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By: BankTrack
2022-04-07 12:27:31

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Ryan Brightwell ryan@banktrack.org

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Banks and human rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states that "every organ of society", including business enterprises and therefore banks, has human rights obligations. Human rights are typically grouped into (1) civil and political rights, and (2) economic, social and cultural rights. Banks have the potential to impact upon all these rights, both positively and negatively, and in a number of ways.

Banks can cause human rights violations themselves, such as through discrimination in hiring or service provision. They can also contribute or be linked to human rights violations through lending or other financial support for companies responsible for violating human rights. For example, banks have provided finance for agricultural companies involved in land grabs; given loans for large dams which displace Indigenous Peoples; provided lending to mining companies which have benefitted from paramilitary violence around their operations; and supported companies with forced or child labour in their supply chains.

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, (UNGPs) unanimously endorsed by the Human Rights Council in June 2011, provide clarity on the expectations of the international community regarding the human rights responsibilities of corporations. With the Guiding Principles, the UN Human Rights Council defined the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, which is entirely and unambiguously binding for the financial sector.

BankTrack's human rights campaign

BankTrack's human rights campaign pushes for banks to fully meet their responsibilities to respect human rights and human dignity across their operations. Since the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles in 2011, we have focused on the following four areas:

  1. Benchmarking banks on their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles,
  2. Researching issues relevant to banks and human rights,
  3. Engaging with banking sector and multilateral initiatives, and
  4. Challenging bank finance for human rights abuses.

1. Benchmarking banks on the UN Guiding Principles

BankTrack's Human Rights Benchmarking report benchmarks large international banks on their progress towards fully implementing the UN Guiding Principles. The third and most recent version of the Human Rights Benchmark was released in November 2019, and assessed and scored the human rights policies, processes and reporting of 50 banks against criteria based on the UNGPs. It found that, of the 50 banks ranked, 40 were considered ‘laggards’ or ‘followers’, meeting less than half of the UNGPs criteria. Nearly a decade on from the introduction of the UNGPs and banks are still not meeting international requirements on human rights. We also published a benchmark of 14 African-headquartered banks in March 2021.

  • View the Africa Human Rights Benchmark 2021 here
  • Download the latest BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark (published November 2019) or view the news release and table of scores.
  • Download the second benchmark (published June 2016) or read the news release.
  • Download the first benchmark (published December 2014) or read the news release.

2. Researching issues relevant to banks and human rights

Access to remedy

In response to the debate on when banks should contribute to remedy we produced a briefing paper in December 2017, "How banks contribute to human rights violations", presenting eight case examples. This highlighted how banks can, in many different ways, contribute to human rights violations and therefore have a responsibility to contribute to remedy.

In 2018 we published "Developing Effective Grievance Mechanisms in the Banking Sector" with Oxfam Australia, to encourage banks to meet their responsibilities to ensure access to remedy. This was presented to banks via two webinars (see recording here).

Client confidentiality

In March 2019 we published “We are unable to comment on specific customers…” to encourage banks to include disclosure considerations in their overarching environmental and social risk frameworks. Banks have routinely responded to enquiries we have made about specific transactions, especially regarding adverse impacts, by stating that they are “unable to comment on specific clients”, often citing “client confidentiality” as the reason. When banks say they cannot comment on specific customers, we know this is not the whole story, because there are enough examples provided by banks themselves that show that they can and often do.

3. Engaging with banking sector and multilateral initiatives.

BankTrack continually engages with banks individually and collectively on human rights matters. This includes engagement with the Thun Group, the DBSA, the OECD, the Equator Principles Association, and a presence at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. As part of this work, BankTrack has also produced a number of reports on specific issues, such a grievance mechanisms and client confidentiality.

Thun Group

BankTrack has engaged with the informal ‘Thun Group’ of banks, which was formed to discuss the implications of the UN Guiding Principles for the banking sector. We welcomed the Thun Group's first Discussion Paper in October 2013 and provided a response highlighting some key concerns. We also responded to the Thun Group's second Discussion Paper in January 2017, coordinating an open letter calling for it to be withdrawn, and produced a Fact Sheet summarising UN advice which the paper had failed to take into account. After the Thun Group updated its paper in December 2017, clarifying but not substantially changing its position, BankTrack responded with an open letter urging the Thun Group to follow a robust process of stakeholder consultation for any subsequent papers, in line with the advice of the UN Working Group. Unfortunately its response did not indicate a willingness to do so.

