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Banks and Human Rights

By: BankTrack
2025-03-07 11:05:33
Contact:

Ryan Brightwell, Campaign Lead Banks and Human rights

 

By: BankTrack
2025-03-07 11:05:33
Contact:

Ryan Brightwell, Campaign Lead Banks and Human rights

 

Why this campaign?

Human rights are under increasing attack around the world. Democracy has been in decline for almost two decades, displaced by the march of authoritarianism. In armed conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza, the rules of war are completely sidelined. Minorities and migrants are scapegoated, while a backlash against the gains won for the rights of women, people of colour and LGBTQI communities is growing. Online, information is weaponised, censored, and distorted. The ideals that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 are under concerted attack, and yet people around the world are fighting back, and standing up in solidarity.

Within this fractured and uncertain landscape, businesses and the finance sector hold tremendous power. Businesses have a clear responsibility to respect human rights, as authoritatively established by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011. Yet in practice, businesses violate human rights often and with impunity. In some cases, businesses support attacks on democracy – for example when media and tech companies fail to hold authoritarians to account, or actively facilitate disinformation. In other cases, businesses seek to profit from conflict, facilitating grave human rights violations in the process. Efforts to establish mandatory human rights responsibilities for business are vitally important to counter this and to ensure the right of affected people to secure remedy can be realised. Major advances in accountability and transparency are needed if corporate power is to be checked and human rights are to be upheld and respected.

Linked to other crises

The human rights emergency is deeply intertwined with the other global emergencies we face. Climate breakdown poses a direct threat to the right to life and is already affecting human security on a massive scale. The repression and criminalisation of environmental activists is becoming a global trend. The destruction of nature also destroys people’s rights and abilities to enjoy a healthy environment. This affects all of us, but it disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples, women and girls, children and the poor. Indigenous Peoples are stewards of some 25% of the world's land surface and 40% of protected areas, underlining the importance of their particular rights in conservation.

On the positive side, human rights are also a crucial tool in the fight-back against climate change, as their use in the growing field of climate litigation shows. Communities are also succeeding in many of their battles to stop harmful developments proceeding. The October 2021 recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment by the UN Human Rights Council should further strengthen the ability of communities to ensure these rights are respected, and a human rights-based approach was embedded in the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 

To meet the challenge of the climate crisis, the world must build a new economy driven by renewable energy. Human rights must be at the forefront of this transition if we are to avoid replicating the mistakes of the past. In particular, massive amounts of metals and minerals will be needed for this transition, for which systemic changes in the mining industry will be needed to ensure the rights of affected communities are respected.

Banks, like all businesses, have a responsibility to respect human rights, and have the potential to impact upon all these rights, both positively and negatively, and in a number of ways. The UNGPs set out that businesses can cause, contribute or be directly linked to human rights abuses.

  • Banks can cause human rights violations themselves, for example through racist practices like ‘redlining’ in mortgage provision.

  • They can also contribute to human rights violations, for example where they facilitate harm caused by a client. In such cases, they will also be responsible for cooperating in remediating the impact.

  • Or banks can be directly linked to human rights violations, through lending or other financial support for companies responsible for violating human rights.

Advice from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights sets out the factors that can influence the nature of the relationship to the impact. Banks are likely to have contributed to human rights violations through actions including financing oil pipelines that have violated Indigenous Peoples’ rights, providing huge secret loans to highly-indebted countries, and financing construction or infrastructure projects which establish or expand illegal settlements.

Since the advent of the UNGPs, several banking sector and multi-stakeholder initiatives have aimed to clarify banks’ responsibilities to respect human rights. These include the Thun Group, Dutch Banking Sector Initiative on Human Rights, which concluded in 2020, and the OECD Project for Responsible Business Conduct in the Financial Sector.

The Banks and Human Rights campaign aims to challenge commercial banks globally to end financing human rights violations and respect human rights. To achieve this, banks must:

  1. Publicly commit to respect human rights;
  2. Implement human rights due diligence to assess actual and potential impacts, act upon the findings and track responses;
  3. Avoid financing companies that cause human rights violations that are systematic or that they refuse to address;
  4. Report on how they have managed and remedied specific adverse impacts, with a focus on the most severe impacts identified by the bank;
  5. Develop effective channels to address grievances from anyone impacted by their activities;
  6. Commit to transparency, for example so that affected communities can access information on who is financing projects that affect them.

To achieve these goals we use the following tactics:

Topics

Campaign Timeline

Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark

Banks and Russian Aggression in Ukraine

BankTrack's Human Rights Response Tracking Database
Policy analysis

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024

BankTrack’s 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark again assessed 50 of the largest commercial banks globally. While once again no commercial banks are fully meeting the UN Guiding Principles, two banks were ranked as 'leaders' and there has been some progress in the development of remedy mechanisms. 

This year’s Benchmark also assesses for the first time banks’ policies on Indigenous Peoples’ right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent; the protection of human rights defenders; and the human right to a healthy environment.

For further benchmark results, including regional benchmarks, see the Human Rights Benchmarking Project page.

Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Leaders 11 - 15 points
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
ABN AMRO
Mizuho
11
+2.5
1
0
11
+2
0.5
0.11
Moderate achievers 7.5 - 10.5 points
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
ING
ANZ
Citi
Mitsubishi UFJ
Westpac
BNP Paribas
National Australia Bank
Nordea
Barclays
BBVA
Rabobank
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
10
+2.5
1.5
0.6
9
+0.5
1
0.67
9
0
1
0.38
9
+5.5
0.5
0.14
9
0
1
0.5
8.5
+1
0.5
0.55
8.5
+2
0.5
0.33
8.5
+3
0.5
0.67
7.5
-0.5
0.5
0.11
7.5
0
0.5
0.2
7.5
-0.5
1
0.25
7.5
+2.5
0.5
0.14
Followers 3.5 - 7 points
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
HSBC
UniCredit
Standard Chartered
Morgan Stanley
Danske Bank
Deutsche Bank
Société Générale
NatWest
Banco Bradesco
Bank of America
UBS
Commonwealth Bank
Lloyds
Intesa Sanpaolo
Wells Fargo
CaixaBank
Banco do Brasil
CIBC
BMO
SuMi Trust
TD Bank
Bank of Nova Scotia
Banco Santander
Commerzbank
DZ Bank
Itaú Unibanco
Crédit Agricole
Royal Bank of Canada
Goldman Sachs
7
+2
0.5
0.08
7
+1
1
0.13
7
-0.5
0
0.43
7
+0.5
0.5
0.08
7
n/a
0.5
0.25
7
0
0.5
0.15
6.5
+0.5
0.5
0.38
6.5
+2
0
0
6
+0.5
0
0
6
0
1.5
0
6
0
0
0
6
+1
0.5
0.33
6
+2
0.5
0
6
0
0
0.17
5.5
0
0.5
0
5.5
+1
1
0
5
+0.5
0
0
5
+1
0
0
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
-1
1
0
4.5
+2
0
0
4
+2.5
0
0.38
4
-1.5
0
0
4
0
0.5
0.36
4
0
0.5
0.5
4
+1.5
0.5
0
Laggards 0 - 3 points
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
BPCE Group
JPMorgan Chase
State Bank of India
Agricultural Bank of China
Bank of China
China Construction Bank
ICBC
2.5
-0.5
0.5
0.17
2.5
-0.5
0
0.38
1
0
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
0.5
+0.5
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
Australia
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
ANZ
Commonwealth Bank
National Australia Bank
Westpac
9
+0.5
1
0.67
6
+1
0.5
0.33
8.5
+2
0.5
0.33
9
0
1
0.5
Brazil
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Banco Bradesco
Banco do Brasil
Itaú Unibanco
6
+0.5
0
0
5
+0.5
0
0
4
-1.5
0
0
Canada
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
BMO
Bank of Nova Scotia
CIBC
Royal Bank of Canada
TD Bank
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
+0.5
0.5
0
5
+1
0
0
4
0
0.5
0.5
5
+0.5
0.5
0
China
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Agricultural Bank of China
Bank of China
China Construction Bank
ICBC
0.5
0
0
0
0.5
+0.5
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
0.5
0
0
0
Denmark
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Danske Bank
7
n/a
0.5
0.25
Finland
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Nordea
8.5
+3
0.5
0.67
France
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
BNP Paribas
BPCE Group
Crédit Agricole
Société Générale
8.5
+1
0.5
0.55
2.5
-0.5
0.5
0.17
4
0
0.5
0.36
6.5
+0.5
0.5
0.38
Germany
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Commerzbank
DZ Bank
Deutsche Bank
4.5
+2
0
0
4
+2.5
0
0.38
7
0
0.5
0.15
India
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
State Bank of India
1
0
0
0
Italy
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Intesa Sanpaolo
UniCredit
6
0
0
0.17
7
+1
1
0.13
Japan
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Mitsubishi UFJ
Mizuho
SuMi Trust
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
9
+5.5
0.5
0.14
11
+2
0.5
0.11
5
+0.5
0.5
0
7.5
+2.5
0.5
0.14
Netherlands
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
ABN AMRO
ING
Rabobank
11
+2.5
1
0
10
+2.5
1.5
0.6
7.5
-0.5
1
0.25
Spain
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
BBVA
Banco Santander
CaixaBank
7.5
0
0.5
0.2
5
-1
1
0
5.5
+1
1
0
Switzerland
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
UBS
6
0
0
0
United Kingdom
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds
NatWest
Standard Chartered
7.5
-0.5
0.5
0.11
7
+2
0.5
0.08
6
+2
0.5
0
6.5
+2
0
0
7
-0.5
0
0.43
United States
Bank
Total
Change
Specific rights / 3
Response tracking / 3
Full results
Bank of America
Citi
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo
6
0
1.5
0
9
0
1
0.38
4
+1.5
0.5
0
2.5
-0.5
0
0.38
7
+0.5
0.5
0.08
5.5
0
0.5
0

