The purpose of the False Solutions Tracker is to give a clear overview of energy technologies that fall under banks' individual sustainable finance commitments. The tracker lists 11 energy technologies that are usually associated with the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the economy. These technologies are defined here and classified in three categories:

1. Real solutions: Technologies that deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy. BankTrack considers these technologies as real solutions only if and when they do deliver Energy Democracy.

2. Solutions under strict conditions: Energy technologies that could be real solutions if they deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy but that could also be false solutions. This is the case of hydrogen and hydropower. On one hand, fossil-free and green hydrogen could be a real solution under certain conditions. However, fossil-based hydrogen and nuclear hydrogen are always false solutions. On the other hand, hydropower lifespan extension could also be a real solution under strict conditions while hydropower expansion is a false solution.

3. False solutions: Energy technologies that are not aligned with a just transition towards Energy Democracy.

For each one of the 11 energy technologies, the tracker indicates if it is included in bank's individual sustainable finance commitments:

For Real solutions:

• ​​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
• ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
• ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
• ​ : It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.

For solutions under strict conditions and for false solutions:

• ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
• ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
• ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
• ​: It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.