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2019-10-28 12:08:48

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Civil society groups react to U.S. backing of African oil pipeline EACOP, which could force 100,000 people from their lands

2022-05-20 | The Latin Post
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Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to Talk Gas, Local Content and Investment at AEW 2022

Mozambique’s newly elected energy minister, H.E. Carlos Zacarias, will go to Cape Town to discuss Mozambique’s gas miracle as he pushes for renewed investment in the high potential gas economy
2022-05-10 | African Energy Week
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Aandeelhoudersactivisme gaat niet snel genoeg

2022-05-02 | Het Financieele Dagblad (FD)
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Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero: Campaigners voice fears group is becoming a 'smokescreen'

2022-04-21 | BusinessGreen
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Uganda oil project casts shadow over Total’s eco-friendly image

French energy firm plans to drill in national park and build 900-mile pipeline in sensitive environments
2022-04-19 | Guardian / Floodlight
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Banks say they're getting tough on coal, but they keep lending trillions to polluters

2022-04-11 | CNN Business
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BankTrack warns against Recon financing

2022-04-04 | Namibia | New Era
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Biggest 60 banks in the world pumped US$742 billion into fossil fuel funding in 2021 — report

2022-04-01 | The Edge Markets Malaysia
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World's top banks pumped $742 billion into fossil fuels in 2021 - report

2022-03-31 | Reuters
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World's biggest banks poured billions into fossil fuel expansion despite ‘net zero’ targets

2022-03-31 | Morning Star
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Canadian banks keep financing fossil fuels

2022-03-31 | The Tyee
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European banks cut fossil fuel financing, unlike North American peers – report

2022-03-30 | S&P Global
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Il colossale greenwashing di petrolio e gas delle grandi banche che finanziano il caos climatico

2022-03-30 | Greenreport.it
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Global banks keep up pace with $742bn in fossil fuel finance despite climate pledges

2022-03-30 | The Financial Times
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Standard Bank lays out path to net-zero by 2050; Gulf central banks raise rates

2022-03-23 | S&P Global
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Standard Bank aims for net zero by 2050, activists press for more

2022-03-16 | Johannesburg, SA | Reuters, Reuters
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British MPs urge global banks to close Russian offices ‘without delay’

Labour’s Margaret Hodge says banks including Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse have ‘moral duty’ to exit quickly
2022-03-06 | The Guardian
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South African banks opt out of EACOP financing

Four of South Africa’s five major banks have said they will not support the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), in Uganda and Tanzania.
2022-02-08 | Energy Source
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Fifteen banks now steering clear of East African oil project, says Just Share

2022-02-08 | Mining Weekly
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Activists call out Standard Bank for mulling over east Africa oil pipeline

2022-02-08 | News24
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Total pushes ahead with Uganda oil project, stays silent on financial backers

The French oil giant has struggled to attract finance for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and opponents say it does not have funding in place
2022-02-06 | Climate Home News
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Britain turns to bankers to blaze a green trail

The financial industry will be relied on to meet climate goals. NatWest, a lender to oil giants, provides a template.
2021-12-02 | New York Times
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The Equator Principles are not stopping banks from funding fossil fuels

Following their new report, Hannah Greep from BankTrack discusses how The Equator Principles are failing the climate.
2021-11-23 | Economy, Land and Climate Insight
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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.
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

(In Finnish)
2021-11-06 | Finland | yle
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How green is your bank? New research says banks still fund fossil fuel projects

2021-11-06 | Canada | The Weather Network
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Coal finance: Germany's top banks face pressure to tighten lending policies

2021-11-04 | S&P Global
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Spoof Santander posters appear across Glasgow ahead of COP26

Spoof Santander posters have been appearing across Glasgow in an effort by climate campaigners to highlight the bank's funding of fossil fuels ahead of COP26.
2021-10-29 | Glasgow | The National
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NAB targeted by Indigenous group over stake in Canadian pipeline

