TheGuardian

MAY 31, 2023

The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have collectively pumped $32.85bn into fossil fuel projects – almost entirely linked to oil and gas production or power generation – over the same period, the report says.

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Report 66

TheGuardian

AUGUST 24, 2021

Activists say the bank, which handles government tax accounts, gives billions in funding to fossil fuel industries Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked Whitehall in a protest against HMRC’s links to Barclays Bank, which handles the government’s tax collection bank accounts.

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Taxes Industry 98

TheGuardian

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Speaking at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative roundtable on Tuesday, the former central bank boss said lenders should – at the very least – be transparent over whether or not pay is being tied to climate targets.

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Risk Management Meeting Industry Management 139

TheGuardian

MAY 4, 2022

Bank plan meets opposition after environmental protesters disrupt AGM in Manchester Shareholders dealt an embarrassing blow to Barclays’ climate credentials on Wednesday, with almost 20% rejecting the bank’s climate strategy as activists disrupted its annual meeting to protest against the bank’s financing of fossil fuels.

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Strategy Meeting 98

TheGuardian

APRIL 18, 2023

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie attend ‘couples therapy’ in Richard Curtis film for Make My Money Matter The Game of Thrones stars and real-life couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are co-starring in a Richard Curtis short film highlighting the “toxic relationship” between UK high street banks and the fossil fuel industry.

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Industry 77

TheGuardian

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Andrew Bragg and Tim Wilson say inquiry is unnecessary because it’s a legitimate ‘matter for those institutions’ The “modern” Liberals Andrew Bragg and Tim Wilson have brushed off calls from within the government for a fresh inquiry into banks’ decisions to stop lending to coal companies.

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TheGuardian

MAY 3, 2021

Lenders including Barclays and HSBC provided services and loans worth £21.9bn in 2019 British banks’ financial support for companies involved in the coal industry has risen since the 2015 Paris agreement, despite their pledges to wind down financing for a sector seen as a significant obstacle to tackling global heating.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 25, 2023

Offices of Citibank in New York and Wells Fargo in San Francisco targeted by activists urging shareholders to act As they exited their office in Tribeca on Monday afternoon, Citibank employees were confronted with a boisterous crowd chanting and dancing along to the music of a mariachi band.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 10, 2021

Fifteen pension and investment funds, led by the campaign group ShareAction, have agreed to withdraw their own environment resolution ahead of HSBC’s annual general meeting on 28 May. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

JANUARY 10, 2021

Europe’s second-largest financier of fossil fuels faces a vote to ramp up its climate commitments HSBC could be forced to slash its exposure to fossil fuels – starting with coal – from next year, after an influential group of investors filed a shareholder vote urging the bank to ramp up its climate commitments.

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Groups 101

TheGuardian

MARCH 9, 2021

Church of England, Lloyds and the National Grid among those pledging to meet 2050 target Major pension funds that own assets worth £870bn, including those of the Church of England, Lloyds Banking Group and the National Grid, have committed to cutting the carbon emissions of their portfolios to net zero by 2050 or earlier, in another sign of big investors’ (..)

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Action against one of Europe’s largest financial institutions is the first climate-related lawsuit against a commercial bank French campaigners are suing one of Europe’s largest financial institutions for financing fossil fuels in the first climate-related lawsuit against a commercial bank. Continue reading.

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Company 69

TheGuardian

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But the banks stopped short of pledging an end to fossil fuel finance, and did not set out firm targets for how much funding they would devote to a green recovery in a declaration signed on Thursday by 450 development banks worldwide.

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National 93

TheGuardian

MARCH 19, 2021

Campaigners raised local issues alongside the globally co-ordinated campaign #cleanupStandardChartered, which calls on the London-headquartered Standard Chartered to divest from coal in emerging markets. Related: Activist on hunger strike in Canada calls on government to halt logging Continue reading.

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Online Marketing 86

TheGuardian

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

While some lenders such as NatWest are demonstrating leadership on specific issues – such as net zero targets and policies restricting financing for new fossil fuel – research by investment campaign group ShareAction found none of the banks it reviewed were taking action across all key areas. Continue reading.

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Leadership Policies Groups 75

TheGuardian

JANUARY 26, 2021

Chief executive Noel Quinn opines unconvincingly about staying out of politics, but it’s not that simple HSBC denies taking political stance in Hong Kong Noel Quinn, chief executive of HSBC, had his line and he stuck to it.

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