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Website	http://www.cebbank.com
Headquarters	China Everbright Center, 25 Taipingqiao Avenue Xicheng District, Beijing China
CEO/chair	Wang Jiang Secretary of the CPC Committee of Bank, Chairman, Non-Executive Director
Supervisor	China Banking and Investment Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)
Ownership	listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange China Everbright Bank is majority-owned by the Chinese government (58.9%). The bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

China Everbright Bank (CEB) was established in August 1992 and is headquartered in Beijing. The bank focuses on the Chinese domestic market and has established 1,290 branches and outlets. The bank is a joint-stock commercial bank and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2010. The bank serves personal and corporate clients and offers a variety of services, including personal safety deposits, wealth management, credit cards, underwriting loans, and trade financing.

Sustainability

Commitments

Policies

Voluntary standards

China Everbright Bank's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website section listed below.

Links

Environment website

Guidelines on environmental information disclosure for financial institutions

Bank policy

2021-07-22 00:00:00 | People's Bank of China

Environmental policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website

Bank policy

2021-01-18 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Supplier code of conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website

Bank policy

2021-01-18 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

China Everbright Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights

Dodgy Deals

China Everbright 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 China Everbright Bank's link to these deals.

Projects / Companies

Finance type

Year

News

BankTrack

Partners

Blog

External

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Decarbonization: steel not making the cut

Analysis by Reclaim Finance shows that few financial institutions have steel targets, and that those that have been adopted are riddled with flaws

2023-08-23 | Reclaim Finance

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations

2023-04-13 | San Francisco | BankTrack, urgewald, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Santos announces refinancing of syndicated debt facilities

Santos announced it had executed documentation to amend and extend its two syndicated bank loan facilities totalling US$1.25 billion.

2022-08-30 | Santos

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

CBIRC releases the Green Finance Guidelines for Banking and Insurance Sectors

2022-06-02 | China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations

2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

A future without coal: banking on Asia's just energy transition

2021-11-10 | Fair Finance Asia

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

210+ groups support urgent call to action

2021-09-23 | BankTrack

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China is world’s second largest financier of deforestation-linked commodities

New study finds significant risk associated with nearly 15 billion USD in loans and underwriting by Chinese financial institutions

2021-05-04 | BankTrack, Forests & Finance, Profundo, Rainforest Action Network

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016

2021-03-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Groundbreaking research reveals the financiers of the coal industry

Today, Urgewald & partners published an analysis of the financiers & investors behind the entire coal industry for the 1st time. One of the shocking results was that banks provide more money to coal than in 2016.

2021-02-25 | urgewald, Reclaim Finance

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Cambodia: Communities impacted by Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project seek IFC dispute resolution process; Companies' responses

2021-02-22 | BHRRC

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Regulator Criticizes Three Bond Underwriters in Yongcheng Coal Scandal

2021-01-18 | Caixing Global

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network

Blog

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-19 | Environmental Paper Network

BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Time to volunteer

2010-08-03 | China Dialogue

Resources

Documents

Links

Banking on Climate Chaos 2023

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations

BankTrack publication

2023-04-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald

Background briefing: Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

BankTrack publication

2023-01-27 00:00:00 | Profundo for Sierra Club, Fair Finance International, BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network

Who is Who No. 3 - Chinese commercial banks: an NGO guide

Partner publication

2023-01-23 00:00:00 | Urgewald

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP): Finance Risk Update No. 3 (Chinese version)

东非原油管道：金融风险简报（更新三）

BankTrack publication

2022-09-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Annual report 2021

Annual report

2022-07-05 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

CSR report 2021

Annual report

2022-07-04 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

BankTrack publication

2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, urgewald

Guidelines on environmental information disclosure for financial institutions

Bank policy

2021-07-22 00:00:00 | People's Bank of China

CSR Report 2020

Annual report

2021-07-06 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Annual report 2020

Annual report

2021-03-18 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Environmental policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website

Bank policy

2021-01-18 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Supplier code of conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website

Bank policy

2021-01-18 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Annual report 2019

Annual report

2020-07-31 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

CSR report 2019

Annual report

2020-07-31 00:00:00 | China Everbright Bank

Going out, but going green?

Assessing the implementation of China's Green Credit Guidelines

BankTrack publication

2014-11-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth US

Green Credit Footprint of Chinese banks (2008-2012)

-Chinese version-

NGO document

2013-11-25 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

Environmental report on Chinese banks 2011

-English summary-

NGO document

2012-11-26 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

Environmental Report on Chinese Banks (2011)

-Chinese version-

NGO document

2012-04-18 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

Executive Summary of Environmental Report on Chinese Banks (2011)

NGO document

2012-03-28 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

Notice of the CBRC on Issuing the Green Credit Guidelines

Bank document

2012-02-24 00:00:00 | China Banking Regulatory Commission

民间环保组织就陆良化工铬污染事件致16家中资上市银行的公开信（Chinese）

Correspondence

2011-08-29 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

An Open Letter from a Coalition of Environmental NGOs to 16 Chinese banks Regarding the Chromium Pollution Incident in Luliang(English)