2021-10-20 | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Six of Canada's Largest Banks Join United-Nations-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance

2021-10-15 | Newswire
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Borrowed Time

Can banks and other project financiers live up to their promises on climate and human rights? Are Equator Principles delivering – or at risk of losing their relevance?
2021-10-04 | Law Society Gazette
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'Stop supplying military technology': Indian PSU advised to snap ties with Myanmar junta

2021-08-17 | Counterview
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Standard Bank points to climate progress amid activists’ anger

2021-06-08 | Capital Monitor
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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
2021-05-28 | Swissinfo.ch
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Intl banks asked to suspend investments linked to Myanmar junta

2021-05-27 | La Prensa Latina Media
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Critics take aim at UK financial sector, the world's 9th-largest carbon emitter

2021-05-26 | S&P Global
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As Nordic banks aim to go greener, lending lags asset management pledges

2021-04-20 | S&P Global
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NatWest sees big opportunities in race to go green, says climate chief

2021-04-09 | Yahoo Finance
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Big banks’ trillion-dollar finance for fossil fuels ‘shocking’, says report

2021-03-24 | The Guardian
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Climate Chaos: NGOs Name Top Banks Who Put $3.8 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels

2021-03-24 | Forbes
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BNP Paribas Bucked 2020 Bank Trend in Fossil-Fuel Financing

2021-03-24 | Bloomberg
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Total’s play for Ugandan oil tests the climate commitment of international banks

2021-03-22 | Climate Home
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NGOs' pressure on banks threatens $3.5bn pipeline project financing

2021-03-02 | The East African
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Standard Bank to review ‘Way Forward’ on East Africa Oil Pipeline

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

2021-03-01 | Mongabay
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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
2021-02-17 | Environmental Finance
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SASB, CDP, Ceres, 2ii and ShareAction vie to be part of oversight body for Principles of Responsible Banking

But Dutch NGO raises concerns about banks’ role in selection process
2021-02-10 | Responsible Investor
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Fighting climate change by shutting down the money pipeline

2021-02-04 | Bloomberg News green
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Bankernas investeringar i fossilbolag

2021-02-03 | Studio Ett
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Bolund till bankerna: Stoppa fossil utlåning

Storbankerna måste snabbt stoppa finansieringen av projekt som är dåliga för klimatet, annars hotar lagstiftning. Det säger finansmarknadsminister Per Bolund (MP) till TT.
2021-02-02 | Aftonbladet
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Förbjud bankernas stöd till fossilbolagen

Bankernas finansiella verksamhet är en blind fläck i det svenska klimatarbetet. Trots Parisavtalet fortsätter svenska banker att låna ut hundratals miljarder kronor till bolag inom kol, olja och gas. Nu måste regeringen täppa till luckan i klimathandlingsplanen så att inte bankerna kan låna ut pengar till fossilbolag som inte vill eller kan ställa om, skriver Naturskyddsföreningen och Sveriges Konsumenter.
2021-02-02 | Expressen
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DNB, SEB and Nordea among biggest Scandinavian fossil fuel lenders

2021-02-02 | Environmental Finance
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De­bat | Ox­fam Ibis og MS: Ny rap­port vi­ser Dan­ske Bank og Nor­deas sto­re kli­ma­hyk­le­ri

Selvom Danske Bank og Nordea erklærer deres støtte til Paris-aftalen, har bankerne siden postet milliarder i fossile selskaber
2021-02-01 | BØrsen
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Business-overblik: Det startede med 465 kvm på Broadway på Manhattan og ender nu i stor fiasko: Tiger lukker alle butikker i USA

Her er de vigtigste businessnyheder, du bør kende til, før du for alvor tager hul på dagen. Vi læser erhvervsnyhederne og tjekker aktiekurserne, før du står op, så du fra morgenstunden kun behøver at læse én artikel for at være opdateret.
2021-02-01 | Berlingske
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Ga Paris-løfte, men DNB fortsetter å låne ut til olje og gass

