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About Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse Group was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It serves companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. The Credit Suisse bank offers services in private banking, investment banking, and asset management.

Website http://www.credit-suisse.com
Headquarters
Paradeplatz 8
8070 Zurich
Switzerland
CEO/chair Thomas Gottstein
CEO
Supervisor
FINMA
Annual reports Annual report 2018
CSR report 2018
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext & SIX Swiss Exchange

Credit Suisse's share holder structure can be accessed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

Credit Suisse has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.

Projects - active profiles

Annova LNG Terminal United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 20 million
26 May 2016 - 26 May 2021
Part finance of USD 600 million revolving credit facilty
source: Sec.gov
link

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 317 million
November 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 5 billion to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.1
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 25.5 million
October 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 300 million to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.2
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 340 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Israeli illegal settlements Israel profile

Construction | transport and infrastructure
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 3.1 million
Credit Suisse owns and manages shares in Bank Leumi, which are active in the Israeli Settlements.
source: www.11.be
link
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 2.8 million
Credit Suisse owns and manages shares in Bank Hapaolim, which is active in Israeli Settlements
source: www.11.be
link

Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 500 million
November 2019 - November 2049
Consisting of: USD 125 million (30 year), USD 125 million (6 year), USD 250 million (10 year)
source: IJGlobal database, copyright 2020, all rights reserved
link
Debt – corporate loan
Credit Suisse does not provide direct financing for the Line 3 replacement but provides revolving credit for Enbridge.
source: Greenpeace
link

Mountain Valley Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 41 million
18 February 2014 - 18 February 2019
source: EQM filings at the SEC
link

Solwara 1 Deep Sea Mining Project Papua New Guinea profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 111.06 million
2013
Provided to Metalloinvest and its subsidiaries since 2013
source: Profundo report
link
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 280.95 million
2013
Provided to Metalloinvest and its subsidiaries since 2013
source: Profundo report
link

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
Co financed CAD 14 billion corporate loan to Kinder Morgan including underwriting from January 1, 2014 through May 2017
source: Mazaska Talks
link

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin Argentina profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 300 million
Credit Suisse co-financed a USD 300 million credit line for Vista Oil & Gas for its 400-well drilling programme
source: Financial Times (2018)
link

Wink to Webster Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 600 million
28 May 2019 - 28 May 2024
Co-financed USD 600 million credit facility for Rattler Midstream
source: Sec.gov
link
There are no active projects for Credit Suisse now.

Projects - on record profiles

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised

Canadian tar sands Canada profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
USD 4,818.4 million
2009
Total Tar Sands Financing
source: link

Dynegy coal power plants United States profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
August 2007
Debt – corporate loan
May 2007
Bond issue – underwriter
May 2007

Kaltim Prima Coal mine Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 1,639.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 667.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Kusile coal power plant South Africa profile

energy plants - coal
Advisor
April 2010
Helping with the sale of a stake in Kusile
source: link

Maules Creek coal mine Australia profile

mining - coal
Approached, interested
December 2012
participated in ANZ's syndicated loan
source: link

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 143 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 254 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Patents on chimpanzees and other animals - international - profile

animal experiments | genetic engineering
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 3.12 billion
31 December 2014
Credit Suisse is the 6th-largest shareholder of Novartis
source: Profundo, 2015
Uncategorised
USD 87.5 million
November 2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse was part of a bond issuing syndicate for La Roche worth USD 350
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 5.75 billion
2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse is in a bond issuing syndicate worth USD 5,75 billion for La Roche
source: Profundo 2015
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 2.5 billion
2014
Credit Suisse is amongst the top ten shareholders of La Roche, owning 1.07% of its shares
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 315 million
2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse was part in a bond issuing syndicate for Pfizer, worth USD 4.5 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 320 million
2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse Securities was part of a banking syndicate issuing Novartis bonds worth USD 4 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 591 million
2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse participated in a 20-bank syndicate securing a revolving credit facility for Pfizer worth USD 7 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 670 million
2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse was part in a bond issuing syndicate for Pfizer, worth USD 4 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 599.7 million
2012
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - In 2012, Credit Suisse was part of a two-bank syndicate issuing new bonds for La Roche worth USD 1.2 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 80 million
2012
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Credit Suisse Securities was part of a banking syndicate issuing Novartis bonds worth USD 2 billion
source: Profundo 2015

