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About UBS

UBS was formed through a merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation in June 1998. UBS is headquartered in Zurich and Basel, and is the world's largest manager of private wealth assets. The bank provides a range of financial services, including investment banking and asset management to corporate, private, and institutional clients.

Website http://www.ubs.com
Headquarters
Bahnhofstrasse 45
CH 8098 Zurich
Switzerland
CEO/chair Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer
Supervisor
FINMA
Annual report Annual report 2018
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext

UBS' shareholders structure can be found here.

Related Dodgy Deals

UBS 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

Israeli illegal settlements Israel profile

Construction | transport and infrastructure
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 1 million
UBS owns and manage shares in Mizrahi Tefahot, which is active in the Israeli Settlements.
source: www.11.be
link
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 22 million
UBS owns and manages shares in Bank Hapoalim, which is active in the Israeli settlements
source: www.11.be
link
Equity – share owner/manager
USD 28 million
UBS owns and manages shares in Bank Leumi, which is active in the Israeli settlements
source: www.11.be
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
There are no active projects for UBS now.

Projects - on record profiles

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 307 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 340 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Dominion Cove Point LNG United States profile

energy distribution
IPO underwriter
October 2014
source: link

Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
July 2006
Debt – corporate loan
Loan in March 2007 for acquisition of other mining group (Phelps Dodge)

Kaltim Prima Coal mine Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 157.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
UBS does not provide direct financing for the Line 3 replacement but provides revolving credit for Enbridge.
source: Greenpeace
link

Madagascar tar sands Madagascar profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
USD 231 million
December 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Thomson One

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 1,338 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 340 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Patents on chimpanzees and other animals - international - profile

animal experiments | genetic engineering
Uncategorised
USD 160 million
February 2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - UBS Securities undersigned Novartis bonds
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 2.6 billion
2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - UBS holds 1.1% of the shares of La Roche
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 599.7 million
2012
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - UBS was part of a two-bank syndicate issuing new bonds for La Roche worth USD 1.2 billion
source: Profundo 2015
Uncategorised
USD 180 million
2012
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - UBS Securities participated in a banking syndicate issuing bonds for Novartis worth USD 2 billion
source: Profundo 2015

Woodside Petroleum’s gas refinery Australia profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
Have previously secured finance for Woodside
source: The Australian, December 2010

Companies - active profiles

Elbit Systems Israel profile

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

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
USD 0.5 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares held of GAR through UBS Dynamic Alpha Fund
source: link
Uncategorised
USD 0.1 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Share held of GAR through UBS International Equity Fund
source: link
Uncategorised
USD 0.8 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares held of GAR through UBS (Lux) Key Selection SICAV Global Allocation CHF
source: link
Uncategorised
USD 1.9 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares held of GAR through UBS (Lux) Key Selection SICAV Global Allocation XEU
source: link
Uncategorised
USD 3.2 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares held of GAR through UBS (Lux) Key Selection Sicav – Global Allocation USD
source: link
Uncategorised
USD 3.5 million
30 June 2010
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shares held of GAR through UBS Global (ex- U.S.) All Cap Growth Relationship Fund
source: link

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 271 million
2014 - 2017
Share and bond issuance combined
source: Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 24.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond owner/manager
EUR 4.8 million
source: Bloomberg database.

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 269 million
2014 - 2017
Combined share and bond issuance underwriting
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 221.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 69.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 6.2 million
revolving credit
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 52.1 million
source: RWE, Essen, 26 June 2003; RWE, Essen, 25 November 2008; Thomson ONE database; RWE, Essen, 24 April 2002.
There are no active companies for UBS now.

Companies - on record profiles

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 137 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 264 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 57.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 66.7 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 5 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 25 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 155.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 399.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Areva France profile

energy plants - nuclear | energy plants - renewables | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 2.4 million
source: Reuters3000 financial database

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Uncategorised
EUR 291.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 43.1 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
Principal Manager. Amount not known.
source: Annual Report 2008, BHP Billiton, September 2008.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 10.7 million
source: Prospectus Supplement, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 5 December 2005; BHP Billiton Prices Global Bond, Press release BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 6 December 2005, Final terms BHP Billiton, Melbourne, 22 February 2007.
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 47.6 million
source: International Financing Review, 26 October 2002;Euroweek - Issue: 780; Prospectus WMC Resources, 26 June 2003; International Financing Review, London, 23 April 2005; Loans - BHP Billiton, Euroweek, London, 29 April 2005; Annual Report 2005, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, September 2005; International Financing Review, London, 9 September 2004; International Financing Review, London, 26 March 2005.

Bumi Resources Indonesia profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 157.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Share issue – underwriter
EUR 240.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 927.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 845.7 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 826.

