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"barclays": {
    "names": [
        "Barclays",
        "Barclays Bank",
        "Barclays Bank plc",
        "Barclays plc",
        "Barclays Group",
        "Barclays UK",
        "Barclays International",
        "Barclay's",
        "Barclay Bank",
        "BCLYS",
        "BARC",
        "BCS"
    ],
    "comment": "Barclays is a UK-based bank which is Europe's largest funder of fracking and coal [1], having invested $85 billion into fossil fuels and $24 billion into expansion. Among other controversies, Barclays has been fined £500 million for tax avoidance by the Treasury [2], illegally manipulated the price of gold [3], attempted to manipulate the US energy market [4], and conducted workplace surveillance on its staff [5].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231210171959/https://www.banktrack.org/article/banking_on_climate_change_fossil_fuel_finance_report_card_2019",
        "2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231122051820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17181213",
        "3": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200522/http://www.thelondonnews.net/index.php/sid/222273039/scat/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ht/FCA-fines-Barclays-26mn-pounds-over-gold-price-manipulation",
        "4": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231031090011/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/17/us-energy-regulator-barclays-fine",
        "5": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231202225949/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/20/barlays-using-dytopian-big-brother-tactics-to-spy-on-staff-says-tuc"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {},
    "tags": [
        "bank",
        "unsustainable",
        "anticompetitive",
        "tax avoidance",
        "poor working conditions"
    ],
    "score": 20,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Barclays_logo.svg",
    "siteUrl": "https://www.barclays.co.uk/",
    "updatedAt": "2023-12-15T22:09:30.315Z"
},

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Barclays

bank

20 😡

bank unsustainable anticompetitive tax avoidance poor working conditions

Is Barclays Ethical?

Barclays is a UK-based bank which is Europe's largest funder of fracking and coal ^[1], having invested $85 billion into fossil fuels and $24 billion into expansion. Among other controversies, Barclays has been fined £500 million for tax avoidance by the Treasury ^[2], illegally manipulated the price of gold ^[3], attempted to manipulate the US energy market ^[4], and conducted workplace surveillance on its staff ^[5].