 

 

Dodgy Deals

Current Dodgy Deal targets

All
Projects
Companies

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda
Project
Target
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Simandou Iron Ore Project

Guinea
Project
Target
Iron ore mining | Mining

Simandou Iron Ore Project

Guinea | project

ArcelorMittal Liberia iron ore mine

Liberia
Project
Active
Mining | ...

ArcelorMittal Liberia iron ore mine

Liberia | project

CoreCivic

United States
Company
Active
Prisons and Immigration Detention

CoreCivic

United States | company

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

Formosa Plastics' "Sunshine Project"

United States
Project
Active
Chemical Manufacturing

Formosa Plastics' "Sunshine Project"

United States | project

GEO Group

United States
Company
Active
Prisons and Immigration Detention

GEO Group

United States | company

JSW Steel

India
Company
Active
Iron and Steel Manufacturing | ...

JSW Steel

India | company

POSCO Holdings

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

POSCO Holdings

South Korea | company

Société Minière de Boké Bauxite Mining Project

Guinea
Project
Active
Mining

Société Minière de Boké Bauxite Mining Project

Guinea | project

Agua Zarca hydro project

Honduras
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Agua Zarca hydro project

Honduras | project | on record

Arch Resources

United States
Company
On record
Coal Mining

Arch Resources

United States | company | on record

BHP Billiton

Australia
Company
On record
Coal Mining | Mining | Oil and Gas Extraction

BHP Billiton

Australia | company | on record

Barro Blanco dam project

Panama
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Barro Blanco dam project

Panama | project | on record

Base Toliara sands mine

Madagascar
Project
On record
Mining

Base Toliara sands mine

Madagascar | project | on record

Batang Coal Power Project

Indonesia
Project
On record
Coal Electric Power Generation

Batang Coal Power Project

Indonesia | project | on record

Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills

India
Project
On record
Mining

Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills

India | project | on record

Belo Monte dam

Brazil
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Belo Monte dam

Brazil | project | on record

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia
Project
On record
Coal Mining

Cerrejón coal mine

Colombia | project | on record

Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)

Guinea
Project
On record
Mining

Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)

Guinea | project | on record

Dairi Prima Mineral zinc mine

Indonesia
Project
On record
Mining

Dairi Prima Mineral zinc mine

Indonesia | project | on record

Drummond

United States
Company
On record
Coal Mining

Drummond

United States | company | on record

Eletrobras

Brazil
Company
On record
Biomass Electric Power Generation | Coal Electric Power Generation | Electric Power Distribution | Hydroelectric Power Generation | Nuclear Electric Power Generation | Solar Electric Power Generation | Wind Electric Power Generation

Eletrobras

Brazil | company | on record

Gibe III dam

Ethiopia
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Gibe III dam

Ethiopia | project | on record

Guaigui dam

Dominican Republic
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Guaigui dam

Dominican Republic | project | on record

IOI Corporation

Malaysia
Company
On record
Agriculture for Palm Oil

IOI Corporation

Malaysia | company | on record

Ilisu dam

Turkey
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Ilisu dam

Turkey | project | on record

Inga III

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Inga III

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

Israeli illegal settlements

Israel
Project
On record
Construction

Israeli illegal settlements

Israel | project | on record

Jadar lithium mine

Serbia
Project
On record
Mining

Jadar lithium mine

Serbia | project | on record

Jaitapur nuclear power plant

India
Project
On record
Nuclear Electric Power Generation

Jaitapur nuclear power plant

India | project | on record

Kajbar dam

Sudan
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Kajbar dam

Sudan | project | on record

Kallak iron ore mine

Sweden
Project
On record
Mining

Kallak iron ore mine

Sweden | project | on record

Kaltim Prima Coal mine

Indonesia
Project
On record
Coal Mining

Kaltim Prima Coal mine

Indonesia | project | on record

Las Bambas copper mine

Peru
Project
On record
Mining

Las Bambas copper mine

Peru | project | on record

Lefa gold mine

Guinea
Project
On record
Mining

Lefa gold mine

Guinea | project | on record

Lower Sesan 2 dam

Cambodia
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Lower Sesan 2 dam

Cambodia | project | on record

Marriott's Sheraton Hotel Cusco

Peru
Project
On record
Hotels and Motels

Marriott's Sheraton Hotel Cusco

Peru | project | on record

Minas Conga mining project

Peru
Project
On record
Mining

Minas Conga mining project

Peru | project | on record

Myitsone hydroelectric dam

Myanmar
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Myitsone hydroelectric dam

Myanmar | project | on record

Nachtigal hydropower plant

Cameroon
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Nachtigal hydropower plant

Cameroon | project | on record

Nam Theun 2 dam

Laos
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Nam Theun 2 dam

Laos | project | on record

Offshore Detention Centres

Australia
Project
On record
Prisons and Immigration Detention

Offshore Detention Centres

Australia | project | on record

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international -
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Okavango oil & gas drilling, Namibia & Botswana

- international - | project | on record

Orano

France
Company
On record
Mining | Nuclear Electric Power Generation

Orano

France | company | on record

POSCO integrated steel project

India
Project
On record
Iron and Steel Manufacturing

POSCO integrated steel project

India | project | on record

Pascua Lama gold mining project

Argentina
Project
On record
Mining

Pascua Lama gold mining project

Argentina | project | on record

Phulbari coal mine

Bangladesh
Project
On record
Coal Mining

Phulbari coal mine

Bangladesh | project | on record

Rio Madeira dams: Jirau and Santo Antonio

Brazil
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Rio Madeira dams: Jirau and Santo Antonio

Brazil | project | on record

Shwe gas and pipelines projects

Myanmar
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Shwe gas and pipelines projects

Myanmar | project | on record

Socfin

Luxembourg
Company
On record
Agriculture for Palm Oil | ...

