University of Sussex
Complicit investments: £2,318,746
Based on FOI requests
Direct Investments
| Complicit company | Investment value (£) |
|---|---|
|
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. |
£5,838 |
Indirect Investments
| Investment fund/tracker | Complicit company | Investment value (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Managed Investment Portfolio |
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.
|
£395,565 |
| Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed 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.
|
£294,336 |
| Sustainable Managed Investment Portfolio |
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
£375,526 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
AXA AXA is a French insurance company. It invests in a range of companies active in Israel’s illegal settlements, including Israeli banks financing the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. This includes Bank Leumi and Israel Discount Bank. |
£92,730 |
| Kingswood Institutional |
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. |
£20 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
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. |
£114,954 |
| Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed 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. |
£78,828 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Booking.com Booking.com is a travel metasearch engine for lodging reservations. It is owned and operated by and is the primary revenue source of United States-based Booking Holdings and is headquartered in Amsterdam. It lists accommodation located in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. It was included in the UN OHCHR’s list of businesses active in illegal Israeli settlements based on stolen Palestinian land. |
£80,671 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Carrefour Carrefour is a French multinational retailer. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of the company because it is complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights. In 2022 Carrefour announced a franchise agreement in Israel with Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary Yenot Bitan, both active in the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise. |
£32,271 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Caterpillar US Company Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with D9 bulldozers which are weaponised and used to demolish Palestinian homes, schools, villages and civilian infrastructure, including sewage and water pipes. Caterpillar also provides equipment used to reinforce Israels apartheid wall in the West Bank and for the construction of illegal settlements and settlement infrastructure on stolen Palestinian land. In addition, these bulldozers have been involved in constructing Israel’s military checkpoints in the occupied Palestinian territory. These constitute war crimes under international law. |
£8,067 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
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. |
£177,468 |
| Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed 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. |
£129,423 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
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. |
£80,679 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Siemens According to research group Corporate Occupation “Traffic control systems of the company are installed by its Israeli representative, Orad Group, on apartheid roads (roads on which only Israelis are allowed to travel).” In addition Siemens Israel is participating in the electrification of the Tel-Aviv Jerusalem high-speed train (A1), which is currently under construction. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied Palestinian West Bank in two areas. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Siemens for its role constructing the EuroAsia Interconnector, a submarine electricity cable from Israel via Cyprus to Greece, that will connect apartheid Israel’s electricity grid with that of the EU and enable it to export electricity produced from fossil gas to Europe, |
£187,565 |
| Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed Fund |
Siemens According to research group Corporate Occupation “Traffic control systems of the company are installed by its Israeli representative, Orad Group, on apartheid roads (roads on which only Israelis are allowed to travel).” In addition Siemens Israel is participating in the electrification of the Tel-Aviv Jerusalem high-speed train (A1), which is currently under construction. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied Palestinian West Bank in two areas. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Siemens for its role constructing the EuroAsia Interconnector, a submarine electricity cable from Israel via Cyprus to Greece, that will connect apartheid Israel’s electricity grid with that of the EU and enable it to export electricity produced from fossil gas to Europe, |
£234,552 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Smiths Group Smiths Group is a British large and technology arms company. From 2008 to 2021 it applied to the British government for 32 arms export licenses to Israel. It has supplied a number of components to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II programme. The F-35 Lightning II was first used by Israel in 2018, and has been used in Israel’s May 2021 aerial bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip. |
£8,067 |
| iShares Corporate Bond |
Volvo As reported by research group WhoProfits, Volvo machines have been photographed and videotaped destroying Palestinian properties, including homes and schools, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. They have also been used in the construction of Israeli illegal settlements and of the Apartheid Wall, built on stolen Palestinian land. Volvo machines have also been used in the attempted demolitions of Palestinian villages, including in Susiya and Khan Al-Ahmar. |
£22,186 |