2021-02-01 | Oslo | Vårt Land
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SEB lånar ut miljarder till ”klimatvärstingar”

2021-02-01 | Expressen
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Nordic Banks Slow to Cut Lending to Fossil-Fuel Sector: Report

2021-02-01 | Bloomberg
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Kalla fakta del 2 - Bankens smutsiga hemlighet

2019 skriver SEB's vd under ett avtal gallande ansvarsfull bankverksamhet som amnar att pressa varldens ledare att stoppa klimathotet. Ett ar senare framkommer det att SEB fortsatt lana ut miljardbelopp till nagra av varldens storsta klimatbovar
2021-02-01 | Tv 4
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Storbankerna stänger dörren för fossilbolag: ”Kommer tacka nej till kunder”

Svenska storbanker inför hårdare klimatkrav för att finansiera fossilindustrin. Redan i år kommer SEB att börja fasa ut engagemang i kol-, gas- och oljesektorn, och Swedbank slutar helt med nyutlåning till okonventionell utvinning.
2021-02-01 | Dagens industry
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Nordea og Danske Bank beskyldes for klimasvigt: Har lån for 168 mia. kr. i sorte selskaber

Forbrugerrådet Tænk sætter ind med et nyt værktøj, der skal hjælpe bankkunderne til at gennemskue bankernes finansiering af fossil energi. Bankerne afviser, at de svigter klimaet og kritiserer ngo-rapport for at være unuanceret.
2021-01-31 | Finans
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Why your banking habits matter for the climate

It might not be the most obvious way of reducing your carbon footprint, but how you save, invest and give away your money can make a difference to the climate.
2021-01-27 | BBC
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The World Today, Israel

Coverage of the EACOP pipeline on Israeli TV channel Kan11
2021-01-11 | Tel Aviv | IPBC: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Switching your bank might help slow the climate crisis

It can prevent your money from being used to finance fossil fuels
2020-12-29 | Popular Science
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Revealed: Government considering backing for oil pipeline project despite green pledges

Backing for overseas fossil fuel projects is 'rank hypocrisy' as Britain hosts climate change summit and urges public to go green
2020-12-07 | Telegraph (UK)
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Thermal coal miners to seek private route for financing amid rising ESG tide

2020-11-26 | S&P Global Market Intelligence
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BankTrack: Equator Principles projects 'unsatisfactory' on local engagement

2020-11-25 | Environmental Finance
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Barclays fossil fuel financing increases despite ‘net zero’ pledge

2020-11-11 | City A.M.
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Barclays and HSBC kept under pressure by climate campaigners

2020-11-11 | Financial News London
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Equator Principles criticised for continued prioritisation of developed nations

2020-10-02 | Environmental Finance
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Still banking on fossil fuels

By some measures, bank lending to fossil fuel projects and companies continues to rise. Will growing climate risk awareness and regulatory intervention turn the tide?
2020-09-25 | Mark Nicholls, Energy Monitor
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What have the UN’s Principles for Responsible Banking accomplished in their first year?

2020-09-23 | Financial Times
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Unite or die: the UN Principles for Responsible Banking one year on

2020-09-21 | Climate Risk Review
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HSBC and JPMorgan Chase’s role in climate crisis makes them unworthy award winners, campaigners say

2020-09-18 | DeSmog UK
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The Principles for Responsible Banking: One year on

2020-09-16 | Environmental Finance
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Equator Principles banks fail to comply in most risky projects, says study

BankTrack urges body to ramp up oversight of members, as report reveals high-levels of non-compliance
2020-08-11 | Responsible Investor
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BankTrack: Banks are failing to follow Equator Principles

Signatory banks to the Equator Principles may be failing to uphold its standards such as grievance mechanisms in current projects being financed, according to a report by NGO BankTrack.
2020-08-11 | Environmental Finance
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Standard Bank investors urged to oust directors on climate fears

