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Hana Bank

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  1. 2021

    Hana Bank faces criticism over coal-plant investment

    Public backlash

    Hana Financial Group faced mounting criticism over a 200 billion won investment made through Hana Bank and its subsidiaries to finance the Jawa 9 and 10 coal plants in Indonesia. The article reports that Recourse filed a petition with the IFC claiming that the investment violated the IFC’s Green Equity Approach.

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    • The petition was to contest a 200 billion won ($179 million) investment made through the lender's Singapore and Indonesian subsidiaries to finance the Jawa 9 and 10 plants in Banten Province, Indonesia
    • Recourse, its Amsterdam-based non-profit peer organization (NGO), filed a petition with International Financial Corp. (IFC), claiming the Korean lender violated the Green Equity Approach (GEA), a key IFC principle of green investments.
    • Hana Bank has invested in a variety of coal projects, including the Jawa plants, that are accelerating climate change,
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