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From COP16: Global NGOs file formal complaint to UNEP over its role in the TNFD

Corporate-driven initiative accused of greenwashing forest destroying companies

Today, at the official press conference during COP16, a global group of NGOs and rights holders, including Rainforest Action Network, Third World Network, the Forest & Finance coalition, Indigenous Environmental Network, WECAN, BankTrack, Global Forest Coalition, Friends of the Earth International and other NGOs have filed a complaint with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) over its support of…

2024-10-23 | Cali, Colombia | BankTrack, Forests & Finance Coalition, Friends of the Earth International, Global Forest Coalition, Indigenous Environmental Network, Movimento pelo Soberania Popular no Mineração, Rainforest Action Network, Third World Network, WECAN

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From COP16: Global NGOs file formal complaint to UNEP over its role in the TNFD

Corporate-driven initiative accused of greenwashing forest destroying companies

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Dutch financial sector: over 80% of investments in energy sector still going to fossil fuels

A new report finds that Dutch bank ING now finances more fossil fuels than in 2016

2024-10-22 | Amsterdam | Amnesty International, Fair Bank Guide Netherlands, Milieudefensie, PAX, Profundo, World Animal Protection

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ActionAid and ReCommon: ‘UniCredit is not funding Eni’s Coral North FLNG Project in Mozambique’

2024-10-22 | ActionAid Italia, ReCommon

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South African banks still score poorly on climate

2024-10-22 | Just Share

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As the world chokes in plastic, banks continue to finance plastic production

New research reveals a lack of bank policies dealing with the impact of plastics on climate, nature and humans

2024-10-17 | Amsterdam | BankTrack, Plastic Soup Foundation, Profundo

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Major banks fueling biodiversity collapse by $395 billion since the Paris Agreement; Governments failing to reign in banks

New reports reveal escalating financing to destructive sectors and highlight the urgent need for financial sector regulations to achieve Global Biodiversity Goals

2024-10-16 | San Francisco | BankTrack, Amazon Watch, CED Cameroon, Friends of the Earth US, Milieudefensie, Profundo, Rainforest Action Network, Repórter Brasil, Sahabat Alam Malaysia, TuK Indonesia

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French banks haven’t turned their backs on coal

Reclaim Finance’s analysis reveals that French banks continued to finance companies that are still developing new coal mines or power plants.

2024-10-15 | Paris | Reclaim Finance

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How UBS finances the world’s oil and gas expansion

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2024-10-10 | Peter Bosshard - Swiss Climate Rambles blog

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Sierra Club finds major US banks are climate laggards, recommends steps to meet net-zero commitments

Largest US banks committed to net-zero emissions by 2050, not yet on track to make it happen

2024-10-09 | Sierra Club

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Two new reports: Major banks fueling biodiversity collapse; governments failing to reign them in
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Tell the Finance Ministers and Heads of State of G20 Nations to protect biodiversity
As the G20 Summit approaches, we're calling on world leaders to change the rules of the game to stop the financial flows of destruction. Lend your voice below!

Israel-Hamas conflict one year on: Banks must avoid complicity in human rights violations
Read BankTrack's statement and support the call for a #CeasefireNow

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Simandou Iron Ore Project

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CoreCivic

United States | company

ArcelorMittal

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Ternium

Luxembourg | company

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

Adaro Energy

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Adani Group

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GEO Group

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ProCredit

Germany

Germany's ProCredit led the field as a 'moderate achiever' in the new Plastic Banks Tracker, launched in October. ProCredit clearly acknowledges the plastics problem and its own role in it, and makes a clear commitment to support solutions for the plastics problem.

UBS

Switzerland

Read the Guest Blog from Peter Bosshard on how UBS finances the world’s oil and gas expansion, here.

Banco do Brasil

Brazil

Banco do Brasil heads the league table in the new Banking on Biodiversity Collapse report, remaining the bank most exposed to forest-risk commodities by a significant margin due to its role in distributing loans through Brazil’s rural credit program.

ING

Netherlands

A new report by Fair Finance Guide Netherlands found that Dutch bank ING now finances more fossil fuels than in 2016.

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    Banking on biodiversity collapse 2024

                    2024-10-16 00:00:00
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                        Forest and Finance Coalition                    
                                    
    Regulating finance for biodiversity

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                        Forest &Finance Coalition (includes BankTrack)                    
                                    
    Banking on climate chaos 2024

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                        BankTrack, urgewald, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance & Sierra Club                    
                                    
    Actions speak louder: 2024 update on bank responses to human rights violations

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                        BankTrack