2020-06-08 | Bloomberg
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Before Bailing Out Fossil Fuel Companies or Their Bankers, Congress Should Read This

2020-03-24 | Union of Concerned Scientists
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Fossil fuel funding by world’s biggest banks has grown every year since the Paris Agreement, report finds

America’s JP Morgan Chase has pumped more than the GDP of Finland into fossil fuels expansion since the Paris climate accord of 2015, while Japan’s and China’s mega banks have also been ‘failing miserably’ in their response to climate change over the last four years, a report from a coalition of NGOs has shown.
2020-03-20 | Eco-Business
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Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels

Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement
2020-03-18 | The Guardian
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Four US banks are the world's largest fossil fuel financers: analysis

2020-03-18 | The Hill
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50 simple ways to make your life greener

Expert tips on how to be kinder to the planet – from cooking and cleaning to fashion and finance
2020-02-29 | The Guardian
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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
2020-01-22 | Corriera della Serra
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Scottish Bank promises ethical and transparent investments

A new public bank for Scotland was formally established yesterday (January 21) and made a legal obligation to have ethical standards for its investments.
2020-01-22 | Environment Journal
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HSBC lags as finance cleans up on Asian energy

2020-01-22 | Asia Times
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Greenpeace hits out at Davos banks for $1.4tn climate hypocrisy

Report highlights financial support given to hydrocarbon sector by 24 institutions
2020-01-21 | The Guardian
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Heiße Luft

Der Fall Siemens zeigt, wie schwierig es für Konzerne ist, ihre hehren Klimaversprechen einzuhalten. Umweltschützer haben längst auch Großprojekte anderer Unternehmen im Visier.
2020-01-14 | Spiegel
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Asia's appetite for coal grows, with China the key decider

India's consumption forecast to climb even as renewables flourish
2020-01-13 | Nikkei Asian Review
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Climate groups turn up the heat on big banks, insurers

2020-01-13 | Politico
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Credit Suisse cuts profit targets and pivots away from coal

2019-12-11 | City A.M.
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Banks lent $1 trillion for coal power plants: Report

2019-12-08 | The Straits Times
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4 banche su 5 non rispettano i diritti umani. Il nuovo rapporto di BankTrack

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
2019-12-06 | Ethical Corporation
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La finance mondiale a fourni 745 milliards pour le charbon

2019-12-06 | CBC - Radio Canada
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Big European banks face call to end funding for firms building coal-fired plants

2019-12-05 | Reuters
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Most banks fall short of U.N. human rights principles, BankTrack finds

2019-11-27 | Pensions&Investments
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Bank of America, Goldman and SocGen singled out for ‘human rights failings’

Pressure group says four out of five banks are ‘failing’ on human rights — though Citi, Barclays and Dutch bank ABN Amro win praise
2019-11-26 | Financial News
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Saudi Aramco IPO: climate change fears cause banks to miss out on millions in fees

2019-11-21 | The Independent
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French banks still funding coal despite finance minister’s plea

2019-11-15 | EurActiv
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Banks set to cash in on the Saudi Aramco IPO want you to know they’re still serious about climate change

2019-11-14 | Fortune
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Why environmental transparency in banking matters

2019-10-25 | Environment Journal
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Santander criticised for investments in Polish coal expansion

2019-10-17 | Environmental Finance
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Banks tout green credentials yet cling to fossil-fuel clients

2019-10-03 | Bloomberg
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RBS urged to end financing of the coal, oil and gas sectors

2019-09-28 | The Herald
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Groups challenge RBS over fossil fuel investments

2019-09-28 | The National
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Lily Cole calls on UK banks to take climate crisis more seriously

2019-09-28 | The Guardian
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Biggest banks sit out new industry climate-goals commitment

2019-09-22 | Bloomberg
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The UN banking principles are welcome – but do they go far enough to stop climate destruction?