Dutch Banking Sector Agreement

The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement (DBSA) was signed in October 2016 and commits 11 Dutch banks to work together with other signatories from civil society, trade unions and government towards meeting their responsibility to respect human rights, as set out in the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles. BankTrack has been following the Agreement as a non-signatory since its inception.

BankTrack has published a number of articles reviewing the DBSA and its outputs to date:

  • Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights? (November 2016)
  • Not rushing these things: The first Annual Report of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights,\ (August 2018)
  • How to move the world: the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement's Increasing Leverage paper, phase one (October 2018)
  • Banks must show their teeth to tackle cocoa abuses - BankTrack’s view of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Cocoa Paper (December 2018)

OECD

BankTrack is a member of the Advisory Group to the OECD Project for Responsible Business Conduct in the Financial Sector, through which we aim to encourage higher standards in the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies, particularly in the field of human rights. For more information, see our ‘Banks and the OECD Guidelines’ campaign page.

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

BankTrack has been a regular presence at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights since 2012. In 2013 we presented our response to the Thun Group. In 2014 we convened a panel on human rights and the finance sector. In 2015 we participated in a panel on "providing access to effective remedy in the financial sector". In 2016 we co-organised a panel on "Banks & the UNGPs: implementation case studies and dilemmas". In 2017, although we did not participate in a panel discussion, we contributed an article to the UN Forum Blog, titled "steps forward and steps back on the road to access to remedy in the banking sector".

Equator Principles

Since the adoption of the Equator Principles (EPs) in 2003, BankTrack has continually engaged with the Equator Principles Association and individual Equator Principles Financial Institutions, and facilitated civil society engagement with the EPs, including on human rights matters. For more information, see our ‘Tracking the Equator Principles’ campaign page.

4. Challenging bank finance for human rights abuse

In 2016 BankTrack began a series of Human Rights Impact Briefings examining bank links to specific human rights impacts. For each briefing, the banks involved are asked to describe the actions they have taken to address these impacts, in line with their responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles.

  • The first briefing investigated labour standards violations in IOI Corporation's Malaysian plantations
  • The second briefing investigated Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia
  • The third briefing investigated Trafigura, Vitol and the supply of high sulphur "Dirty Diesel" to Africa

Responses received from banks have varied, but the majority did not provide a substantive response. Rather, they provided general descriptions of their human rights policies and due diligence processes, which shed little or no light on the actions taken by the bank. If bank policies work, we would expect to see better responses from banks which score well on their human rights policies, however this work indicates that this is not necessarily the case.

BankTrack also challenges bank finance for human rights abuses via its Dodgy Deal work, and Dodgy Deal profiles on the BankTrack website provide details of the human rights impacts of each project or company.

Further information: the human rights responsibilities of private sector banks

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights are the two UN bodies with a mandate to interpret the UNGPs. They have provided advice clarifying the responsibilities of the finance sector under the UNGPs. In particular, the OHCHR provided a detailed guidance note in June 2017 in a response to BankTrack.  

Download the OHCHR guidance note here
Download the OHCHR’s cover letter here
Download BankTrack’s letter to the OHCHR here

Further advice regarding the banking sector's responsibility was published in response to a paper by the Thun Group in January 2017, and is collected on the website of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.


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Most banks fall short of U.N. human rights principles, BankTrack finds

2019-11-27 | Pensions&Investments
blog
external news
our news

4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Civil society groups call for an accountability mechanism for the Equator Principles

2019-08-27 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel
blog
external news
our news

Consent is Everybody's Business: Why banks need to act on free, prior and informed consent

Banks must stand with Indigenous and local communities in respecting their land rights
2019-08-20 | Imke Greven, Oxfam Policy Advisor Land Rights.
blog
external news
our news

Financial Services Deplatforming Hurts Aid, Peacebuilding

Increasingly, financial service companies and online payment platforms are bowing to pressure from outside groups to “deplatform” or cancel the accounts of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and human rights defenders working in global hot spots. This affects humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, development and human rights programs.
2019-08-19 | Charity & Security Network
blog
external news
our news

SumOfUs Report Exposes French Insurer's Complicity in War Crimes

Report reveals that AXA invests in banned weapons manufacturers and banks that finance illegal Israeli Settlements
2019-07-08 | SumOfUs
blog
external news
our news

Duty of Care: Total served formal notice for its activities in Uganda

2019-06-27 | Friends of the Earth France
blog
external news
our news

‘We should/could ensure rights-holders affected by our clients’ activities have greater access to remedy, but we won’t let them know about it’

