Despite its signature under diverse sustainability declarations, the Deutsche Bank
is charged by critics as being the international taillight when it comes to sustainability.
Among other things, it is charged with
Extending credit to warmongers
• In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Deutsche Bank
has financed the mining corporation AngloGold Ashanti, a long-time
partner of the civil war militia FNI responsible for numerous war crimes.
• In the Sudan,
where the Deutsche Bank has co-financed the Chinese Oil
Conglomerate CNPC/PetroChina, which has been extracting “bloody” oil from the
crisis region of Darfur.
Extending credit to destroyers of the environment
• In Indonesia,
the Deutsche Bank has co-financed the mining corporation Freeport
McMoRan that extracts gold and copper from the jungle, chemically
polluting the whole region.
Extending credit to controversial atomic energy projects
The Deutsche Bank shares in the financing not only of uranium mining but also
of the production of atomic weapons.