Socfin

Luxembourg | company | on record

Sombwe Dam

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Sombwe Dam

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

Theun-Hinboun dam expansion

Laos
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Theun-Hinboun dam expansion

Laos | project | on record

Trafigura

Singapore
Company
On record
Commodities Trading | Oil and Gas Extraction

Trafigura

Singapore | company | on record

Vedanta Resources

United Kingdom
Company
On record
Mining

Vedanta Resources

United Kingdom | company | on record

Vitol

Switzerland
Company
On record
Commodities Trading | Oil and Gas Extraction

Vitol

Switzerland | company | on record

Woodside Petroleum’s gas refinery

Australia
Project
On record
Oil and Gas Extraction

Woodside Petroleum’s gas refinery

Australia | project | on record

Xayaburi dam

Laos
Project
On record
Hydroelectric Power Generation

Xayaburi dam

Laos | project | on record
Resources
Documents
Videos
Links

Mining for Trouble: A Wake-Up Call for Banks and Investors

Rio Tinto’s planned Jadar Mine Project in Serbia
Partner publication
2025-04-02 00:00:00 | Mars sa Drine

Human Rights Position Statement

Effective December 2024
Bank policy
2024-12-18 00:00:00 | Standard Chartered

Goldene Brücken abreißen

Raiffeisen Bank muss Russland verlassen
BankTrack publication
2024-12-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine

Burning the Bridge

Why Raiffeisen Bank must leave Russia
BankTrack publication
2024-12-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine

The BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024

BankTrack publication
2024-11-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Environmental and Social Policy Framework

July 2024
Bank policy
2024-06-28 00:00:00 | Citi

Actions speak louder: 2024 update on bank responses to human rights violations

BankTrack publication
2024-05-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack

BankTrack Benchmark de Derechos Humanos: América Latina

VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL. Parte del proyecto BankTrack Benchmark de Derechos Humanos.
BankTrack publication
2024-04-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Benchmark BankTrack de Direitos Humanos: América Latina

VERSÃO PORTUGUESA. Parte do projeto de Benchmark de Direitos Humanos da BankTrack
BankTrack publication
2024-04-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Citi: Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Bank policy
2024-04-05 00:00:00 | Citi

Bauxite Mining in the Boké Region (Western Guinea): Method Used and Impacts on Physical Environment

Other document
2019-03-21 00:00:00 | MODESTUM, Author: Souare Sidiki

Bauxite Mining Conflicts in Guinea: Causes Identification, Analysis, and Countermeasures

Other document
2022-03-22 00:00:00 | HAL Open Science, Authors: Issiagha Camara, Jiang Deyi, Oumar Barry, & Frédéric Caille

Socio-environmental impact of mining activities in Guinea: The case of bauxite extraction in the region of Boké

Other document
2023-02-10 00:00:00 | Science Direct, Authors: Ilaria Dibattista, Abdoul Rachid Camara, Ingrid Molderez, Edoardo Maria Benassai, & Francesco Palozza

Community Audit of Environmental and Social Impacts of the Société Minière de Boké in Guinea

NGO document
2023-02-28 00:00:00 | Natural Justice, Association pour le Développement Rural et l’Entraide Mutuelle en Guinée (ADREMGUI), ONG Mines Sans Pauvrete (AMSP), Center for Transitional Environmental Accountability (CTEA), and Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT)

“What Do We Get Out of It?” The Human Rights Impact of Bauxite Mining in Guinea

NGO document
2018-10-31 00:00:00 | Human Rights Watch

Aluminum: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot

NGO document
2021-07-22 00:00:00 | Human Rights Watch

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to DZ Bank on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Standard Chartered on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to BNP Paribas on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Crédit Agricole on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Mizuho Financial Group on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to UniCredit on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Toronto-Dominion Bank on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Scotiabank on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Banco Santander on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Royal Bank of Canada on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to National Australia Bank on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Morgan Stanley on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to JPMorgan Chase on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Intesa Sanpaolo on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to ING on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Deutsche Bank on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Citi on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-21 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Bank of Montreal on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Bank of America on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to Société Générale on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack, ACA, CTEA to ANZ on the risks of investing in Rio Tinto and Winning International Group’s Simandou Project in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, ACA, CTEA

Letter from BankTrack to ANZ on the risks of investing in Simandou

Correspondence
2023-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack, Both ENDS and 12 other CSOs to Vale's investors on Brumadinho disaster 5th anniversary

Correspondence
2024-01-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Both ENDS and 12 other CSOs

Investors, ESG and Human Rights: BankTrack submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

BankTrack publication
2023-10-13 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to UBS on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to Barclays on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to HSBC on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to Credit Suisse on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to Swiss National Bank on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom to UBS on financial ties to human rights violations in US immigration detention facilities run by CoreCivic and GEO Group

Correspondence
2023-09-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

Letter from BankTrack to Intesa Sanpaolo on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack to Mizuho on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack to Société Générale on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack to Raiffeisen Bank International on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack to Deutsche Bank on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from BankTrack to ING on financial ties to Nordgold's Lefa gold mine in Guinea

Correspondence
2023-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Investing in Myanmar's military cartel

BankTrack publication
2023-07-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Info Birmanie, Justice for Myanmar

Respecting Indigenous Rights

An Actionable Due Diligence Toolkit for Institutional Investors
NGO document
2023-04-21 00:00:00 | Amazon Watch

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Human Rights Benchmark Global 2022 - Criteria and requirements

BankTrack publication
2022-07-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark Asia

BankTrack publication
2022-04-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Other bank document
2022-02-28 00:00:00 | Wells Fargo

Letter from BankTrack and OECDWatch to UNOHCHR on nominee shareholdings

Correspondence
2021-04-15 00:00:00 | BankTrack and OECDWatch

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

BankTrack publication
2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Correspondence
2021-10-29 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas

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.
Correspondence
2021-09-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Exposing the financial flows into illegal Israeli settlements

BankTrack publication
2021-09-29 00:00:00 | Don't Buy Into Occupation, BankTrack et al

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

BankTrack publication
2021-07-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack; Justice For Myanmar

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

BankTrack publication
2021-07-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Letter from BankTrack to Barclays on Israeli settlements

Correspondence
2020-08-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Letter from Barclays to BankTrack on Israeli settlements

Correspondence
2020-09-15 00:00:00 | Barclays

Complicity in Destruction III

NGO document
2020-10-27 00:00:00 | APIB and Amazon Watch

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

Correspondence
2021-02-25 00:00:00 | 79 organisations

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

BankTrack publication
2021-02-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Human Rights Statement

Bank policy
2019-05-01 00:00:00 | Nedbank

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

NGO document
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

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

Correspondence
2020-06-25 00:00:00 | 45 CSOs

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019: Summary and key findings

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

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

Third Edition, November 2019
BankTrack publication
2019-11-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope

BankTrack publication
2019-06-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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
NGO document
2018-11-30 00:00:00 | Shift

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

Challenging banks on client confidentiality
BankTrack publication
2019-03-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Deadly Investments

UK bank complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people
NGO document
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | War on Want

Webinar: Banks and Grievance Mechanisms, September 2018

BankTrack publication
2018-09-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Developing effective Grievance Mechanisms in the banking sector

BankTrack publication
2018-07-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Oxfam Australia

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

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

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

Correspondence
2018-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

NGO document
2018-02-27 00:00:00 | Edited by BankTrack

How banks contribute to human rights violations

BankTrack Human Rights Briefing Paper
BankTrack publication
2017-12-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Forest & Finance Briefing
NGO document
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
BankTrack publication
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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
BankTrack publication
2017-07-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Correspondence
2017-03-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

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

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
Correspondence
2017-06-14 00:00:00 | OHCHR

Human Rights Impact Briefing #3: Banks and Dirty Diesel

BankTrack publication
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Human Rights Impact Briefing: Banks and Dirty Diesel – Appendices

BankTrack publication
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Dirty Diesel

How Swiss Traders Flood Africa with Toxic Fuels
NGO document
2016-09-01 00:00:00 | Public Eye

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

Correspondence
2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Correspondence
2017-02-28 00:00:00 | Thun Group

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

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

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

Correspondence
2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others

ABN AMRO Human Rights Report 2016​

Annual report
2016-12-21 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO

Crédit Agricole response to BankTrack

Other bank document
2016-09-13 00:00:00 | Crédit Agricole

Sumitomo Mitsui response to BankTrack

Other bank document
2016-09-13 00:00:00 | Sumitomo Mitsui

HSBC response to Banktrack report

RE "Banking with Principles?" 2016
Other bank document
2016-07-25 00:00:00

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

BankTrack publication
2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack

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

Correspondence
2016-04-25 00:00:00 | Rabobank

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

BankTrack publication
2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack

BANKS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A LEGAL ANALYSIS

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

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

Correspondence
2016-01-15 00:00:00 | Citi

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

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

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

Correspondence
2015-12-11 00:00:00 | Deutsche Bank

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
BankTrack publication
2015-11-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Human Rights Position Statement

Bank policy
2015-11-05 00:00:00 | Commonwealth Bank

IRRESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS

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

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

Executive Summary of Fair Finance Guide Japan 1st Case Study
NGO document
2015-01-09 00:00:00 | Published by A SEED JAPAN, JACSES and PARC

Banking with Principles?

