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Banks and Climate

By: BankTrack
2023-10-02 12:31:18
Contact:

Quentin Aubineau, Banks and climate policy analyst

Henrieke Butijn, Fossil fuel Dodgy Deal campaigner

Deniz Ozkil, Climate campaigner

Will O'Sullivan, Banks and Coal campaigner

 

Photo: BankTrack
By: BankTrack
2023-10-02 12:31:18
Contact:

Quentin Aubineau, Banks and climate policy analyst

Henrieke Butijn, Fossil fuel Dodgy Deal campaigner

Deniz Ozkil, Climate campaigner

Will O'Sullivan, Banks and Coal campaigner

 

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.

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. Our Fossil Banks No Thanks Platform provides an easy access entrypoint for campaigners to find information about bank financing for fossil fuels and about other groups and organisations targeting banks, and provides 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

End Coal Finance

Banks and Steel

Policy analysis

Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool and Oil and Gas Policy Tool. The below shows the assessments for commercial banks. The table can be filtered by Country and for NZBA membership (more on that see here). For more information about the tool and methodology, see www.oilgaspolicytracker.org

Oil and Gas Policy Tool

 

Coal Policy Tool

Feedback welcome

Our policy assessments are always a work in progress and we very much welcome any feedback, especially from banks included in them. You can of course also contact us for more information on specific scores and the latest policy changes. Please get in touch at climate@banktrack.org.

Dodgy Deals

Current Dodgy Deal targets

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

United Arab Emirates | company

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

POSCO Holdings

South Korea | company

Rosebank

United Kingdom | project

Whitehaven Coal

Australia | company
All
Projects
Companies

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

United Arab Emirates
Company
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

United Arab Emirates | company

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

POSCO Holdings

South Korea
Company
Target
Iron and Steel Manufacturing | ...

POSCO Holdings

South Korea | company

Rosebank

United Kingdom
Project
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction

Rosebank

United Kingdom | project

Whitehaven Coal

Australia
Company
Target
Coal Mining

Whitehaven Coal

Australia | company

10 IFC-linked coal plants

Philippines
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

10 IFC-linked coal plants

Philippines | 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

Adaro Energy

Indonesia
Company
Active
Coal Mining | ...

Adaro Energy

Indonesia | company

Adaro aluminium smelter coal power station, Kalimantan

Indonesia
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

Adaro aluminium smelter coal power station, Kalimantan

Indonesia | project

ArcelorMittal

Luxembourg
Company
Active
Iron and Steel Manufacturing | ...

ArcelorMittal

Luxembourg | company

Cambo oil field

United Kingdom
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Cambo oil field

United Kingdom | project

Coastal GasLink pipeline

Canada
Project
Active
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

Coastal GasLink pipeline

Canada | project

DRC Oil & Gas Auction

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

DRC Oil & Gas Auction

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 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

Formosa Plastics' "Sunshine Project"

United States
Project
Active
Chemical Manufacturing

Formosa Plastics' "Sunshine Project"

United States | project

Glencore

Switzerland
Company
Active
Coal Mining | ...

Glencore

Switzerland | company

Hazira Blast Furnace Expansion

India
Project
Active
Iron and Steel Manufacturing

Hazira Blast Furnace Expansion

India | project

Jambi-2

Indonesia
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

Jambi-2

Indonesia | project

Java 9 & 10

Indonesia
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

Java 9 & 10

Indonesia | project

Medupi coal power plant

South Africa
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Medupi coal power plant

South Africa | project

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international -
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international - | project

Papua LNG

Papua New Guinea
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Papua LNG

Papua New Guinea | project

RWE

Germany
Company
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation | ...

RWE

Germany | company

SUEK

Russian Federation
Company
Active
Coal Mining | ...

SUEK

Russian Federation | company

San Miguel Corporation

Philippines
Company
Active
Electric Power Distribution | Retail Trade | ...

San Miguel Corporation

Philippines | company

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

Vung Ang II coal power plant

Vietnam
Project
Active
Coal Electric Power Generation

Vung Ang II coal power plant

Vietnam | 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

West Cumbria Coal Mine

United Kingdom
Project
Active
Coal Mining | ...

West Cumbria Coal Mine

United Kingdom | project

Carmichael coal mine project

Australia
Project
On record
Coal Mining

Carmichael coal mine project

Australia | project | on record

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia
Project
On record
Coal Mining

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia | project | on record

EastMed Pipeline

- international -
Project
On record
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

EastMed Pipeline

- international - | project | on record

Emba Hunutlu coal power plant

Turkey
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Emba Hunutlu coal power plant

Turkey | project | on record

Gazprom

Russian Federation
Company
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Gazprom

Russian Federation | company | on record

Jackdaw gas field

United Kingdom
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Jackdaw gas field

United Kingdom | project | on record

Kınık Coal Power Plant

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

Kınık Coal Power Plant

Turkey | project | on record

Line 3 Replacement Pipeline

United States
Project
On record
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

Line 3 Replacement Pipeline

United States | project | on record

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria
Project
On record
LNG Terminal

Nigeria LNG

Nigeria | project | on record

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)

Ghana
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)

