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Crédit Agricole fined by the ECB for failing to identify climate and environmental risks

The ECB has imposed periodic penalty payments amounting to €7.55 million on Crédit Agricole for failure to comply with ECB decisions on climate-related and environmental risks. Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates in human history. Research by the Network for Greening the Financial System, as well as several Central Banks, has warned that biodiversity loss…

2026-02-19 | Forests & Finance

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Crédit Agricole fined by the ECB for failing to identify climate and environmental risks

2026-02-19 | Forests & Finance

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Press Release: New report reveals companies that care about the climate crisis have a hidden weapon: their credit cards

2026-02-18 | Stop the Money Pipeline

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NatWest tears up oil and gas financing restrictions – ShareAction response

2026-02-13 | ShareAction

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Banks risk burning forests & fossil fuels for “green” steel

New research finds that banks' guidelines for green finance lack much needed clarity on steel decarbonisation, and often include environmentally and socially harmful solutions.

2026-02-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

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Fair Finance Thailand unveils 8th annual policy assessment of Thai banks

2026-02-10 | Fair Finance Thailand

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Almost 30 banks turn their back on TotalEnergies’ Papua LNG project

2026-02-10 | 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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Eight UN officials warn JSW Steel may be violating human rights law

Banks warned that finance risks violating UN human rights principles. JSW failed to respond.

2026-02-06 | BankTrack

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MUFG and the dystopian reality of TNFD reporting

This article examines MUFG’s TNFD reports, comparing this against the reality of its biodiversity practices and associated controversies.

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2026-02-06 | Shona Hawkes, Rainforest Action Network

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New BreakFree Suisse research: Swiss investors in the ICE system

2026-02-05 | BreakFree Suisse

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Decarbonising Steel: BankTrack’s New Research on Real vs. False Solutions
Not all steel decarbonisation strategies are credible. Some are “false solutions” that risk delaying the transition to a non-fossil-fuel steel sector.

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NatWest’s annual report was published in February, and was accompanied by policy changes that ShareAction said amounted to "tearing up oil and gas financing restrictions".

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RBI is under new leadership. Cultural organisations being sponsored by the bank risk whitewashing a major enabler of the war on Ukraine, argues this new BankTrack blog.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Japan

A recent article from Rainforest Action Network examines MUFG’s TNFD reports, showing they fail to substantially address the bank's impacts on nature and the people who protect it.

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China

CITIC’s steel decarbonization framework fails to explicitly exclude financing for all five “false solutions” identified in BankTrack’s False Solutions Report, including biomass, CCUS, and carbon offsetting.

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    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. 

    Banking on Biodiversity Collapse 2025

                    2025-11-05 00:00:00
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                        Forests & Finance                    
                                    
    EACOP Finance Risk Update #6

                    2025-10-23 00:00:00
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                        BankTrack & partners                    
                                    
    Mining and Money 

                    2025-09-03 00:00:00
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