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Article content LONDON — French bank Natixis said it plans to stop financing the trading of Ecuadorian crude oil by 2022, after pressure from campaigners over the trade’s links to environmental damage in the Amazon. The role of European banks in backing the trade came under scrutiny in August, when a report by advocacy groups Stand.earth and Amazon Watch named six European banks as major financiers of Ecuadorean oil exports to U.S. refineries. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Natixis to stop financing trade in Ecuadorian crude oil Back to v...

EnergyEXCLUSIVE Natixis to stop financing trade in Ecuadorian crude oil Simon Jessop 4 minutes read French bank Natixis said it plans to stop financing the trading of Ecuadorian crude oil by 2022, after pressure from campaigners over the trade's links to environmental damage in the Amazon. The role of European banks in backing the trade came under scrutiny in August, when a report by advocacy groups Stand.earth and Amazon Watch named six European banks as major financiers of Ecuadorean oil exports to U.S. refineries. Natixis was one of those named as being involved in the trade and at the tim...

3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - French bank Natixis said it plans to stop financing the trading of Ecuadorian crude oil by 2022, after pressure from campaigners over the trade’s links to environmental damage in the Amazon. FILE PHOTO: Oil field technicians work with a drill at a rig of Ecuador's state oil company Petroamazonas, in Tiputini, Ecuador October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo The role of European banks in backing the trade came under scrutiny in August, when a report by advocacy groups Stand.earth and Amazon Watch named six European banks ...

260 Faith, Labor and Development Groups Press IMF, G20 and White House on COVID Response 260 Faith, Labor and Development Groups Press IMF, G20 and White House on COVID Response April 07, 2021 Ahead of Spring IMF and World Bank Meetings, World's Largest Unions, Human Rights Groups, Environmental and Religious Institutions Call for Aid, Debt Relief, Access to Emergency Reserves and Climate Protections  Washington DC – As G20, IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings convene virtually on global COVID response, 260 groups call for developing country aid and policies to prevent future crises and pr...

Last modified on Tue 6 Apr 2021 07.51 EDT “We’re looking for you, dead or alive,” is one of the daily threats that Herlín Odicio receives on his mobile phone. The leader of the indigenous Cacataibo people in Peru’s central Amazon has been forced into hiding for standing up to drug traffickers trying to steal his land. “We’ve reported coca plantations on our land so many times and nothing has been done,” Odicio said. He said the threats against his life spiralled after he turned down an offer of 500,000 Peruvian soles (£96,500) for every drug flight leaving from a secret airstr...