Phulbari coal mine Bangladesh profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
Owning or managing shares or bonds - Credit Suisse manages shares on behalf of clients.
source: GCM website, letter Credit Suisse

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 100 million
June 2008
Participation in loan of $1.6 billion provided by a consortium of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., and BNP Paribas, in addition to $3.7 billion loan provided by JBIC
Advisor
2001

Tamar Valley Pulp Mill Tasmania (formerly Gunns Pulp Mill) Australia profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Share issue – underwriter
Issuing of rights
source: Business Spectator, 21 August 2008

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Uncategorised
USD 1.27 million
1 April 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - shareholding in Archipelago Resources
source: Bloomberg, April 2010

Woodside Petroleum’s gas refinery Australia profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised

Companies - active profiles

Adani India profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal | oil and gas
Share issue – underwriter
USD 145.88 million
2016 - 2018
source: Coalexit.org database
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 71 million
2014 - 2017
Combined total share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link

APRIL Indonesia profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 50 million
15 August 2013
part of a syndicated loan of in total USD 1 billion
source: Global Capital (20 May 2013) and Reuters China (15-08-2013)
link

CEZ Group Czech Republic profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 4 million
2016 - 2018
source: Fool's Gold: The financial institutions bankrolling Europe's most coal-dependent utilities
link

Eldorado Brasil Brazil profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 316 million
10 June 2016 - 10 June 2021
Five year cross border bond, Eldorado's first international offering
source: Latinfinance.com
link

Lockheed Martin United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
EUR 44 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) Poland profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 183.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 12 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 102 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 586.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 678.2 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.
Debt – corporate loan
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 42.8 million
source: RWE, Essen, 26 June 2003; RWE, Essen, 25 November 2008; RWE, Essen, 21 July 2003; Thomson ONE database; Website RWE Group (www.rwe.com).

UPM-Kymmene Finland profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 32 million
2011 - 2017
Loans and underwriting between 2011 and 2017
source: Profundo, 2017
There are no active companies for Credit Suisse now.

Companies - on record profiles

Alliant Techsystems United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Credit Suisse's role in Alliant Techsystems can be found here:
source: link

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 137 million
November 2013
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 38.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 4.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Arch Coal United States profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 190 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 91 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 142.9 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 200.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Areva France profile

energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 45 million
November 2013
source: link
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 1.6 million
source: Reuters3000 financial database

Asian Agri Indonesia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
USD 125 million
before 2014
source: link

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 22.4 million
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008; Website ADR.com; Thomson ONE database.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 47.6 million
source: International Financing Review, London, 9 September 2004; International Financing Review, London, 26 March 2005; International Financing Review, London, 23 April 2005; Annual Report 2005, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, September 2005.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 81.5 million
source: Prospectus Supplement, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 5 December 2005; BHP Billiton Prices Global Bond, Press release BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 6 December 2005.

Bumi Resources Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 1,639.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 667.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

BW Plantations Indonesia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised

Coal India India profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 145.3 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 184.2 million
source: Thomson ONE database

Elbit Systems Israel profile

arms industry and trade | aviation | security and surveillance systems
Equity – share owner/manager

Eletrobras Brazil profile

energy distribution | energy efficiency | energy plants - biomass | energy plants - dams | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - ocean energy | energy plants - solar | energy plants - thermoelectric | energy plants - wind | energy transmission
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 108.01 million
source: Press release Eletrobras, Rio de Janeiro, 27 July 2009.