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

Human Rights Policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2018-04-01 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group

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.
Other document
2014-06-26 00:00:00 | OECD

Dirty Profits II

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

BankTrack on the Thun Group Paper on Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack publication
2013-12-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Discussion Paper for Banks on Implications of Principles 16–21
Other bank document
2013-11-04 00:00:00 | Thun group

Financing the Israeli Occupation

The Current Involvement of Israeli Banks in Israeli Settlement Activity
NGO document
2013-11-01 00:00:00 | Who Profits

Thun Group on Human Rights

Other bank document
2013-10-02 00:00:00

Dirty Profits

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

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

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

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

Other bank document
2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group

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

A guide for civil society organisations
NGO document
2012-11-29 00:00:00 | SOMO, CEDHA and Cividep India

Human rights commitments

Bank policy
2012-10-30 00:00:00 | Nordea

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

Other bank document
2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group

Human Rights Statement

Bank policy
2011-08-03 00:00:00 | Goldman Sachs

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

Correspondence
2012-03-26 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Proposed changes to the Draft Guiding Principles

BankTrack publication
2011-12-19 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration, BankTrack

The Corporate Responsibility to respect human rights

An Interpretive Guide
NGO document
2011-11-24 00:00:00 | United Nations Human Rights

The corporate responsibility to respect human rights

An interpretive guide
Other document
2011-11-20 00:00:00 | United Nations Human Rights

One step forward, two steps back

NGO document
2011-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration

A Risky Business: Tar Sands, Indigenous Rights and RBS

NGO document
2011-04-14 00:00:00 | Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign and UK Tar Sands Network

"Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"

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

joint NGO statement to IFC on human rights language Performance Standards

NGO document
2011-03-03 00:00:00 | Amnesty International

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

Other document
2011-02-22 00:00:00 | UK OECD National Contact Point

On the Horizon - Issue 18

Other document
2010-11-08 00:00:00 | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

BankTrack letter to Professor John Ruggie

Correspondence
2010-10-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack & Berne Declaration

Financing the Isaeli Occupation

NGO document
2010-10-18 00:00:00 | Who Profits

The human rights responsibilities of banks

BankTrack publication
2010-07-15 00:00:00 | BankTrack

How to do business with respect to Human Rights

Other document
2010-06-24 00:00:00 | Global Compact Network Netherlands

A roadmap for integrating human rights into the world bank group

NGO document
2010-04-21 00:00:00 | World Resources Institute

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

NGO document
2010-04-15 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration

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

Other document
2010-04-09 00:00:00 | Dr John Ruggie

Human rights charter

Bank policy
2009-12-15 00:00:00 | Crédit Agricole

Banking it right

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

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

Other document
2008-08-07 00:00:00

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

BankTrack publication
2008-08-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack, CIEL, Oxfam, WRI, BIC

UNEP-FI: CEO briefing to Human Rights

Other document
2008-06-30 00:00:00

Ending harmful investments

NGO document
2008-06-11 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen

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

Other document
2008-04-18 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN

Corporate duty to respect: The relevance of private finance

BankTrack publication
2007-12-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack

State duty to protect: The relevance of private finance

BankTrack publication
2007-11-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Company commitments on trade union rights

Other document
2007-09-23 00:00:00 | UNI Finance Global Union

Business and Human Rights - the evolving international agenda

Other document
2007-06-30 00:00:00 | John Ruggie / UN

Human Rights Are Banking Risks

BankTrack publication
2007-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Human Rights and Financial Sector Consultation

Other document
2007-02-16 00:00:00 | UN Special Representative on Human Rights and Business

State Responsibilities to Regulate and Adjudicate Corporate Activities

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

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

Other document
2007-02-09 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN

BankTrack letter to Dr Ruggie on banks and human rights

Correspondence
2006-12-18 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Financial Sector responsibility: The State of the Art

Other document
2006-11-30 00:00:00 | Andrew Newton, Ethical Corp.

HR: Security of People and Assets

Other document
2006-09-28 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Assessment

Other document
2006-09-28 00:00:00

Human Rights Policies and Management Practices of Fortune Global 500 firms

Other document
2006-09-28 00:00:00 | John Ruggie/UN

Conflict and project lending

NGO document
2006-09-19 00:00:00 | International alert

Where do you draw the line?

NGO document
2006-09-14 00:00:00 | Netwerk vlaanderen

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

NGO document
2006-07-05 00:00:00 | Forest Peoples Programme

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

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

Briefing on Indigenous Peoples and Private sector project financing

NGO document
2006-05-30 00:00:00 | Forest Peoples Programme

Banks, Business and Human Rights

Other document
2006-02-02 00:00:00

Transnational corporations and human rights: The business implications

Other document
2005-03-01 00:00:00 | Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

UN report on human rights and business

Other document
2005-02-15 00:00:00 | UN High Commissioner on Human rights

The UN human rights norms for business: towards legal accountability

NGO document
2004-12-01 00:00:00 | Amnesty International

Banking on human rights

Other document
2004-09-01 00:00:00 | ISIS Asset management and KPMG

Risks, responsibility and human rights

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

Total's mega oil project devastating communities in Uganda.

2020-09-24 14:08:40

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Swiss watchdog accepts human rights complaint against UBS Bank over private prison investments

2024-08-28 | New York and Nijmegen | BankTrack, Coalition for Immigrant Freedom, Worth Rises
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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.
2023-05-17 | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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ANZ launches human rights grievance mechanism in a first for the global banking sector

The bank’s move follows 2020 agreement reached in OECD complaints process
2021-11-03 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel, Equitable Cambodia, Inclusive Development International, SOMO
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Nominee shareholdings: UN Human Rights office confirms banks’ human rights responsibilities

UN advice clarifies application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to key financial instrument of relevance to OECD Guidelines case involving UBS and Hikvision
2021-10-05 | BankTrack, OECD Watch
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Strengthened OECD guidance on responsible banking

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Ahead of Rio Tinto AGM, new report highlights growing concerns to Serbian lithium mining plan

2025-04-03 | BankTrack, Mars sa Drine Collective
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New report: Financial irresponsibility

How finance escaped EU supply chain legislation – and what it means for the "Omnibus"
2025-03-31 | FinanzWende
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International CSOs call on banks to rule out finance for controversial Indian steel and coal project

Of 22 financiers of JSW Steel, none committed not to finance the much-opposed Utkal Steel project in Odisha
2025-03-13 | BankTrack
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Seven underwriters of “war bonds” instrumental in enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza, new research finds

Banks have underwritten Israeli government-issued bonds to the value of $19.4 billion since October 7th, 2023
2025-02-14 | BankTrack, PAX, Profundo
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These seven banks have supplied Israel’s genocide in Gaza to the tune of $20bn

Seven US and European investment banks have been propping up Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza to the tune of nearly $20bn. And a certain notorious company in particular is dripping in bankrolling complicity: Goldman Sachs.
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2025-02-14 | The Canary
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CSDDD: France advocates indefinite postponement, to the detriment of social and environmental justice

2025-01-24 | Paris | ActionAid France, BLOOM, CCFD - Terre Solidaire, CGT, Collectif Ethique sur l’Etiquette, Les Amis de la Terre France, Notre Affaire à Tous, Oxfam France, Reclaim Finance, Sherpa
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Omnibus proposal: +160 organisations call on EU lawmakers to safeguard corporate accountability laws

Joint statement by human rights and environmental groups, trade unions, and activists
2025-01-14 | BankTrack, European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), FIDH, Friends of the Earth Europe, Human Rights Watch, OECD Watch
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Most large banks failing to consider Indigenous rights

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2024-12-19 | Mongabay
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Most large banks failing to consider Indigenous rights

