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About
Website https://www.bangkokbank.com/
Headquarters
333 Silom Rd
10500 Bangkok
Thailand
CEO/chair Chatri Sophonpanich
Chairman
Supervisor
Bank of Thailand
Ownership
listed on Stock Exchange of Thailand

Bangkok Bank's largest shareholder is the Thai NVDR Company (21.52%, dated Sept 8 2022). The bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Established in 1944, Bangkok Bank is the largest commercial bank in Thailand and one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia. The bank's overseas branch network spans 14 countries, namely Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, US, and UK. Bangkok Bank offers commercial banking services, including arranging syndicated loans, debt securities underwriting, trade finance, project finance, custodial services, SME services and specialist industry advice.

Sustainability
Policies
Voluntary standards

Links

Corporate social responsibility

Sustainability

Environmental and Energy Conservation Management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Responsible Lending Policy (including exclusion list)

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Human rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Corporate social responsibility policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Dodgy Deals

Bangkok Bank 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 Bangkok Bank's link to these deals.

Projects / Companies
Finance type
Year
Campaigns

Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack assessed Bangkok Bank in its 2022 Asia Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 5.5 points out of 14 and was ranked as a follower. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

Human Rights Benchmark Asia 2022

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Bangkok Bank
THA
5.5
Follower
Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 6 points
6.5 - 9 points
9.5 - 14 points
For more details see this page.
News
Resources
Documents

CSR report 2021

Annual report
2022-06-14 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-06-07 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Environmental and Energy Conservation Management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Responsible Lending Policy (including exclusion list)

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Human rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Corporate social responsibility policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2021-11-15 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Human rights due diligence summary 2019

Bank document
2021-07-21 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Asian Banks Continue to Finance the Palm Oil Refining Sector as Leakage Declines

NGO document
2021-06-28 00:00:00 | Chain Reaction Research

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-08 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

CSR report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-07 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Annual Report 2013.

Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-04-09 00:00:00 | Bangkok Bank

Close the Gap

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

Thailand’s Commercial Banks’ Role in Financing Dams in Laos and the Case for Sustainable Banking

NGO document
2009-12-07 00:00:00 | International Rivers
Accountability
Grievances

Bangkok Bank operates a Grievance Redressal channel which can be accessed here.

This page evaluates Bangkok Bank'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

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