🚨 8 Anti-EACOP activists face sentencing after 8+ months in remand on April 17th
➤An emerging pattern of extended pre-trial detentions targeting activists opposed to #EACOP is concerning
➤ We call on the relevant bar associations & UN Special Rapporteurs to investigate. See our press release ⤵️
We went to ING’s AGM today and questioned the bank on one of the biggest incoherences in its climate policies.
ING has one of the banking sector’s strongest policies on liquefied natural gas expansion, committing to exclude direct financial support for new LNG export terminals. BUT... ⤵️
CEO van Rijswijk stated that, in the absence of an internationally recognised framework setting reduction targets for plastics, it is difficult for the bank to set its own investment reduction targets for plastics and petrochemicals developers.
The #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement questioned ING’s continued finance for companies expanding virgin plastic production, including INEOS’ Project One ethane cracker in Antwerp.
CEO van Rijswijk simply stated the bank’s policy commitments, citing a phase out of finance for pure play oil&gas companies by 2040, with the added challenge, however, of integrated oil&gas companies, for which no phase out is specified. He defended the intensity metrics the bank applies.
@reclaimfinance.org and @ran.org highlighted that, while ING did not offer project finance for CP2 LNG terminal in Louisiana, it remains the largest financier for CP2’s developer, Venture Global.
@fossielvrijnl.bsky.social asked the board whether ING intends to introduce investment restrictions on LNG carriers, as those financed today could be operating up to 2067, way past the bank’s 2050 net zero goal. No answer was given.
He also defended continued investment in metallurgical coal, blaming the high cost of producing steel through the use of hydrogen-powered electric arc furnaces. He could not specify a timeline for phase out of financing for met coal.
CEO Steven van Rijswijk defended ING’s intensity-based Terra approach, stating that, when it comes to high-emission sectors, they look at their investments in these sectors at a portfolio level, not at an individual client-level.
Since the end of 2025, ING has ended project-level finance for new LNG export terminals and the expansion of existing ones. However, their policy still allows project finance for LNG import terminals and corporate finance for LNG developers.
Melanie travelled all the way from the town of Freeport, Texas, where Freeport LNG terminal, financed by ING, is causing severe impacts on public health and the environment. Higher than average rates of cancer, asthma, and paediatric leukaemia are recorded in these communities since LNG showed up.
Melanie Oldham, executive director of Better Brazoria, just asked the board what is ING’s timeline on phasing out and transitioning away from finance of LNG developers.
Numerous shareholders are queuing at the microphones inside the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t Ij to question ING’s board on the bank’s sustainability commitments.
We are today at ING’s annual general meeting, asking ING to stop financing fossil fuels, closing the several loopholes in their coal, oil and gas policies, together with @milieudefensie.bsky.social @fossielvrijnl.bsky.social and @reclaimfinance.org ✊
On Thursday, we protested Raiffeisen's AGM together with @attac.at, @b4ukraine.org, IFOR Austria, and other international partners, standing united against Raiffeisen's ties to fossil fuel giants, military tech companies, and the Russian war machine.
Stay tuned for the full video recap! 🎬
📢 Last week, as #Santander's shareholders gathered in their annual meeting, we joined more than 20 civil society organizations in sending a letter to investors, urging action on the bank’s increasing fossil fuel financing and backsliding on climate commitments. 🧵
#GreenSky
😶 ING wil samen met andere banken maar liefst 9 miljard euro uitlenen aan ENI, een grote Italiaanse oliemaatschappij.
Dat is niet normaal! 9 miljard euro is een enorm bedrag voor een lening aan een oliebedrijf. Zeker nu we juist van olie en gas af moeten.
Lees meer: https://bit.ly/lening-emi-bs
‼️BREAKING ‼️ New data reveals that American pensions and banks are propping up the worst of the worst: ICE contractors. 🤢 🧵
#ClimateThreads
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the image is of an gas terminal with fire, with the text: take action - send an email to the top executives of the largest financier of new fossil fuels in latin america
Santander is the largest financier of new fossil fuel expansion in Latin America - fueling projects that devastate the Amazon, violate Indigenous rights + accelerate the climate crisis.
Tell Santander: Stop financing bankrolling climate destruction!
Take action: ✍️
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As of April 1st, banks in Brazil will be required to verify official satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit.
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Ahead of Raiffeisen’s AGM, a new briefing by @banktrack.bsky.social, B4Ukraine and KSE shows that leaving Russia is far less costly than staying. It challenges the bank’s claim of having no exit options, highlighting that leaving is both a moral and financial imperative. bit.ly/RBI_investor_briefing
🚫 Ukraine’s job platform Work.ua has doubled its rates for firms cooperating with Raiffeisen Bank and PepsiCo, citing their continued biz in Russia. The CEO urges retail chains & gas stations to remove PepsiCo products from their shelves and calls on businesses to cease cooperation with Raiffeisen.
🚨Email your pension fund to hold backtracking banks responsible for their climate U-turns🚨
The deadline to use our tool is the 16 April. Every single message and voice counts!
Banks shouldn’t get away with watering down their commitments. Email today.
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🎙️ On the latest episode of @podcastgreenred.bsky.social, Stand.earth Climate Finance Director @richardbrooks.bsky.social discusses our new data on the American pensions and banks profiting off ICE terror.
#ICEOut #GreenSky
☝️Dinsdag is de jaarlijkse aandeelhoudersvergadering van ING, waar de bank zijn beleid moet verantwoorden tegenover zijn aandeelhouders. Hoog tijd voor ons om de lange lijst met vervuilende bedrijven waar ING geld in steekt eens op een rijtje te zetten.
Benieuwd? https://bit.ly/bedrijven-ing-bs
Profile by @accountcounsel.bsky.social and Solutions for our Climate, in partnership with Chachoengsao RePower & Fossil Free Thailand.
Demonstration in Thailand against the Burapa Power Plant and for an energy transition, November 2025. Photo: Decode ThaiPBS
🚨 New Dodgy Deal Alert: Burapa Power Plant, Thailand
A 540 MW fossil gas plant under construction near Bangkok, with communities sidelined, SLAPP suits used to silence critics, and water rights at risk. UBS is a major shareholder of the project developer.
🔗 banktrack.org/project/burapa_power_plant
Vor und während der Hauptversammlung der #Raiffeisen Bank International protestieren heute Attac, BankTrack, B4Ukraine, Versöhnungsbund gegen die skandalöse Geschäftspolitik.
Die RBI füllt weiterhin Putins Kriegskasse, heizt die Klimakrise an und investiert in den US-Überwachungskonzern Palantir.
🚨 Activists disrupted Raiffeisen’s AGM in Vienna — with a clear message: Get out of Russia!
🔗 b4ukraine.org/whats-new/raiffeisen-agm-2026
@attac.at | @banktrack.bsky.social | @forpeacemaker.bsky.social
BankTrack's Max Hammer is attending today's Raiffeisen Bank International AGM, while activists outside protest the bank's ties to fossil fuels, military tech companies, and the Russian war economy.
Follow the day's key takeaways here:
