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Website http://www.abnamro.nl/en/index.html
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Gustav Mahlerlaan 10
1082 PP Amsterdam
Netherlands
CEO/chair Robert Swaak
CEO
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De Nederlandsche Bank & Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Ownership
listed on NYSE

Until September 2023 ABN AMRO was majority-owned by the Dutch State (56.3%). On Sept 25 2023 the Dutch State's ownership was reduced to below 50%.  ABN AMRO's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch commercial bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. Its origins date back to 1824. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis. ABN AMRO serves retail, private and commercial banking customers in the Netherlands and to a lesser extent in other markets, where it prioritises serving Dutch companies doing business abroad. Its private banking activities are focused on the Netherlands, Europe and Asia.

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ABN AMRO's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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2024-07-04 00:00:00

Power Generation sustainability requirements

Bank policy
2024-07-04 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2024-05-28 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy Framework

Bank policy
2024-05-28 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2024-05-02 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy

Bank policy
2024-05-02 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2024-02-08 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2023-07-03 00:00:00

Publically-listed companies, excluded because of involvement in controversial weapons

Bank policy
2023-07-03 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-06-30 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2022-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-05-20 00:00:00

Defense sector policy

Bank policy
2022-05-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-04-20 00:00:00

Summary – Oil & Gas Policy 2022

Bank policy
2022-04-20 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2021-05-31 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

Bank policy
2021-05-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-04-30 00:00:00

Sustainable risk policy for lending & project finance

Bank policy
2021-04-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-04-24 00:00:00

Exclusion list

Bank policy
2021-04-24 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-03-08 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy for Investment

Bank policy
2021-03-08 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-07 00:00:00

Human rights statement

Bank policy
2020-12-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy on agri-commodities

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy chemicals & pharma

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy on metals & minerals

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy for the manufacturing industry

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy for transportation sector

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-05-11 00:00:00

Sector policy for animal protein sector

Bank policy
2020-05-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-12-31 00:00:00

Anti money laundering sanctions statement

Bank policy
2019-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Equator Principles Policy 2018

Bank policy
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-06-30 00:00:00

Sustainability policy for commercial real estate

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-06-30 00:00:00

Sustainability policy for energy

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-08-16 00:00:00

Summary - Investment Products & Services Policy

Bank policy
2016-08-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-07-12 00:00:00

Animal Welfare Statement

Bank policy
2016-07-12 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-10-23 00:00:00

Climate Change Statement

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-10-23 00:00:00

Guidelines for Dams

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-04-16 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy for Lending

Bank policy
2014-04-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-04-09 00:00:00

Tobacco policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-04-09 00:00:00

Forestry and Tree Plantations Policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Banking for ImpactTags: corporate social responsibility | environment
Basel ConventionTags: chemicals | transport and infrastructure
Climate Statement Dutch Banking Association (NVB)Tags: climate change | transparency
Code Banken (Dutch Banking Code)Tags: bond issuance
De Spitsbergen ambitieTags: climate change
Diversity CharterTags: corporate social responsibility
Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on International Responsible Business Conduct regarding Human RightsTags: human rights
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Finance for Biodiversity PledgeTags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Klimaatakkoord NetherlandsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)Tags: corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)Tags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)Tags: carbon | corporate social responsibility
Poseidon PrinciplesTags: corporate social responsibility | shipping
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Responsible Ship Recycling Standards (RSRS)Tags: safety | shipping | waste management
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)Tags: agriculture | commodities | corporate social responsibility
Science Based TargetsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
UN Guiding Principles Reporting FrameworkTags: United Nations | human rights
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

ABN AMRO is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of ABN AMRO's link to these deals.

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Still banking on false solutions

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2025-05-20 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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‘Net Zero banks’ turn their back on crucial 1.5ºC climate target

“Overwhelming majority” of Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) members seeks to loosen obligations on how to reach Paris climate goals.
2025-04-15 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Fishy Finances

Feedback's new report reveals that billions from global banks and investors are flooding into the toxic salmon farming industry
2025-03-17 | Feedback
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French exec Marguerite Bérard to become ABN Amro CEO; First woman to lead top Dutch bank

2025-01-10 | NL Times
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Most large banks still failing to implement UN human rights principles, new BankTrack benchmark finds

Despite gradual progress, banks show little action in addressing impacts, protecting vulnerable groups and supporting affected communities.
2024-11-27 | BankTrack
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Banks ready to finance false solutions to the climate crisis

BankTrack’s new False Solutions Tracker, mapping bank definitions of renewables, finds that most banks include ‘false solutions’ within their sustainable/green finance targets.
2024-11-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Banks’ low-ambition and incoherent climate targets put net zero goals at risk – new ShareAction analysis

2024-11-05 | ShareAction
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Dutch financial sector: over 80% of investments in energy sector still going to fossil fuels

A new report finds that Dutch bank ING now finances more fossil fuels than in 2016
2024-10-22 | Amsterdam | Amnesty International, Fair Bank Guide Netherlands, Milieudefensie, PAX, Profundo, World Animal Protection
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BankTrack set to publish 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark in November

50 of the world’s largest banks were invited to provide feedback on draft assessments of their human rights disclosures
2024-07-23 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | Giulia Barbos – BankTrack
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Major banks still allow human rights violations to persist: New report from FF Netherlands

Huge difference between policy and practice, especially at ING and Rabobank
2024-06-11 | Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
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New Report: Bankrolling Ecosystem Destruction

EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate
2024-03-27 | Amsterdam | Greenpeace International, Harvest, Milieudefensie
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Rabobank faciliteert lobby van Braziliaanse ontbossers met miljarden

2024-03-21 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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How Dutch banks finance agrilobby in Brazil

The new report exposes the links between Dutch financial institutions and agribusiness lobby
2024-03-21 | Amsterdam | Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
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The credit chainsaw