En+ Group Russian Federation profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Approached, interested
2017
Participates in USD 1.5 billion IPO
source: En+ Group press release
link

ENGIE France profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Uncategorised
EUR 3.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 11.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 621 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 269.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

HAGL Vietnam profile

agriculture - non-food crops
Bond owner/manager
source: link

IOI Corporation Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
USD 3,437 million
30 June 2015
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shareholding
source: Thomson ONE Banker

Kinder Morgan United States profile

energy distribution | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
19 September 2014
Co-financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility
source: www.sec.gov
link

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) South Korea profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal | nuclear industry
Share issue – underwriter
USD 71 million
2014 - 2017
Share and bond issuance combined
source: Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 132.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 97 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 319.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 34.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
Principal manager.
source: Website Rio Tinto (www.riotinto.com); Euroweek - Issue 1007; Reuters, London, 22 November 2007; The Sunday Times, London, 25 November 2007.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 0.4 million
source: Thomson ONE database.

Samling Hong Kong profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Share issue – underwriter
March 2007

Sappi South Africa profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Uncategorised
USD 125 million
1994
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - through its investment fund DLJMB
source: Equity SD Warren 1994

Sime Darby Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
EUR 7.83 million
30 April 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares
source: Profundo report 2013
Uncategorised
EUR 2.25 million
March 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Bonds
source: Profundo report 2013

Sinar Mas Indonesia profile

agriculture - palm oil | forestry - pulp and paper
IPO underwriter
June 2009
for its palm oil segment
source: link

Singapore Technologies Engineering Singapore profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Credit Suisse's role in Singapore Technologies Engineering can be found here:
source: link

SUEK Russian Federation profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 14 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

TC Energy Canada profile

Debt – corporate loan
USD 500 million
14 December 2017 - 14 December 2018
Co financed USD 500 million credit facility to TransCanada American Investment
source: Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2017
Co financed USD 1.5 billion credit renewal
source: Data provided by Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2016
Co financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility

Textron United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Credit Suisse's role in Textron can be found here:
source: link

Trafigura Singapore profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 206 million
2012 - 2016
Total bonds underwritten between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Bond owner/manager
USD 4 million
2012 - 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 13 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 855 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

Vattenfall Sweden profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 66 million
source: Euroweek - Issue: 651; Euroweek - Issue: 654.

Vitol Switzerland profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 22 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 815 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

ZE PAK (Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin) Poland profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 5.1 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

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Global Finance Sector Failing to Apply Conservation Criteria to Pulp and Paper Funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam ousted after spying scandal

2020-02-07 | The Guardian
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Indigenous Women file OECD Specific Instance against Credit Suisse for rights violations regarding pipeline financing

2020-01-30 | San Francisco | WECAN
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Credit Suisse to stop financing new coal-fired power plants

2019-12-11 | Reuters
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Credit Suisse cuts profit targets and pivots away from coal

2019-12-11 | City A.M.
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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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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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Saudi Aramco IPO: climate change fears cause banks to miss out on millions in fees

2019-11-21 | The Independent
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Failure of Aramco IPO gives a black eye to bank CEOs and a warning to investors

2019-11-20 | London, UK | BankTrack, 350.org, Earthworks, Friends of the Earth US, Global Witness, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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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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Western banks funding Saudi Aramco IPO betraying climate change promises

2019-11-05 | Newsweek
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Aramco IPO: These are the banks and advisers on world's biggest sale

2019-11-03 | Bloomberg
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Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups

2019-10-17 | The Guardian
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Environmental groups warn banks against climate and human rights implications of underwriting Saudi Aramco offering

2019-10-17 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Credit Suisse makes a step towards indigenous rights

2019-10-16 | Society for Threatened Peoples
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Swiss banks are lashing out at climate activists rather than taking action. This has to stop.

