Inbrief

Five Belgian banks are being targeted by a campaign group that wants them to disinvest from French oil company Total and US retailer Wal-Mart. The Brussels-based sustainable finance non-governmental body Netwerk Vlaanderen says that AXA, Dexia, Fortis, ING and KBC between them invest almost $2.4billion ($2.9bn, £1.63bn) in Total shares and $1.6bn in Wal-Mart. It says they should shun Total for its involvement in Burma and Wal-Mart because of poor labour standards.