University College London
Complicit investments: £13,210,340
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 Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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.
|
£1,850,894 |
| 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.
|
£4,792,349 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
Amazon Investigate reports that Amazon, alongside Google, is the main provider of cloud infrastructure for the Israeli government and military, dubbed Project Nimbus. |
£2,015,038 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| 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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| Cazenove |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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. |
£2,188,026 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
Cemex Cemex is a holding company primarily engaged in the production of cement and other construction materials. According to research group WhoProfits “The company owns the Israeli Readymix Industries, which has plants in the occupied West Bank and has provided concrete elements for construction of infrastructure in the occupied West Bank.” |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American car manufacturer. As reported by WhoProfits, Ford vehicles have been used by the Israeli military, and in infrastructure projects that support illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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 |
| Cazenove |
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 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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. |
£1,182,658 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
Nice Ltd NICE Ltd is a global software and artificial intelligence company. It was formed by members of Unit 8200 which is the largest unit in the Israel Defense Forces, comprising several thousand soldiers. Unit 8200 is Israel’s cyber spy unit, tasked with spying on Palestinians living under Israeli apartheid. NICE Ltd’s clients have included Israeli arms firm Rafael, and Elta Systems Ltd – both of whom have supplied military technology used in Israel’s militarised repression of Palestinians. |
£1,181,375 |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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, |
Exact investment unknown |
| Cazenove |
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, |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
Thyssenkrupp Thyssenkrupp is a German industrial engineering company that provides advanced military equipment to the Israeli Navy. As reported by Investigate, its subsidary ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) supplied Israel with Sa’ar 6 warships, which have been used in its genocide in Gaza. |
Exact investment unknown |
| COIF Charities Short Duration Bond Fund (CCLA) |
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. |
Exact investment unknown |
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