[KBC response to Netwerk Vlaanderen report "Where do you draw the line?"

...KBC promptly responded by inviting representatives of the Belgian NGO [Netwerk Vlaanderen] to take part in an active dialogue...As a result of these discussions, KBC notified the External Advisory Board for Sustainability Analysis , which subsequently recommended withdrawing some of the companies named by Netwerk Vlaanderen from KBC’s socially responsible investment (SRI) funds.

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AXA, ING, Fortis, Dexia & KBC have invested over US$8 billion in companies & projects implicated in human rights violations, says Belgian NGO

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Response by Dexia: Major European banks have invested over $8 billion in “companies that abuse human rights”, according to NGO report.

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1 Feb 2006

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[DOC] [Dexia] - Principal observations concerning the report by Netwerk Vlaanderen on banks and human rights

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27 Jan 2006

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24 Jan 2006

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Belgian bank groups invest in companies that abuse human rights

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14 Nov 2005

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Where do you draw the line? - Research into the financial links between five bank groups and companies that abuse human rights

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1 Nov 2005

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