Ghana | project | on record

Oil and gas exploration Virunga National Park

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Oil and gas exploration Virunga National Park

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | project | on record

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE)

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

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE)

Poland | company | on record

Rampal coal power plant

Bangladesh
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Rampal coal power plant

Bangladesh | project | on record

Rovuma LNG

Mozambique
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Rovuma LNG

Mozambique | project | on record

Sengwa coal power plant

Zimbabwe
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Sengwa coal power plant

Zimbabwe | project | on record

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina | 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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Bank document
2023-03-05 00:00:00 | UBS
2023-03-20 00:00:00

Climate action plans of ten Dutch financial institutions: A case study for the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands

Other document
2023-03-20 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2023-03-08 00:00:00

Letter to the NZBA about LNG export terminals in Texas

NGO document
2023-03-08 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth France, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
2023-01-27 00:00:00

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

BankTrack publication
2023-01-27 00:00:00 | Profundo for Sierra Club, Fair Finance International, BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
2022-11-22 00:00:00

Banking on Thin Ice: Two years in the heat

Exposing Nordic bank finance for fossil fuels
BankTrack publication
2022-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-11-15 00:00:00

Who is financing fossil fuel expansion in Africa?

BankTrack publication
2022-11-15 00:00:00 | Urgewald, BankTrack, 350.org Africa, Africa Coal Network & Oilwatch Africa, et al.
2022-07-29 00:00:00

Vaca Muerta Basin: An Oil & Gas Trap

IMF and global capital markets neglect the risk of ballooning Argentina’s debt and liability problem
NGO document
2022-07-29 00:00:00 | Profundo, 350.org Argentina
2022-10-24 00:00:00

The financial sector and the UK's net zero transition: Mark Carney testifies to the Environmental Audit Committee

Other document
2022-10-24 00:00:00 | Parliamentlive
2022-10-21 00:00:00

Dutch financial sector financed emissions

Financed emissions from corporate finance and investment portfolios
NGO document
2022-10-21 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie & Profundo
2022-05-16 00:00:00

TCFD Report 2021

Bank document
2022-05-16 00:00:00 | National Bank of Canada
2022-10-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack, WECAN, other organisations to Equator Principles association on new commitments ahead of 20th anniversary

Correspondence
2022-10-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, WECAN, other organisations
2022-05-04 00:00:00

2030 targets for oil & gas and power sectors

Bank policy
2022-05-04 00:00:00 | Wells Fargo
2021-06-30 00:00:00

Handelsbanken’s climate change progress report 2021

Bank policy
2021-06-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
2022-05-31 00:00:00

Environmental transition

Bank policy
2022-05-31 00:00:00 | Société Générale
2022-07-05 00:00:00

Evaluating corporate target setting in the Netherlands

An assessment of the climate action plans of 29 Dutch companies and financial institutions
NGO document
2022-07-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2022-06-22 00:00:00

Exclus d’une transition juste: Le financement des combustibles fossiles en Afrique

BankTrack publication
2022-06-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Milieudefensie & partners
2022-02-16 00:00:00

Aligning financing with net zero by 2050 commitment

NGO document
2022-02-16 00:00:00 | Market Forces
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

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

Locked out of a Just Transition: fossil fuel financing in Africa

BankTrack publication
2022-03-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Milieudefensie & partners
2022-01-20 00:00:00

Signez l’appel mondial : Stop au financement bancaire des énergies fossiles

Traduction : L'appel mondial
BankTrack publication
2022-01-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-08-09 00:00:00

Climate Change 2021

The physical science basis
Other document
2021-08-09 00:00:00 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2021-07-08 00:00:00

Banking on Amazon destruction

NGO document
2021-07-08 00:00:00 | Amazon Watch & Stand.earth
2021-06-11 00:00:00

IPBES-IPCC Co-sponsored workshop Biodiversity and Climate Change - Scientific Outcome

Other document
2021-06-11 00:00:00 | IPCC and IPBES
2021-06-11 00:00:00

IPBES-IPCC CO-SPONSORED WORKSHOP BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP REPORT

Other document
2021-06-11 00:00:00 | IPCC and IPBES
2021-06-10 00:00:00

Fossil assets: the new subprimes?

How funding the climate crisis can lead to a financial crisis
NGO document
2021-06-10 00:00:00 | Institut Rousseau, Reclaim Finance, Les Amis de la Terre
2021-03-24 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021 - Summary

BankTrack publication
2021-03-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance & Sierra Club
2021-05-04 00:00:00

City of Coal

The Climate Crimes of UK Finance
NGO document
2021-05-04 00:00:00 | Reclaim Finance and Urgewald
2021-04-14 00:00:00

Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions

A Call to Action for the Health of our Communities and Nature in the Climate Crisis
NGO document
2021-04-14 00:00:00 | WECAN
2020-12-02 00:00:00

The Production Gap

The discrepancy between countries’ planned fossil fuel production and global production levels consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C or 2°C
NGO document
2020-12-02 00:00:00 | Un Environment Programme
2020-09-23 00:00:00

Big oil reality check

Assessing oil and gas company climate plans
NGO document
2020-09-23 00:00:00 | Oil Change International
2021-02-22 00:00:00

