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“ING, don’t look away in Mexico. We have to pay for our protest with our lives.”

As a major financier, ING must take responsibility for the abuses of ArcelorMittal in Mexico

- Send an email to ING - It makes him restless to be so far from home, says Juan (not his real name for his safety). It is April 2024, and he’s in Amsterdam to draw attention to the disastrous impact of steel company ArcelorMittal on his family and his community in Ayotitlán, Mexico, during the ING shareholders' meeting. His journey is necessary, but also stressful. At home,…

2025-01-15 | ING Fossielvrij

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“ING, don’t look away in Mexico. We have to pay for our protest with our lives.”

As a major financier, ING must take responsibility for the abuses of ArcelorMittal in Mexico

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2025-01-15 | ING Fossielvrij

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Omnibus proposal: +160 organisations call on EU lawmakers to safeguard corporate accountability laws

Joint statement by human rights and environmental groups, trade unions, and activists

2025-01-14 | BankTrack, European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), FIDH, Friends of the Earth Europe, Human Rights Watch, OECD Watch

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Banks were largest “corporate enablers” of Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2023, new research finds

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, Italy’s UniCredit, and Hungary’s OTP among top ten tax contributors in Russia

2025-01-13 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine, KSE Institute, Squeezing Putin

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Serious rights violations in Asia’s transition minerals supply chains linked to US, European, and Asian electric vehicle manufacturers and Japanese and ASEAN banks, Fair Finance Asia analysis finds

2024-12-19 | Fair Finance Asia

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Banks urged to refuse MUFG’s call to finance Papua LNG

2024-12-18 | ActionAid Australia, Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR), Friends of the Earth Japan, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Market Forces, Reclaim Finance

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BankTrack's 2024 successes and highlights

2024-12-18 | BankTrack

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Demand for UN & Climate Banking Alliance to enforce commitments following Goldman Sachs exit

Climate and community groups have written to the United Nations and the NZBA following Goldman Sachs’ exit from the alliance and backsliding by Morgan Stanley.

2024-12-18 | Stand.earth

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Frontline communities urge investors not to buy new ArcelorMittal bonds due to human rights, environmental and climate concerns

2024-12-16 | BankTrack, Fair Steel Coalition

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Communities and activists in Uganda and Tanzania take to the streets in response to reports indicating that Chinese financing for EACOP may be imminent

2024-12-13 | #StopEACOP

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Send a letter to ING: Stop financing steel giant ArcelorMittal 
The steel and mining giant ArcelorMittal is impacting communities with it's pollution, loss of water and corruption in Mexico. Anyone who speaks out runs great risk. Call on ING to stop financing ArcelorMittal.…

Register for the launch webinar: Thursday 23rd January 4pm CET
We’re pleased to be joined by four great expert panellists for a discussion on the state of respect for human rights in the banking sector and what needs to be done to move it forward. Register now…

New: End Coal Finance website
To stop a wave of new coal development across Asia, the End Coal Finance coalition is asking likely financiers to pledge not to back new coal power projects.

Target Dodgy Deals

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Simandou Iron Ore Project

Guinea | project

San Miguel Corporation

Philippines | company

ArcelorMittal

Luxembourg | company

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

Adani Group

India | company

Ternium

Luxembourg | company

Alamtri Resources Indonesia (formerly Adaro Energy Indonesia)

Indonesia | company

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Focus banks

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

China

Community leaders and impacted persons put forward clear demands for ICBC and other Chinese financial and insurance actors to decline any and all support for EACOP at a press conference in Kikuube district in Uganda on December 8th.

State Bank of India

India

State Bank of India was identified as a potential financier of 17 announced new coal power projects exposed on the endcoalfinance.org website; more than any other bank.

ING

Netherlands

Milieudefensie announced in November that it will continue with its climate case against ING, despite the appeal ruling in the Shell case.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Japan

Has taken on the lead role in seeking finance for Papua LNG, a project with considerable climate and financial risks, following Crédit Agricole's withdrawal.

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