confirm 10GW coal pipeline will be cancelled

2021-09-22 | Bank of Coal coalition
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Stop funding coal abroad, NGO group tells top investor Bank of China

2021-09-14 | Reuters
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Climate Assembly calling for urgent and equitable action ahead of COP26

A gender-inclusive convening with representation from 40 countries with over 90 presenters, including panel on divestment from fossil fuels and deforestation
2021-09-07 | BankTrack, WECAN
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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CIBC declares Net Zero ambition by 2050, increases sustainable finance target

2021-08-26 | CIBC
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East African Crude Oil Pipeline: new update on risks and impacts for financiers

2021-08-09 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banks remain highly exposed to risk of fueling corruption, human rights violations, and environmental harms despite commitments
2021-07-08 | San Francisco | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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USD 4.2tn investors call on leading banks to strengthen climate ambitions before COP26

Investors including Fidelity International and M&G Investments call on banks to demonstrate their climate credentials by committing to phase out coal finance before COP26
2021-07-07 | London | ShareAction
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How the world’s largest bank could—and should—become a leader in green finance

2021-06-30 | Fortune
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Biggest China bank abandons $3 billion Zimbabwe coal plan

2021-06-30 | Bloomberg
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Japan's banks face rising climate activism despite vetoed motions

2021-06-29 | S&P Global
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Shareholders send MUFG a stark climate warning

2021-06-29 | 350.org Japan, Kiko Network, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network
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Bondholders challenged JICA to stop supporting coal projects in Bangladesh and Indonesia

2021-06-24 | BankTrack, 350.org Japan, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), Friends of the Earth Japan, JACSES, Kiko Network, Mekong Watch
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Ahead of shareholder vote, activists stage global actions urging Japanese megabank MUFG to end climate-destructive financing

2021-06-23 | Tokyo | BankTrack, 350.org Japan, Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network
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Standard Bank accelerates new era changes at board level

2021-05-28 | Independent Online (IOL)
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HSBC coal phase-out passes but the battle is not won yet

Climate campaigners welcome AGM vote in favour of coal phase-out but say “the next six months are crucial”
2021-05-28 | London | ShareAction
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Revealed: HSBC’s dirtiest deals will emit more pollution than Brazil or Canada

As HSBC prepares for its AGM on 28 May, new research reveals that a selection of HSBC fossil fuel financial transactions over the last five years will emit 523 million tonnes of CO2 every year for decades to come
2021-05-27 | Market Forces
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Standard Bank commits to adopt climate strategy in 2022

2021-05-27 | News 24
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S.Africa’s Standard Bank commits to publish fossil fuel lending reduction targets

2021-05-21 | Reuters
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New Fossil Banks No Thanks platform launched today

2021-05-17 | BankTrack
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MUFG commits to carbon neutrality by 2050 but punts detailed plan on Paris alignment

Shareholders will not withdraw climate resolution
2021-05-17 | Tokyo, Japan | 350.org, Kiko Network, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network
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JPMorgan Chase 2030 climate targets a “fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion,” says Rainforest Action Network

2021-05-13 | Rainforest Action Network
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Loopholes remain in SMBC Group’s new coal policy

Japan’s megabank still not aligned with the Paris Agreement
2021-05-12 | 350.org Japan, FOE Japan, JACSES, Kiko Network, Mekong Watch, Rainforest Action Network
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Japan's SMFG to halt all new financing of coal-fired power plants

2021-05-12 | Reuters
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Eacop’s financing blues as lenders desert $3.5b project

2021-05-04 | The East African
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Gov’t not bothered about banks refusing to finance EACOP

2021-04-27 | Kampala, Uganda | The Independent
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UK Export Finance faces review over US$1bn support for Mozambique LNG project

2021-04-27 | Global Trade Review
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Greenpeace and ReCommon take action against Intesa Sanpaolo

“It is the top Italian bank fuelling the climate crisis. Greenwashing behind empty slogans”
2021-04-27 | Rome | Greenpeace, ReCommon
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Formal complaint on Indonesia coal financing lodged to ING

2021-04-26 | Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Fair Finance International
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French banks disavow Total’s EACOP plans

2021-04-22 | Energy Voice
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These are the world’s largest banks that are increasing and decreasing their fossil fuel financing

2021-04-22 | CNBC
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New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2021-04-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, urgewald, Amazon Watch, Bank on our Future, Indigenous Environmental Network, Market Forces, Positive Money, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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Nedbank targets zero fossil fuel exposure by 2045

2021-04-22 | Just Share
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Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

2021-04-21 | The Guardian
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As Nordic banks aim to go greener, lending lags asset management pledges

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2021-04-20 | S&P Global
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Total’s East African oil pipeline to go ahead despite stiff opposition

2021-04-19 | Mongabay
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Oil pipeline works to start from Tanzania

2021-04-15 | The Citizen
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Re:Common: “UniCredit breached its own coal policy and supports oil & gas expansion"

On the occasion of UniCredit’s 2021 Shareholders' Meeting, Re:Common reports important regressive developments in climate commitments taken by the Italian bank
2021-04-15 | Rome | ReCommon
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New report details the gendered and racial impacts of the fossil fuel industry in North America and complicit financial institutions

2021-04-14 | San Francisco Bay Area, California | WECAN
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Not under our watch: Greenpeace Africa responds to East Africa Crude Oil pipeline deal

2021-04-14 | Nairobi, Kenya | Greenpeace Africa
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‘We cannot drink oil’: campaigners condemn east African pipeline project

2021-04-14 | The Guardian
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Total sees first oil from Ugandan project in 2025

2021-04-12 | Market Watch
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Total signs agreements with Uganda on East Africa oil project

2021-04-11 | Bloomberg
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32% of Royal Bank of Canada Shareholders Call for Bolder Climate Targets

2021-04-08 | SumOfUs
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More than half of Europe’s bank directors too compromised to end fossil fuel finance

2021-04-07 | DeSmog
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Bank.Green launches website, campaign sounding alarm on banks financing fossil fuels

Is your money funding the climate crisis? Bank customers around the world now have a quick and easy way to get an answer with a new online tool at bank.green
2021-04-05 | Bank.Green
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Total gives assurance as banks threaten opt out of oil project

2021-04-02 | The Citizen
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Infographic: Mozambique’s LNG Forecast

2021-04-01 | Africa Oil & Power
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Thousands seek refuge at Total Mozambique LNG site after attack

2021-03-31 | Bloomberg
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Annual General Meeting SEB: how close is Sweden’s biggest fossil fuel financier to being Paris-aligned?

2021-03-30 | BankTrack
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Japan’s largest bank targeted by climate resolution

2021-03-29 | Tokyo | 350.org Japan, Kiko Network, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network
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World’s largest 60 banks spent $3.8trn on fossil fuels financing

2021-03-29 | CNBC Africa
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Palma attacks: Total stops work at Mozambique LNG as workers and locals flee brutal assault by Islamist insurgents

https://www.upstreamonline.com/safety/palma-attacks-total-stops-work-at-mozambique-lng-as-workers-and-locals-flee-brutal-assault-by-islamist-insurgents/2-1-988744
2021-03-28 | Upstream online
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East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will disenfranchise local communities in Uganda and Tanzania (By Charity Migwi, Edwin Mumbere and Evelyn Acham)

2021-03-26 | Africa News