Chasing Carbon Unicorns

The Deception Of Carbon Markets and “Net Zero”
NGO document
2021-02-22 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth International and others
2021-03-24 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021

Fossil Fuel Finance Report
BankTrack publication
2021-03-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance & Sierra Club
2021-02-01 00:00:00

Banking on Thin Ice

Exposing Scandinavian Bank Finance for Fossil Fuels
BankTrack publication
2021-02-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Oxfam IBIS, ActionAid Denmark
2020-11-11 00:00:00

Barclays’ and HSBC’s $43 billion fossil fuel problem

NGO document
2020-11-11 00:00:00 | Fund Our Future UK
2020-10-31 00:00:00

High Risk, Low Reward

An overview of European banks' position on oil sands
NGO document
2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ShareAction
2020-09-24 00:00:00

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

NGO document
2020-09-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2020-09-16 00:00:00

Principles for Paris-Aligned Financial Institutions: Climate Impact, Fossil Fuels and Deforestation

BankTrack publication
2020-09-16 00:00:00 | RAN, BankTrack
2020-07-15 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions risking our renewable energy future with coal
BankTrack publication
2020-07-15 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal, BankTrack, BlackRock’s Big Problem, Ember, Fundacja "Rozwój TAK - Odkrywki NIE”, Friends of the Earth Finland, Friends of the Earth France, Greenpeace, Reclaim Finance, Re:Common, ShareAction, Urgewald, 350 Japan
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

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

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Finance Report Card 2020 [Excel sheet]

Excel sheet with detailed bank policy scores
Other document
2020-03-18 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
2019-12-05 00:00:00

The UK's dirty coal secret

$26 billion support from big four banks for international companies planning coal fleet 16 times the size of current UK capacity
BankTrack publication
2019-12-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org
2019-11-14 00:00:00

Exiting coal. Is the French finance industry on its way?

BankTrack publication
2019-11-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Unfriend Coal
2019-06-10 00:00:00

Phasing out coal: Crédit Agricole leads by example

Other financial institutions lag behind
NGO document
2019-06-10 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth France
2019-04-17 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing ING

BankTrack publication
2019-04-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-04-10 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing HSBC

BankTrack publication
2019-04-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-03-20 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change 2019

2019 Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card
BankTrack publication
2019-03-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
2018-11-26 00:00:00

Bankrolling the climate crisis

Aotearoa’s financial ties to the fossil fuel industry
NGO document
2018-11-26 00:00:00 | 350.org New Zealand
2018-10-17 00:00:00

No exceptions

Why HSBC’s new coal policy could fuel climate change
NGO document
2018-10-17 00:00:00 | Christian Aid
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter to Fossil Banks

Template version
Correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00 |
2018-03-28 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change

Fossil Fuel Report Card 2018
BankTrack publication
2018-03-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club, Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth
2017-12-11 00:00:00

Banks vs. the Paris Agreement

Who's still financing coal plant development?
BankTrack publication
2017-12-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-09-25 00:00:00

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

LNG threats to Verde Island Passage

2023-11-15
Map showing threats of oil and gas infrastructure to Verde Island Passage
This map shows the threats of oil and gas expansion to the area's coral reefs and natural assets.

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

Fracking is Hell: Allen and the YPF Trap

YPF drilled more than 200 wells in the Allen area and since then there have been explosions, spills and various accidents. 

2023-08-24 13:23:39

The dark side of US LNG

The Dark Side of US LNG is the result of a field mission to the United States to uncover the strong and growing ties between Italy, and in particular Italy's largest banking group, Intesa Sanpaolo, and the American liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Interviews by ReCommon. Filming, editing and music: Carlo Dojmi di Delupis. www.recommon.org

2023-06-30 09:42:20

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

5. BankTrack Net Zero Banking Alliance tracker

BankTrack monitors whether individual NZBA member banks deliver on their stated commitments as part of the NZBA.

Global Oil & Gas Exit List (GOGEL): Vaca Muerta

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.

Successes
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Blog
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Société Générale announces leading climate policy on gas

Société Générale has become one of the most advanced French banks in terms of climate change. Reclaim Finance is calling on Société Générale to confirm its ambition by ceasing to support oil and gas expansion through measures aimed at companies developing new fields.
2023-09-18 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

EACOP Financial Advisor SMBC is no longer involved with the project

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has reportedly previously acted as one of three financial advisors and as a joint lead arranger for the project loan.
2023-05-17 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

French bank Société Générale withdraws from Rio Grande LNG

After years of campaigning by activists groups and NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic, Société Générale declared to have withdrawn from the highly controversial Rio Grande LNG shale gas export project planned in South Texas.
2023-03-28 | Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe, Les Amis de la Terre France, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Danske Bank excludes financing for oil and gas upstream expansion

The Danish Bank restricts finance for oil and gas companies with upstream expansion plans.
2023-03-16 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Cambo oil field "paused" following pressure on Shell & banks

2021-12-12 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Civil society groups welcome Royal Bank of Scotland preparing to exit fossil fuels