A review of how EU-based banks are pouring billions into deforestation
2024-03-12 | Global Witness
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67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Banks risk stranded assets & climate catastrophe in steel lending without metallurgical coal exclusions
2023-12-07 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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European Finance Flows fuelling the climate crisis: The role of Article 2.1c under the UNFCCC

The EU’s call for COP28 to address the world’s climate-harming financial flows not matched by its own efforts at home, research by ActionAid reveals
2023-11-30 | ActionAid
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Exclusive: Four banks quit initiative assessing climate targets

Four major banks, including Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) and HSBC Plc (HSBA.L), have quit the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
2023-11-29 | Reuters
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ING en ABN Amro willen niet betrokken zijn bij olieboringen rond de Noordpool, maar zijn het toch

2023-09-28 | Follw the money
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Dutch State sells off more of its ABN Amro shares; Equity stake now below 50%

2023-09-26 | NL Times
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ING bank en ABN-amro helpen de fossiele industrie aan tientallen miljarden

2023-09-26 | Follow the money
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Fossil fuel companies are not slowing down. Which banks and lawyers facilitate their growth?

2023-09-26 | Follw the money
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Policy analysis report: Moving away from mass destruction

2023-07-27 | ICAN, PAX
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Challenging banks on their Dodgy Deals this AGM season

Our AGM wrap up blog
2023-06-27 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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UK firm given £430m green transition loan then expanded oil and gas business

Exclusive: Wood Group boosts fossil fuel business and shrinks renewables work after getting government-backed loan
BankTrack mentioned
2023-06-07 | The Guardian
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Banken en milieugroepen willen hetzelfde, maar staan tegenover elkaar

Banks and environmental groups want the same, but disagree (in Dutch)
BankTrack mentioned
2023-05-21 | Het Financieele Dagblad
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Global banks commit to net-zero, but bankroll carbon bomb in Australia 

New research finds that nine banks provided billions of dollars to build key infrastructure for the Barossa gas project. Campaigners say divest now.  
2023-04-19 | Environment Centre NT, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Reclaim Finance, Solutions for Our Climate, Urgewald
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Betting on a sinking ship: banks behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO

Drilling Approval Invalidation Increases Uncertainty Around Barossa Gas Project with $1.15bn Debt Financing
2023-04-19
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Climate plans of large Dutch banks, insurers and pension funds fall seriously short

2023-03-20 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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Who dares to finance Eni and Exxon’s dangerous Rovuma gas plans in Mozambique?

Two banks made clear they will avoid financing Rovuma LNG, but plenty remain in the frame.
2023-03-20 | BankTrack, Justiça Ambiental (JA!)/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, Les Amis de la Terre France, ReCommon
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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Global bank policies ‘dangerously inadequate’ to prevent financing of deforestation, climate chaos and human rights abuses

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 160% between 2020 and 2021.
2022-10-18 | Forests & Finance Coalition
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Call to Dutch investors: get out of TotalEnergies

Dutch civil society draws attention to EACOP on Total's investor day
2022-09-28 | Utrecht/Amsterdam | BankTrack, Both ENDS, Fair Finance Guide Netherlands, ING Fossielvrij, Milieudefensie
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Oproep aan Nederlandse investeerders: stap uit TotalEnergies

2022-09-27 | Both Ends
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NewClimate Institute report: 29 major polluters on collision course with our climate

2022-07-05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
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New report: Despite ‘no deforestation’ rhetoric, major brands and banks failing to stop deforestation and human rights abuses

Annual analysis reveals that as threats facing Indigenous communities in rainforest regions increase, demand-side companies are failing to reform supply chains
2022-06-14 | Rainforest Action Network
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NGOs reveal top international companies, banks, and investors that fuel Russia's war machine

2022-04-04 | Berlin | urgewald, Ecodefense
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What the war in Ukraine teaches us

Lessons for European governments, companies and financiers - a Profundo Expert View
2022-03-04 | Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch financial sector European frontrunner in financing deforestation

2021-12-08 | Milieudefensie
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Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
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Banks and biodiversity: are banks moving towards Kunming?

As China hosts the first part of the UN Biodiversity Conference, banks are called upon to support its goals
2021-10-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch pension funds, insurers and banks not yet Paris-proof

The climate plans of the Dutch financial sector are totally insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and they do not reflect the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis. This is evident from new research by the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-09-30 | Amsterdam | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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Forests & Finance Coalition warns foreign investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

2021-08-19 | Forests & Finance
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Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banks remain highly exposed to risk of fueling corruption, human rights violations, and environmental harms despite commitments
2021-07-08 | San Francisco | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Dear bank CEO, you are cordially invited to defund this pipeline

Anti-oil activists are turning their focus on fossil fuel funding, aiming to stop the flow of money for good.
2021-07-01 | Bloomberg Green
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World’s 50 largest banks and investors driving deforestation through weak policies and major investments, new study finds

Top investors BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, PNB, EPF, GPIF, and KWAP all amongst lowest scoring
2021-06-08 | Forests & Finance
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ABN AMRO verkoopt divisie die investeert in olie- en gasindustrie

2021-06-08 | Trouw
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185 organizations call on Canadian officials to hold ReconAfrica accountable for massive oil and gas plans

2021-06-04 | Oil Change International
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Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas
2021-05-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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ABN Amro settles Dutch money laundering case for €480 million

2021-04-19 | NL Times
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Chris Vogelzang steps down as Danske Bank CEO amid ABN AMRO probe

2021-04-19 | Finance Feeds
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More than half of Europe’s bank directors too compromised to end fossil fuel finance

2021-04-07 | DeSmog
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Cancelled Annova LNG Export Project Signals Potential Headwinds for U.S. FIDs