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2024-12-19 | Mongabay
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The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2024: our reflections and key takeaways

2024-12-12 | Lucilla Viola – BankTrack
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Raiffeisen Bank International still providing lifelines to Russian war economy, new BankTrack and B4Ukraine briefing shows

Nearly three years into the war on Ukraine, the Austrian lender continues to make billions in Russia, while its plans for exiting the country remain more unclear than ever.
2024-12-11 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine
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Most large banks still failing to implement UN human rights principles, new BankTrack benchmark finds

Despite gradual progress, banks show little action in addressing impacts, protecting vulnerable groups and supporting affected communities.
2024-11-27 | BankTrack
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More than 800 European financial institutions are bankrolling Israel’s illegal annexation, new research finds

2024-11-26 | BankTrack, Don't Buy Into Occupation
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COP29: New report on SOCAR highlights Azerbaijan’s damning fossil fuel and human rights record

2024-11-23 | Berlin / Baku | urgewald, CEE Bankwatch
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Tragedy in Mariana: Government and mining companies ink BRL 132B deal

2024-10-28 | Agencia Brazil
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UN experts warn banking sector’s Equator Principles on lack of accountability

Bank initiative responds saying it “considers its obligations are met” despite clear UN concerns
2024 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Barclays earned $1.7 billion from company tied to Indigenous land invasion

Financial powerhouses including Barclays, Vanguard and BlackRock made millions from financing Brazilian meatpacker JBS
2024-09-26 | London | Global Witness
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SNB and UBS: In the crosshairs for investments in private prison companies [DE]

Three NGOs accuse both institutes of violating the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct with their investments.
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2024-08-28 | Tippinpoint
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Swiss watchdog accepts human rights complaint against UBS Bank over private prison investments

2024 | New York and Nijmegen | BankTrack, Coalition for Immigrant Freedom, Worth Rises
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AXA ends investments with “Israeli” banks; withdraws $20M

2024-08-25 | Roya News
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Banche e istituti finanziari continuano a investire nella fornitura di armi a Israele

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2024-08-06 | Valori.it
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BankTrack set to publish 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark in November

50 of the world’s largest banks were invited to provide feedback on draft assessments of their human rights disclosures
2024-07-23 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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Rio Tinto Gets Simandou Approvals; Second-Quarter Iron-Ore Shipments Rise — Update

2024-07-16 | Morningstar
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Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade

Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality” as the civil war there grinds on, according to an independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday.
2024-06-27 | Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
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Mass arrests in Uganda, as hundreds gather worldwide urging China to halt EACOP

2024-06-26 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, #StopEACOP
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European financial institutions invest billions in arms companies that sell weapons to Israel

2024-06-20 | BankTrack, 11.11.11-Koepel van Internationale Solidariteit, Association France Palestine Solidarité, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Centre National de Coopération au Développement, European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine, European Legal Support Center, European Trade Union Network for Justice in Palestine, Fagforbundet - Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees, FairFin, Handel og Kontor i Norge (HK Norway), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Intersindical Alternativa de Catalunya, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, Norwegian People, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, PAX, The Rights Forum, Trocaire
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Major banks still allow human rights violations to persist: New report from FF Netherlands

Huge difference between policy and practice, especially at ING and Rabobank
2024-06-11 | Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
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Report - Barclays: Arming Israel’s Apartheid and Genocide

UK banking giant Barclays has ramped up its bankrolling of companies selling arms to Israel’s occupation and apartheid regime by 55% since 2021 – despite Israel committing plausible genocide against the Palestinian people.
2024-05-07 | Campaign Against Arms Trade, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want
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Banche sempre meno attente alle violazioni dei diritti umani: l'indagine BankTrack

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2024-05-02 | CityWire Italia
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BankTrack analysis reveals alarming decline in bank responsiveness to human rights allegations

Update of BankTrack’s Response Tracking database shows reduced transparency and fewer actions.
2024-05-01 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
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Citi, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo to face AGM challenges over indigenous rights impact

Shareholder proposals will demand greater transparency and adherence to international human rights standards
2024-04-26 | The Banker
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RBC on the defensive at its AGM as movement-led demands yield wins

Canada’s top fossil bank continues to violate Indigenous rights, global human rights while massively investing in fossil fuels
2024-04-11 | Toronto (on Traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples) | Fossil Free RBC
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NGOs call on banks and investors to cut TotalEnergies’ main source of finance

Some 60 NGOs from around the world signed an open letter calling on banks and investors to stop participating in bonds issued by TotalEnergies
2024-04-10 | Reclaim Finance
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Glass Lewis flags UniCredit's Russia risks, excessive CEO pay rise

2024-04-05 | Reuters
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Rio Tinto plots ‘nature targets’ to curb impact of huge mine in Africa

2024-04-05 | WAToday
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As Rio Tinto strives for 'impeccable ESG', investors raise water issues

2024-04-04 | Reuters
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Exclusive: Washington pressures Austria's Raiffeisen to drop Russian tycoon deal

2024-03-21 | Reuters
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Joint Civil Society Statement: We say YES to the CSDDD

Joint Civil Society Statement reacting to lack of majority in COREPER
2024-02-28 | European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
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Financiers warned of huge risks to communities and biodiversity as Rio Tinto approves world’s biggest mining project

2024-02-26 | Accra, Ghana and Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack, Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA)
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Rio Tinto approves world’s biggest mining project in west Africa

2024-02-22
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Guinea’s SMB to invest up to $1 billion to boost bauxite exports

2024-02-05 | Mining.com
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Guinea approves joint development deal for Simandou iron ore project

2024-02-04 | Reuters
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China Baowu raises $1.4 bln via bond, mostly for Simandou iron ore project

2024-01-31 | Reuters
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Is Raiffeisen's Strabag deal a step towards an exit from Russia?

2024-01-31 | Euromoney
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EU Due Diligence Directive deal: a missed opportunity to advance better outcomes for people adversely affected by bank finance

2024-01-25 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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A rush for ‘green’ iron is on in Guinea. Will chimpanzees be a casualty?

2024-01-17 | Mongabay
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Civil society groups file OECD complaint against Swiss and UK banks over private prison stock

Complaint specifies breaches of OECD Guidelines that have led to gross human rights violations
2024-01-16 | New York and Nijmegen | BankTrack, Coalition for Immigrant Freedom, Worth Rises
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World’s biggest mining project to start after 27 years of setbacks and scandals

2024-01-07 | Financial Times
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SocGen to sell stakes in Russian holdings to Potanin’s Rosbank

2023-12-25 | The Business Times
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US threatens sanctions on banks that help fund Russia’s war machine

2023-12-22 | Financial Times
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Raiffeisen, Strabag in deal to weaken Russia ties

2023-12-20 | Reuters
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Raiffeisen finds risky way to cut Russia exit cost

2023-12-20 | Reuters
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Raiffeisen and Deripaska skirt Russia sanctions with €1.5bn deal

2023-12-19 | Financial Times
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More sanctions on Russia agreed by EU leaders

2023-12-14 | Brussels, Belgium | Reuters
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European financial institutions continue to have extensive financial ties to companies linked to Israel’s illegal settlements

2023-12-12 | Brussels, Belgium | BankTrack, Don't Buy Into Occupation
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Open Letter - The EU must uphold Human Rights: Defenders’ call for a Human-Rights centred CSDDD

2023-12-07 | Brussels, Belgium | European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
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“Remedy should be the norm, not the exception”, says BankTrack at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

2023-12-01 | BankTrack
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Israel-Hamas conflict: Banks must avoid complicity in human rights violations

2023-11-21 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
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Rio Tinto filed nine lawsuits against Serbia

2023-11-15 | Balkan Green Energy News
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European banks and investors, including Allianz, Deutsche Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo, investing over €700m in companies tied to brutal violence against civilians in South Sudan

2023-11-14 | Global Witness
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Letter to the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) to ensure an effective CSDDD

2023-11-13 | European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
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Bank of America: funding fossil fuel expansion during time of climate crisis is a violation of human rights

Shocking new report details the human rights impact of the banking giant’s fossil fuel funding
2023-11-07 | Rainforest Action Network
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Financial institutions in the EU are driving harm to the environment and human rights