Bank demands credible, ‘Paris proof’ transition plans from coal, oil and gas clients by end 2021; commits to exit coal by 2030
2020-02-18 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Crédit Agricole gets real on coal, but oil & gas restrictions must follow, says BankTrack

2019-06-06 | Paris, France | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

One step beyond coal - New policy move from Standard Chartered welcomed

2018-09-25 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

RWE financiers urged to join DekaBank call to stop destruction of Hambach forest

2018-09-19 | Nijmegen & Berlin | BankTrack, urgewald, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Les Amis de la Terre
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ING stops financing new coal power plant in Dominican Republic

2018-08-01 | The Hague | Eerlijke Bankwijzer
News
BankTrack
Partners
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External
Blog
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67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Banks risk stranded assets & climate catastrophe in steel lending without metallurgical coal exclusions
2023-12-07 | Nijmegen | Julia Hovenier – BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New report on ADNOC’s partners in climate chaos: Banks and fossil fuel majors

A new report on the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) highlights its outsized oil & gas expansion
2023-12-05 | BankTrack, urgewald, LINGO, Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Confronting a Fossil Future: Stopping the gas detour in renewable-rich Southeast Asia

Massive plans for gas undermine energy transition in renewables-rich Southeast Asia, new research reveals at COP 28
2023-12-03 | Dubai, UAE | Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED)
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European Finance Flows fuelling the climate crisis: The role of Article 2.1c under the UNFCCC

The EU’s call for COP28 to address the world’s climate-harming financial flows not matched by its own efforts at home, research by ActionAid reveals
2023-11-30 | ActionAid
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Leading with an invisible hand: what role will private finance play at COP28?

2023-11-30 | Energy Monitor
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Exclusive: Four banks quit initiative assessing climate targets

Four major banks, including Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) and HSBC Plc (HSBA.L), have quit the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
2023-11-29 | Reuters
Blog
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Met coal: financial institutions’ missing policies

Since 2016, the world’s biggest banks have provided US$ 557 billion in finance to the 50 biggest developers in the metallurgical sector
2023-11-23 | Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Europe’s top 20 banks need to be clearer, cleaner and greener

Europe’s largest banks’ green finance targets and reporting risk misleading customers and investors – new ShareAction research
2023-11-22 | ShareAction
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Exclusive: France, US to propose ban on private finance to coal-fired plants at COP28

2023-11-21 | Reuters
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global protests call on China to reject destructive East African Oil Pipeline

2023-11-20 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, #StopEACOP, 350.org Africa
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

West Cumbria Coal Mine: dodgy mine, dodgier financier

2023-11-20 | Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

How cool is your bank?

Just Share has published a new report: How cool is your bank? An analysis of how South Africa’s big five banks understand and manage climate risk
2023-11-20 | Just Share
Blog
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124 civil society organisations call on financial institutions to withdraw support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project

2023-11-17 | BankTrack, and partners, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Les Amis de la Terre France, Milieudefensie, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Major European banks back mining giant Glencore's toxic legacy in Colombia and Peru

2023-11-16 | Censat, Cinep, CooperAcción, Fair Finance International, Oxfam
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

The financial institutions behind the worst fossil fuel bonds in 2023

2023-11-16 | Reclaim Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Big four banks make strides, but action still dangerously slow in a climate emergency

There are still massive gaps in the policies of the ‘big four’ that could enable them to keep arranging new or renewed finance for fossil fuel expansion over the next two years, and possibly even decades beyond 2025.
2023-11-16 | Market Forces
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The 2023 Global Oil & Gas Exit List: Building a Bridge to Climate Chaos

96% of the 700 upstream companies on GOGEL are still exploring or developing new oil and gas fields. 1,023 companies are planning new LNG terminals, pipelines or gas-fired power plants
2023-11-15 | urgewald
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ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

An ANZ shareholder is taking the bank to court over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss.
2023-11-09 | FS Sustainability
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GFANZ proposes “fatally flawed” method for measuring transition finance

2023-11-09 | BankTrack, AnsvarligFremtid, Carbon Market Watch, Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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Westpac takes two steps forward, one big step back

2023-11-08 | Market Forces
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Indonesia delays coal closure plans after finance row with rich nations

After its pleas for grants not loans fell mostly on deaf ears, Indonesia has watered down its plans to shut coal power plants early
2023-11-02 | Climate Home News
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CarbonBombs.org sheds light on banks' and companies' links with the world's 425 largest fossil fuel extraction projects

The future emissions from these projects would consume over twice the global carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5°C. One month before COP28, this platform highlights the importance of a rapid transition away from fossil fuels
2023-11-01 | Data for Good, éclaircies
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ING finances the group behind the world's largest coal mines

(In Dutch) ING has been saying for years that it no longer wants to invest in coal mining because of climate change. Yet the bank is one of the main financiers of Glencore
2023-10-31 | Follow the Money
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NGOs launch 2024 EU elections manifesto calling for bold action on sustainable finance

2023-10-26 | BankTrack, Both ENDS, Fair Finance International, Global Witness, PAX, ShareAction, others
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Sustainable power: banks must step up a gear