2019-10-03 | London
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Imagine UBS becoming carbon neutral

2019-08-05 | Republik
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Climate protesters arrested outside Swiss banks

2019-07-08 | Reuters
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dirty Profits 7 - Out of Control: Irresponsible weapons transfers and future weapon systems

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
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Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty in $2 Billion Mozambique Scam

2019-05-21 | Bloomberg
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Mozambique’s hidden debt: Public Eye files a criminal complaint against Credit Suisse

2019-04-29 | Zürich | Public Eye
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UBS quietly improves its coal exclusion policy – a bit too weak, a bit too late

No changes to UBS funding restrictions on tar sands and other extreme fossil fuels. Credit Suisse makes no climate positive policy moves.
2019-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace
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RWE plans destruction of ancient German forest

Top bankers of Europe's biggest CO2 emitter revealed in Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019
2019-03-21 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Credit Suisse and UBS financing massive greenhouse gas emissions – new report

2019-01-31 | Geneva, Switzerland | Greenpeace Switzerland
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Three Former Credit Suisse Bankers Arrested for Involvement in Mozambique Debt Deals

2019-01-03 | The Wall Street Journal
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Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
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New briefing paper on RWE – Europe’s worst polluter – for investors, insurers and banks

2018-12-16 | Europe Beyond Coal
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Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff
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Alaska Natives Call on Banks to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Drilling

2018-10-26 | Earther
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Gunvor joins other commodity players with sustainability-linked loan led by ING

Participating banks in the Gunvor facility include ABN Amro, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, KfW Ipex-Bank, Mizuho, MUFG Bank, Nedbank, Rabobank, Raiffeisen, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit.
2018-10-17 | Global Trade Review
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Credit Suisse is in trouble after failings on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption checks

2018-09-17 | Business Insider
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U.S. court order stops some work on Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia

2018-06-25 | Reuters
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AGM briefing: Switzerland's per capita financing of fossil fuels worst in Europe, thanks to Credit Suisse and UBS

2018-04-25 | BankTrack, Greenpeace
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, new report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar sands companies and pipelines.
2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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The Chain: Paradise Papers Links APRIL’s Tax Avoidance to Deforestation and Banks, Could Impact USD 500 Million Loan

2017-11-16 | Chain Reaction Research
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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
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Leaked Records Reveal Offshore’s Role In Forest Destruction

How lawyers and big banks help one of Asia’s largest paper companies expand despite poor environmental record and social conflicts
2017-11-08 | ICIJ
blog
external news
our news

Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

Standing Against the Banks: DAPL Divestment and Water Protectors' Fight for Justice, Indigenous Rights, Water and Life

2017-07-05 | EcoWatch
blog
external news
our news

150,000 People Representing more than $4 Billion Call on Banks to Defund Tar Sands Pipelines

2017-06-28 | Washington, DC | Divestinvest, Mazaska Talks
blog
external news
our news

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Over 20 Indigenous and environmental groups deliver urgent letter.
2017-06-09 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, others
blog
external news
our news

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

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

Indigenous leaders launch new campaign to defund all four proposed tar sands pipelines

2017-05-09 | Turtle Island | Mazaska Talks
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace gatecrashes Credit Suisse shareholder meeting

2017-04-28 | Zurich | Reuters
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse and UBS finally move on coal – but they’re still in climate cloud cuckoo land

2017-04-25 | Yann Louvel – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Who's bankrolling TransCanada?

Banking on TransCanada means banking on Keystone XL
2017-03-24 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

2017-03-24 | Illegal Deforestation Monitor
blog
external news
our news

Mozambican campaigners demand cancellation of secret debt before the IMF lends again

2017-03-22 | London | Tim Jones – Jubilee Debt Campaign
blog
external news
our news

Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

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

RAN Statement on Continued Investment in Energy Transfer Equity

Company Still Represents a Disastrous Venture for Climate and Human Rights
2017-01-26
blog
external news
our news

Indonesian civil society writes to banks: APRIL failing to implement its own policy

2016-11-29 | Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald
blog
external news
our news

Mozambique’s secret loans: A scandal that started in London

2016-10-18 | BankTrack Blog
blog
external news
our news

Mozambique’s secret loans: A scandal that started in London

2016-10-18 | Tim Jones – Jubilee Debt Campaign
blog
external news
our news

New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

New report finds banks betting on climate change

Seventh annual bank finance Report Card reveals major banks poured hundreds of billions into extreme fossil fuels
2016-06-14 | Nijmegen, San Francisco | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
blog
external news
our news

