University of Ulster
Complicit investments: £582,976
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 (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
AirBnB AirBnB is an American business, which operates an online holiday and home rental marketplace. Due to listing properties in Israel’s illegal settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land, the company was included on the UN OHCHRs list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
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.
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Exact investment unknown |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Rathbones |
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. |
£375,438 |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
Cisco Systems Cisco is an US-based public company that designs and sells a broad range of technologies, with a wide range of involvement in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, as outlined by Investigate, a project by the American Friends Service Committee. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
Hewlett Packard (HP) HP-branded corporations supply IT equipment used by Israel in its violations of Palestinian rights, including supplying IT equipment to Israel’s police and prison services. In 2023, it was contracted by the Israel Prison Service to provide maintenance for its IT equipment until 2024. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Rathbones |
Hewlett Packard (HP) HP-branded corporations supply IT equipment used by Israel in its violations of Palestinian rights, including supplying IT equipment to Israel’s police and prison services. In 2023, it was contracted by the Israel Prison Service to provide maintenance for its IT equipment until 2024. |
£49,382 |
| Rathbones |
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. |
£74,024 |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
L3Harris Technologies L3Harris Technologies is a US-based arms company. As reported by Investigate, it supplies Israel with weapons components and military technology which are used in its attacks on Palestinians. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Vanguard S&P 500 tracker |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Rathbones |
Sony Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation. Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services. During a June 2018 field tour in the Old City of Jerusalem, Who Profits documented the use of Sony cameras as part of Israel’s surveillance system in the occupied area. At least six Sony cameras were installed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. As part of its military occupation, Israel maintains a regime of intense surveillance against Palestinians in Jerusalem. |
£84,132 |