Countless armed conflicts, the unjust wars being waged in Afghanistan and Iraq, the trampling of human rights under the pretext of fighting international terrorism, as well as the increasing destruction of non-renewable natural resources accompanied by pollution of the environment and the loss of biodiversity, have spurred us to undertake a campaign to increase awareness of the participation of financial institutions in companies that produce weapons or do serious damage to the lives of communities and peoples and demand true respect for the human rights and the environment of banking institutions, including most particularly BBVA, www.bbvasensearmes.org

The goal of the campaign is to create a climate of public opinion that would encourage banking institutions to change their attitudes and stop investing in or lending to companies that produce weapons, pollute heavily or violate human rights.

The social movements leading the campaign are:

	The Barcelona Commission of Justice and Peace, an organisation with a long history of work in the defence of human rights, peace and social justice, and within it the J. M. Delàs Centre for Peace Studies, which carries out research on peace and disarmament with special attention to weapons production, sales and trade. The Centre worked up the table detailing investments by BBVA and other financial institutions in companies that manufacture weapons.
	Debt and Globalisation Watch, known for its work on the Who Owes Whom campaign, which has highlighted the corporate social and environmental irresponsibility of certain Spanish companies which operate in non-industrialised countries and has provided the campaign with the data available through the link on this page regarding BBVA’s environmental and human rights.
	SETEM, organisation which works to raise awareness within our society about the North-South imbalance, denounce their causes and foster personal and collective transformations. Specially known for its leadership of the Clean Clothes Campaign within the Spanish state, which reports the injustices in the textile sector, for the promotion of Fair Trade and Responsible Consumption, and for the Solidarity Camps. It also leads a campaign to promote Ethical Finances in Spain, which includes a report on the impact of Spanish Banks in Latin America, which adds up to this campaign's data.