The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Discussion Paper on Enabling Remediation
2019-06-26 | Benjamin Grama
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

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

World’s biggest banks routinely hide links to human rights and environmental abuses behind client confidentiality – study

2019-03-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Banks must show their teeth to tackle cocoa abuses

BankTrack’s view of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Cocoa Paper
2018-12-20 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

How to move the world: the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement's Increasing Leverage paper, phase one

2018-10-18 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Not rushing these things: The first Annual Report of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights

2018-08-29 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights publishes first annual report plus leverage and cocoa papers

2018-08-16 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack and Oxfam Australia call on banks to ensure access to remedy for victims of human rights abuses

New briefing paper explores private sector banks’ responsibilities for effective grievance mechanisms
2018-07-03 | BankTrack, Oxfam Australia
blog
external news
our news

Banks and human rights: The Thun Group must step up

BankTrack and allies urge Thun banks to make changes in new open letter
2018-03-27 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New Briefing Paper: How banks contribute to human rights violations

2017-12-08 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Steps forward and steps back on the road to access to remedy in the banking sector

2017-11-17 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Dutch development bank takes step forward on human rights, but must do more to protect defenders

2017-09-27 | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Israel/Palestine: Israeli banks supporting settlements

No domestic obligation to provide many services that aid rights abuses
2017-09-13 | Jerusalem | Human Rights Watch
blog
external news
our news

Fossil fuels and human rights – bank support for abuses has to stop

2017-07-13 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

UN office publishes detailed human rights guidance for banks

2017-06-15 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Banks provide billions for Dirty Diesel traders while failing to act on human rights, says new briefing

- Oil traders Trafigura and Vitol received over $100 billion in loans since 2012
- Of 26 banks contacted, not one has pressured companies over toxic fuel exports to Africa
2017-05-23 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Banks and pension funds fail to act on allegations against Lundin Petroleum

2017-04-27 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
blog
external news
our news

Report reveals links between five French banks and insurance companies and the Israeli settlements

2017-03-29 | Paris | Association France Palestine Solidarité, CCFD - Terre Solidaire, FIDH, LDH, Solidaires
blog
external news
our news

Scandinavian banks linked to violations of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo

2017-03-07 | Stockholm, Sweden | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
blog
external news
our news

Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

Discussion Paper by Thun Group of banks meets series of objections from UN Working Group, John Ruggie and over 30 civil society organisations
2017-02-28 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

ABN AMRO's human rights report: a welcome first step but missing some important details

2017-02-16 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Netherlands and Belgium Violate International Law by Allowing the Export of Dirty Petrol and Diesel

2017-02-06 | CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
blog
external news
our news

ABN AMRO publishes first human rights report

2016-12-21 | ABN AMRO
blog
external news
our news

Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights?

2016-11-10 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Swedish banks invest in controversial arms trade

2016-09-14 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden
blog
external news
our news

Human rights groups call out the financial sector’s association with abuse

2016-07-27 | Sydney | GetUp!, Human Rights Law Centre
blog
external news
our news

‘More than half’ banks failing on human rights considerations, says report

2016-06-29 | Responsible Investor [$]
blog
external news
our news

Most banks failing to deliver on UN human rights principles: new research

BankTrack releases 2016 update of "Banking with Principles?" report
2016-06-27 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

As the UN Guiding Principles turn five, BankTrack research shows three major gaps in banking sector implementation

2016-06-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Report raises serious human rights concerns about working conditions at Station Casinos

Casino owner Deutsche Bank accused of placing profit above rights
2016-05-17 | Las Vegas | Fatma E. Marouf, Sameer M. Ashar and Jennifer J. Rosenbaum
blog
external news
our news

Stuart Gulliver ‘has blood on his hands’ as HSBC AGM shines light on human rights abuses

2016-04-22 | London | Move Your Money UK
blog
external news
our news

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

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

Luxembourg: Serious gaps exposed in banking regulations to stem reckless arms trade that fuels atrocities

2016-01-29 | Luxembourg | Amnesty International
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack Blog: Access to remedy: Earth calling the banking sector

2015-11-20 | BankTrack Blog
blog
external news
our news

UN FORUM SERIES – What should banks do to take human rights seriously?

