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BankTrack launches 2024 Annual Report amid global backsliding from banks

BankTrack today releases its 2024 Annual Report, detailing its advocacy, successes and setbacks in its ongoing mission to hold commercial banks accountable for their role in financing the climate crisis, biodiversity collapse, and human rights violations. The report arrives at a time when international cooperation on addressing this crisis is at an all-time low and where ever more banks are retreating…

2025-04-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

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BankTrack launches 2024 Annual Report amid global backsliding from banks

2025-04-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

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‘Net Zero banks’ turn their back on crucial 1.5ºC climate target

“Overwhelming majority” of Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) members seeks to loosen obligations on how to reach Paris climate goals.

2025-04-15 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

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European groups ask BNP Paribas to include ambitious targets for storage & grids in energy transition plan

Banks need to set clear, ambitious financing targets for storage & grids

2025-04-14 | BankTrack, urgewald, Cittadini Sostenibili, Coal Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction

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"UBS – Hands Off Our Oceans!"

Protests at UBS's Annual General Meeting

2025-04-10 | urgewald

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

2025-04-03 | BankTrack, Mars sa Drine Collective

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The Co-op Bank, the Coventry and the Customer Union

Ethical Consumer editor Rob Harrison tells the inside story of the Save Our Bank campaign’s role in "saving" one the UK's most iconic ethical brands.

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2025-04-02 | Rob Harrison

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Students arrested on their way to Stanbic Bank's HQ to condemn EACOP's partial funding

At least nine students are confirmed to be in police custody following a peaceful protest against Stanbic Bank Uganda

2025-04-02 | Kampala, Uganda | #StopEACOP

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New report: Financial irresponsibility

How finance escaped EU supply chain legislation – and what it means for the "Omnibus"

2025-03-31 | FinanzWende

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Climate case summons delivered to ING

2025-03-28 | Milieudefensie

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Upcoming events

Apr22

Bank of America AGM

The annual general meeting of Bank of America

Tue Apr 22 2025 10:00 AM (UTC-4) Online AGM

Apr22

ING AGM

The annual general meeting of Dutch bank ING

Tue Apr 22 2025 2:00 PM (UTC) Amsterdam, Netherlands AGM

Apr23

Goldman Sachs AGM

The annual general meeting of Goldman Sachs

Wed Apr 23 2025 9:30 AM (UTC-5) Dallas, United States AGM

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Spotlight

Tell PLN's financiers to stop funding PLN's polluting coal plans
Take action by signing Ekō's petition

Raiffeisen Bank International subsidiary still invested in sanctioned Russian entities, find BankTrack and B4Ukraine
Austrian banking group's Russian asset manager holds mutual funds with investments in Sberbank, Gazprom, government bonds

Tell Harita’s lenders that they must rule out financing Harita if it continues building new fossil fuel power plants for its nickel smelters.
Take action with Market Forces

Target Dodgy Deals

ArcelorMittal

Luxembourg | company

Simandou Iron Ore Project

Guinea | project

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

Glencore

Switzerland | company

Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN)

Indonesia | company

JSW Utkal Steel plant and captive coal power station

India | project

Adani Group

India | company

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Focus banks

The Co-operative Bank

United Kingdom

Returned to mutual ownership with the Jan 2025 acquisition by Coventry Building Society, in a positive move for the UK's mutual sector.

Standard Bank

South Africa

The bank is the only Equator Principles financial institution that is supporting the disastrous EACOP project. A first tranche of finance was confirmed in March.

UBS

Switzerland

Held its AGM last week and was met with protests over its links to San Miguel Corporation's plans for gas plants in the Verde Island Passage

HSBC

United Kingdom

HSBC updated its Thermal Coal and Energy policies, introducing new loopholes that serve to lower ambitions.

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Campaigns and projects

Banks and Climate

Banks and Human Rights

Banks and Nature

All campaigns and projects

Latest publications

    
    BankTrack Annual Report 2024

                    2025-04-15 00:00:00
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    Burning the Bridge

                    2024-12-11 00:00:00
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    The BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024

                    2024-11-27 00:00:00
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    Banking on biodiversity collapse 2024

                    2024-10-16 00:00:00
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