Big Banks Just Flunked Their Own Test on Climate, Indigenous Rights

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By TruthoutNov 6, 2018, 8:15 am147 pts
By Lindsey Allen On Oct. 16, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Crédit Agricole and 91 other global banks met in Washington, DC, to revise the Equator Principles, industry-led due diligence standards meant to prevent banks from supporting environmentally and socially harmful projects. On the very same day, in a…

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