2015-10-31 | LSE Business & Human Rights blog
blog
external news
our news

Investment Alert on Coal India share offer

Forthcoming share sale follows years of environmental and human rights controversy
2015-09-22 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

First bank becomes early adopter of UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework: Dutch bank ABN AMRO commits to public reporting using groundbreaking human rights reporting framework

2015-06-24 | UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework
blog
external news
our news

Swedish banks in breach of human rights guidelines

2015-06-17 | Stockholm | Amnesty International, Swedish Consumers’ Association, Fair Finance Guide
blog
external news
our news

Blog: Three and a half years on from the UN Guiding Principles, is it really “premature” to ask whether banks are implementing them?

2015-01-21 | Nijmegen | BankTrack blog
blog
external news
our news

Hundreds of civil society groups demand human rights are enshrined in 2015 climate agreement

2014-12-11 | Lima | International NGOs coalition
blog
external news
our news

Only Half of Global Banks Have Policy to Respect Human Rights

2014-12-09 | Inter Press Service
blog
external news
our news

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

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

Bumi’s Deadly Coal

New report reveals extensive water contamination and human rights violations by Bumi’s KPC coal mine
2014-08-21 | Jakarta | JATAM and Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
blog
external news
our news

OECD releases letters clarifying banks’ human rights responsibilities

2014-07-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack Blog: Banks and human rights: hopes for progress from the Thun Group?

2014-06-19 | Thun | BankTrack Blog
blog
external news
our news

Batang Coal-Fired Power Plant – Human Rights Violations Continue, Residents Attacked Again in Violent Clash with Police

2014-05-12 | No Coal, Go Green
blog
external news
our news

ESCR-Net calls for Suspension of POSCO-India Steel Project Amidst Ongoing Human Rights Concerns

2014-01-16 | New York
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments - watchdog

2013-12-13 | London | Thompson Reuters
blog
external news
our news

Are big banks short-selling their leverage over human rights?

2013-11-01 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses
2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network call out Bank of America for major stake in Coal India deal

Human rights abuses and widespread deforestation overlooked while banking giant aids world’s largest coal mining company
2013-09-04 | San Francisco | Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

New website on human rights abuses linked to financial sector, launched (December 2012)

2012-12-09
blog
external news
our news

How to use the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in company research and advocacy

New guide for civil society organisations
2012-11-29 | Global | SOMO, CEDHA and Cividep India
blog
external news
our news

Pension funds and banks invest millions in companies that supply controversial communication systems to Syria

2012-07-17 | The Hague, The netherlands | Oxfam Novib
blog
external news
our news

Banco Santander ranked second in the Spanish armed banking

2012-03-28 | Madrid, Spain | SETEM
blog
external news
our news

Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights
2011-07-14 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Bank of Montreal Confronted on Indigenous Rights

2011-03-23 | RAN blog
blog
external news
our news

New Report on human rights violations by dams in Turkey

2011-03-14 | Potsdam, Germany | Countercurrent/ Gegenstroemung
blog
external news
our news

BP violating human rights rules, says UK government

Company failed to respond to alleged intimidation by Turkish security forces along its UK-backed Caspian oil pipeline
2011-03-09 | UK | The Corner House et. al
blog
external news
our news

Success: Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

2010-11-25 | Zuerich, Switzerland | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

2010-04-15 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Victoire Pinocchio : le Crédit Agricole revend ses titres Dongfeng

2009-10-29 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Banks shun harmful investments

New report shows examples of pioneering banks
2008-06-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Bank Secrets Cracked

New report reveals alarming investment practices by financial groups
2007-12-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Genocide in Darfur

No business with death
2007-10-29 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Human Rights are Banking Risks

New BankTrack paper released at UN consultation
2007-02-16 | Geneva | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Banks Have a Responsibility in Respecting Human Rights

BankTrack calls on UN special representative to include banking sector in final report to UN Commission on Human Rights
2006-12-18 | Utrecht | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

No party time for Burmese democrats

Action at Belgian banks against investments in Burma
2006-06-19 | Brussels, Belgium | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Shareholders protest against ING investments in human rights abuses

Critical questions during the ING Annual General Meeting
2006-04-25 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Belgian campaign puts banks under pressure to stop investing in Burma

Municipalities for Burma
2006-03-16 | Belgium | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Belgian bank groups invest in companies that abuse human rights

Press Release Netwerk Vlaanderen
2006-01-11 | Brussels, Belgium | Netwerk Vlaanderen

Documents

Type:
Year:
our publications
2022-04-05 00:00:00

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark Asia

2022-04-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack
bank documents
2022-02-28 00:00:00

Priority Recommendations of the Wells Fargo Human Rights Impact Assessment and Actions in Response

