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Nordic banks increase finance for Arctic oil and gas, new report finds
Ten Nordic banks provided US$ 21.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry. DNB, SEB, Nordea and Danske Bank largest Nordic financiers.
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Danske Bank head office in Copenhagen. Photo: Thorfinn Stainforth via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY SA 3.0)About Danske Bank
Danske Bank is a Danish bank, founded in 1871 as Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn. Headquartered in Copenhagen, it is the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in the northern European region with over 5 million retail customers.
| Website | http://www.danskebank.com |
| Headquarters |
Holmens Kanal 2-12
1092 Copenhagen
Denmark
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| CEO/chair |
Carsten Egeriis CEO |
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| Annual reports |
CSR Report 2021 Annual report 2021 |
| Ownership |
listed on NASDAQ OMX
Danske Bank's shareholder structure can be accessed here. |
| Complaints and grievances |
Danske Bank has not established any grievance mechanims available to communities whose rights might be impinged by the bank's activities. It is however possible to lodge a complaint with the OECD National Contact Point (see OECD Watch Guidance). |
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Danske Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:- Banking for Impact
- Carbon Disclosure Project
- Global Reporting Initiative
- International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
- Montreal Carbon Pledge
- Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- Paris Pledge for Action
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
- Poseidon Principles
- Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
- Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
- Responsible Ship Recycling Standards (RSRS)
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- UNEP Finance Initiative
- United Nations Global Compact
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Danske Bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.
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