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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Stefano Valentino |Giorgio Michalopoulos |Damian Carrington
European “green” funds holding more than $33bn of investments in major oil and gas companies have been revealed by an investigation, despite fossil fuels being the root cause of the climate crisis. Some of these investment funds used branding such as Sustainable Global Stars and Europe Climate Pathway. Over $18bn was invested in the five biggest polluters: TotalEnergies, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Josephine Moulds |Stefano Valentino |Giorgio Michalopoulos |Julia Evans
DIRTY MONEY For decades, coal mines operated by the world’s largest mining multinational, with the support of the world’s largest asset manager, have polluted the rivers and aquifers of Mpumalanga, with serious consequences for the population, say local NGOs and experts. An investigation in collaboration with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Voxeurop.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
msn.com | Josephine Moulds |Stefano Valentino |Giorgio Michalopoulos |Julia Evans
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Josephine Moulds |Stefano Valentino
One of the world’s biggest banks, JP Morgan, has promoted environmental and “sustainable” funds to customers which have invested more than £200m in the mining giant Glencore, it can be revealed. Ethical investing has become big business for JP Morgan and other financial giants, with worldwide “sustainable” investing expected to surpass $40tn by 2030. But the industry now faces scrutiny over the rules around investments focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
thebureauinvestigates.com | Josephine Moulds |Stefano Valentino |Giorgio Michalopoulos |Ed Stoddard |Julia Evans
World’s biggest bank has used ESG funds to funnel quarter of a billion dollars to company causing devastation in South Africa
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Katharina Kalinke |Hendrik Lehmann |Stefano Valentino |Gian-Paolo Accardo
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
tagesspiegel.de | Katharina Kalinke |Hendrik Lehmann |Stefano Valentino |Gian-Paolo Accardo
Wer sein Geld anlegen und dabei einen Beitrag für eine klimaneutrale Wirtschaft leisten möchte, kann aus einer Vielzahl grüner Fonds auswählen. Doch „grün“ oder „nachhaltig“ lässt sich nach aktueller Rechtslage frei interpretieren. Selbst Investitionen in die weltweit größten Treibhausgasemittenten schließen sich – aus Sicht der Fondsgesellschaften – unter diesem Label nicht aus.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan |Stefano Valentino
Fast fashion labels, fossil fuel companies and SUV-makers are present in EU-regulated “sustainable” funds that tout their ethical credentials in their names, the Guardian and media partners can reveal, with $18bn (£14bn) of their investments going to the 200 biggest polluters.
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May 30, 2024 | 
voxeurop.eu | Stefano Valentino
Dieser Artikel ist unseren Abonnierenden vorbehaltenAuf der indonesischen Insel Sumatra wurde einer der letzten Lebensräume, in dem vom Aussterben bedrohte Arten wie Elefanten, Tiger und Orang-Utans Zuflucht finden, von Unternehmen, die Tropenholz und Kautschuk abbauen, und illegalen Farmern ungezügelt gerodet. Jahrelang hat Michelin in Zusammenarbeit mit dem lokalen Agroindustriegiganten in die Region investiert, um dort Kautschukplantagen anzulegen.
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May 30, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Stefano Valentino
Rubber manufacturer Michelin claims to have avoided millions of tons of carbon emissions and saved thousands of hectares of primary forest in a sustainable rubber plantation project in Indonesia. Michelin joined the project in 2014 after buying a stake in the Indonesian rubber company RLU, which in 2018 raised $95 million in green bonds. In 2022, Michelin became RLU’s sole shareholder, and repaid the green bonds raised by the project.
