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French NGOs sue BNP Paribas over fossil fuel financing

Posted On: Feb. 23, 2023 9:53 AM CST

A group of three French climate-minded non-governmental organizations are suing France-based BNP Paribas S.A., claiming that the bank’s financing of potentially damaging oil and gas projects breaches a legally binding duty to ensure its activities do not harm the planet, XM reported citing Reuters. Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth and Notre Affaire a Tous aim to stop BNP Paribas from financing fossil fuels, in what they call a world first against a commercial bank.