2022-02-28 00:00:00 | Wells Fargo
csr policies
2020-12-01 00:00:00

Westpac Human Rights Position Statement and 2023 Action Plan

2020-12-01 00:00:00 | Westpac
correspondence
2021-04-15 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and OECDWatch to UNOHCHR on nominee shareholdings

2021-04-15 00:00:00 | BankTrack and OECDWatch
our publications
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Toronto-Dominion to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Toronto-Dominion
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Société Générale to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Société Générale
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Royal Bank of Canada to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Royal Bank of Canada
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from UBS to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Credit Suisse to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from Mizuho to BankTrack on response to letter regarding investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | Mizuho
correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00

Letter from BNP Paribas to BankTrack on responding to letter on investments in Myanmar

2021-10-29 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
correspondence
2021-09-28 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Raiffeisen Bank International on Belarus

Failure by Raiffeisen Bank International to respect Co-operative Values and ethical standards in its business with Belarus.
2021-09-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2021-09-29 00:00:00

Exposing the financial flows into illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 00:00:00 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
our publications
2021-07-28 00:00:00

Investing in the Military Cartel: 19 international banks invest over US$65 billion in companies linked to Myanmar junta and atrocities

2021-07-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack; Justice For Myanmar
our publications
2021-07-20 00:00:00

Shareholdings of international banks in companies with ties to the Myanmar military

2021-07-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
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
2021-04-14 00:00:00 | WECAN
correspondence
2020-08-24 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Barclays on Israeli settlements

2020-08-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2020-09-15 00:00:00

Letter from Barclays to BankTrack on Israeli settlements

2020-09-15 00:00:00 | Barclays
ngo documents
2020-10-27 00:00:00

Complicity in Destruction III

2020-10-27 00:00:00 | APIB and Amazon Watch
correspondence
2021-02-25 00:00:00

Letter from 79 organisations to European Commission on EU Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation

2021-02-25 00:00:00 | 79 organisations
our publications
2021-02-05 00:00:00

BankTrack's submission to EU Consultation on 'Sustainable Corporate Governance'

2021-02-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2019-05-01 00:00:00

Human Rights Statement

2019-05-01 00:00:00 | Nedbank
ngo documents
2019-05-05 00:00:00

Madagascar NGOs demand the immediate release of the members of the Benetse, Ampototse and Tsiafanoka communities

2019-05-05 00:00:00 | CRAAD-OI : Centre de Recherches et d’Appui pour les Alternatives de Développement - Océan Indien / RSCDA-IO : Research and Support Center for Development Alternatives - Indian Ocean and TANY Collective for the Defence of Malagasy Lands
correspondence
2020-06-25 00:00:00

Letter from 45 CSOs to EU Justice Commissioner Reynders on Sustainable Corporate Governance legislation

2020-06-25 00:00:00 | 45 CSOs
our publications
2019-11-26 00:00:00

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019: Summary and key findings

Four-page executive summary version
2019-11-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2019-11-26 00:00:00

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

Third Edition, November 2019
2019-11-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2019-06-24 00:00:00

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope

2019-06-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2018-11-30 00:00:00

Enhancing the Alignment of the Equator Principles with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

A Public Summary of Shift’s Advice to the Equator Principles Association
2018-11-30 00:00:00 | Shift
our publications
2019-03-26 00:00:00

“We are unable to comment on specific customers...”

Challenging banks on client confidentiality
2019-03-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2017-07-03 00:00:00

Deadly Investments

UK bank complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | War on Want
our publications
2018-09-19 00:00:00

Webinar: Banks and Grievance Mechanisms, September 2018

2018-09-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2018-07-05 00:00:00

Developing effective Grievance Mechanisms in the banking sector

2018-07-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Oxfam Australia
correspondence
2018-03-22 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 18 others to Thun Group paricipants on December 2017 update

Re: Significant concerns regarding Thun Group Discussion Paper
2018-03-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 18 others
correspondence
2018-03-01 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to the secretariat and parties to the Dutch Banking sector agreement on human rights on first report of the independent monitoring committee

2018-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2018-02-27 00:00:00

How Banks Contribute to Human Rights Violations: Responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

2018-02-27 00:00:00 | Edited by BankTrack
our publications
2017-12-08 00:00:00

How banks contribute to human rights violations

BankTrack Human Rights Briefing Paper
2017-12-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2017-11-30 00:00:00

Major international banks continue to finance palm oil company Indofood despite evidence of systemic labor abuses

