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Raiffeisen met with protests over war profits, fossil finance and surveillance tech at annual meeting

Protesters target RBI contributions to Putin’s war budget, as new research shows an exit from Russia is feasible

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI)’s Annual General Meeting in Vienna today saw protesters inside and outside the meeting demand action from the bank on its links with Russia, fossil fuel finance and controversial military tech. While protesters outside noted that RBI’s business activities “endanger democracy,” activists inside the AGM demanded the bank leadership provide…

2026-04-09 | Vienna | BankTrack, urgewald, Attac Austria, B4Ukraine, IFOR Austria

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Raiffeisen met with protests over war profits, fossil finance and surveillance tech at annual meeting

Protesters target RBI contributions to Putin’s war budget, as new research shows an exit from Russia is feasible

2026-04-09 | Vienna | BankTrack, urgewald, Attac Austria, B4Ukraine, IFOR Austria

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The price of gas: the hidden costs of European banks’ support for gas power expansion

2026-04-08 | Reclaim Finance

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Raiffeisen exit from Russia “significantly less costly” than risks of staying, new briefing paper shows

Financial briefing by BankTrack, the KSE Institute and B4Ukraine shows viable options for accelerating its exit from the Russian market, which bank leadership has failed to consider.

2026-04-07 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine, KSE Institute

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Major US banks and public pensions attempt to profit from sinking $80 billion into ICE contractors

New data reveal extensive investments and financing of companies aiding the repression and killing of US residents

2026-04-02 | San Francisco (Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone Lands) | Stand.earth

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Eni’s new project in Mozambique criticised by UN experts

2026-04-01 | BankTrack, urgewald, Friends of the Earth France, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, ReCommon

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Twenty organisations are taking action worldwide to demand that Santander’s shareholders take action in response to the bank’s increase in financing of fossil fuels

2026-03-27 | Ecologistas en Accion

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European banks bonding with oil and gas expansion: an analysis of 2025 and beyond

2026-03-27 | Reclaim Finance

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New Report: Major banks backing risky US petrochemical expansion despite mounting legal and financial warnings

2026-03-24 | Break Free from Plastic, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Friends of the Earth, Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, People over Petro, Texas Campaign for the Environment

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Civil society complainants' response to TotalEnergies on the Papua LNG project

2026-03-16 | Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR), Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Market Forces, Reclaim Finance

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Market Forces lodged a complaint at the Singapore Exchange against OCBC for potential misleading conduct over finance for Harita Nickel Group. Following the complaint, Harita removed key data about its coal power capacity from its website.

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    The Business of Leaving: Raiffeisen Bank International and the investment case for exiting Russia

                    2026-04-07 00:00:00
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                        BankTrack, KSE Institute, B4Ukraine                    
                                    
Briefing paper modelling the costs of a full exit from the Russian market for Raiffeisen Bank International

    Financing False Solutions in Steel Decarbonisation 

                    2026-02-11 00:00:00
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                        BankTrack                    
                                    
This report analyses the sustainable finance frameworks of 20 global banks, and which solutions for steel decarbonisation are included. 

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