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Website	http://www.barclays.com
Headquarters	1 Churchill Place E14 5HP London London United Kingdom
CEO/chair	C.S. Venkatakrishnan Group Chief Executive
Supervisor	Bank of England
Ownership	listed on London Stock Exchange & NYSE Barclay's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Barclays, established in 1690, is a major global financial services provider, based in the United Kingdom, engaged in retail and commercial banking, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services. Barclays operates in more than 50 countries and employs approximately 120,000 people, serving 48 million customers and clients worldwide.

Sustainability

Commitments

Policies

Voluntary standards

Barclays' most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Statements and policy positions

ESG Resource Hub

Code of Conduct

2024-07-15 00:00:00 | Barclays

Statement on Human Rights

2024-02-20 00:00:00 | Barclays

Statement on Modern Slavery

2024-02-19 00:00:00 | Barclays

Climate change statement

2024-02-09 00:00:00 | Barclays

Transition Finance Framework

2024-02-08 00:00:00 | Barclays

Suppliers' Code of Conduct

2023-10-16 00:00:00 | Barclays

World Heritage Site and Ramsar Wetlands Statement

2023-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays

Defence & Security Statement

2023-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays

Forestry & Agricultural Commodities Statement

2023-04-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Sustainable finance framework

2022-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental risk in lending statement

2022-05-31 00:00:00 | Barclays

Barclay's climate strategy, targets and progress

2022-03-22 00:00:00 | Barclays

Climate change statement

2022-03-01 00:00:00 | Barclays

Modern slavery statement

2022-02-22 00:00:00 | Barclays

ESG reporting framework

2021-02-17 00:00:00 | Barclays

Financial Crime Statement

2019-06-28 00:00:00 | Barclays

Tax Principles

2019-06-28 00:00:00 | Barclays

Forestry and palm oil statement

2019-02-28 00:00:00 | Barclays

Statement of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Policies and Principles

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Barclays

Coal statement

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Barclays

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Utilities & Waste Management

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Service Industry

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Power Generation

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Mining & Metals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Oil & Gas

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing General Manufacturing

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Infrastructure

2016-03-27 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing Agriculture and Fisheries

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental and Social Risk Briefing - Forestry & Logging

2015-11-18 00:00:00 | Barclays

Policy Position Statement on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining

2015-03-31 00:00:00 | Barclays

Statement on Bribery and Corruption

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays

Environmental Sustainability Policy statement

2015-01-01 00:00:00 | Barclays

Barclays has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Banking Environment InitiativeTags:

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

Green Bond PrinciplesTags: bond issuance | investment | sustainable development

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 Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)Tags: carbon | corporate social responsibility

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

Soft Commodities CompactTags: Deforestation | forest

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance

Thun Group on Human RightsTags: Human Rights

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human RightsTags: United Nations | human rights

UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development

Wolfsberg PrinciplesTags: finance | corruption

Dodgy Deals

Barclays 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 Barclays's link to these deals.