Forest & Finance Briefing
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2017-07-05 00:00:00

Fact sheet: “contribution” and “direct linkage” to human rights impacts through bank finance

Prepared by BankTrack for the June 2017 meeting of the Thun Group
2017-07-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2017-03-06 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to OHCHR on application of the UN Guiding Principles in the banking sector

2017-03-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2017-06-14 00:00:00

Letter from OHCHR to BankTrack on application of the UN Guiding Principles in the banking sector

(Cover letter)
2017-06-14 00:00:00 | OHCHR
correspondence
2017-06-14 00:00:00

Letter from OHCHR to BankTrack on application of the UN Guiding Principles in the banking sector

OHCHR response to request from BankTrack for advice regarding the application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the context of the banking sector
2017-06-14 00:00:00 | OHCHR
our publications
2017-05-23 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #3: Banks and Dirty Diesel

2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2017-05-23 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing: Banks and Dirty Diesel – Appendices

2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2016-09-01 00:00:00

Dirty Diesel

How Swiss Traders Flood Africa with Toxic Fuels
2016-09-01 00:00:00 | Public Eye
correspondence
2017-03-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Thun Group on concerns regarding Thun Group discussion paper on human rights

2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2017-02-28 00:00:00

Letter from Thun Group to BankTrack on SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING THUN GROUP DISCUSSION PAPER

2017-02-28 00:00:00 | Thun Group
other documents
2017-02-21 00:00:00

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context
2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie
correspondence
2017-02-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and others to Thun Group of Banks on Significant Concerns Regarding Thun Group Discussion Paper

2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
annual reports
2016-12-21 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Human Rights Report 2016​

2016-12-21 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
bank documents
2016-09-13 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole response to BankTrack

2016-09-13 00:00:00 | Crédit Agricole
bank documents
2016-09-13 00:00:00

Sumitomo Mitsui response to BankTrack

2016-09-13 00:00:00 | Sumitomo Mitsui
bank documents
2016-07-25 00:00:00

HSBC response to Banktrack report

RE "Banking with Principles?" 2016
2016-07-25 00:00:00
our publications
2016-05-25 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #2: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2016-04-25 00:00:00

Letter from Rabobank to BankTrack on Banking with Principles? 2016 Update

2016-04-25 00:00:00 | Rabobank
csr policies
2016-03-24 00:00:00

Human Rights Statement

2016-03-24 00:00:00 | Deutsche Bank
our publications
2016-02-16 00:00:00

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

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
bank documents
2016-01-22 00:00:00

BANKS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A LEGAL ANALYSIS

A collaboration between Foley Hoag LLP and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
2016-01-22 00:00:00 | UNEP FI, Foley Hoag
correspondence
2016-01-15 00:00:00

Letter from Citi to BankTrack on IOI Corporation Human Rights Impact Briefing

2016-01-15 00:00:00 | Citi
correspondence
2015-12-11 00:00:00

Letter from JPMorgan Chase to BankTrack on IOI Corporation Human Rights Impact Briefing

2015-12-11 00:00:00 | JPMorgan Chase
correspondence
2015-12-11 00:00:00

Letter from Deutsche Bank to BankTrack on IOI Corporation Human Rights Impact Briefing

2015-12-11 00:00:00 | Deutsche Bank
our publications
2015-11-16 00:00:00

Providing access to effective remedy in the financial sector: panel discussion

BankTrack Opening remarks to UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 16 November 2015
2015-11-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2015-11-05 00:00:00

Human Rights Position Statement

2015-11-05 00:00:00 | Commonwealth Bank
ngo documents
2015-06-17 00:00:00

IRRESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS

A study of Swedish banks’ investments in companies linked to human rights abuses
2015-06-17 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Amnesty International
ngo documents
2015-01-09 00:00:00

Japanese Banks' Involvements in Human Rights Violations based on 4 Cases

Executive Summary of Fair Finance Guide Japan 1st Case Study
2015-01-09 00:00:00 | Published by A SEED JAPAN, JACSES and PARC
our publications
2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2018-04-01 00:00:00

Human Rights Policy

2018-04-01 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
other documents
2014-06-26 00:00:00

Expert letters and statements on the application of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the context of the financial sector

Reference material for the session on Responsible Business Conduct in the Financial Sector of the Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct taking place in Paris on 26-27 June 2014.
2014-06-26 00:00:00 | OECD
ngo documents
2013-12-10 00:00:00

Dirty Profits II

Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights
2013-12-10 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
our publications
2013-12-04 00:00:00