2019-09-21 | openDemocracy
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Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns

2019-09-17 | The New Yorker
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Equator Principles revision under fire from investors and NGOs

2019-09-02 | Environmental Finance
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Imagine UBS becoming carbon neutral

2019-08-05 | Republik
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Japan seeks climate leadership at G-20 summit but can’t kick its coal habit

2019-06-27 | The Washington Post
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It’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking system

2019-05-13 | openDemocracy
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Every penny counts when it comes to climate change

2019-04-24 | Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Climat : les banques investissent toujours plus dans les energies fossiles

2019-04-09 | Reporterre
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‘Time to end the farce about banks and client confidentiality’

Ryan Brightwell of BankTrack argues that people have the right to know who is financing companies that commit human and environmental rights abuses
2019-03-27 | Ethical Corporation
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Banks accused of ‘hiding behind’ client confidentiality

Pressure group finds contradictions and inconsistencies in policies of 'never commenting on specific clients'
2019-03-26 | Financial News London
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Wie Großbanken den Klimawandel begünstigen

2019-03-23 | Handelsblatt
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Banks' fossil fuel funding rises, environmental groups warn

2019-03-21 | S&P Global
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UK environmentalists target Barclays in fossil fuels campaign

2019-03-20 | The Guardian
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Banken finanzieren die Klimakrise

2019-03-20 | taz
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BNP Paribas fund arm plans €1bn coal divestment

French asset manager is latest company to reduce fossil fuel exposure
2019-03-14 | FT
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HSBC faces call to end all new coal power financing

2019-03-06 | Financial Times
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Racketeering lawsuit by Dakota Access developer dismissed

2019-02-14 | The Washington Times
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'Brutal news': global carbon emissions jump to all-time high in 2018

2018-12-05 | The Guardian
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Global Coal Demand Increased In 2017

"...BankTrack.org finds that bank financing for coal did drop in 2016 right after the signing of the Paris Climate Accord only to go back up again in 2017..."
2018-11-15 | Forbes
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CSR: Sending out the wrong message on climate change

2018-10-16 | Euromoney
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Judge says Dakota Access developer can’t sue BankTrack

2018-07-26 | Washington Post
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Nippon Life takes hard line in Japan’s anti-coal finance shift

2018-07-13 | Bloomberg
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Sumitomo Mitsui signals it may curb coal-fired power financing

2018-05-16 | Bloomberg
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Cracks emerge in coal haven as insurers mull funding curbs

2018-05-14 | Bloomberg
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The war on coal is making the world’s top mine owners a lot richer

2018-05-02 | Bloomberg
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Which European banks do the most to stop climate change?

2018-03-29 | EuroNews
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Environmental groups warn banks over 'extreme' fossil fuel exposure

2018-03-29 | S&P Global Market Intelligence
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'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report reveals

2018-03-28 | The Guardian
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Bank financing of ‘extreme fossil fuels’ rises 11% to $115bn

2018-03-28 | The Financial Times
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Bank financing of extreme fossil fuel soars, according to damning report

2018-03-28 | The Independent
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Les banques anglo-saxonnes relancent le financement des énergies les plus polluantes

2018-03-28 | Les Echos
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Banken pumpen Milliarden in klimaschädliche Industrien

2018-03-28 | Sueddeutsche Zeitung
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De kritische tegenstem elimineren via een rechtszaak

2018-02-16 | Nederlands Dagblad
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Insurance giant Axa dumps investments in tar sands pipelines

2017-12-12 | The Guardian
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Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-12-11 | Financial Times
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Equator Principles to get first overhaul since 2013

2017-11-07 | Environmental Finance
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Activists in Johannesburg Join a Global Call to Action: Standard Bank Give the Equator Principles Teeth!

2017-10-26 | AfricaNewsAnalysis
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Pressure rising over indigenous rights at bank sustainability initiative the Equator Principles

2017-10-10 | Responsible Investor
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Energy Transfer suit claims Greenpeace incites eco-terrorism

2017-08-23 | Bloomberg
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