The 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that Commerzbank provided US$ 14.62 billion  in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on Commerzbank 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.

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 Commerzbank’s fossil fuel policy below.

BankTrack assessed Commerzbank in its 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 2.5 points out of 14 and was ranked as a laggard. In addition, Commerzbank scored 0 out of 3 on how it responds to alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, which were raised by civil society organisations. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

Commerzbank’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 2.2 out of 10 and ranking it as a follower. Commerzbank achieved a score of 0 out of 10 specifically for its policies related to the beef sector and 6.6 out of 10 for its policies related to the palm oil sector. In addition, BankTrack and the Environmental Paper Network have assessed Commerzbank’s policies related to the pulp and paper sector.

Between 2016 and 2022, Commerzbank provided USD 447 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.

Commerzbank 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.

BankTrack is keeping track of the public response of Commerzbank to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Commerzbank did not publicly condemn the war. Commerzbank is considered by Leave-Russia.org to be "suspending" its operations in Russia. We consider its exposure to Russia as limited, with over $1.45bn of financial assets. Commerzbank supports the Russian fossil fuel industry through loans and underwriting. For further details, see the table linked below.