BankTrack on the Thun Group Paper on Banks and Human Rights

2013-12-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack
bank documents
2013-11-04 00:00:00

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Discussion Paper for Banks on Implications of Principles 16–21
2013-11-04 00:00:00 | Thun group
ngo documents
2013-11-01 00:00:00

Financing the Israeli Occupation

The Current Involvement of Israeli Banks in Israeli Settlement Activity
2013-11-01 00:00:00 | Who Profits
bank documents
2013-10-02 00:00:00

Thun Group on Human Rights

2013-10-02 00:00:00
csr policies
2012-12-31 00:00:00

Statement on Human Rights

2012-12-31 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
ngo documents
2012-12-19 00:00:00

Dirty Profits

Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights
2012-12-19 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
our publications
2012-12-10 00:00:00

Financing Human Rights Abuse:The Role of Public and Private Financial Institutions

2012-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ECA Watch, CIEL (Center for International and Environmental Law)
bank documents
2012-12-06 00:00:00

Thun Group of Banks Response to a question at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, December 2012

2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group
ngo documents
2012-11-29 00:00:00

How to use the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in company research and advocacy

A guide for civil society organisations
2012-11-29 00:00:00 | SOMO, CEDHA and Cividep India
csr policies
2012-10-30 00:00:00

Human rights commitments

2012-10-30 00:00:00 | Nordea
bank documents
2012-10-29 00:00:00

Statement by the Thun Group of banks on the "Guiding principles for the implementation of the United Nations 'protect, respect and remedy' framework" on human rights

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group
csr policies
2011-08-03 00:00:00

Human Rights Statement

2011-08-03 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs
correspondence
2012-03-26 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to UN working group on Business and Human rights on human rights responsibilities of banks

2012-03-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2011-12-19 00:00:00

Proposed changes to the Draft Guiding Principles

2011-12-19 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration, BankTrack
ngo documents
2011-11-24 00:00:00

The Corporate Responsibility to respect human rights

An Interpretive Guide
2011-11-24 00:00:00 | United Nations Human Rights
other documents
2011-11-20 00:00:00

The corporate responsibility to respect human rights

An interpretive guide
2011-11-20 00:00:00 | United Nations Human Rights
ngo documents
2011-07-04 00:00:00

One step forward, two steps back

2011-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
csr policies
2011-05-03 00:00:00

Human rights

2011-05-03 00:00:00 | JPMorgan Chase
ngo documents
2011-04-14 00:00:00

A Risky Business: Tar Sands, Indigenous Rights and RBS

2011-04-14 00:00:00 | Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign and UK Tar Sands Network
other documents
2011-03-21 00:00:00

"Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"

Implementing the United Nations 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework
2011-03-21 00:00:00 | John Ruggie
ngo documents
2011-03-03 00:00:00

joint NGO statement to IFC on human rights language Performance Standards

2011-03-03 00:00:00 | Amnesty International
other documents
2011-02-22 00:00:00

UK NATIONAL CONTACT POINT – REVISED FINAL STATEMENT ON SPECIFIC INSTANCE: BTC PIPELINE

2011-02-22 00:00:00 | UK OECD National Contact Point
other documents
2010-11-08 00:00:00

On the Horizon - Issue 18

2010-11-08 00:00:00 | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
correspondence
2010-10-25 00:00:00

BankTrack letter to Professor John Ruggie

2010-10-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Berne Declaration
ngo documents
2010-10-18 00:00:00

Financing the Isaeli Occupation

2010-10-18 00:00:00 | Who Profits
our publications
2010-07-15 00:00:00

The human rights responsibilities of banks

2010-07-15 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2010-06-24 00:00:00

How to do business with respect to Human Rights

2010-06-24 00:00:00 | Global Compact Network Netherlands
ngo documents
2010-04-21 00:00:00

A roadmap for integrating human rights into the world bank group

2010-04-21 00:00:00 | World Resources Institute
ngo documents
2010-04-15 00:00:00

Without Map or Compass, Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
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2010-04-09 00:00:00

Business and Human Rights: Further steps toward the operationalization of the “protect, respect and remedy” framework

2010-04-09 00:00:00 | Dr John Ruggie
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2009-10-01 00:00:00

Banking it right

The “protect, respect and remedy“ framework applied to bank operations
2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Andreas Missbach, Berne Declaration, BankTrack
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2008-11-28 00:00:00

Declaration the consideration of human rights in business operations

2008-11-28 00:00:00 | KfW Group
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2008-08-07 00:00:00

Appendix 1: Case Studies Illustrating the Human Rights Implications of Large-Scale, Internationally-Financed Projects

2008-08-07 00:00:00
our publications
2008-08-01 00:00:00

The International Finance Corporation’s performance standards and the Equator Principles: Respecting Human Rights and remedying violations?

