Lancaster University
Complicit investments: £394,493
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 (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£5,985 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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.
|
£9,063 |
| Cazenove |
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.
|
£184,311 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
£14,646 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£3,537 |
| Cazenove |
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. |
£8,598 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£4,294 |
| Cazenove |
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. |
£110,157 |
| Cazenove |
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. |
£13,970 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
CNH Industrial CNH Industrial is implicated in activities supporting Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. According to the research by WhoProfits, the company’s machinery has been used in constructing illegal Israeli settlements, the apartheid wall, and infrastructure projects, as well as in demolishing Palestinian homes. |
£136 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
FANUC FANUC is a Japanese industrial robot manufacturer. Its robots are used by Israeli weapons manufacturers, including Elbit Systems. More information here. |
£4,283 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£3,609 |
| Cazenove |
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. |
£11,822 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£4,878 |
| Cazenove |
Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean Companies. Its equipment is used by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes and structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. WhoProfits report that “between 2019 and 2023, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in dozens of house demolitions and destruction of agriculture and water structures carried out by Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem.” |
£1,075 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
Motorola Motorola is a US communications and telecommunication equipment provider. Motorola’s equipment is installed in illegal settlements and on the apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank. It is used by the Israeli military, police, and prison service. It is listed on the UN OHCHR’s list of business enterprises active in Israel’s illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land. |
£3,792 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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, |
£512 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£976 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
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. |
£8,294 |
| Brooks MacDonald |
Valero Energy Valero Energy are a San Antonio based energy multinational. In 2013 they landed a multi-million contract to supply jet fuel for use by the Israeli military. It therefore provides Israel with fuel for military aircrafts used in attacks on Palestinians. |
£555 |