A new tracker launched today by 13 NGOs, including Reclaim Finance and BankTrack, reveals the biggest global banks do not have the basic policies and financing targets needed to support decarbonization of the power sector.
2023-10-24 | BankTrack, Bank on our Future, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Climate Action Network France, Finance Watch, Friends of the Earth France, Make My Money Matter, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, ShareAction, Sierra Club, WWF
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The 2023 Global Coal Exit List: Failing the Phase-Out

40% of companies on the GCEL are developing new coal assets. 95% of the industry still lacks a phase-out commitment 
2023-10-19 | Berlin, Germany | urgewald
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US residents call out ING Bank in Rotterdam

They are holding the bank responsible for damage caused by LNG terminals
2023-10-11 | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | BankTrack, ING Fossielvrij
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Banks have no planned exit from coal for steelmaking

A new briefing from BankTrack calls on banks to urgently restrict finance for metallurgical coal
2023-10-10 | Julia Hovenier – BankTrack
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Civil society urges POSCO to halt extension of coal-based steelmaking 

POSCO Holdings invests USD 392 million in relining two mega blast furnaces 
2023-10-06 | Seoul | Solutions for Our Climate
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The Royal Bank of Canada’s climate policy has come under close scrutiny from its stakeholders

The Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into alleged false and misleading environmental representations made by the Royal Bank of Canada.
2023-10-05 | IEEFA
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New database names companies blacklisted by global investors and banks

2023-10-04 | The Hague, San Francisco | BankTrack, Both ENDS, Environmental Paper Network, Fair Finance International, Forests & Finance, Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands, Milieudefensie, PAX, Profundo, Rainforest Action Network
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Cover story: Why are banks still financing fossil fuels?

Is it better to engage with fossil fuel companies or to divest? Banks appear to have voted with their funds, as financing continues to be funnelled to fossil fuel companies that are in expansion mode. Is this what a just, orderly and responsible transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 looks like?
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2023-10-02 | The Banker
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ING en ABN Amro willen niet betrokken zijn bij olieboringen rond de Noordpool, maar zijn het toch

2023-09-28 | Follw the money
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Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets

2023-09-26 | The Guardian
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Analysis reveals TotalEnergies’ misleading transition claims

Investors need to cease support for the company until it abandons its oil and gas expansion strategy
2023-09-26 | Reclaim Finance
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ING bank en ABN-amro helpen de fossiele industrie aan tientallen miljarden

2023-09-26 | Follow the money
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Fossil fuel companies are not slowing down. Which banks and lawyers facilitate their growth?

2023-09-26 | Follw the money
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China steps in to save Uganda oil pipeline as Western lenders back out over environmental concerns

2023-09-23 | South China Morning Post
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Pemex explota los fósiles con dinero de bancos internacionales

2023-09-22 | IPS
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Standard Bank brutalises climate activists: A call to boycott Standard Bank for the sake of our planet

2023-09-22 | Johannesburg | Extinction Rebellion Gauteng
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South Korean banks boost exposure to coal

Policy banks expand coal power funding despite ESG emphasis
2023-09-19 | The Korea Times
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New report and blog: Barclays' bond with Adani

For the sake of the climate, human rights - and for its own good - Barclays should cut ties with Adani after the company's recent scandals
2023-09-18 | BankTrack, The Sunrise Project
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Société Générale announces leading climate policy on gas

Société Générale has become one of the most advanced French banks in terms of climate change. Reclaim Finance is calling on Société Générale to confirm its ambition by ceasing to support oil and gas expansion through measures aimed at companies developing new fields.
2023 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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Climate groups slam banks over senior PR hirings to deal with bad climate record

Climate groups have criticised banks for hiring senior staff to deal with their poor image on climate change - instead of actually dealing with climate change.
2023-09-13 | The Sunrise Project
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Spotlight: Brazil’s new private offshore production projects

2023-09-12
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New NatWest boss worked for oil firm under investigation in ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’

Exclusive: Rick Haythornthwaite was paid £200,000 a year by Saudi company, PetroSaudi, involved in 1MDB scandal
2023-09-12 | The Guardian
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Indonesia could save US$1 billion in health costs by controlling Suralaya coal plant emissions, study finds

Controlling emissions from the Suralaya coal plant complex could save Indonesia US$960 million annually in medical bills and work absences, a study found
2023-09-12 | Jakarta, Indonesia | South China Morning Post
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“Violence on the land is violence on our bodies”

Appalachian frontline women’s divestment delegation highlights dangers of Mountain Valley Pipeline in meeting with UBS Bank
2023-09-06 | San Francisco Bay Area, United States | Divest Invest Protect, WECAN
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Who is left to fund East Africa’s controversial oil pipeline?

As potential financiers pull out due to climate concerns, expectations are growing that Chinese banks and insurers will step in
2023-09-05 | China Dialogue
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The causes fueling the climate crisis are receiving 20 times more financing than the solutions, new groundbreaking report by ActionAid reveals

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

Banks continue to fund utility parent companies, despite policies to restrict loans to coal plants
2023-09-01 | Sierra Club
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Insider trading scandal should serve as the ultimate red line for Adani's financial backers

Toxic Bonds Network calls on financial institutions to stop supporting Adani or be considered complicit in its deception
2023-08-31 | The Sunrise Project
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Royal Bank of Canada is falling short on climate change pledges

2023-08-29 | IEEFA, IEEFA Canada
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EXIM under Biden risks repeating mistakes of Obama in supporting Papua LNG

2023-08-29 | Friends of the Earth US
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Will US banks become the next target for activists fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline?

