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The Chinese government is systematically trying to channel into and anchor its view of universal human rights in international institutions such as the UN Human Rights Council. A joint project of the human rights organizations Amnesty International and Urgewald has therefore identified ten important terms or phrases used by the Chinese government that are already on their way to becoming new standards.

The banks involved are Bank of America and Citi from the US; Germany’s Commerzbank; Bank of China; and five Russian banks.

This week, the Norwegian Parliament adopted a new ethical criterion on arms sales to guide the investments of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).

Reaction to Uniper's compensation claim against the Dutch state for its coal exit law

Is your money funding the climate crisis? Bank customers around the world now have a quick and easy way to get an answer with a new online tool at https://bank.green/.

The French insurance company AXA has denied a bid by the German energy utility RWE to remain its customer.[1] AXA announced the full exclusion of services for the German energy utility RWE by the end of next year.

Sebastian Roetters, Energy Campaigner at the Environmental Nonprofit Group Urgewald, said: "AXA has taken a consistent stance on RWE’s climate-wrecking activities that other financial institutions should follow.