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

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

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

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

APRIL announces new sustainability policy after campaign pressure on its financiers

2015-06-08 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Indonesian Paper Firm April to Halt Deforestation

2015-06-03 | The Wall Street Journal
blog
external news
our news

Tennis star responds to rainforest advocates

2015-05-20 | Mongabay
blog
external news
our news

Roger Federer encourages rainforest campaigners

Tennis star asks Credit Suisse to review the bank's business relationship with Indonesian pulp and paper group RGE/APRIL
2015-05-19 | BASEL, SWITZERLAND / PULAU PADANG, RIAU, INDONESIA | Bruno Manser Fund
blog
external news
our news

Banks and pension funds continue to bankroll deforestation and land grabs

2015-04-30 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Sumatran activists to challenge Credit Suisse over finance for deforestation

2015-04-24 | Zurich | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Manser Stiftung protestiert gegen die Credit Suisse

2015-04-24 | 10vor10
blog
external news
our news

Zerstörung des Regenwaldes: Roger Federer soll die Credit Suisse stoppen

2015-04-23 | Finews
blog
external news
our news

Tennis Star Roger Federer urged to help stop Credit Suisse from funding deforestation in Indonesia

Sumatra rainforest communities send a cry for help ahead of crucial meeting with Swiss bankers – Credit Suisse asked to stop funding Indonesia’s RGE / APRIL pulp and paper group
2015-04-23 | Zurich | Bruno Manser Fonds
blog
external news
our news

Was Crédit Suisse damit zu tun hat, dass sich 28 Indonesier die Lippen zunähten

2015-04-22 | Vice
blog
external news
our news

Activists target Roger Federer as brand ambassador for bank linked to deforestation

2015-04-22 | Mongabay
blog
external news
our news

Briefing to banks and potential investors on the ongoing risks and outstanding social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector: Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) bond offering

Joint NGO statement
2015-04-15 | Nijmegen
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse Urged To Cut Ties With APRIL: Watchdogs

2015-03-18 | Indonesia Business Daily ($)
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse breaching its own forest policy by financing Indonesian rainforest devastation

New BankTrack analysis reveals finance for RGE Group breaks all six of the Swiss bank’s exclusion rules
2015-03-17 | Nijmegen
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse vergibt 50-Millionen-Kredit an Regenwaldzerstörer APRIL

2015-03-10 | Greenpeace Switzerland
blog
external news
our news

Umstrittener Credit Suisse Kredit fur Papiergigant

2015-03-08 | Sonntagszeitung
blog
external news
our news

Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

2015-02-18 | Mongabay
blog
external news
our news

Banks lend almost $2bn to “Indonesia’s biggest forest destroyer”

2015-02-17 | BankTrack Blog
blog
external news
our news

Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

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

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

'Record year' for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Bumi’s Deadly Coal

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

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

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

Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments - watchdog

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

Credit Suisse ignored human rights commitments and became major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant 2 weeks after land grab scandal

2013-12-13 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

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

Goldman and Deutsche back India Coal despite their environmental standards

2013-10-01 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Coal India to Investors: What’s a Few Billion Tons of Coal Between Friends?

2013-09-24 | RAN blog
blog
external news
our news

Coal India to Investors: What’s a Few Billion Tons of Coal Between Friends?

2013-09-24 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

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

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

Ignoring Human Rights Abuses and Coal’s Uncertain Future, Big Banks Line Up for Piece of World’s Largest Coal Miner

2013-09-04 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

India picks seven banks for 5 percent stake sale in Coal India: sources

2013-08-29 | Reuters
blog
external news
our news

Big banks warned to steer clear of Coal India share offer

2013-08-23 | India | Ashish Fernandes
blog
external news
our news

Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers

2013-04-10 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
blog
external news
our news

Bankrolling Climate Change

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing
2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork
blog
external news
our news

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
blog
external news
our news