The sponsors of the planned Annova liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in South Texas have called quits on the development, citing changes in the global market.
2021-03-23 | Natural Gas Intelligence
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Justitie verdenkt ABN AMRO nu ook van 'schuldwitwassen'

2021-03-15 | Iex
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The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) welcomes fifteen new financial institutions

2021-03-04 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)
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Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Progress on Dutch bank sustainability policies but improvements still needed

2020-10-27 | Fair Finance International
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A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now

2020-10-20
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Western banks provide billions in backing for firms driving tuna species to collapse

2020-09-28 | Unearthed
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Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

Twenty PRB banks provided over US$1.25 trillion in fossil fuel financing since Paris Agreement
2020-09-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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Banks are fueling deadly fires, Covid-19 threatens to compound the risks

2020-09-08 | forestsandfinance.org
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Dutch banks slammed by independent committee for failing to address client confidentiality

2020-08-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Major Brands and Banks Complicit in the Production of Conflict Palm Oil on Stolen Community Lands in Indonesia

2020-08-21 | Rainforest Action Network
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ABN AMRO reports net loss of EUR 5 million for Q2 2020

Going forward Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) will focus on clients in Northwest Europe and Clearing and will exit all non-European corporate banking activities. Trade & Commodity Finance activities will be discontinued completely, and Natural Resources and Transportation & Logistics will focus on European clients only.
2020-08-12 | ABN AMRO
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Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

Research into 37 projects financed 'under Equator' finds project-level grievance mechanisms or stakeholder engagement processes cannot be evidenced in 65% of cases
2020-08-11 | BankTrack
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ABN Amro to slash size of investment bank

2020-08-11 | Financial Times
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Civil society denounces Indonesia’s government siding with companies threatening Indigenous Peoples, endangered species and the environment

2020-06-04 | Indonesia | Environmental Paper Network
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New report profiles major brands and banks driving deforestation and human rights abuses, failing to meet 2020 commitments

2020-03-31 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
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Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Dutch banks fail to act on gender equality

Dutch banks still have far to go to realise gender equality in both their internal operations and their client and investee relationships. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by SOMO for the Fair Bank Guide on the performance of seven Dutch banks.
2020-03-12 | SOMO
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Robert Swaak to succeed Kees van Dijkhuizen as CEO of ABN AMRO

2020-01-09 | ABN AMRO
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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ABN Amro liet na 5 miljoen klanten apart te screenen

(article in Dutch)
2019-11-20 | NRC
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ABN Amro faces money laundering investigation, shares tumble

2019-09-26 | Reuters
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Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-20 | Indonesia | EPN
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Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-19 | Environmental Paper Network
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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ABN AMRO CEO Kees van Dijkhuizen will not serve a new term of office following the end of his current term

2019-06-16 | GlobeNewswire.com
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These Are the Banks Caught Up in the Russia Money-Laundering Scandal

2019-03-06 | Bloomberg
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Russian money laundering machine shifted millions through the Netherlands

2019-03-05 | Dutchnews.nl
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Banks must show their teeth to tackle cocoa abuses

BankTrack’s view of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Cocoa Paper
2018-12-20 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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ABN Amro was also as state bank involved in international dividend fraud

Article in Dutch
2018-11-08 | Follow the money
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Dutch banks allow consumers to unwittingly invest in controversial palm oil companies

2018-10-20 | Amsterdam | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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Gunvor joins other commodity players with sustainability-linked loan led by ING

Participating banks in the Gunvor facility include ABN Amro, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, KfW Ipex-Bank, Mizuho, MUFG Bank, Nedbank, Rabobank, Raiffeisen, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit.
2018-10-17 | Global Trade Review
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One of the world’s biggest power plant developers just gave up on coal

2018-09-17 | Quartz
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Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights publishes first annual report plus leverage and cocoa papers

2018-08-16 | BankTrack
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Dutch-based banks continue to finance deforestation and land-grabbing

2018-07-02 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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The Chain: Paradise Papers Links APRIL’s Tax Avoidance to Deforestation and Banks, Could Impact USD 500 Million Loan

2017-11-16 | Chain Reaction Research
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Leaked Records Reveal Offshore’s Role In Forest Destruction

How lawyers and big banks help one of Asia’s largest paper companies expand despite poor environmental record and social conflicts
2017-11-08 | ICIJ
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Investor alert: Deep sea mining project in last-ditch search for capital

Banks and other investors warned to steer clear
2017-10-25 | Nijmegen and Brisbane | BankTrack, Deep Sea Mining Campaign
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Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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HSBC triggers investigation into palm oil company over deforestation allegations

NGOs praise the bank’s move as they step up pressure on investors to stand by environmental and social commitments on palm oil
2017-07-17 | The Guardian
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Ten Equator banks demand decisive action on Indigenous peoples following DAPL debacle

Banks from the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy press Equator Principles Association for change
2017-06-16 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO's human rights report: a welcome first step but missing some important details

2017-02-16 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO threatens to stop financing company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

2017-02-02 | Amsterdam | BankTrack, Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Greenpeace
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

2017 | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO publishes first human rights report

2016-12-21 | ABN AMRO
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Indonesian civil society writes to banks: APRIL failing to implement its own policy

2016-11-29 | Environmental Paper Network
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dutch banks spend millions on lobbying

The major Dutch banks spend millions on lobby through their own channels, through interest groups like the Association of Dutch Banks (VNB) and lobby organisations in the Netherlands, the EU and worldwide. At the same time, it is often unclear how lobbying is organised exactly and banks are transparent about their activities, concludes SOMO’s latest report A structural problem in the shadows – Lobbying by banks in the Netherlands.
2016-11-22 | Amsterdam | SOMO
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights?