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
USD 419 million
2006
shares/bonds underwriter or manager, since 2006
source: Thomson One
Uncategorised
EUR 12 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 43.3 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 708 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 468 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 104 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 227 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

IOI Corporation Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Approached, interested
USD 0.342 million
31 July 2015
Shareholding
source: Thomson ONE Banker
Approached, interested
USD 1,626 million
31 May 2015
Shareholding
source: Thomson ONE Banker
Approached, interested
USD 0.652 million
30 April 2015
Bondholding
source: Thomson Eikon database

Jindal Steel & Power India profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 53.4 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Lockheed Martin United States profile

arms industry and trade
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 62 million
November 2013
source: link
Uncategorised
EUR 97 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Uncategorised
Info on UBS' role in Lockheed martin can be found here:
source: link

Poongsan South Korea profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on UBS' role in Poongsan can be found here:
source: link

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 177 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 14.1 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
Uncategorised
Principal manager. Share disposal.
source: Euroweek - Issue: 933.

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
EUR 389 million
November 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: link

Sappi South Africa profile

forestry - pulp and paper
Debt – corporate loan
USD 200 million
1994
source: Loan SD Warren 1994
Uncategorised
USD 25 million
1994
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Equity SD Warren 1994

Shenhua Group China profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 404.1 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

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 UBS' role in Singapore Technologies Engineering can be found here:
source: link

Textron United States profile

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

Trafigura Singapore profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 597 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 200 million
April 2010
Participation in revolving credit facility
Bond issue – underwriter
USD 883 million
March 2010
Along with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. For Subsidiary Vedanta Resources Jersey II.

Veolia Environment France profile

transport and infrastructure | water utilities
Equity – share owner/manager
Holds 68,218 shares valued at $1,730,000

Vitol Switzerland profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 16 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 514 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

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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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
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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
blog
external news
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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
blog
external news
our news

Tax evasion in Europe exclusive series: France's record fine for UBS

2019-03-09 | EU-OCS
blog
external news
our news

Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
blog
external news
our news

UBS fined €3.7 billion in tax fraud case

2019-02-20 | BBC News
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse and UBS financing massive greenhouse gas emissions – new report

2019-01-31 | Geneva, Switzerland | Greenpeace Switzerland
blog
external news
our news

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 | Claire Hamlett – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff
blog
external news
our news

Alaska Natives Call on Banks to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Drilling

2018-10-26 | Earther
blog
external news
our news

AGM briefing: Switzerland's per capita financing of fossil fuels worst in Europe, thanks to Credit Suisse and UBS

2018-04-25 | BankTrack, Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Maybank: the single largest palm oil financier

Report by TuK and Profundo finds that several RSPO banks, like HSBC and UBS, invest heavily in Maybank.
2018-02-28 | Jakarta | TuK Indonesia
blog
external news
our news

Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-12-11 | Financial Times
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

TCFD: banks supporting better disclosure are not the ones exiting coal project finance

Bank support for FSB Task Force recommendations is welcome, but reveals lack of joined-up thinking
2017-07-31 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack, Yann Louvel – BankTrack
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

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

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

2017-03-24 | Illegal Deforestation Monitor
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

Multi-billion euro investments out of control: How banks continue to finance violations of human rights and environmental norms

For the fifth consecutive year Facing Finance reports on violations of environmental and social norms and standards by multinational corporations, as documented by international NGOs.
2017-02-09 | Hamburg/Berlin | Facing Finance
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

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

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

Big power out, solar in: UBS urges investors to join renewables revolution

2014-08-28 | Guardian
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

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

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

Questions by Paul Corbit Brown at AGM

2014-05-07
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

What can UBS learn from Charles Dickens' ghosts

2013-01-05 | South China Morning Post
blog
external news
our news

Don’t bank on the bomb

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

Bankrolling Climate Change in the news

2011-12-02 | The Guardian
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

Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

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

FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

Long overdue recognition shows need for new systems in banks and more effective ongoing monitoring regime by FSA, say campaigners
2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness
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
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Don’t make it easier for dictators to steal

2011-02-24 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

New UBS policy fizzles

Blogpost at the Understory page of RAN
2011-02-07 | United States | Brant Olson, RAN
blog
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Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts

2011-01-17 | Switzerland | BBC news
blog
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Swiss bank UBS to change much-mocked dress code

2011-01-17 | The Washington Times
blog
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Swiss bankers clean up their act

2010-12-21 | San Fransisco | Peter Bosshard, International Rivers
blog
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Schweizer Banken auf dem Holzweg

Die Rolle der UBS in Indonesiens Wald- und Torfmoorzerstörung
2010-12-16 | Switserland | Greenpeace Switzerland
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Another big bank turns away from mountaintop removal!

2010-11-02 | San Fransisco, US | Amanda Starbuck, RAN
blog
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A tale of two Swiss banks

2010-10-20 | San Fransisco, US | Rainforest Action Network
blog
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British banks complicit in Nigerian corruption, court documents reveal

2010-10-11 | London | Global Witness
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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
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Like blowing up the Alps: Is Swiss Bank UBS the last financier of Massey's big coal Mayhem?

