Climate campaign group Milieudefensie is pressing ahead with legal action against ING, demanding the bank cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 compared with 2019.

The campaign group is delivering a summons to the bank on Friday, news website Nu.nl reported, but it will be up to a court to decide if the case can go ahead.

Milieudefensie said earlier it is targeting the bank’s direct and indirect impact on the environment, which means ING’s investments in oil and gas firms are also in the firing line.

The campaign group also wants ING to impose tougher climate change requirements on the companies it invests in and to stop financing companies that start new fossil fuel projects.

In November, Milieudefensie lost a similar case against Shell, when the three-judge panel found that while protecting people from the effects of climate change is a human right, forcing Shell to cut its emissions would not mitigate the global problem.

The bank told website Nu.nl that the move did come as a surprise. “We share the concerns about the climate but differ in meaning about what has to be done,” a spokesman said.

Extinction Rebellion has also been targeting ING in its campaigning by blocking the A10 ring road near its former offices and by protesting outside the Rijksmuseum, which the bank sponsors.