2016-11-10 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

‘More than half’ banks failing on human rights considerations, says report

2016-06-29 | Responsible Investor [$]
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

First bank becomes early adopter of UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework: Dutch bank ABN AMRO commits to public reporting using groundbreaking human rights reporting framework

2015-06-24 | UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

APRIL announces new sustainability policy after campaign pressure on its financiers

2015-06-08 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Indonesian Paper Firm April to Halt Deforestation

2015-06-03 | The Wall Street Journal
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

First Santander and now ABN Amro refuse to renew loans to APRIL

2015-03-09 | Nijmegen | Merel van der Mark
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO is dedicated to nature conservation

2015-03-06 | ABN AMRO
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO geeft APRIL een rode kaart (ABN AMRO gives APRIL a red card)

2015-03-06 | Greenpeace
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

BankTrack mentioned
2015-02-18 | Mongabay
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks lend almost $2bn to “Indonesia’s biggest forest destroyer”

2015-02-17 | BankTrack Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

'Green' bond issuance booming, but standards are unclear

BankTrack mentioned
2015-01-26 | Reuters
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Santander and ABN AMRO refuse to renew loans to APRIL

2015 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Big Banks Propping Up Dirty Coal Industry to the Tune of $89 Billion

BankTrack mentioned
2014-12-05 | The Huffington Post
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks invest record €66bn in coal sector

2014-10-30 | RTCC - Responding To Climate Change
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

World’s NGOs warn UN of ‘greenwash’ in green bonds market

BankTrack mentioned
2014-09-23 | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Engagement actionnarial: la stratégie européenne des ONG

2014-06-05 | Novethic
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

APRIL signed a USD 265 million loan agreement

2014-04-25 | Reuters China
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

12 more banks sign up to Green Bond Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2014-04-14 | Environmental Finance ($)
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Call to strengthen Green Bond Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2014-04-10 | Environmental Finance ($)
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Taking Lobbying Public

The Transparency of Dutch Banks’ Lobbying Activities
2013-12-17 | Amsterdam | SOMO
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks out to prove sustainability is a central pillar of their principles

BankTrack mentioned
2013-09-30 | Global Capital
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks back ‘broader, more robust’ Equator Principles

BankTrack mentioned
2013-05-14 | Environmental Finance ($)
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

APRIL - PXF financing

2012-03-07 | Trade Finance Magazine
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financiers search for sustainable future

BankTrack mentioned
2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Beefed up Equator Principles fail to impress campaigners

2010-07-28 | ENDS Report
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Investeringen banken: meer fossiel dan duurzaam

2010-05-19 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie et al.
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dutch banks call for clear agreements on sustainable energy

2009-11-26 | Amsterdam | Eerlijke Bankwijzer
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

De groene bank is bruin geworden

2009-10-21 | Vrij Nederland
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New website guides Dutch consumers in choosing sustainable bank

2009-01-22 | Utrecht | Milieudefensie
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financial institutions vote more in favour of climate

2008-11-05 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

NGOs Call on Royal Bank of Scotland to recall Loan on Sakhalin II

Loan for controversial oil and gas project passed on to RBS
2008-01-17 | Edinburgh, London | Pacific Environment
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Mind the Gap: BankTrack rates credit policies of 45 banks

New report shows continuing gap between policies and practice
2007-12-19 | Utrecht | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Milieudefensie publishes Climate Performance Index 2007 of Dutch Banks

ABN Amro climate laggard, Triodos and ASN climate leaders
2007-06-09 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Milestones: China’s Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards

BankTrack mentioned
2007-06-01 | Global Finance Magazine
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO Financing for Sakhalin II Poses Huge Risk for Potential Buyers

2007-04-26 | The Hague | Pacific Environment
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Strong criticism on Reopening Lafayette Rapu Rapu mine Philippines

Decision provides false reassurance to ABN AMRO, Standard Chartered, ANZ and other financiers
2007-02-09 | Manila, Utrecht | Defend Patrimony, Greenpeace and BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Sakhalin II: Six banks face serious decision

now that the Russian government has revoked the environmental permits
2006-09-15 | London, United Kingdom | Pacific Environment
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global banking giant ABN AMRO awarded for environmental hypocrisy

Dutch bank violating commitment to the environment by bidding on biggest oil drilling project in history
2006-05-11 | San Francisco | Milieudefensie
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dutch banks under pressure not to finance Russian oil and gas project

2006-04-27 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Milieudefensie
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks warned of liability if Baku-Ceyhan pipeline leaks

2006-02-17 | London | Platform
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

ABN AMRO wins Hypocricy Award

Funding Sakhalin II incompatible with being a sustainable bank
2005-11-12 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
Resources
Documents
Links
2025-03-11 00:00:00

Integrated Annual Report 2024

Annual report
2025-03-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2024-10-01 00:00:00

NZBA 2024 Progress Report

Other document
2024-10-01 00:00:00 | NZBA
2024-07-04 00:00:00

Power Generation sustainability requirements

Bank policy
2024-07-04 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2024-05-28 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy Framework

Bank policy
2024-05-28 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2024-05-02 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy

Bank policy
2024-05-02 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2024-03-26 00:00:00

Bankrolling Ecosystem Destruction

EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate 
Partner publication
2024-03-26 00:00:00 | Greenpeace International, Milieudefensie, Harvest
2024-03-21 00:00:00

How the Netherlands finances agrilobby in Brazil

A case study for the Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
Partner publication
2024-03-21 00:00:00 | Fair Bank Guide Netherlands
2024-03-12 00:00:00

Integrated Annual Report 2023

Annual report
2024-03-12 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2024-02-08 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2023-12-07 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to ABN AMRO on Ending support for metallurgical coal

Correspondence
2023-12-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2023-07-03 00:00:00

Publically-listed companies, excluded because of involvement in controversial weapons

Bank policy
2023-07-03 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2023-04-18 00:00:00

