Stop Funding Coal Overseas, NGO Group Tells Top Investor Bank of China Investing News


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FILE PHOTO: A Bank of China logo in Beijing, China, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang Reuters By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Bank of China (BoC), a top global investor in coal power plants, must end the financing of such projects outside China and support clean and renewable energy instead, an alliance of 35 non-governmental organisations said on Tuesday. The comments, made in an open letter to state-controlled BoC's chairman Liu Liange and signed by groups from 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, add to the growing criticism of China for financing coal-fired power stations overseas, especially as part...