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

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

New report card exposes largest financers of mountaintop removal coal mining

2011-04-05 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

EuroSibEnergo’s Hong Kong IPO threatens rivers of Siberia and Lake Baikal

2011-03-14 | San Fransisco | Pacific Environment, International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

New report finds bank Carbon Principles did not curb financing of coal

Rainforest Action Network report finds implementation of the Carbon Principles lacking
2011-01-21 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts

2011-01-17 | Switzerland | BBC news
blog
external news
our news

WikiLeaks cables confirm concerns of IAP and partners in Bangladesh mine case

WikiLeaks reveals U.S. diplomats pushed Bangladesh to re-open mine opposed by thousands; cables confirm long-standing concerns of human rights groups
2010-12-22 | Phulbari, Bangladesh | International Accountability Project
blog
external news
our news

WikiLeaks cables: US pushed for reopening of Bangladesh coal mine

2010-12-21 | Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Success: Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

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

CS-Richtlinien sind: ein halber Schritt in die richtige Richtung

2010-10-21 | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

A tale of two Swiss banks

2010-10-20 | San Fransisco, US | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Banks grow wary of environmental risks

2010-08-31 | NY Times
blog
external news
our news

Banks toughen lending rules to coal, PNC & UBS still bucking the trend

Two banks take heat for continuing to fund Massey Energy and mountaintop removal mining
2010-08-27 | United States
blog
external news
our news

New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New report card, largest financers of Mountaintop Removal coal mining

PNC, JPMorgan Chase and UBS receive failing grades
2010-05-13 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

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

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Swiss bank fined $536mln for Burma ties -

Democratic Voice of Burma
2009-12-17 | Norway
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Carbon Principles and Climate Principles will not stop melting of the ice

2009-03-30 | Bonn, Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Global civil society calls on private banks to withdraw support from Bangladesh coal mine

2008-08-21 | San Francisco, USA | International Accountability Project
blog
external news
our news

Genocide in Darfur

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

Major international banks finance catastrophic mud volcano

Lapindo Brantas is shirking its responsibility for the damage
2007-06-21 | Brussels Belgium, Jakarta Indonesia | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse involved in Malaysian logging giants stock exchange listing

2007-02-15 | Basel, Zuerich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Solidly Swiss?

UBS, Credit Suisse and the global oil, mining and gas industry
2006-07-04 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Bankers and Oil Barons Schmooze EBRD President Lemierre at Davos

2006-01-01 | Davos, Switzerland | Berne Declaration

Documents

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Type:
Year:
our publications

Banking on Climate Change Fossil Finance Report 2020

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year
2020-03-18 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
ngo documents

Open Letter to Sappi CEO

2020-03-12 00:00:00 | GeaSphere
csr policies

Summary of Credit Suisse’s Sector Policies and Guidelines

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-12-12 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to Credit Suisse on the bank's progress on its fossil fuel finance since COP24

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Indigenous rights in guidelines on project financing

2019-10-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
ngo documents

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
our publications

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Credit Suisse (English)

2019-04-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing Credit Suisse (German)

2019-04-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

Annual report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

CSR report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-03-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Statement on human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-03-05 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Statement on sustainability

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to Credit Suisse on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
our publications

Swiss Banks in the End of the Fossil Fuel Age

2018-04-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace and BankTrack
csr policies

Whistleblower policy

2018-04-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Annual Report 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
bank documents

Corporate Responsibility Factsheet 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
bank documents

Environmental Performance Data for In-House Operations 2017

2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
ngo documents

How banks contribute to human rights violations: responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
correspondence

Letter from Credit Suisse to Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, BankTrack on How banks contribute to human rights violations

2018-01-15 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence

Letter from 30 Indonesian NGOs to PT RAPP financiers on current situation of PT RAPP (APRIL's main supplier)

2017-11-24 00:00:00 | 30 Indonesian NGOs
ngo documents

Problematic pipelines: Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines

2017-09-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
ngo documents

Sustainability in the Swiss retail banking sector

WWF rating of the Swiss retail banking sector 2016/2017
2017-09-11 00:00:00 | WWF Switzerland
ngo documents