Correspondence

2011-08-29 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

China Everbright Bank Cluster Munitions Investments

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #11 -English-

NGO document

2011-03-08 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US

China Sustainable Finance newsletter #9 -English-

NGO document

2010-09-01 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US

Chinese Banks Report -Chinese-

NGO document

2010-04-29 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

中资银行：谁比谁更绿民间报告首度披露14 家中资上市银行绿色信贷现状

Chinese Banking Industry Environmental Record (NGO analysis) - Executive Summary

NGO document

2010-03-24 00:00:00 | Green Watershed

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #6

NGO document

2009-11-17 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US

新的供资方与环境 - New Financiers and the Environment

NGO document

2008-05-14 00:00:00 | International Rivers

New Financiers and the Environment

NGO document

2008-05-14 00:00:00 | International Rivers

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - China Everbright Bank

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.

Accountability

Grievances

China Everbright Bank does not operate a complaints or grievances channel for individuals or communities that might have been affected by its finance.

This page evaluates China Everbright 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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Banks and Climate

The 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that China Everbright Bank provided US$ 48.834 billion in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on China Everbright Bank's fossil fuel portfolio and how it compares to other large banks globally on Fossil Banks No Thanks and in the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

Fossil fuel finance data China Everbright Bank

Banking on Climate Chaos fossil fuel finance data

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 China Everbright Bank’s fossil fuel policy below.

Assessment of China Everbright Bank coal policy in the Coal Policy Tool

Assessment of China Everbright Bank oil and gas policy in the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker

Banks and Nature

China Everbright Bank’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 0.5 out of 10 and ranking it as a laggard. China Everbright Bank achieved a score of 0 out of 10 specifically for its policies related to the beef sector and 0.5 out of 10 for its policies related to the palm oil sector. In addition, BankTrack and the Environmental Paper Network have assessed China Everbright Bank’s policies related to the pulp and paper sector.

Between 2016 and 2022, China Everbright Bank provided USD 409 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

BankLast update

Country

Score

Ranking

Details

China Everbright Bank

2022-09-21

CHN

0.5

Laggard 0.5

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.

BankLast update

Country

Score

Ranking

Details

China Everbright Bank

2022-09-21

CHN

Laggard 0

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.

BankLast update

Country

Score

Ranking

Details

China Everbright Bank

2022-09-21

CHN

0.5

Laggard 0.5

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.

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Environment website

Guidelines on environmental information disclosure for financial institutions

Environmental policy

Supplier code of conduct

Decarbonization: steel not making the cut

New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Santos announces refinancing of syndicated debt facilities

CBIRC releases the Green Finance Guidelines for Banking and Insurance Sectors

New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

A future without coal: banking on Asia's just energy transition

Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

China is world’s second largest financier of deforestation-linked commodities

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Groundbreaking research reveals the financiers of the coal industry

Cambodia: Communities impacted by Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project seek IFC dispute resolution process; Companies' responses

Regulator Criticizes Three Bond Underwriters in Yongcheng Coal Scandal

Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

Time to volunteer

Banking on Climate Chaos 2023

Background briefing: Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

Who is Who No. 3 - Chinese commercial banks: an NGO guide

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP): Finance Risk Update No. 3 (Chinese version)

Annual report 2021

CSR report 2021

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Guidelines on environmental information disclosure for financial institutions

CSR Report 2020

Annual report 2020

Environmental policy

Supplier code of conduct

Annual report 2019

CSR report 2019

Going out, but going green?

Green Credit Footprint of Chinese banks (2008-2012)

Environmental report on Chinese banks 2011

Environmental Report on Chinese Banks (2011)

Executive Summary of Environmental Report on Chinese Banks (2011)

Notice of the CBRC on Issuing the Green Credit Guidelines

民间环保组织就陆良化工铬污染事件致16家中资上市银行的公开信（Chinese）

An Open Letter from a Coalition of Environmental NGOs to 16 Chinese banks Regarding the Chromium Pollution Incident in Luliang(English)

China Everbright Bank Cluster Munitions Investments

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #11 -English-

China Sustainable Finance newsletter #9 -English-

Chinese Banks Report -Chinese-

中资银行：谁比谁更绿 民间报告首度披露14 家中资上市银行绿色信贷现状

Chinese Banking Industry Environmental Record (NGO analysis) - Executive Summary

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #6

新的供资方与环境 - New Financiers and the Environment

New Financiers and the Environment

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - China Everbright Bank

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Banks and Climate

Fossil fuel finance data China Everbright Bank

Banking on Climate Chaos fossil fuel finance data

Assessment of China Everbright Bank coal policy in the Coal Policy Tool

Assessment of China Everbright Bank oil and gas policy in the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker

Banks and Nature

Forests & Finance

Banks and beef

Banks and palm oil

Banks and pulp & paper

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Overall scores

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Beef

Forest & Finance Policy Assessment 2022: Palm Oil

中资银行：谁比谁更绿民间报告首度披露14 家中资上市银行绿色信贷现状