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack, CIEL, Oxfam, WRI, BIC
other documents
2008-06-30 00:00:00

UNEP-FI: CEO briefing to Human Rights

2008-06-30 00:00:00
ngo documents
2008-06-11 00:00:00

Ending harmful investments

2008-06-11 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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2008-04-18 00:00:00

Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights

2008-04-18 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN
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2007-12-17 00:00:00

Corporate duty to respect: The relevance of private finance

2007-12-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2007-11-19 00:00:00

State duty to protect: The relevance of private finance

2007-11-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2007-09-23 00:00:00

Company commitments on trade union rights

2007-09-23 00:00:00 | UNI Finance Global Union
other documents
2007-06-30 00:00:00

Business and Human Rights - the evolving international agenda

2007-06-30 00:00:00 | John Ruggie / UN
our publications
2007-02-16 00:00:00

Human Rights Are Banking Risks

2007-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2007-02-16 00:00:00

Human Rights and Financial Sector Consultation

2007-02-16 00:00:00 | UN Special Representative on Human Rights and Business
other documents
2007-02-12 00:00:00

State Responsibilities to Regulate and Adjudicate Corporate Activities

2007-02-12 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie / Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School
other documents
2007-02-09 00:00:00

Business and Human Rights: Mapping International Standards of Responsibility and Accountability for Corporate Acts

2007-02-09 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN
correspondence
2006-12-18 00:00:00

BankTrack letter to Dr Ruggie on banks and human rights

2006-12-18 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2006-11-30 00:00:00

Financial Sector responsibility: The State of the Art

2006-11-30 00:00:00 | Andrew Newton, Ethical Corp.
other documents
2006-09-28 00:00:00

HR: Security of People and Assets

2006-09-28 00:00:00
other documents
2006-09-28 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Assessment

2006-09-28 00:00:00
other documents
2006-09-28 00:00:00

Human Rights Policies and Management Practices of Fortune Global 500 firms

2006-09-28 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN
ngo documents
2006-09-19 00:00:00

Conflict and project lending

2006-09-19 00:00:00 | International alert
ngo documents
2006-09-14 00:00:00

Where do you draw the line?

2006-09-14 00:00:00 | Netwerk vlaanderen
ngo documents
2006-07-05 00:00:00

Briefing on indigenous peoples and private sector project financing (French version)

2006-07-05 00:00:00 | Forest Peoples Programme
ngo documents
2006-07-04 00:00:00

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

2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
ngo documents
2006-05-30 00:00:00

Briefing on Indigenous Peoples and Private sector project financing

2006-05-30 00:00:00 | Forest Peoples Programme
other documents
2006-02-02 00:00:00

Banks, Business and Human Rights

2006-02-02 00:00:00
other documents
2005-03-01 00:00:00

Transnational corporations and human rights: The business implications

2005-03-01 00:00:00 | Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
other documents
2005-02-15 00:00:00

UN report on human rights and business

2005-02-15 00:00:00 | UN High Commissioner on Human rights
ngo documents
2004-12-01 00:00:00

The UN human rights norms for business: towards legal accountability

2004-12-01 00:00:00 | Amnesty International
other documents
2004-09-01 00:00:00

Banking on human rights

2004-09-01 00:00:00 | ISIS Asset management and KPMG
ngo documents
2004-07-01 00:00:00

Risks, responsibility and human rights

2004-07-01 00:00:00 | Halifax Initiative

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Bank On Human Rights

Bank on Human Rights is a global coalition of social movements, civil society organizations, and grassroots groups working to ensure that all development finance institutions require respect for human rights in the operations they finance.
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The world’s leading independent resource on business and human rights.
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A tool for understanding your rights. ForestDefender is a legal database that provides a snapshot of international human rights and obligations relevant to forest governance.
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Human Rights and Business Country Guide

Free online resource from the Danish Institute for Human Rights, providing country specific guidance on the potential human rights impacts of business. Covers 10 countries, expanding to 40 countries in 2016.
http://hrbcountryguide.org/

Righting Finance

An initiative to develop and advocate a human rights approach to financial regulation at national and global levels.
http://www.rightingfinance.org/
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