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Website http://www.banorte.com
Headquarters
Avenue Revolucion 3000
NL 64830 Monterrey
Mexico
CEO/chair Jose Marcos Ramirez Miguel
CEO
Supervisor
Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores
Ownership
listed on Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV)

Banco Mercantil del Norte is a subsidiary of Grupo Financiero Banorte, of which its shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte), established in 1899, is a Mexican banking and financial services company and a subsidiary of Grupo Financiero Banorte. It is one of the four largest commercial banks of Mexico and the largest domestically held bank. Banorte offers various banking products and services to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico and the United States. Banorte adopted the Equator Principles in 2012.

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Banorte's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

2022-06-24 00:00:00

Exclusion list

Bank policy
2022-06-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Human rights policy

Bank policy
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Banorte
2021-12-30 00:00:00

Responsible investment policy

Bank policy
2021-12-30 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-07-24 00:00:00

Socio-environmental risk policy

Bank policy
2020-07-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-07-24 00:00:00

Natural capital policy

Bank policy
2020-07-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-05-02 00:00:00

Environmental policy

Bank policy
2020-05-02 00:00:00 | Banorte
2019-10-29 00:00:00

Anti-corruption policy

Bank policy
2019-10-29 00:00:00 | Banorte
2018-11-06 00:00:00

Social policy

Bank policy
2018-11-06 00:00:00 | Banorte
2017-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Banorte
Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte) has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Natural Capital DeclarationTags: sustainable development | finance | natural resources | corporate social responsibility
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
Science Based TargetsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
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Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte) 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.

 

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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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New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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Equator Principles: New BankTrack database sheds light on patchy project name reporting

BankTrack publishes database of Equator-financed projects, together with analysis showing some banks report few or no project names – notable poor performers include ING, HSBC and Lloyds
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Exclusion list

Bank policy
2022-06-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2022-06-07 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-06-07 00:00:00 | Banorte
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Human rights policy

Bank policy
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Banorte
2021-12-30 00:00:00

Responsible investment policy

Bank policy
2021-12-30 00:00:00 | Banorte
2021-06-24 00:00:00

Guidance on Biodiversity Target Setting for PRB signatories

Other document
2021-06-24 00:00:00 | UNEPFI
2021-06-15 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-06-15 00:00:00 | Banorte
2021-04-21 00:00:00

Commitment statement Net Zero Banking Alliance

Other document
2021-04-21 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
2020-10-26 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2019

Annual report
2020-10-26 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-07-24 00:00:00

Socio-environmental risk policy

Bank policy
2020-07-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-07-24 00:00:00

Natural capital policy

Bank policy
2020-07-24 00:00:00 | Banorte
2020-05-02 00:00:00

Environmental policy

Bank policy
2020-05-02 00:00:00 | Banorte
2019-10-29 00:00:00

Equator Principles report 2018

Bank document
2019-10-29 00:00:00 | Banorte
2019-10-29 00:00:00

Anti-corruption policy

Bank policy
2019-10-29 00:00:00 | Banorte
2019-09-13 00:00:00

Letter from Banorte to BankTrack on PRB implementation

Correspondence
2019-09-13 00:00:00 | Banorte
2019-07-31 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2018

Annual report
2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Grupo Financiero Banorte
2018-11-06 00:00:00

Social policy

Bank policy
2018-11-06 00:00:00 | Banorte
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Grupo Financiero Banorte
2017-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2017-12-31 00:00:00 | Banorte
2017-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Grupo Financiero Banorte
2016-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-31 00:00:00 | Grupo Financiero Banorte
Accountability
Grievances

Grupo Financiero Banorte operates a complaints mechanism via EthicsPoints which can be accessed here.

This page evaluates Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte)'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".

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