In the Red

An Assessment of Bank Policies for Financing Pulp and Paper
2017-08-01 00:00:00 | Environmental Paper Network
correspondence

Letter from WECAN to Credit Suisse on DAPL

2017-07-03 00:00:00 | WECAN
ngo documents

Japanese and Malaysian banks and investors continue to pump billions of dollars into forest-risk companies, without adequate environmental and social safeguards

2017-06-13 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
correspondence

Letter from RAN and 13 others to 14 banks that underwrote Kinder Morgan Canada IPO on warning to finance the IPO

2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
annual reports

Annual Report 2016

2017-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Corporate Responsibility Report 2016

2017-05-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
our publications

Credit Suisse Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

2017-04-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Greenpeace
ngo documents

Society for Threatened Peoples files OECD complaint against Credit Suisse at the OECD National Contact Point (NCP) Switzerland

2017-04-28 00:00:00 | Society for Threatened Peoples
csr policies

Summary of sector policies and guidelines

Forestry and agribusiness policy, mining policy, oil and gas policy, controversal weapons policy, power generation guidelines (incl. coal-fired power, hydropower, nuclear power)
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence

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

2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

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

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

2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
ngo documents

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
correspondence

Letter from Jikalahari & JMGR to Credit Suisse on APRIL failing to implement its own policy

2016-11-14 00:00:00 | Jikalahari & JMGR
our publications

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

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

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
our publications

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
csr policies

Whistleblower process

2016-05-30 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Company Profile 2015

2016-04-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Corporate Responsibility Report 2015

2016-03-29 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
our publications

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

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Statement on climate change

2015-10-26 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
ngo documents

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
correspondence

Letter from Testbiotech to Credit Suisse on Invitation to a conference in Berlin on patents on life, genetic engineering and animal welfare

2015-04-27 00:00:00 | Testbiotech
bank documents

MINUTES - 2015 Annual General Meeting - CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG

Friday, April 24, 2015, 10:30-13:50, Hallenstadion, Zurich-Oerlikon
2015-04-24 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
other documents

Letter to tennis star and Credit Suisse poster boy Rodger Federer, from Indonesian communities, asking for help to stop deforestation

2015-04-16 00:00:00 | Jikalahari and JMGR
company documents

Response to press release by NGOs issued on 15 April 2015

2015-04-16 00:00:00 | GAR
our publications

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) bond offering

Briefing to banks and potential investors on the ongoing risks and outstanding social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector
2015-04-15 00:00:00 | Joint NGO statement
ngo documents

APRIL'ignores'its'own'sustainability'policy

2015-03-26 00:00:00 | Greenomics
annual reports

Corporate Social Reponsibility Report 2014

2015-03-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Annual Report 2014

2015-03-19 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse Group AG
our publications

How Credit Suisse is breaching its policies and procedures in financing APRIL/RGE Group’s forest destruction

2015-03-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents

Umstrittener Credit-Suisse-Kredit fur Papiergigant

Die Grossbank leiht einem indonesischen Konzern 50 Millionen US-Dollar entgegen ihrer eigenen Richtlinien
2015-03-16 00:00:00 | Simon Widmer, Sonntagszeitung
ngo documents

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

in Bahasa Indonesia
2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
ngo documents

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
correspondence

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
our publications

Banking with Principles?

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

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
ngo documents

PT KPC/Bumi Resources Deadly Coal

Ecological and Social Crisis caused by KPC/Bumi Resources’ Coal Production
2014-08-21 00:00:00 | JATAM
annual reports

Corporate Responsibility Report 2013

2014-04-07 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
annual reports

Annual Report 2013

2014-04-02 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse Group AG
ngo documents

Coal India: Running on Empty?