Betting on a Sinking Ship

Banks Behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO Vessel
NGO document
2023-04-18 00:00:00 | Solutions for our Climate (SFO°C), JACSES, Jubilee Australia, Environment Centre NT, Urgewald, Reclaim Finance
2023-03-07 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-03-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-12-16 00:00:00

2022 Climate Strategy & Targets

Other bank document
2022-12-16 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2022-11-17 00:00:00

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-10-21 00:00:00

Dutch financial sector financed emissions

Financed emissions from corporate finance and investment portfolios
NGO document
2022-10-21 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie & Profundo
2022-07-05 00:00:00

Evaluating corporate target setting in the Netherlands

An assessment of the climate action plans of 29 Dutch companies and financial institutions
NGO document
2022-07-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2022-06-30 00:00:00

Code of Conduct

Bank policy
2022-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-06-14 00:00:00

Keep forests standing 2022

Evaluating the brands and banks driving deforestation and human rights abuses
NGO document
2022-06-14 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2022-05-20 00:00:00

Defense sector policy

Bank policy
2022-05-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-05-03 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2021

Annual report
2022-05-03 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2022-04-20 00:00:00

Summary – Oil & Gas Policy 2022

Bank policy
2022-04-20 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2021-12-16 00:00:00

Dutch financing of forest-risk sectors

An analysis of financial links with key sectors driving forest loss
NGO document
2021-12-16 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie & Profundo
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

BankTrack publication
2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-10-26 00:00:00

Fossil fuel vs renewable financing by financial institutions active in the Netherlands

A case study for Fair Finance Netherlands
NGO document
2021-10-26 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Netherlands
2021-09-30 00:00:00

Climate change commitments of financial institutions active in the Netherlands

NGO document
2021-09-30 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-08-19 00:00:00

Recipients of the letter about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

NGO document
2021-08-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-07-08 00:00:00

Banking on Amazon destruction

NGO document
2021-07-08 00:00:00 | Amazon Watch & Stand.earth
2021-06-24 00:00:00

Guidance on Biodiversity Target Setting for PRB signatories

Other document
2021-06-24 00:00:00 | UNEPFI
2021-06-23 00:00:00

Forests & Finance 2021 Briefing - Is Your Money Destroying Rainforests or Violating Rights?

NGO document
2021-06-23 00:00:00 | Forests and Finance
2021-05-31 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

Bank policy
2021-05-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-04-30 00:00:00

Sustainable risk policy for lending & project finance

Bank policy
2021-04-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-04-28 00:00:00

Keep Forests Standing

Evaluating the Brands and Banks Driving Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
NGO document
2021-04-28 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2021-04-24 00:00:00

Exclusion list

Bank policy
2021-04-24 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-04-23 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-04-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2021-03-31 00:00:00

Non Financial Data and Engagement 2020

Other bank document
2021-03-31 00:00:00
2021-03-30 00:00:00

Guiding a Bank’s portfolio to Paris

Our journey of Paris alignment 2021
Other bank document
2021-03-30 00:00:00 | ABN Amro
2021-03-21 00:00:00

PBAF Common Ground Paper

Other document
2021-03-21 00:00:00 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials
2021-03-08 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy for Investment

Bank policy
2021-03-08 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-07 00:00:00

Human rights statement

Bank policy
2020-12-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy on agri-commodities

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy chemicals & pharma

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy on metals & minerals

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy for the manufacturing industry

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-04 00:00:00

Policy for transportation sector

Bank policy
2020-12-04 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-12-01 00:00:00

Letter from EPN and BankTrack to ABN AMRO

Correspondence
2020-12-01 00:00:00 | EPN and BankTrack
2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

BankTrack publication
2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2020-10-27 00:00:00

Beoordeling van het krediet-en beleggingsbeleid van acht Nederlandse bankgroepen

NGO document
2020-10-27 00:00:00 | EerlijkeBankwijzer/Fair Finance International
2020-10-20 00:00:00

A Call to Action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End Climate-Destructive Financing Now

Joint civil society statement
BankTrack publication
2020-10-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, and others
2020-05-11 00:00:00

Sector policy for animal protein sector

Bank policy
2020-05-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-03-12 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2019

Annual report
2020-03-12 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-03-11 00:00:00

Human rights update 2019

Other bank document
2020-03-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-01-20 00:00:00

Global policy on whistleblowing

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Other bank document
2020-01-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-01-20 00:00:00

Human Rights Guide

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Other bank document
2020-01-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2020-01-20 00:00:00

Tax policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Other bank document
2020-01-20 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-12-31 00:00:00

Anti money laundering sanctions statement

Bank policy
2019-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-09-11 00:00:00

Letter from ABN AMRO to BankTrack on PRB implementation

Correspondence
2019-09-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-08-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to ABN AMRO on ABN AMRO's Future Relationship with the Fossil Fuel Industry

Correspondence
2019-08-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-07-11 00:00:00

Human Rights Report 2018

Other bank document
2019-07-11 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
NGO document
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2019-02-21 00:00:00

Research note on Dutch banks and corruption

NGO document
2019-02-21 00:00:00 | Fair Bank Guide - NL
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Equator Principles Policy 2018

Bank policy
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Sustainability facts and figures & Engagement 2018

Other bank document
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Impact Report 2018

Other bank document
2018-12-31 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

NGO document
2018-12-10 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance Coalition
2018-11-27 00:00:00

Still Undermining our Future?

Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
NGO document
2018-11-27 00:00:00 | Amnesty International, FNV, Milieudefensie, Oxfam Novib, PAX, Profundo and World Animal Protection
2018-10-09 00:00:00

Assessing the response of Dutch banks to severe human rights abuses in the extractive industry

NGO document
2018-10-09 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide NL
2018-06-30 00:00:00

Sustainability policy for commercial real estate

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-06-30 00:00:00

Sustainability policy for energy

Bank policy
2018-06-30 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-03-28 00:00:00

Equator Principles Policy 2017

Other bank document
2018-03-28 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2018-03-14 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-14 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2017-11-24 00:00:00

Letter from 30 Indonesian NGOs to PT RAPP financiers on current situation of PT RAPP (APRIL's main supplier)

Correspondence
2017-11-24 00:00:00 | 30 Indonesian NGOs
2017-03-15 00:00:00

Integrated Annual Report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-15 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO Group NV
2017-01-17 00:00:00

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
NGO document
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2016-12-28 00:00:00

Letter from Jikalahari & JMGR to ABN AMRO on APRIL failing to implement its own policy

Correspondence
2016-12-28 00:00:00 | Jikalahari & JMGR
2016-12-21 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Human Rights Report 2016​

Annual report
2016-12-21 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-08-16 00:00:00

Summary - Investment Products & Services Policy

Bank policy
2016-08-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-07-12 00:00:00

Animal Welfare Statement

Bank policy
2016-07-12 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
BankTrack publication
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
2016-03-15 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Integrated annual report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-15 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2016-03-15 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Integrated annual report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-15 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2015-06-15 00:00:00

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
NGO document
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
2015-02-25 00:00:00

Letter from FoE US to banks on - annex 1, petition Wilmar and PT SIL (english)

Correspondence
2015-02-25 00:00:00 | FoE US
2015-02-25 00:00:00

Letter from FoE US to banks on - annex 2, petition Wilmar and PT SIL (bahasa)

Correspondence
2015-02-25 00:00:00 | FoE US
2014-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

Correspondence
2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
2014-10-23 00:00:00

Climate Change Statement

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-10-23 00:00:00

Guidelines for Dams

Bank policy
2014-10-23 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-04-17 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences
BankTrack publication
2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
2014-04-16 00:00:00

Sustainability Risk Policy for Lending

Bank policy
2014-04-16 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2014-03-14 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Sustainability report 2013

Other bank document
2014-03-14 00:00:00
2013-04-09 00:00:00

Tobacco policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-04-09 00:00:00

Forestry and Tree Plantations Policy

Bank policy
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-03-13 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-03-13 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-03-13 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-03-13 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-03-07 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Sustainability Report 2012

A better bank contributing to a better world
Annual report
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2013-03-07 00:00:00

ABN AMRO Sustainability Report 2012

A better bank contributing to a better world
Annual report
2013-03-07 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
2011-10-19 00:00:00

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

Other document
2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
2011-02-01 00:00:00

Bankers Oath Netherlands

Other document
2011-02-01 00:00:00
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
2010-09-09 00:00:00

Commissie Code Banken

Other document
2010-09-09 00:00:00 | Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
BankTrack publication
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Summary Table 'Hall of Fame and runners-up'

NGO document
2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
2008-11-05 00:00:00

Aandelen in klimaatverandering / Shares in climate change (in Dutch, with English summary)

NGO document
2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

NGO document
2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
2007-06-09 00:00:00

Investing in climate change: Dutch banks compared

NGO document
2007-06-09 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands - Milieudefensie
2007-04-01 00:00:00

Utility Performance: Electricity of Vietnam Buon Kuop Hydropower Project

Other document
2007-04-01 00:00:00 | Probe International
2006-06-07 00:00:00

Investing in Climate Change: the role of Dutch banks

NGO document
2006-06-07 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie

Eerlijke Bankwijzer

Fair Banking Guide. Website informing consumers on sustainability level of Dutch banks

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - ABN AMRO

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

Financial Exclusions Tracker

Bank is listed in Financial Exclusions Tracker, which lists companies that have been publically excluded by financial institutions, for reasons ranging from human rights violations to environmental impact and corruption.

Accountability
Grievances
Response tracking

ABN AMRO has launched a Remedy Mechanism for people and communities affected by the bank's Corporate Lending clients. The mechanism, which has an independent facilitator, can be accessed here.

In addition, stakeholders may raise complaints via the OECD National Contact Points (see OECD Watch guidance). Advice on specific cases may also be requested from the NVB's Advisory Panel on Responsible Banking.

ABN AMRO is an Equator Principles signatory. While the Equator Principles have no official grievance mechanism, complaints relating to this bank's financing of Equator Principles projects can be filed through our own website www.equator-complaints.org.

This page evaluates ABN AMRO's responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring
Deforestation in the Amazon (July 2019)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded providing details of its policies related to the sector, but it did not acknowledge its link to the impact or comment on or respond to the substance of the issues raised.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly explains its engagement process within the sector, but does state whether it engaged directly with its client requiring them to take specific actions. The bank has not detailed any appropriate action taken by the bank itself.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2019
Don't Buy into Occupation report (November 2022)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank only provided a confidential response and engagaged with some of the members of the DBIO Coalition on the impacts raised in a confidential meeting. This is not eligible for a score.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No public information available on whether the bank engaged with its client or took appropriate action.
Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No public information to indicate the bank is monitoring the actions of its clients, or actions it might itself have taken in response to the impacts raised.
More info
"Don't Buy Into Occupation" report, November 2022

Average
100%
0
0
0
0
Banks and Climate

Banks and Climate

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool (CPT) and the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker (OGPT). BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of ABN Amro’s fossil fuel policy below.

