Are Banks Responsible for Climate Change? the Lawsuit Against ING

Friends of the Earth Netherlands, together with 30,000 co-plaintiffs, have started a lawsuit against ING to bring the bank’s climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement…Milieudefensie is demanding that ING halves its emissions in 2030 and ceases financing companies that still develop new oil and gas projects…Milieudefensie has gathered almost 10,000 pages of evidence that substantiate the harmful effects of ING’s policy. ..Nicky van Dijk, research coordinator, adds: “ING’s own annual report states that ING is currently financing fossil fuel energy with 30 billion euro… 

Excerpt from Milieudefensie and more than 30,000 co-plaintiffs take ING to court, Milieudefensie Press Release, Mar. 28, 2025

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