Environmental organisations have warned that major banks may be contravening their environmental and social policies by helping to finance controversial projects indirectly...Recently, they sounded the alarm over a US$1 billion bond sold to international investors by the state-owned Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim), the world's third-largest export credit agency. Like most bond issues, it was co-ordinated and underwritten by several global banks, including Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Citigroup, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs. [also refers to Lahmeyer, ABN Amro]