Assessment of ABN AMRO's policy in the Coal Policy Tracker

Assessment of ABN AMRO's policy in the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker

False Solutions Tracker

BankLast update
Country
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Ocean Energy
Energy grids and storage
Hydropower
Hydrogen
Solid Biomass
Biofuels
CCUS
Nuclear Power
Details
ABN AMRO
2025-03-20
NLD
0
1100100000000
Netherlands
Profile
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Ocean Energy
Energy grids and storage
Hydropower
Hydrogen
Solid Biomass
Biofuels
CCUS
Nuclear Power
20250320
Last update: 2025-03-20
Explanation

In 2022, as part of the climate strategy, a target was set for a lending commitment (drawn and undrawn amounts) of at least EUR 4 billion for renewables and decarbonisation technologies by December 2025 to support our clients’ transition to green energy. In 2022, the baseline value of EUR 3.1 billion became part of our climate strategy, and we achieved our goal two years ahead of schedule, reaching a total commitment of EUR 5.4 billion by the end of 2024. Progress is monitored quarterly by management, as well as in the Group Sustainability Committee. In 2024, we increased our target for 2030 to EUR 10 billion.

Relevant policies
2024-02-08 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00
References
2024-2-8

Annual Report 2023

2024-2-8
2025-3-11

Integrated Annual Report 2024

2025-3-11 | ABN AMRO
Explanation

The purpose of the False Solutions Tracker is to give a clear overview of energy technologies that fall under banks' individual sustainable finance commitments. The tracker lists 11 energy technologies that are usually associated with the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the economy. These technologies are defined here and classified in three categories:

  1. Real solutions: Technologies that deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy. BankTrack considers these technologies as real solutions only if and when they do deliver Energy Democracy.

  2. Solutions under strict conditions: Energy technologies that could be real solutions if they deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy but that could also be false solutions. This is the case of hydrogen and hydropower. On one hand, fossil-free and green hydrogen could be a real solution under certain conditions. However, fossil-based hydrogen and nuclear hydrogen are always false solutions. On the other hand, hydropower lifespan extension could also be a real solution under strict conditions while hydropower expansion is a false solution.

  3. False solutions: Energy technologies that are not aligned with a just transition towards Energy Democracy.

For each one of the 11 energy technologies, the tracker indicates if it is included in bank's individual sustainable finance commitments:

 

For Real solutions:

  • ​​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
  • ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​ : It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.

 

For solutions under strict conditions and for false solutions:

  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
  • ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.

False Solutions Tracker expansion

BankLast update
Country
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Ocean Energy
Energy grids and storage
Hydropower
Hydrogen
Solid Biomass
Biofuels
CCUS
Nuclear Power
Details
ABN AMRO
2025-03-20
NLD
0
1100100000000
Netherlands
Profile
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Ocean Energy
Energy grids and storage
Hydropower
Hydrogen
Solid Biomass
Biofuels
CCUS
Nuclear Power
20250320
Last update: 2025-03-20
Explanation

In 2022, as part of the climate strategy, a target was set for a lending commitment (drawn and undrawn amounts) of at least EUR 4 billion for renewables and decarbonisation technologies by December 2025 to support our clients’ transition to green energy. In 2022, the baseline value of EUR 3.1 billion became part of our climate strategy, and we achieved our goal two years ahead of schedule, reaching a total commitment of EUR 5.4 billion by the end of 2024. Progress is monitored quarterly by management, as well as in the Group Sustainability Committee. In 2024, we increased our target for 2030 to EUR 10 billion.

Relevant policies
2024-02-08 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework

Bank policy
2024-02-08 00:00:00
References
2024-2-8

Annual Report 2023

2024-2-8
2025-3-11

Integrated Annual Report 2024

2025-3-11 | ABN AMRO
Explanation

The purpose of the False Solutions Tracker is to give a clear overview of energy technologies that fall under banks' individual sustainable finance commitments. The tracker lists 11 energy technologies that are usually associated with the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the economy. These technologies are defined here and classified in three categories:

  1. Real solutions: Technologies that deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy. BankTrack considers these technologies as real solutions only if and when they do deliver Energy Democracy.

  2. Solutions under strict conditions: Energy technologies that could be real solutions if they deliver on a Just Transition towards Energy Democracy but that could also be false solutions. This is the case of hydrogen and hydropower. On one hand, fossil-free and green hydrogen could be a real solution under certain conditions. However, fossil-based hydrogen and nuclear hydrogen are always false solutions. On the other hand, hydropower lifespan extension could also be a real solution under strict conditions while hydropower expansion is a false solution.

  3. False solutions: Energy technologies that are not aligned with a just transition towards Energy Democracy.

For each one of the 11 energy technologies, the tracker indicates if it is included in bank's individual sustainable finance commitments:

 

For Real solutions:

  • ​​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
  • ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​ : It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.

 

For solutions under strict conditions and for false solutions:

  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: Yes, the bank includes its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting, but under certain conditions. In this case, those conditions are mentioned in the "relevant policy document" section for each bank.
  • ​: No, the bank does not include its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
  • ​: It is unclear whether the bank includes or not its finance towards this energy technology in its sustainable finance reporting.
For more details see this page.
Banks and Human Rights

Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack assessed ABN AMRO in its 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 11 points out of 15 and was ranked as a “leader”. 

The bank scored 1 out of 3 points on the new “specific rights indicators”, which assess how banks address human rights defenders, Indigenous Peoples’ right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent and environmental rights in their policies and practices.   

In addition, ABN AMRO scored 0 out of 3 on how it responds to alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, which were raised by civil society organisations. More information is detailed in the “Accountability” section of this profile.

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark

The table below shows BankTrack's assessment of how ABN AMRO has implemented the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Please click on 'expand all details' and 'explanation' for further information on the methodology.

Our policy assessments are always a work in progress. We very much welcome any feedback, especially from banks included in the assessments. Please get in touch at humanrights@banktrack.org.

Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ABN AMRO
NLD
8.5
Front runner 8.5
0
Netherlands
Score
Front runner
8.5
Explanation

ABN AMRO's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022. The bank is assessed as a Front runner, with a total score of 8.5 out of 14.

