Queen Mary University of London
Complicit investments: £39,639,778
Based on FOI requests
Direct Investments
| Complicit company | Investment value (£) |
|---|---|
|
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.
|
£1,059,588 |
|
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
£1,063,797 |
|
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. |
£35,000,000 |
|
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, |
£196,504 |
Indirect Investments
| Investment fund/tracker | Complicit company | Investment value (£) |
|---|---|---|
| SUTL Cazenove Charity Sustainable Multi-Asset 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.
|
Exact investment unknown |
| Endowment 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.
|
£1,059,588 |
| Endowment 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. |
£1,063,797 |
| SUTL Cazenove Charity Sustainable Multi-Asset Fund |
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 |
| SUTL Cazenove Charity Sustainable Multi-Asset 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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Endowment Investment Portfolio |
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, |
£196,504 |