UN experts warn banking sector’s Equator Principles on lack of accountability

Bank initiative responds saying it “considers its obligations are met” despite clear UN concerns

04 Oct 2024 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

WEBINAR: Why financing industrial livestock is bad for banks and the planet?

Join the webinar on June 27th!

24 Jun 2024 | BankTrack, Feedback Global, Friends of the Earth , Profundo

European banks and investors, including Allianz, Deutsche Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo, investing over €700m in companies tied to brutal violence against civilians in South Sudan

14 Nov 2023 | Global Witness

CarbonBombs.org sheds light on banks' and companies' links with the world's 425 largest fossil fuel extraction projects

The future emissions from these projects would consume over twice the global carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5°C. One month before COP28, this platform highlights the importance of a rapid transition away from fossil fuels

01 Nov 2023 | Data for Good, éclaircies

New report: US banks’ role in capital markets reveals a hidden pipeline for fossil fuel financing

Wall Street banks quietly raise billions for polluting companies through underwriting activities

24 Jul 2023 | New York | Sierra Club

As a 20th anniversary gift, we've made the Equator Principles a complaints channel

04 Jun 2023 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

The Equator Principles have two big problems: a fossil-fuel problem and an accountability problem

Either they get solved at the annual meeting of signatories starting today in Seoul, or the principles risk fading into irrelevance

17 Oct 2022 | Margaux Day - Accountability Counsel, Natalie Bugalski - Inclusive Development International, Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack

Equator Principles put on notice by CSOs to commit on climate, nature, human rights, and pandemics, ahead of 20th Anniversary in 2023

BankTrack, the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network and 25 CSOs sent an open letter to the Equator Principles Association ahead of its AGM outlining strong commitments to be made

14 Oct 2022 | BankTrack, WECAN

TotalEnergies’ East African pipeline breaches international environmental and human rights standards

A new analysis shows banks supporting the East African Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project would be in non-compliance with their commitments under the Equator Principles

05 Jul 2022 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, AFIEGO, Inclusive Development International

Civil society calls on Equator Principles Association to take action on climate, biodiversity and human rights at AGM

18 Nov 2021 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth US, WECAN

Equator Principles improve transparency after BankTrack shows the way

12 Nov 2021 | BankTrack

Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks

26 Oct 2021 | BankTrack