2013-09-23 00:00:00 | Greenpeace India
bank documents

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

2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack et al. to various financial institutions on APP

2012-11-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack et al.
bank documents

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

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
our publications

Bankrolling climate change

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald/BankTrack/groundwork
ngo documents

One step forward, two steps back

2011-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
other documents

Credit Suisse Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
our publications

Policy and Practice

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

The Principle Matter - Banks, climate and the Carbon Principles

2011-01-21 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
csr policies

Code of Conduct

2010-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
our publications

Policy and Practice, report card on banks and mountaintop removal

2010-05-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
our publications

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents

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

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
other documents

Credit Suisse cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
other documents

Credit Suisse cluster munitions financing

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen et. al.
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
our publications

Meek Principles for a Tough Climate

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

Open letter to financial institutions investing in Global Coal Management Regarding the Phulbari Coal Project, Bangladesh

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | International Accountability Project
correspondence

Letter to Credit Suisse on Toka Tindung goldmine

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | Governor Noth Sulawesi
ngo documents

Profiles of European Banks

2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
other documents

PetroChina IPO

2007-10-29 00:00:00
ngo documents

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

2007-10-24 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
ngo documents

World map of oil, mining and gas industry

2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration, Greenpeace
ngo documents

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

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

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

2006-06-10 00:00:00 | Profundo

Media

Credit Suisse AGM

Petition presentation and meeting with Credit Suisse





Video links

http://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10vor10/video/manser-stiftung-protestiert-gegen-die-credit-suisse?id=6d928a7b-e0ff-4132-aff0-15c197479a7e
http://streamstudio.world-television.com/CCUIv3/frameset.aspx?ticket=61-65-15645&target=en-default-&status=ondemand&browser=ns-0-0-0-17-0&stream=flash-video-500

Links

Corporate Responsibility webpage of Credit Suisse

https://www.credit-suisse.com/nl/en/about-us/responsibility.html

Risk Management and Sustainability

https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/en/about-us/responsibility/banking/risk-management.html

Approach & Reporting page

https://www.credit-suisse.com/corporate/en/responsibility/approach-reporting.html

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Credit Suisse

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

https://environmentalpaper.org/credit-suisse/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Credit Suisse has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

Credit Suisse's web page on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies

Summary of Credit Suisse’s Sector Policies and Guidelines

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-12-12 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Indigenous rights in guidelines on project financing

2019-10-16 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-03-22 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Statement on human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-03-05 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Statement on sustainability

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Whistleblower policy

2018-04-23 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Summary of sector policies and guidelines

Forestry and agribusiness policy, mining policy, oil and gas policy, controversal weapons policy, power generation guidelines (incl. coal-fired power, hydropower, nuclear power)
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Whistleblower process

2016-05-30 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Statement on climate change

2015-10-26 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse
csr policies

Code of Conduct

2010-12-31 00:00:00 | Credit Suisse

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Credit Suisse is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

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Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure

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Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

oil and gas

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Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas

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Tamar Valley Pulp Mill Tasmania (formerly Gunns Pulp Mill) Australia

forestry - pulp and paper

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Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia

mining - non coal

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Woodside Petroleum’s gas refinery Australia

oil and gas

Good moves

Year:

2014

Thun Group of Banks agrees to consider remedy for victims of human rights abuse

In 2013 the seven-strong Thun Group of Banks' produced a discussion paper on banks' responsibilities under new UN human rights guidelines. BankTrack's response to the paper highlighted that the banks had failed to address their responsibility to provide access to remedy to victims of human rights abuses. After…

2013

Coal India share issue collapses

Coal India Limited's attempt at a public share issue was successfully blocked in late 2013. The Indian government, the company's majority shareholder, hoped toraise USD 3 billion through the sale of 10% of its stake in the world's largest coal miner. Banktrack was part of a coalition of groups including Greenpeace, Rainforest…

2011

Wall Street turns its back on Mountaintop Removal coal mining

After sustained campaigning by RAN, eight of Wall Street's biggest banks have developed public policies limiting their appetite for investment in mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. By 2011, MTR policies or statements had been released by banks including Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo,…

2010

Credit Suisse takes a step toward transparency

Bowing to civil society pressure, Credit Suisse for the first time published summaries of its internal guidelines and instructions for dealing with industries whose social and environmental record is cause for concern. The Berne Declaration welcomed the bank's move towards more transparency but at the same time regrets…