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Fake green hues in big banks’ environment-friendly boasts

2018-03-22 | BusinessDay

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack

2011-10-20 | Washington | 1231, Environmental Finance

Financiers search for sustainable future

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability

New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

First Rand adopts Equator Principles

First Rand adopts Equator Principles

2009-07-16

Documents

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Type:

Year:

2017-12-15 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2017-12-15 00:00:00

FirstRand Environmental and social risk management

annual reports

2017-07-31 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2017

2017-07-31 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2016-07-14 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Sustainability Framework

annual reports

2016-07-13 00:00:00

2015 Annual Integrated Report

2016-07-13 00:00:00 | FirstRand

annual reports

2014-12-31 00:00:00

Annual reports archives

2014-12-31 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2013-10-17 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2013-10-17 00:00:00

Social and Ethics Committee

2012-08-01 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

2012-08-01 00:00:00

Environmental and Social Risk Analysis and Equator Principles Statement

2012

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI

2011-05-31 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2011-05-31 00:00:00

FirstRand 2010 Corporate Governance and Sustainability Reporting - Independent Assurance Statement

correspondence

2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter to EPFI's on Equator Principles review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack

2010-11-22 00:00:00 | Firstrand

2010-11-22 00:00:00

Carbon Footprint and Carbon Disclosure Project Summary Report

2010-09-13 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

2010-09-13 00:00:00

Code of Ethics

2010-08-17 00:00:00 | Firstrand Group

Environmental Policy

2010-08-17 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

Environmental Health & Safety Policy

2010-08-17 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

Climate Change Statement

2009-11-01 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

2009-11-01 00:00:00

United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress 2009

2009-06-30 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

2009-06-30 00:00:00

Global Reporting Initiative Content Index 2009

2008-11-01 00:00:00 | First Rand Bank

2008-11-01 00:00:00

United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress 2008

First Rand Foundation

The foundation through which FirstRand and its businesses take part in direct corporate social investment

http://www.firstrandfoundation.org.za

FirstRand Sustainability Page

Here you can download various CSR reports by FirstRand group subsidiaries.

http://www.firstrand.co.za/Sustainability/Pages/default.aspx

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

FirstRand has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Carbon Disclosure Project
Equator Principles
Global Reporting Initiative
United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies

FirstRand's sustainability webpage van be viewed here. In it's 2015 Annual Integrated Report (p.164), FirstRand states "FirstRand has formally integrated environmental and social risk management processes into its credit risk governance process, which is supported by enterprise-wide social and ethics committee structures. these processes include the following key measures:

defining requirements for environmental and social risk assessment and monitoring approved transactions;
developing and communicating environmental and social performance standards that clients will be expected to meet within an acceptable timeframe; and
defining environmental and social roles and responsibilities for both FirtstRand and its clients."

Page 165 of the report briefly shows the Environmental and Social Risk Assessment review, from deal indentification to monitoring and evaluation.

Year:

2017-12-15 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2017-12-15 00:00:00

FirstRand Environmental and social risk management

2016-07-14 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Sustainability Framework

2013-10-17 00:00:00 | FirstRand

2013-10-17 00:00:00

Social and Ethics Committee

2010-08-17 00:00:00 | Firstrand Group

Environmental Policy