Coal Divestment
Over 200 and counting globally significant financial institutions have formal divestment policies restricting investment in thermal coal mining and/or coal-fired power projects. These include asset managers and owners with assets under management of more than US$50 billion and international banks, insurance and reinsurance companies, export credit agencies, multilateral development banks and development financial institutions with assets exceeding US$10 billion.
ABN Amro
ABP / APG
Absa Group
Achmea
Aegon N.V.
By 2023, is committed to ensuring all new bank operations and sector strategies become fully Paris-aligned, with country-level and internal alignment by 2025. Adopted an amendment to the Bank’s Energy Sector Policy of 2012 which aligns the energy policy with the bank's commitments to end all financing of new coal-based projects.
African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
AG2R La Mondiale
Ageas
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
By 2028, committed to divesting all directly managed equity and fixed income exposure to coal mining and coal-fired power businesses for fixed income (by end of 2021 for equity); and not permitting any new investments within businesses involved directly in mining coal or generating electricity from coal.
AIA Group
AIG
AkademikerPension
Will no longer finance coal.
Akbank
Alecta
Allianz
Amundi
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
ASR
Asset Management One
ATP Group
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Autriche Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB)
Aviva
Aware Super
AXA
AXIS Capital
Bâloise Holding
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Banco National de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext)
Banco Santander
Bank J. Safra Sarasin
Bank of America
Bank of China
Banque de France (BdF)
Barclays
Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB)
Belfius Bank
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
BlackRock
BNDES (Brazilan Development Bank)
Has not provided financing for coal-fired power plants since 2017. By 2025, will bring down share of coal in loan portfolio to 5% from baseline year 2020, when the loan provided to coal companies stood at 10% of total loans.
Commitment to no longer finance coal-fired power generation activities in European Union and OECD countries by 2030 and by 2040 for the rest of the world.
BNP Paribas
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
By 2030, phase-out strategy from the coal sector in OECD countries and by 2040 worldwide, with exclusion of coal mine/plant/infrastructure developers and mandatory request to remaining companies to adopt by 1 January 2022 a coal phase-out plan by the same deadlines.
CDC excludes, from its investment and financing portfolios, companies exposed to >10% of sales by thermal coal and threshold will be lowered to 5% of turnover from 2023; companies developing new coal-fired power plants (threshold 300MW of new capacity), or new mines and infrastructure dedicated to coal; mining companies whose annual thermal coal production volume >10Mt; and energy suppliers whose power generation capacity from coal >10GW.
Caisse des Dépôts Consignations (CDC)
CaixaBank
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
California State Compensation Insurance Fund
Cathay Financial Holdings
Chiba Bank
Chubb
CIMB
Citi
Commerzbank
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación (CESCE)
Covea Finance
Crédit Agricole Group
By 2030, total phase out. Exclusion criteria: annual coal production >10MT; installed coal power capacity >5GW; coal share of revenue >20%; coal share of power production >20%.
Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale
Credit Suisse
Dai-ichi Life
Danske Bank Group
DB Insurance
DBS Bank
Deka Investment
By 2030, will completely phase out coal in Europe and OECD countries, and 2040 for the rest of the world. Will not invest in or provide finance to companies that operate or develop coal mines; that build, extend or renovate coal mines, power plants or infrastructure; or that have >10% or 5GW installed coal power generation capacity.
Desjardins Group
Deutsche Bank
DNB ASA
DZ Bank
E.SUN FHC
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Eksport Kredit Fonden (EKF)
Erste Group
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)
Federal Bank Limited
Fidelity International
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Finnvera
First Republic Bank (BankFWD)
FirstRand Limited
FMO
Folksam Group
Första AP-fonden (AP1); Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (Fjärde AP-fonden AP4); and Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7)
Generali Group
Goldman Sachs
Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)
Groupama
Will stop financing projects related to building coal-fired power plants at home and abroad. By 2050, plans to be carbon neutral.
Hana Financial Group
Hannover Re / Talanx Group
Hanwha Group
HESTA
HSBC Holdings
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance
By 2030, will make no new investments in any infrastructure asset that derives >20% of its revenue from thermal coal, and will exit thermal coal-reliant assets.
IAG
By 2030, will make no new investments in any infrastructure asset that garners >20% of its revenue from thermal coal, and will exit thermal coal-reliant assets.
IFM Investors
Ilmarinen
ING Group
Will not finance thermal coal mining or coal-fired power generation and associated facilities.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Intesa Sanpaolo
Investec
Will exclude any company deriving >5% of total revenue from thermal coal (mining companies and energy producing companies), and any company producing >10Mt of thermal coal per year or having a coal-fired power generation capacity >5GW.
Ircantec
Direct restrictions on coal assets include coal mining and dedicated infrastructure and coal-fired thermal plant. Indirect restrictions include corporate groups that in 2022 generate >50% of their revenue (30% in 2030) from coal mining and/or dedicated infrastructure and coal-fired thermal plant assets.
Itaú Unibanco
JPMorgan Chase & Co
KB Financial Group
KBC Group
Excludes all coal investments, including for transport and related infrastructure.