2023-08-28 | BankTrack, 7 Directions of Service, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR), Rainforest Action Network
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UN warns Aramco and its financiers over their role in driving climate-fuelled human rights violations

2023-08-26 | ClientEarth
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CommBank’s climate policy update leaves ANZ, NAB and Westpac in the dust

2023-08-09 | Market Forces
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Barclays says loan to Shell is ‘environmental financing’ amid wider greenwashing fears

Bank classed loan as green financing despite Shell continuing to invest in oil and gas
2023-08-07 | The Telegraph
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Exclusive: Banks vote to limit accounting of emissions in bond and stock sales

Banks back accounting for 33% of capital market-linked emissions. Environmental advocates push for 100% attribution. PCAF board expected to back the 33% weighting, ending delays.
2023-07-31 | Reuters
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New research shows eight major banks responsible for majority of US$ 20 billion in financing for oil and gas companies destroying the Amazon

Banks including JPMorgan Chase, Itaú Unibanco and Banco Santander financed deals directly traced to activities in Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador
2023-07-25 | Belem, Brazil | Stand.earth
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New report: US banks’ role in capital markets reveals a hidden pipeline for fossil fuel financing

Wall Street banks quietly raise billions for polluting companies through underwriting activities
2023-07-24 | New York | Sierra Club
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NextDecade makes positive FID on Rio Grande LNG

NextDecade announces it is forming a joint venture with TotalEnergies, GIP, Mubadala Investment Company & GIC
2023-07-19
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The Sustainable Steel Principles: One step forward when leaps are needed

Banks must commit to more on fossil-free steelmaking than just measuring and disclosing financed emissions
2023-07-13 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Julia Hovenier – BankTrack
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Rosebank: UK’s biggest oil and gas field faces fresh delay amid regulator concerns over net zero goals

2023-07-11 | CityAM
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Investing in Bitcoin’s climate pollution

Greenpeace USA’s groundbreaking report exposes BlackRock, Fidelity, Vanguard, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express for ignoring the climate catastrophe caused by their Bitcoin investments and products.
2023-07-11 | Greenpeace USA
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New report names five French banks and a pension fund supporting Myanmar military junta

Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE, BNP Paribas and Banque Postale invest in companies propping up the Myanmar military junta
2023-07-06 | Paris | BankTrack, ALTSEAN-Burma, FIDH, Info Birmanie, Justice For Myanmar, Reporters without Borders
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Banks committed to net zero still funding North Sea oil expansion by Equinor

Over 60 organisations have written to Equinor's biggest bankers warning them not to fund the company's controversial Rosebank oil field due to climate risks.
2023-07-04 | BankTrack
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Celebrities call on Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship

Richard Curtis, Emma Thompson and others say bank is ‘financing and profiting from climate chaos’
2023-07-03 | The Guardian
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New film: The dark side of US LNG

2023-06-30 | ReCommon
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US banks and climate-related policy: How the sector engages on sustainable finance and real economy climate policies

New report from InfluenceMap
2023-06-29 | InfluenceMap
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Pump ass, not gas

Why the LGBT Awards must drop banks as well as big oil
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2023-06-28 | huck
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Challenging banks on their Dodgy Deals this AGM season

Our AGM wrap up blog
2023-06-27 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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Energy security for whom? The interests of SNAM and Intesa Sanpaolo in the business of liquefied natural gas

New report from Recommon
2023-06-14 | ReCommon
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Climate activists and CSOs hold protests targeting Standard Bank in solidarity with frontline communities in Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique

2023-06-12 | Africa | BankTrack, #StopEACOP, 350.org Africa, AFIEGO, Earthlife Africa, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique
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One silver lining in otherwise disappointing shareholder season at big US banks

Unprecedented levels of support for proposals calling on banks to disclose how they plan to meet their climate commitments
2023-06-09 | Sierra Club
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UK firm given £430m green transition loan then expanded oil and gas business

Exclusive: Wood Group boosts fossil fuel business and shrinks renewables work after getting government-backed loan
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2023-06-07 | The Guardian
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Argentina’s YPF to focus on oil and gas exports from Vaca Muerta first, petchems projects later

YPF is focused now on “monetising” its shale crude oil and natural gas reserves at the Vaca Muerta formation by exporting as much as it can
2023-06-07
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A make or break moment: Fossil fuel expansion in the Amazon and Congo Basins is an existential threat to climate and communities

Financial system decisions now pivotal to ending fossil fuel expansion in the world’s largest tropical rainforests
2023-06-05 | World Environment Day | BankTrack, EarthInsight, Rainforest Foundation UK, Stand.earth
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group distances itself from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

The announcement follows growing pressure from climate activists and StopEACOP
2023-06-05 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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European banks have a dirty climate secret – but a new initiative could make them come clean

Banks are keeping most of their fossil fuel financing off the books
2023-06-02 | ShareAction
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Annual General Meetings: how well did they go for the climate?