2023-10-31 | WWF
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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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Banks failing on human rights, says BankTrack

BankTrack finds the 50 largest banks are largely failing on their human rights record indicating poor progress on disclosures. Investors are watching.
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2023-10-26 | Capital Monitor
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Open Letter to EU member states on the inclusion of the financial sector in the CSDDD

2023-10-16 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, ClientEarth, E3G, Global Witness, ShareAction, WWF
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Rio Tinto in $157m first shout for Simandou

2023-10-06 | Financial Review
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Rio pins recovery hopes on mega Simandou iron ore project amid share price blows

2023-10-05 | City AM
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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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Investors Concerned About Banks’ Human Rights Performance

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2023-09-22 | ESG Investor
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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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Investors with US$861 billion in assets under management and advisement support findings of BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark

2023-09-21 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Rio Tinto shoulders Simandou iron ore bill as Chinese funds delayed - sources

2023-09-18 | London, UK | Reuters
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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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UN Working Group pushes back against “carveouts” and “presumptions” for finance sector in the EU’s CS3D

2023-08-30 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
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CEO of Austria's Raiffeisen: cannot give timeframe for Russia exit

2023-08-29 | Vienna, Austria | Reuters
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Czech Republic Investigating Raiffeisen Bank's Continued Russia Activities

2023-08-29 | Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
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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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Banks raised "green" finance for NordGold and then left communities affected by its Guinean goldmine stranded

Six European and Japanese banks helped mining company Nordgold raise $200 million “ESG-linked” financing. But they failed to address the impacts of its Lefa gold mine in Guinea, where affected people are seeking urgent relocation.
2023-08-24 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
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Profits in a war zone: French banks’ Myanmar investments

As international businesses (mostly) retreat from Russia, the same ethical decision making is not applied to Myanmar’s military junta.
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2023-08-17 | Capital Monitor
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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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Japan megabanks to tighten loan screening over human rights

Move comes in response to pressure from outside groups to address issue
2023-06-28 | Nikkei Asia
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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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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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NGOs urge Raiffeisen to exit Russia

2023-05-26 | Leasing Life
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Ukrainian and global civil society organisations call on Raiffeisen Bank International for a moral exit from Russia

2023-05-25 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
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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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EU vote on corporate sustainability due diligence fails to fully recognise key role of human rights defenders

Ahead of key vote in European Parliament plenary, over 60 civil society organisations sign statement calling for language on HRDs to be strengthened in final CSDDD text
2023-05-03 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel, Amazon Watch, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, CEE Bankwatch Network, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), EarthRights International, Forest Peoples Programme, Friends of the Earth US, Front Line Defenders, Global Witness, Rainforest Action Network
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On frontier of new ‘gold rush,’ quest for coveted EV metals yields misery

2023-04-27 | The Washington Post
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New toolkit guides investors on Indigenous rights respect

Due diligence for Indigenous rights is a responsibility of investors and is crucial for climate stability, biodiversity protection, and financial risk management
2023-04-26 | New York | Amazon Watch
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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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Australia’s big four banks face human rights complaint over Santos Barossa financing

2023-04-05 | Market Forces
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Alumina refinery project proposals set for two-week deadline by Guinea

2023-03-05 | AL Circle
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How Does the Financial Sector Relate to the European Commission’s Proposal For a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive?

2023-02-22 | EJIL:Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law
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UK MPs and peers find HSBC complicit in Hong Kong human rights abuses

Bank sided with China in denying pension payouts to people who fled crackdown, says all-party group
2023-02-08 | The Guardian
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Austria's Raiffeisen says Ukrainian sanctions target its leasing unit

2023-01-30 | Reuters
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Berta Cáceres: new rules for banks could help stop defender killings

2023-01-23 | Global Witness
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In the balance: Why European due diligence legislation must cover financial services

2023-01-16 | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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I diritti umani per le banche non sono una priorità. Rispetto al 2019 poche cose sono cambiate

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2023-01-02 | Luce.lanazione.it
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I diritti umani? Per le banche non sono una priorità

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2022-12-15 | Valori.it
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Banks excluded from latest EU due diligence draft law

The Council of the European Union has agreed to exclude banks and investment funds from a directive intended to eliminate human rights and environmental abuses in supply chains, but financial service providers will need to wait until next year for the final version of the law.
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2022-12-07 | Global Trade Review
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European financial institutions heavily invested in companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements

725 European Financial Institutions found to provide billions of dollars in finance to companies operating in Israel's illegal settlement enterprise
2022-12-05 | Brussels | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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Banks have a way to go on human rights: BankTrack

The latest BankTrack human rights survey finds that none of the 50 largest banks globally completely follow UN human rights principles.
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2022-12-02 | Capital Monitor
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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Equator Principles put on notice by CSOs to commit on climate, nature, human rights, and pandemics, ahead of 20th Anniversary in 2023

BankTrack, the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network and 25 CSOs sent an open letter to the Equator Principles Association ahead of its AGM outlining strong commitments to be made
2022-10-14 | BankTrack, WECAN
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Briefing: how the EU can make finance more sustainable

The European Commission has committed to making EU financial institutions more sustainable; it is now time to ensure its actions reflect this commitment.
2022-10-12 | Brussels, Belgium | BankTrack, Brot für die Welt, Fair Finance International, Frank Bold, Global Witness, International Service for Human Rights, ShareAction, Südwind, World Benchmarking Alliance, WWF
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Over 100 civil society and trade union organisations demand: EU law must put human rights before profits

2022-09-06 | Brussels, Belgium/Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack, Justice is Everybody's Business
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BankTrack’s Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022 to be published in November

52 large global banks received draft assessment of their human rights policies
2022-07-21 | The Hague, Netherlands | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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New Report: Barclays - Banking on Apartheid

2022-07-14 | Campaign Against Arms Trade, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want
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New report: Largest European banks bankroll high-risk arms traders

2022-07-12 | PAX
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Guinea extends deadline for bauxite miners to present refinery plans

2022-06-10 | Reuters
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Ukraine seizes Tatnefts’ assets in the country

2022-05-31
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BNP Paribas and Société Générale: stop financing climate destruction and human rights abuses

We report back from the two French bank AGMs of this week, where they were called out on finance for fossil fuels, forest biomass and illegal settlements
2022-05-19 | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack, Hannah Greep – BankTrack, Sumeyra Arslan – BankTrack
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Banco Santander takes a step on big oil, but what about big meat?

2022-05-02 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Sumeyra Arslan – BankTrack
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Asian banks falling behind in implementation of UN Human Rights Principles, new BankTrack benchmark shows

New benchmark of 18 Asian banks shows human rights performance below the global average
2022-04-05 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Wells Fargo's Human Rights Impact Assessment Leaves Shareholders Dissatisfied

A failure to publish the complete findings of the assessment has investors wondering about the integrity of the process and whether any learnings gleaned will inform much-needed reforms.
2022-03-14 | Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility
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BNP Paribas under the spotlight for major exposure to companies supporting illegal Israeli settlements 

2022-02-04 | Adrian Lakrichi – BankTrack
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Before the Flood: The dam that threatens one of Africa’s oldest national parks

Report reveals Chinese dam builder’s financial ties to banks and asset managers including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Standard Chartered, Société Générale, BlackRock and Vanguard.
2021-12-08 | Global Witness
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New database addresses lack of transparency about financial intermediary investments of IFC, FMO

2021-12-01 | International Accountability Project, Oxfam International, Profundo
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European financial institutions are investing in companies in illegal Israeli settlements

The Don’t Buy Into Occupation (DBIO) coalition’s new report exposes the financial relationships between European financial institutions and companies actively involved with the illegal Israeli settlements. Hannah Greep and Adrian Lakrichi from BankTrack look at the banks and financial institutions implicated.
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2021-11-17 | Ethical Consumer
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Investment money from banks and pension companies operating in Finland may have seeped into the Myanmar army - companies say they have now sold their holdings

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2021-11-06 | Finland | yle
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ANZ launches human rights grievance mechanism in a first for the global banking sector

