10 November 2023 Yesterday NAB announced that from 1 October 2025 it will require the majority of fossil fuel companies to have Paris-aligned transition plans in place in order to provide additional lending. From that deadline, to get a corporate or project...
Westpac takes two steps forward, one big step back
8 November 2023 This week Westpac announced a host of new project finance restrictions for new and expanded fossil fuel projects, but also walked back a key policy that restricts finance to the companies developing them. In a disappointing regression on its...
Deutsche Bank staff survey 2022
21 March 2022 Thank-you for taking the time to fill out this survey. Its purpose is to understand the views of Deutsche Bank employees regarding the bank’s reported decision to arrange finance for Whitehaven Coal, one of Australia’s most controversial coal mining...
Send some Christmas cheer to Deutsche Bank’s CEO!
7 December 2021 ‘Tis the season to be jolly… unless, like Deutsche Bank, you’re arranging funds for climate-wrecking coal companies. That’s why this Christmas we’re going to flood Deutsche Bank’s CEO with Christmas cards, to remind him that working with Whitehaven...
Deutsche Bank’s involvement with Whitehaven Coal exposed in German media
23 October 2021 Share the ad on Deutsche Bank’s social media pages! On Friday morning, executives at Deutsche Bank awoke to a half-page advertisement on page 7 of Handelsblatt, a major newspaper popular in Germany’s financial world. The ad, coordinated by Market...
Deutsche Bank prepares to raise funds for Whitehaven
1 October 2021 Tell Deutsche Bank to back off! Financial news source Debtwire reported last week that Deutsche Bank is preparing to raise funds for Whitehaven Coal’s climate-wrecking coal business. Specifically, Debtwire reports that Deutsche Bank organised a...