2023-06-01 | Reclaim Finance
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Banks’ fossil fuel finance is under more scrutiny than ever

As global temperatures rise, so do tensions at banks’ AGMs. But that hasn’t stopped investors, campaigners and people on the front line of the climate crisis holding bank boards accountable.
2023-06-01 | ShareAction
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Activists call on Japanese megabanks to pull out of Cirebon coal plant

Frontline residents and NGOs visited Japan from Indonesia, petitioning banks to abandon finance for one Cirebon unit and to retire the other
2023-05-31 | Friends of the Earth Japan
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Banking Climate Failure

How Australia’s big four banks are still funding new fossil fuels
2023-05-30 | MarketForces
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Philippines communities are fighting back against gas & LNG build-out in the Verde Island Passage

The region has been designated to become the epicenter of fossil fuel expansion in Southeast Asia
2023-05-25 | BankTrack, Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), Rainforest Action Network
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Banken en milieugroepen willen hetzelfde, maar staan tegenover elkaar

Banks and environmental groups want the same, but disagree (in Dutch)
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2023-05-21 | Het Financieele Dagblad
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CITI wins prestigious award for greenwashing

Citi has been named the number 1 bank for greenwashing based on its outstanding record for failing to address climate change.
2023-05-18 | Stop the Money Pipeline
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EACOP Financial Advisor SMBC is no longer involved with the project

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has reportedly previously acted as one of three financial advisors and as a joint lead arranger for the project loan.
2023 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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Barclays, Morgan Stanley lead banks nearing CO2 disclosure deal

Banks face new reporting era as capital markets are targeted. NatWest among few banks agreeing to 100% disclosure standard.
2023-05-16 | Bloomberg
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Defund TotalEnergies: a new campaign targets the company’s financial supporters

25 NGOs are launching an international campaign to urge finance to stop being complicit in TotalEnergies’ oil and gas expansion
2023-05-16 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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Oil and gas expansion: BNP Paribas spares its major clients

Reclaim Finance calls on BNP Paribas to follow through on its commitment and demand that the companies in its portfolios stop developing projects that it no longer intends to finance directly.
2023-05-11 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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We’re watching the banks: Turkey's first activist shareholders

Climate activists mobilized by 350 Turkey have become "activist shareholders" in banks for the first time in Turkey
2023-05-10 | 350.org Turkey
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Whitehaven rushing ahead with new coal mine, backed by NAB and Westpac

Whitehaven Coal has announced plans to start production at a new coal mine this year, flying in the face of global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
2023-05-02 | Market Forces
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Standard Chartered refuses financing for controversial $5 billion Ugandan oil pipeline

The decision is particularly significant as the bank had previously confirmed that it was undertaking due diligence on financing for the project
2023-05-02 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack
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Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo shareholders vote on proposals urging progress on climate & Indigenous rights

2023-05-01 | New York | Sierra Club
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Financing mining for transition minerals in South Africa: Are banks doing enough on human rights?

New briefing finds banks linked to companies extracting transition minerals are overlooking serious human rights and environmental concerns
2023-04-26 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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Will Transition Plans Bring Transparency to Net-Zero Goals?

Big banks are finally starting to provide details about how they will achieve their sustainability promises. But the risk of greenwashing remains.
2023-04-26 | Bloomberg
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The new coal pipeline that lies beneath the steel industry

Steelmaking is expanding fast, this could be terrible news for the climate
2023-04-25 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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ING in the spotlight ahead of its AGM for its climate destructive finance

Campaigners will join the bank’s shareholder meeting today to send the message that continuing to finance oil, gas and biomass expansion will stop the bank from meeting its climate commitments
2023-04-24 | Amsterdam | BankTrack
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CSOs and EACOP-affected people’s network call for withdrawal of Barclays Bank’s research paper on EACOP

2023-04-21 | Kampala, Uganda | #StopEACOP
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Global banks commit to net-zero, but bankroll carbon bomb in Australia 

New research finds that nine banks provided billions of dollars to build key infrastructure for the Barossa gas project. Campaigners say divest now.  
2023-04-19 | Environment Centre NT, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Reclaim Finance, Solutions for Our Climate, Urgewald
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Betting on a sinking ship: banks behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO

Drilling Approval Invalidation Increases Uncertainty Around Barossa Gas Project with $1.15bn Debt Financing
2023-04-19
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Game of Thrones stars challenge big banks over fossil fuel links

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie attend ‘couples therapy’ in Richard Curtis film for Make My Money Matter
2023-04-18
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Royal Bank of Canada becomes top financier for fossil fuel industry

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2023-04-14 | Financial Times
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Les banques continuent de financer largement le secteur des énergies fossiles

Banks continue to largely finance the fossil fuels sector (article in French)
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2023-04-14 | Le Monde
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BNP Paribas, Barclays: The European banks that fund fossil fuel extraction revealed

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2023-04-14 | Euronews.green
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Wall Street’s biggest banks failing key ESG test in fresh study

JPMorgan, BofA, Citi are listed as falling short in analysis. Study also singles out Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo
2023-04-13 | Bloomberg
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Banks Keep Pouring Cash Into Fossil Fuels. U.S. Lenders Lead the Way.