The bank’s move follows 2020 agreement reached in OECD complaints process
2021 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel, Equitable Cambodia, Inclusive Development International, SOMO
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Nominee shareholdings: UN Human Rights office confirms banks’ human rights responsibilities

UN advice clarifies application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to key financial instrument of relevance to OECD Guidelines case involving UBS and Hikvision
2021 | BankTrack, OECD Watch
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New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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Climate Assembly calling for urgent and equitable action ahead of COP26

A gender-inclusive convening with representation from 40 countries with over 90 presenters, including panel on divestment from fossil fuels and deforestation
2021-09-07 | BankTrack, WECAN
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'Stop supplying military technology': Indian PSU advised to snap ties with Myanmar junta

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2021-08-17 | Counterview
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New bank links to Myanmar junta and atrocities found

19 international banks together invest over US$65 billion in shares of companies with ties to the Myanmar military junta
2021-07-28 | BankTrack, Justice For Myanmar
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SMB spends US $1 billion to open bauxite railway in Guinea

2021-06-23 | Shanghai Metals Market
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China’s top bauxite supplier set to boost output as rail starts

2021-06-17 | Mining.com
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"Money does not stink”: Belarus and the ethical values of Raiffeisen Bank International

2021-06-07 | Hamid B.
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UBS et Credit Suisse accusés d’investir dans des entreprises liées à l’armée birmane

(In French) UBS and Credit Suisse accused of investing in companies linked to the Burmese army
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2021-05-28 | Swissinfo.ch
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Svenska banker på lista över investerare som gynnar militären i Myanmar

2021-05-27 | Dagens Nyheter
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Nine international banks invest over US$24 billion in companies linked to Myanmar regime and atrocities

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase, UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas among the top banks investing in companies linked to the Myanmar military junta
2021-05-27 | BankTrack, Justice For Myanmar
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En Birmanie, des affaires qui risquent de ne pas faire les affaires des banques

2021-05-27 | Libération
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Piden a bancos internacionales suspender inversiones ligadas a junta birmana

2021-05-27 | swissinfo.ch
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As Human Rights Watch calls “apartheid” in Israel, Barclays again has questions to answer

BankTrack poses question at Barclays' AGM today
2021-05-05 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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New report details the gendered and racial impacts of the fossil fuel industry in North America and complicit financial institutions

2021-04-14 | San Francisco Bay Area, California | WECAN
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‘Silence not an option’: ANZ refuses to sign letter condemning Myanmar violence

2021-04-05 | BHRRC
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African banks responsive on human rights but most lack basic policies, finds new benchmark

Nigeria’s Zenith leads after publishing previously unavailable policies; state-owned National Bank of Egypt comes in last place with no points
2021-03-29 | BankTrack
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How Uganda’s ecofeminists are fighting back against oil-industry land grabs

2021-03-08 | Open Democracy
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Standard Bank reviewing oil pipeline financing concerns

2021-03-03 | Daily Monitor
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Swiss NCP misses the mark on UBS links to mass surveillance of Uighurs

UBS listed as owner of Hikvision shares it buys for its clients, yet Swiss NCP says no business relationship exists
2021-03-03 | BankTrack, OECD Watch
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NGOs' pressure on banks threatens $3.5bn pipeline project financing

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2021-03-02 | The East African
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In Brief: Nonprofits urge banks not to finance oil pipeline in East Africa

2021-03-01 | Devex
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Banks targeted in StopEACOP campaign

2021-03-01 | Energy Voice
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Organisations call on Standard Bank, others not to finance East African oil pipeline

2021-03-01 | Engineering News
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Organizations aim to block funds for East African oil pipeline

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2021-03-01 | Mongabay
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Banks urged to steer clear of East Africa oil pipeline financing

2021-03-01 | Reuters
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South Africa's Standard Bank to assess 'way forward' on East Africa oil pipeline

2021-03-01 | Reuters
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DRC - Two whistleblowers reveal fraudulent schemes

Two Congolese whistleblowers have revealed that their former employer, Afriland First Bank DRC, harbored networks engaged in money laundering and the circumvention of international sanctions...
2021-02-26 | PPLAAF
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Cross-regional letter to European Commission on the EU Human Rights Due Diligence legislation

2021-02-25 | Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
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Tanzania, Uganda in bid to help locals tap into $3.5billion pipeline project

2021-02-20 | The Citizen
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What are banks getting wrong on human rights? [$]

Banks' processes for implementing human rights considerations into their lending activities are far from perfect, reports Christopher Marchant
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2021-02-17 | Environmental Finance
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BankTrack responds to EU Commission’s consultation on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation

2021-02-08 | BankTrack
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Mass surveillance of the Uyghurs: Swiss NCP approves arbitration proceedings against UBS in an unprecedented move

2021-01-28 | Bern, Switzerland | Society for Threatened Peoples
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Why should banks support EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence?

2021-01-25 | Hannah Greep – BankTrack, Richard Gardiner - Global Witness
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Bougainville communities file human rights complaint against Rio Tinto for impacts of mine waste pollution

2020-09-29 | Human Rights Law Centre
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Dutch banks slammed by independent committee for failing to address client confidentiality

2020-08-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Global banks scrutinize their Hong Kong clients for pro-democracy ties

2020-07-20 | Reuters
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Joint CSO letter: EU law must mandate due diligence on human rights & environment

BankTrack joins 44 other organisations in calling for tough EU laws on environmental and human rights due diligence
2020-06-30 | BankTrack
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Mass surveillance of the Uyghurs: STP files complaint against UBS

Society for Threatened Peoples files complaint with the OECD's Swiss National Contact Point regarding UBS' continued relationship with China's Hikvision
2020-06-22 | Switzerland | Society for Threatened Peoples
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AXA triples investment in Israeli banks financing illegal settlements on eve of annexation

2020-06-05 | BDS Group
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Amid COVID-19, new 'Investor Toolkit on Human Rights' outlines roadmap for addressing risks to people in investments

The Investor Alliance’s latest guidance helps investors get the ‘people part’ of ESG right
2020-05-19 | New York | Investor Alliance for Human Rights
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Investors with over US$200b support BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark

A group of 80 investors representing over US$200 billion in assets under management and coordinated by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights has released a statement of support for the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark.
2020-03-18 | Investor Alliance for Human Rights
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Dutch banks fail to act on gender equality

Dutch banks still have far to go to realise gender equality in both their internal operations and their client and investee relationships. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by SOMO for the Fair Bank Guide on the performance of seven Dutch banks.
2020-03-12 | SOMO
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BC union shareholder proposal prompts RBC to confirm screening of U.S. private prison industry & commit to greater human rights disclosure and engagement

Following a shareholder proposal by the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has confirmed that it will not provide lending or financing services to companies including GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW). These U.S. private prison companies operate the majority of U.S. detention facilities currently detaining migrant families and children.
2020-03-05 | Burnaby, British Columbia | BC Government and Service Employees' Union
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ANZ agrees to landmark settlement with Cambodian farmers displaced by sugar company it financed

The agreement, the first of its kind by a commercial bank, sets an important human rights precedent for the banking industry worldwide.
2020-02-27 | Inclusive Development International
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Swedish banks linked to the war in Yemen

The seven largest banks in Sweden continue to finance and invest billions in companies involved in controversial arms exports, for example to countries participating in the Yemen conflict. This is shown in a follow-up report by Diakonia and the Fair Finance Guide.
2020-02-06 | Diakonia, Fair Finance Guide Sweden
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Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court

2020-01-30 | Friends of the Earth France
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Banche e diritti umani, il voto medio è 4 (su 14): la classifica

Grandi istituti internazionali in alcuni casi hanno sostenuto, finanziandoli, progetti contrari ai princìpi dell’Onu. Ecco i più eclatanti, come la diga in Brasile
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2020-01-22 | Corriera della Serra
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4 banche su 5 non rispettano i diritti umani. Il nuovo rapporto di BankTrack

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2019-12-07 | Valori
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‘Banks still only pay lip service to the UN Guiding Principles, with dire consequences’

BankTrack’s Ryan Brightwell says its latest human rights benchmark shows only ABN Amro has incorporated human rights into its reporting, while four out of five banks fail to meet the benchmark’s requirements
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2019-12-06 | Ethical Corporation
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Most banks fall short of U.N. human rights principles, BankTrack finds