Policy: 2.5/3
Due dilligence: 3.5/5
Reporting: 2/3
Remedy: 0.5/3


Response Tracking:
The bank was also assessed on its responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations, for which it received an average score of 0/3. See the Response Tracking section of this profile for more details.

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 6.5 points
7 - 10 points
10.5 - 14 points
For more details see this page.

Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ABN AMRO
NLD
11
Leader 11
0
Netherlands
Score
Leader
11
Explanation

ABN AMRO's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024. The bank is assessed as a , with a total score of 11 out of 15.

Policy: 2.5/3
Due dilligence: 4/5
Reporting: 2.5/4
Remedy: 2/3

Specific rights: 1/3

Response Tracking:
The bank was also assessed on its responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations, for which it received an average score of 0/3. See the Response Tracking section of this profile for more details.

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Moderate achiever
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 7 points
7.5 - 10.5 points
11 - 15 points
For more details see this page.
Banks and Nature

Banks and Nature

ABN AMRO’s policies for forest-risk sectors (beef, soy, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber and timber) have been assessed by the Forests & Finance coalition, achieving an overall score of 7.2 out of 10 and ranking it as a leader. ABN AMRO achieved a score of 5.9 out of 10 specifically for its policies related to the beef sector and 7.2 out of 10 for its policies related to the palm oil sector. In addition, BankTrack and the Environmental Paper Network have assessed ABN AMRO's policies related to the pulp and paper sector.

Between 2016 and 2022, ABN AMRO provided USD 1,912 million in credit to companies operating in these forest-risk sectors and held investments amounting to USD 1 million as of 2022.  For more information, see the links below.

Forests & Finance

Banks and beef

Banks and palm oil

Banks and pulp & paper

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Overall scores

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ABN AMRO
2022-10-18
NLD
7.2
Leader 7.2
0
Netherlands
Profile
Score
Leader
7.2
20221018
Last update: 2022-10-18
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the main forest-risk commodity sectors (Beef, Palm Oil, Soy, Timber, Pulp and Paper, and Rubber). Weighted scores are based on the scope of ABN AMRO's relevant policies, taking into account different types of financing and the sectors in which the bank is active. Details about the scores per sector policy can be found on ABN AMRO's profile. 

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its policies. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Beef

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ABN AMRO
2022-08-21
NLD
5.9
Front runner 5.9
0
Netherlands
Profile
Score
Front runner
5.9
20220821
Last update: 2022-08-21
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to beef. Weighted scores are based on the scope of relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the beef industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on ABN AMRO's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its beef policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Palm Oil

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
ABN AMRO
2022-08-16
NLD
7.2
Leader 7.2
0
Netherlands
Profile
Score
Leader
7.2
20220816
Last update: 2022-08-16
Explanation

The policy assessment covers the bank's policies related to palm oil. Weighted scores are based on the scope of ABN AMRO's relevant policies, taking into account what types and how much finance the bank provides to companies active in the palm oil industry. Details of the criteria used to assess the policies and scores for other forest-risk commodity sectors can be found on ABN AMRO's profile.

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 10 points for the quality of its palm oil policy. The total score is based on their scores per sector, weighted against their financing and investment for each sector. For further details on this see here. Based on their overall score, banks are then classified as Laggards, Followers, Front runners or Leaders, as follows:

Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 1 points
1 - 4 points
4 - 7 points
7 - 10 points
For more details see this page.
Tracking the NZBA

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

ABN AMRO is a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and has therefore committed to reduce its financed emissions to net zero by 2050; within 18 months of joining the alliance set interim targets for 2030 (or sooner) for high emission priority sectors, and within 36 months set further sector targets; set new intermediary targets every 5 years from 2030 onwards; annually publish data on emissions and progress against a transition strategy including climate-related sectoral policies; and take a robust approach to the role of offsets in transition plans. BankTrack track's implementation of these commitments in the NZBA compliance tracker.

Tracking NZBA banks commitments

Banks and Russia

Banks and Russian Aggression in Ukraine

BankTrack is keeping track of the public response of ABN AMRO to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. ABN AMRO has publicly condemned the war. ABN AMRO's status of operations in Russia is "unclear". We consider its exposure to Russia as limited. ABN AMRO supports the Russian fossil fuel industry through investments, loans and underwriting. For further details, see the table linked below.

Bank responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Banks and Steel

Banks and Steel

As part of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), ABN Amro is required to set interim targets for 2030 for high emission priority sectors. For ABN Amro, this includes its lending to the steel sector. You can see ABN Amro’s iron and steel decarbonisation targets, and its progress towards meeting them in our NZBA steel targets compliance tracker:

NZBA Iron & Steel Targets

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance’s 2023 report on metallurgical coal financing showed that ABN Amro provided US$ 3.3 billion in loans and underwriting to developers of new metallurgical coal between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on ABN Amro’s metallurgical coal financing and and how it compares to other large banks globally in the report.

Reclaim Finance also tracks the metallurgical coal policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool. BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of ABN Amro metallurgical coal policy below.

Metallurgical Coal Financing: Time to call it off 2023

Coal policy tool

Good Moves

Good moves

Year:

2017

Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

In February 2017, ABN AMRO, ING, BayernLB and Nordea all announced they would step away from financing either the project or its backers. In March, ING became the first bank to sell its portion of a project loan supporting the pipeline. This was followed by DNB and by BNP Paribas selling…

2015

Santander and ABN AMRO refuse to renew loans to APRIL

In February, Santander announced its decision not to renew or provide further funding to APRIL, an Indonesian pulp and paper company responsible for large scale deforestation and social conflcits, following months of campaigning inlcuding a Greenpeace petition. Less than two weeks later, ABN AMRO followed…
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