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Banque PopulaireMorocco

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Banque Populaire office in Fes, Fes el Bali, Morocco. Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY SA 3.0)

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Website https://www.groupebcp.com/EN
Headquarters
01, boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni – BP 10.622
20100 Casablanca
Morocco
CEO/chair Mohamed Karim Mounir
CEO
Supervisor
Bank Al-Maghrib
Ownership
listed on Casablanca Stock Exchange

Banque Populaire is mainly owned by its member Regional Banques Populaires (41.8%). The bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Banque Populaire (formerly known as Banque Centrale Populaire) is a Morocco-based bank established in 1961. It operates mainly as a credit institution and has two main roles: to serve as a credit institution and to operate as a banking organization for the regional subsidiaries in the wider Banque Populaire Group. Its services include banking, insurance and investment management, and it serves individuals and businesses.

Sustainability
Commitments
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Voluntary standards

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

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Sustainable development

2020-11-03 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2020-11-03 00:00:00

CSR charter

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
Banque Populaire has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
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2021-03-29 | BankTrack
Resources
Documents
2024-06-04 00:00:00

Annual report 2023

Annual report
2024-06-04 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2023-07-11 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-07-11 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2022-05-02 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-05-02 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2021-05-10 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-05-10 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2020-11-03 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2020-11-03 00:00:00

CSR charter

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2020-07-19 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-19 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
2019-06-30 00:00:00

CSR report 2018

Annual report
2019-06-30 00:00:00 | Banque Populaire
Accountability
Grievances

The bank operates a grievances mechanism, which can be accessed here [select "Responsabilité Sociale/Développement Durable" for environmental and social issues].

This page evaluates Banque Populaire'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
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Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring

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Banks and Human Rights

Banks and Human Rights

BankTrack assessed Banque Populaire in its 2021 Human Rights Benchmark Africa, where it achieved 0.5 points out of 14 and was ranked as a 'laggard'. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark

Human Rights Benchmark Africa 2021

BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
Banque Populaire
MAR
0.5
Laggard 0.5
0
Morocco
Score
Laggard
0.5
Explanation

Banque Populaire's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the Human Rights Benchmark Africa 2021. The bank is assessed as a Laggard, with a total score of 0.5 out of 14.

Policy: 0/3
Due dilligence: 0/5
Reporting: 0.5/3
Remedy: 0/3

Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3.5 points
4 - 5.5 points
6 - 8.5 points
9 - 14 points
For more details see this page.
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