2010-06-07 | US | The Huffington Post
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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
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NGOs sound warning over one of year's largest IPOs

2010-04-28 | London | Anna Grigoryeva, Platform-London
blog
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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
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Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

2010-04-15 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
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J.P. Morgan rolls into Calgary

2010-04-05 | Calgary, Canada | Global Investor
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Senate shines welcome spotlight on U.S. facilitation of corruption

Private banks facilitate banking services for dictator son
2010-02-03 | Washington DC | Global Witness
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Secret documents reveal multi-million dollar shopping spree by African dictator’s son

US authorities fail to act on evidence of corruption
2009-11-17 | London | Global Witness
blog
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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
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Switzerland, UBS Settle U.S. Tax Case

2009-04-13 | WSJ
blog
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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
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UBS alerted over Phulbari Coal mine

Human rights concerns for Bangladesh mine investment
2007-12-17 | Zurich, Utrecht | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
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Genocide in Darfur

No business with death
2007-10-29 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
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Solidly Swiss?

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

Documents

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csr policies

Climate strategy

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | UBS
annual reports

Annual report 2018

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Environmental and social risk policy framework

2019-03-20 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Modern slavery act statement

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Code of conduct and ethics

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to UBS on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
csr policies

UBS in society - constitutional document

2018-10-09 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Responsible supply chain standard

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | UBS
our publications

Swiss Banks in the End of the Fossil Fuel Age

2018-04-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace and BankTrack
annual reports

Annual Report 2017

2018-04-23 00:00:00 | UBS
annual reports

UBS and Society Report 2017

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Climate change strategy

2018-02-23 00:00:00 | UBS
bank documents

UBS and Society report 2016

2017-11-21 00:00:00 | UBS
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
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
our publications

UBS Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

2017-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Greenpeace, Waterkeeper Alliance
csr policies

Climate Commitment

2017-04-05 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence

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

2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

Annual Report 2016

2017-03-10 00:00:00 | UBS
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
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

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

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

To Integrate or to Exclude

Approaches to Sustainable Investing
2015-07-01 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence

Letter from Testbiotech to UBS on Invitation to a Testbiotech conference on patents on life, genetic engineering and animal welfare

2015-04-27 00:00:00 | Testbiotech
annual reports

Corporate Social Responsibility 2014

2015-04-02 00:00:00 | UBS
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
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
other documents

Questions by Paul Corbit Brown at the AGM of UBS

About the effects of mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia.
2014-05-07 00:00:00
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

UBS 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

Le rôle d’UBS dans le financement du groupe Sinar Mas et la déforestation des forêts vierges indonésiennes

2011-01-01 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, Profundo
ngo documents

Die Rolle der UBS bei der Finanzierung der Sinar-Mas-Gruppe und der Abholzung indonesischer Regenwälder

2010-12-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace Switzerland
ngo documents

International thief thief

2010-10-11 00:00:00 | Global Witness
our publications

Policy and Practice, report card on banks and mountaintop removal

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

Response UBS to NGO letter of 100414 concerning MTR

2010-04-29 00:00:00 | UBS
ngo documents

Open letter to banks coordinating Uralchem IPO

2010-04-27 00:00:00 | International Socio-Ecological Union (SEU), Russia
our publications

Close the Gap

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

Mountaintop Removal request for information letter sent to UBS

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | RAN, Sierra Club, BankTrack
ngo documents

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

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

UBS cluster munitions investments

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

The Secret Life of a Shopaholic: How an African dictator's playboy son went on a multi-million dollar shopping spree in the US

2009-11-17 00:00:00 | Global Witness
other documents

UBS 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.
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
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

Involvement of UBS in mining, oil and gas sector

2006-07-05 00:00:00 | Profundo
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

Media



Links

Berne Declaration on UBS

https://www.bernedeclaration.ch/companiesinstitutions/ubs/

UBS & Society: corporate responsibility pages

https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/ubs-and-society.html

UBS Environment page

https://www.ubs.com/global/en/wealth-management/globalvisionaries/visions/environment.html

UBS and Society download center

https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/ubs-and-society/download-center/2017.html

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

UBS has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

UBS' web page on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies

Climate strategy

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Environmental and social risk policy framework

2019-03-20 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Modern slavery act statement

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Code of conduct and ethics

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

UBS in society - constitutional document

2018-10-09 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Responsible supply chain standard

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Climate change strategy

2018-02-23 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies

Climate Commitment

2017-04-05 00:00:00 | UBS

Campaigns

Human rights

True leader Front runner Follower Laggard
BankTrack has assessed UBS on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in June 2016. UBS is assessed as a Front runner, with a total score of 6.5/12.
Policy: 3/3Due dilligence: 2/3
Reporting: 1.5/3Remedy: 0/3
For more details, see Banking with Principles? 2016 update.

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…