De Montfort University
Complicit investments: £755,008
Based on FOI requests
Direct Investments
The university did not provide us with the necessary information on their direct investments. Please contact us for further information.Indirect Investments
| Investment fund/tracker | Complicit company | Investment value (£) |
|---|---|---|
| COIF Charity Investment Fund |
Alphabet Inc Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, provides cloud computing services and other technologies to the Israeli military. Since 2021, Google Cloud Platform has co-developed the main cloud infrastructure platform for the Israeli state, dubbed ‘Project Nimbus’.
More information here.
|
£20,226 |
| COIF Charity Investment Fund |
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
£25,283 |
| JPM – The Global Sustainability Fund |
Barclays Barclays is a British multinational bank and financial services company. According to research released by PSC, War on Want and Campaign Against Arms Trade, it holds over £1bn in shares in, and provides financial services to, nine companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology, used in its militarised violence against Palestinians. |
£98,807 |
| JPM – The Global Sustainability Fund |
HSBC HSBC is a large British bank. Research by War on Want in 2017 found that HSBC invests over £830million in, and provides financial services worth up to £19billion for, companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its militarised attacks on Palestinians. |
£513,886 |
| JPM – The Global Sustainability Fund |
McDonald's McDonald’s Israeli franchisee provided free meals to Israeli soldiers during the genocidal assault on Gaza, while McDonald’s Malaysia filed a lawsuit against BDS Malaysia to silence solidarity activism. The BDS Movement calls for a global boycott until McDonald’s ends its ties with the Isreali franchisee and stops its Malaysian franchisee’s attempts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights. |
£87,198 |
| COIF Charity Investment Fund |
McDonald's McDonald’s Israeli franchisee provided free meals to Israeli soldiers during the genocidal assault on Gaza, while McDonald’s Malaysia filed a lawsuit against BDS Malaysia to silence solidarity activism. The BDS Movement calls for a global boycott until McDonald’s ends its ties with the Isreali franchisee and stops its Malaysian franchisee’s attempts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights. |
£9,608 |