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2019-11-27 | Pensions&Investments
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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Strengthened OECD guidance on responsible banking

2019 | BankTrack
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Dapilon-Santou Rail Project

2019-10-29 | Railway Technology
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Civil society groups call for an accountability mechanism for the Equator Principles

2019-08-27 | BankTrack, Accountability Counsel
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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.
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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
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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
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Duty of Care: Total served formal notice for its activities in Uganda

2019-06-27 | Friends of the Earth France
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‘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
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Bauxite mining and Chinese dam push Guinea’s chimpanzees to the brink

2019-05-21 | Mongabay
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Guinea: SMB-Winning Consortium Launches New 135-kilometer Railway

2019-04-10 | Kapital Afrik
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World’s biggest banks routinely hide links to human rights and environmental abuses behind client confidentiality – study

2019-03-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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SMB-Winning Boke Bauxite Mining Project

2018-12-31 | NS Energy
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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
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How to move the world: the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement's Increasing Leverage paper, phase one

2018-10-18 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Not rushing these things: The first Annual Report of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights

2018-08-29 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights publishes first annual report plus leverage and cocoa papers

2018-08-16 | BankTrack
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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
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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
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New Briefing Paper: How banks contribute to human rights violations

2017-12-08 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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SMB plans Guinea alumina refinery by 2022

2017-12-04 | Mining.com
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Steps forward and steps back on the road to access to remedy in the banking sector

2017-11-17 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Dutch development bank takes step forward on human rights, but must do more to protect defenders

2017-09-27 | Global Witness
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Israel/Palestine: Israeli banks supporting settlements

No domestic obligation to provide many services that aid rights abuses
2017-09-13 | Jerusalem | Human Rights Watch
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Fossil fuels and human rights – bank support for abuses has to stop

2017-07-13 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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UN office publishes detailed human rights guidance for banks

2017-06-15 | BankTrack
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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
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Guinea town's unrest a cautionary tale for African mining

2017-05-12 | Reuters, Reuters
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Banks and pension funds fail to act on allegations against Lundin Petroleum

2017-04-27 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
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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
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Scandinavian banks linked to violations of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo

2017-03-07 | Stockholm, Sweden | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
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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
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ABN AMRO's human rights report: a welcome first step but missing some important details

2017-02-16 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Netherlands and Belgium Violate International Law by Allowing the Export of Dirty Petrol and Diesel

2017-02-06 | CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
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ABN AMRO publishes first human rights report

2016-12-21 | ABN AMRO
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Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights?

2016-11-10 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Swedish banks invest in controversial arms trade

2016-09-14 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden
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Human rights groups call out the financial sector’s association with abuse

2016-07-27 | Sydney | GetUp!, Human Rights Law Centre
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‘More than half’ banks failing on human rights considerations, says report

2016-06-29 | Responsible Investor [$]
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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
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As the UN Guiding Principles turn five, BankTrack research shows three major gaps in banking sector implementation

2016-06-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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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
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Stuart Gulliver ‘has blood on his hands’ as HSBC AGM shines light on human rights abuses

2016-04-22 | London | Move Your Money UK
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Luxembourg: Serious gaps exposed in banking regulations to stem reckless arms trade that fuels atrocities

2016-01-29 | Luxembourg | Amnesty International
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ASN Bank works towards living wage in the garment industry

2016 | BankTrack
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BankTrack Blog: Access to remedy: Earth calling the banking sector

2015-11-20 | BankTrack Blog
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UN FORUM SERIES – What should banks do to take human rights seriously?

2015-10-31 | LSE Business & Human Rights blog
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Investment Alert on Coal India share offer

Forthcoming share sale follows years of environmental and human rights controversy
2015-09-22 | BankTrack
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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
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Swedish banks in breach of human rights guidelines

2015-06-17 | Stockholm | Amnesty International, Swedish Consumers’ Association, Fair Finance Guide
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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
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Hundreds of civil society groups demand human rights are enshrined in 2015 climate agreement

2014-12-11 | Lima | International NGOs coalition
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Only Half of Global Banks Have Policy to Respect Human Rights

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2014-12-09 | Inter Press Service
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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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
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Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
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OECD releases letters clarifying banks’ human rights responsibilities

2014-07-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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BankTrack Blog: Banks and human rights: hopes for progress from the Thun Group?

2014-06-19 | Thun | BankTrack Blog
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Batang Coal-Fired Power Plant – Human Rights Violations Continue, Residents Attacked Again in Violent Clash with Police

2014-05-12 | No Coal, Go Green
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ESCR-Net calls for Suspension of POSCO-India Steel Project Amidst Ongoing Human Rights Concerns

2014-01-16 | New York
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Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments - watchdog

2013-12-13 | London | Thompson Reuters
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Are big banks short-selling their leverage over human rights?

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2013-11-01 | The Guardian
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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
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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
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New website on human rights abuses linked to financial sector, launched (December 2012)

2012-12-09
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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
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Pension funds and banks invest millions in companies that supply controversial communication systems to Syria

2012-07-17 | The Hague, The netherlands | Oxfam Novib
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Banco Santander ranked second in the Spanish armed banking

2012-03-28 | Madrid, Spain | SETEM
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Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights
2011-07-14 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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Bank of Montreal Confronted on Indigenous Rights

2011-03-23 | RAN blog
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New Report on human rights violations by dams in Turkey

2011-03-14 | Potsdam, Germany | Countercurrent/ Gegenstroemung
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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
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Success: Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

2010-11-25 | Zuerich, Switzerland | Berne Declaration
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Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

2010-04-15 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
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Victoire Pinocchio : le Crédit Agricole revend ses titres Dongfeng

2009-10-29 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
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Banks shun harmful investments

New report shows examples of pioneering banks
2008-06-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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Bank Secrets Cracked

New report reveals alarming investment practices by financial groups
2007-12-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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Genocide in Darfur

No business with death
2007-10-29 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
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Human Rights are Banking Risks

New BankTrack paper released at UN consultation
2007-02-16 | Geneva | Berne Declaration
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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
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No party time for Burmese democrats

Action at Belgian banks against investments in Burma
2006-06-19 | Brussels, Belgium | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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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
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Belgian campaign puts banks under pressure to stop investing in Burma

Municipalities for Burma
2006-03-16 | Belgium | Netwerk Vlaanderen
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Belgian bank groups invest in companies that abuse human rights

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

ABN AMRO

Netherlands
Active

Agricultural Bank of China

China
Active

ANZ

Australia
Active

Banco Bradesco

Brazil
Active

Banco do Brasil

Brazil
Active

Banco Santander

Spain
Active

Bank of America

United States
Active

Bank of China

China
Active

Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Canada
Active

BBVA

Spain
Active

BNP Paribas

France
Active

BPCE

France
Active

Caixa Econômica Federal

Brazil
Active

CaixaBank

Spain
Active

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

Canada
Active

China Construction Bank

China
Active

Citi

United States
Active

Commerzbank

Germany
Active

Commonwealth Bank

Australia
Active

Crédit Agricole

France
Active

Crédit Mutuel

France
Active

Danske Bank

Denmark
Active

Deutsche Bank

Germany
Active

DZ Bank

Germany
Active

Goldman Sachs

United States
Active

HSBC

United Kingdom
Active

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

China
Active

ING

Netherlands
Active

Intesa Sanpaolo

Italy
Active

Itaú-Unibanco

Brazil
Active

JPMorgan Chase

United States
Active

Lloyds Banking Group

United Kingdom
Active

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Japan
Active

Mizuho Financial Group

Japan
Active

Morgan Stanley

United States
Active

National Australia Bank (NAB)

Australia
Active

NatWest Group

United Kingdom
Active

Nordea

Finland
Active

Rabobank

Netherlands
Active

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Canada
Active

Scotiabank

Canada
Active

Société Générale

France
Active

Standard Chartered

United Kingdom
Active

State Bank of India

India
Active

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Japan
Active

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

Japan
Active

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank)

Canada
Active

UBS

Switzerland
Active

UniCredit

Italy
Active

Wells Fargo

United States
Active

Westpac

Australia
Active

Credit Suisse

Switzerland
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