KfW
KLP
Korea Development Bank (KDB)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-SURE)
Korean Re
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Korporacja Ubezpieczén Kredytów Eksportowych (KUKE)
Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
Länsförsäkringar AB
Laurentian Bank
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
LGT Group
Liberty Mutual
Lloyd's
By 2030, will fully exit from all entities that operate thermal coal facilities. Also applying a 1.5C-aligned target to its loan book.
Lloyds Banking Group
In its equity and corporate bond selection, the company does not invest in any businesses where turnover >20% comes from coal, lignite or peat used in energy production or where energy production >20% is based on coal, lignite or peat.
Further, it does not invest in any companies that contribute to coal, lignite or peat projects.
LocalTapiola
M&G
Will end its investment exposure to coal by 2030.
Macif Group
Macquarie Group
Will exculde companies developing new coal projects; companies whose annual coal production >10Mt and installed capacity of coal power plant >5GW; companies whose share of coal in the turnover is >20%. Will phase out from the coal sector by 2030.
MACSF
Will no longer finance new coal activities as part of a five-year strategy.
Will not finance, and cease to onboard, new borrowers engaged in thermal coal-related activities, or that derive >25% of their annual revenue from thermal coal. For existing clients, it will not provide new financing for thermal coal mining and its related activities. It will also not provide new general purpose financing which can be fungible.
Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank)
Man Group
MAPFRE
MetLife
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Will stop financing new coal power projects and coal mining projects. All outstanding credit to coal sector to be phased out to zero by 2040.
Mizuho Financial Group
Morgan Stanley
MS&AD Holdings
Munich Re
Will exclude new thermal coal mining projects and new coal plants. It has plans to reduce its coal mining exposures by 50% by 30 September 2026 and to be effectively zero by 30 September 2030, but has no such plans for coal generation projects.
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Natixis
NatWest Group (previously Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS)
Nedbank
New York City Employees' Retirement System
New York State Common Retirement Fund
Nippon Life
NN Group
Excludes financing the construction of conventional coal-fired power plants.
NORD/LB
Nordea
Excludes both coal power generation projects and coal mining.
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
Norinchukin Bank
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (Garantiinstituttet for eksportkreditt (GIEK))
Excludes only new thermal coal power plants and coal mining firms whose revenue from coal >50%.
OCBC Bank
Pensioenfonds van de Metalektro (PME)
Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW)
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC)
Pictet Group
Will no longer provide financing for new coal mining and new coal power projects overseas.
Ping An Bank
PKO Bank Polski
PNC
Prudential Plc
QBE
Rabobank
Will not do business with companies generating >25% of their revenues from thermal coal mining, energy and trading companies.
Will not provide new loans to existing coal clients.
Will not provide any new financial services for new or existing thermal coal power plants or mines, nor participate directly in (re-)financing for such companies.
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Resona Holdings
No new financing of coal mining and thermal power production after 2022.
RHB Bank Bhd
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)
Divested from mining companies and power producers that generate >10% of revenue from thermal coal.
RobecoSAM (owned by ORIX Europe, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation)
RSA Insurance Group
Samsung Life Insurance
SCOR Global Life (SCOR)
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE)
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB)
Société Générale (SocGen)
Sompo Holdings
Standard Bank
Excludes both coal mining and coal-fired power plants.
Standard Chartered
Excludes companies with >5% of revenue from coal-related activities. By 2026, total exit from coal, and carbon neutral by 2050.
Storebrand
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG)
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB)
Suncorp
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Svensk Exportkredit (SEK)
Will not enter into new business relationships with, or finance, companies that operate within coal mining. Will not directly finance new coal mines or the expansion of existing mines, new coal power plants or the expansion of existing plants, or companies that operate in the construction of coal power plants. Will not initiate any new business relationships with or finance companies involved in coal power production, unless the company is deemed to be a ‘company in transition’ according to the more detailed definitions provided by the Head of Group Sustainability in their instructions to business operations.
Svenska Handelsbanken
Swedbank
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV)
Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
The Hartford Financial Services Group
Toho Bank
Tokio Marine Holdings
Excludes all companies involved in coal mining (a threshold of 5% of company revenue applies, as well as a maximum company coal production of 10 megaton per year); and coal power plants (a threshold of 5% of company revenue applies, as well as a maximum installed capacity of 5 gigawatt in case of power generation).
Triodos Bank
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
Türk Eximbank
UBS Group
Will not provide officially supported export credits or tied aid for: the export of new coal-fired electricity generation plants or parts thereof, comprising all components, equipment, materials and services directly required for the construction and commissioning of such power stations; and, the export supply of equipment to existing coal-fired electricity generation plants. These prohibitions do not apply to coal-fired electricity generation plants that operate with effective carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) facilities or the retrofitting of existing coal-fired electricity generation plants to install CCUS.
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
UniCredit
Union Investment
UNIQA Group
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
United Overseas Bank (UOB)
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (Varma)
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG)
Westpac
Woori Bank
Excludes coal-related investments from its loans and risk-sharing facilities with financial institutions.