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2023-04-13 | Barron's
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RBC Becomes World’s Biggest Fossil-Fuel Bank, Topping JPMorgan

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2023-04-13 | Bloomberg
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Largest global banks provide $637bn to finance fossil-fuel industry

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2023-04-13 | Financial News London
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New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2023-04-13 | San Francisco | BankTrack, urgewald, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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French banks need better decarbonization targets and fossil fuel policies

2023-04-13 | Paris, France | Reclaim Finance
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IFC must stop funding fossil fuels via financial intermediaries, new report says

2023-04-12 | Recourse
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World’s Biggest Banks Poured $673 Billion Into Fossil Fuels Last Year

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2023-04-12 | DeSmog
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Financial and reputational risks of EACOP pile up amidst growing opposition to project

EACOP: Finance Risk Update No. 4
2023-04-12 | BankTrack, AFIEGO, Both ENDS, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Inclusive Development International, Insure our Future, Just Share
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NZBA banks being 'left at the alter' by government inaction on climate

Amalgamated bank CSO calls for action by policymakers as more members of GFANZ group eye the exit
2023-04-11
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Argentina's YPF reaches $300 mln deal related to U.S. environmental case

Argentina's state oil company YPF has agreed to pay nearly $300 million to the creditors of one of its now-bankrupt subsidiaries after they sued the company in relation to a historical U.S. environmental case, it said.
2023-04-07
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‘How dare you dismiss this?’ Indigenous, climate leaders shut out of RBC meeting room

2023-04-06 | National Observer
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Global banks pledged to cut emissions – but still invest billions in US gas exports

Many banks promised to work toward net-zero emissions – but their targets explicitly exempt liquefied natural gas projects
2023-04-06 | The Guardian
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RBC's Fossil Fools Day of Action

2023-04-05
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Climate resolutions on tap for bank shareholder season

Activist stakeholders are ramping up pressure on big lenders to curb fossil fuel lending.
2023-04-05 | Climate Wire
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Emissions trap: Financial institutions still feeding the gas industry

2023-04-05 | urgewald, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon
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Australia’s big four banks face human rights complaint over Santos Barossa financing

2023-04-05 | Market Forces
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Inside the fossil fuel stand-off that’s ensnared global banks

Leaked paper sheds light on debate within Net Zero Banking Alliance
2023-04-05 | Financial Times
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IFC announces it will stop clients funding new coal projects

2023-04-04 | Recourse
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UBS to gain $8bn fossil fuel exposure from Credit Suisse deal as activists warn of ‘climate nightmare’

Historic tie-up between Swiss rivals ‘could add up to a climate nightmare’, Reclaim Finance warns
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2023-03-29 | Dow Jones' Financial News
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Adani Loses $4 Billion As Questions About His Company’s Loan Repayments Trigger Stock Sell-Off

2023-03-28
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Top Swiss financial institutions still fuelling climate chaos

Co-published with Collectif BreakFree Suisse & Greenpeace
2023-03-28 | Reclaim Finance
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French bank Société Générale withdraws from Rio Grande LNG

After years of campaigning by activists groups and NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic, Société Générale declared to have withdrawn from the highly controversial Rio Grande LNG shale gas export project planned in South Texas.
2023 | Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe, Les Amis de la Terre France, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Wall Street clashes with green bankers fed up with oil agenda

2023-03-27 | Bloomberg
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Exclusive: Split delays carbon accounting plan on banks' capital market deals -sources

Deal on capital markets emissions accounting delayed, some reluctant to book 100% emissions linked to deals.
2023-03-24 | Reuters
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Danish fund to protest against Nordea's climate goals at AGM

Danish pension fund AkademikerPension will not vote in favour of Nordea's chair at the bank's annual general meeting on Thursday, in protest at what the fund described as the bank's "deficient" climate plan.
2023-03-22 | Reuters
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UBS is buying Credit Suisse’s emissions burden, too

2023-03-22 | Bloomberg
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NEW DATA: RBC fossil fuel expansion, extreme energy financing surpassed CAD$10.8 billion in 2022

Ahead of RBC’s April 5 AGM, bank’s fossil fuel financing surges in largest jump since Paris Climate Agreement adoption
2023-03-21 | Indigenous lands of the Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Mississauga, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation peoples (so-called, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | Stand.earth
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Exxon issues Rovuma LNG tender but financing in focus

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2023-03-20 | Energy Voice
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Climate plans of large Dutch banks, insurers and pension funds fall seriously short

2023-03-20 | Fair Finance International
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Climate plans of large Dutch banks, insurers and pension funds fall seriously short

2023-03-20 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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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 | 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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Danske Bank excludes financing for oil and gas upstream expansion

The Danish Bank restricts finance for oil and gas companies with upstream expansion plans.
2023 | BankTrack
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Gaz de schiste : pourquoi la France a dû retourner sa veste

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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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Citi report reveals marginal progress on emissions targets, disclosures

Bank takes modest steps on emissions targets, but fails to establish clear accountability measures