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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank AG, established in 1870, is Germany's second largest bank, and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Next to a large presence in the German banking market, Commerzbank has numerous branch offices throughout Europe. The bank's activities focus on: private customers, bank services for small business, Corporates & Markets, and Central & Eastern Europe.
[In 2009 Dresdner Bank merged with Commerzbank AG. All 'dodgy deals' related to Dresdner Bank are now linked to the Commerzbank profile. The deals related to Dresdner Bank are indicated as such].
Website | https://www.commerzbank.com/ |
Headquarters |
Kaiserplatz
60261 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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CEO/chair |
Martin Zielke CEO |
Supervisor | |
Annual reports |
Annual report 2019 CSR report 2019 |
Ownership |
listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Commerzbank's major shareholder is the German state (over 15%). The bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here. |
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Policy Assessments
Banks, climate and energy
Bank policy scores on fossil fuel financing
A bank can obtain a total of 200 policy points for its overall fossil fuel policies; 120 possible points for oil and gas policies and 80 possible points for coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-50 points), followers (50.5-100 points), front runners (100.5-150 points) or leaders (150.5-200 points).
Bank policy scores on fossil fuel expansion
The scores for a bank's policies restricting expansion of fossil fuels - in each area, prohibitions against financing projects and/or companies expanding that area - are aggregated into a fossil fuel expansion policy score.
The point-based policy ranking for fossil fuel expansion consists of the following distribution:
- Coal mining: 14 points
- Coal power: 14 points
- Other coal: 7 points
- Tar sands: 9 points
- Arctic oil and gas: 9 points
- Offshore oil and gas: 9 points
- Fracked oil and gas: 9 points
- LNG: 9 points
- Other oil and gas: 9 points
A bank can obtain a total of 89 policy points for its fossil fuel expansion policy. Based on this score, banks are then classified as laggards (0-22.25 points), followers (22.25-44.5 points), front runners (44.5-66.75 points) or leaders (66.75-89 points).
Bank policy scores on oil and gas financing
For each of the six subsectors, 20 possible policy points can be obtained, so a bank can obtain a total of 120 policy points for its oil and gas policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-30 points), followers (30.5-60 points), front runners (60.5-90 points) or leaders (90.5-120 points).
Bank policy scores on tar sands
The point-based policy ranking above assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for tar sands projects.
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None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand tar sands.
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None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for tar sands.
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None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in tar sands above a certain threshold.
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None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its tar sands policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on Arctic oil and gas
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for Arctic oil and gas projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand Arctic oil and gas.
- None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for Arctic oil and gas.
- None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in Arctic oil and gas above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its Arctic oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on offshore oil and gas
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for offshore oil and gas projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand offshore oil and gas.
- None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for offshore oil and gas.
- None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in offshore oil and gas above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its offshore oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on fracked oil and gas
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for fracked oil and gas projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand oil and gas fracking.
- None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for oil and gas fracking.
- None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in oil and gas fracking above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its fracking policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on LNG
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for LNG projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand LNG.
- None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for LNG.
- None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in LNG above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its LNG policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on other/conventional oil and gas
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for other/conventional oil and gas projects.
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None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand other/conventional oil and gas.
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None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for other/conventional oil and gas.
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None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in other/conventional oil and gas above a certain threshold.
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None (0), enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its other/conventional oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).
Bank policy scores on coal financing
For both coal mining and coal power, 32 possible policy points can be obtained, while for other coal,16 possible policy points can be obtained. So a bank can obtain a total of 80 policy points for its coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-20 points), followers (20.5-40 points), front runners (40.5-60 points) or leaders (60.5-80 points).
Bank policy scores on coal mining
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for coal mining projects.
- None (0), mountaintop removal mining exclusion (0.5), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal mining.
- None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal mining.
- None (0), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal mining above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)
A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal mining policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).
Bank policy scores on coal power
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for coal power projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal power.
- None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal power.
- None (0), proportional reduction (1), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal power above a certain threshold.
- None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)
A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal power policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).
Bank policy scores on coal infrastructure
The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for coal infrastructure projects.
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None (0), weak exclusion (1), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal infrastructure.
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None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal infrastructure.
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None (0), exposure reduction (1), weak phase-out (2), strong phase-out (4)
4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal infrastructure above a certain threshold.
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None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (4), full exclusion (5)
A bank can obtain a total of 16 policy points for its coal infrastructure policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-4 points), followers (4.5-8 points), front runners (8.5-12 points) or leaders (12.5-16 points)
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Policies
Voluntary initiatives
Commerzbank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:- Klimaschutz-Selbstverpflichtung des Finanzsektors
- Carbon Disclosure Project
- Forest Stewardship Council- 10 Principles of Forest Stewardship
- German Sustainability Code
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Green Bond Principles
- Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
- Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
- Science Based Targets
- United Nations Global Compact
- Wolfsberg Principles
Investment policies
Commerzbank's extensive positions and policies webpage can be accessed here. The bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be seen here.