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Website https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/en
Headquarters
Maslak Mahallesi Eski Büyükdere Caddesi No:23
34450 Istanbul
Turkey
CEO/chair Mahmut Akten
CEO
Supervisor
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Ownership
listed on ISE & London Stock Exchange

Spanish bank BBVA (see here for BBVA profile) is majority-owner of Garanti BBVA (85.97%). Garanti BBVA's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Garanti BBVA (formerly Garanti Bank) is Turkey's second largest private sector bank by assets. Garanti provides retail, commercial, corporate and private banking services to 15 million customers. It operates mainly in Turkey, has seven foreign branches in Cyprus and Malta and three representative offices in London, Düsseldorf, and Shanghai. In March 2017 Spanish bank BBVA (see here for profile) acquired 49.85% ownership of Garanti Bank, eventually becoming Garanti BBVA's majority-shareholder (85.97%).

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

Garanti BBVA's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Environmental, Social and Governance

Policies

2025-02-07 00:00:00

General Policy on Sustainability

Bank policy
2025-02-07 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2024-12-12 00:00:00

Energy Policy

Bank policy
2024-12-12 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2022-12-31 00:00:00

Environmental Policy

Bank policy
2022-12-31 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2022-11-30 00:00:00

General Policy on Corporate Social Responsibility

Bank policy
2022-11-30 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2021-07-31 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Bank policy
2021-07-31 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2021-03-26 00:00:00

Garanti BBVA will stop financing coal in Turkey in 2040

Bank policy
2021-03-26 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Declaration of human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Environmental and social loan policies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Climate change position statement

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Anti-corruption policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
Garanti BBVA has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

Garanti BBVA 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 Garanti BBVA's link to these deals.

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External
Blog
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‘Net Zero banks’ turn their back on crucial 1.5ºC climate target

“Overwhelming majority” of Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) members seeks to loosen obligations on how to reach Paris climate goals.
2025-04-15 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Blog
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We’re watching the banks: Turkey's first activist shareholders

Climate activists mobilized by 350 Turkey have become "activist shareholders" in banks for the first time in Turkey
2023-05-10 | 350.org Turkey
Blog
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New report on climate commitments of Turkish banks

350.org assesses policies of 17 Turkish banks
2022-11-14 | 350.org Turkey
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Turkish bank to stop funding coal projects

2021-03-25 | Argus Media
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These Are the Banks Caught Up in the Russia Money-Laundering Scandal

2019-03-06 | Bloomberg
Blog
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Principles must bring commitments

Banks endorsing draft Principles for Responsible Banking called upon to urgently act on what they sign
2018-11-26 | Paris | BankTrack
Blog
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Garanti, Turkey’s top climate killer bank, praised as climate champion

2016-12-13 | Brussels | BankTrack, CAN Europe, Yeryüzü Dernegi
Blog
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Turkish dam policy discussed in EU

Turkish initiatives report at European Parliament and Commission
2010-11-18 | Brussels | ECA watch
Blog
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Ilisu Dam Turkey: Handing over of keys for new houses: a cynical act against international standards

2010-11-04 | Zurich, Berlin, Vienna | CounterCurrent, Berne declaration, ECA Watch Austria
Blog
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Protest camp against the Ilisu Dam in Hasankeyf, Turkey

2010-10-15 | Hasankeyf, Turkey | ECA Watch Austria
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Alternativ-Nobelpreisträger gegen Staudamm

2010-09-28 | Germany | Kurier
Blog
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Call for Hasankeyf Solidarity Camp between 11-17 October 2010

2010-09-22 | Hasankeyf, Turkey | Ercan Ayboga
Blog
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One year after Europe’s withdrawal from the Ilisu project: new hope for Hasankeyf despite restart of construction

2010-07-13 | Turkey | ECA Watch Austria
Blog
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New Scandals in Ilisu Project

Expropriations in Ilisu village without adequate compensation
2010-06-01 | Wien, Berlin
Blog
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Construction of Ilisu dam restarted – Austrian Andritz the only European company to remain in the project

2010-05-18 | Turkey | ECA Watch
Blog
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Akbank announces stronger environmental protection in reaction to Ilisu dam controversy

2010-04-23 | Turkey | Countercurrent
Blog
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Europe-wide protests against Turkish banks

Campaigners demand withdrawal of loan commitments for Ilisu dam project
2010-03-15 | Europe | BankTrack
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Europaweite Proteste gegen Ilisu-Dammprojekt

2010-03-15 | Berlin | EPO-Entwicklungspolitik Online
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London MEP joins protest against controversial Ilisu Dam

2010-03-15 | London
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Turkije zal omstreden Ilisu-stuwdam toch bouwen

2010-02-12 | Istanbul | De Standaard
Blog
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Announcement for restart of Ilisu project without final decision

2010-02-12 | Vienna | ECA Watch Austria
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EU Parliament demands stop of work in Ilisu dam project – investigation by EU Commission?

2010-02-03 | Vienna, Austria
Resources
Documents
Links
2025-02-07 00:00:00

General Policy on Sustainability

Bank policy
2025-02-07 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2024-12-12 00:00:00

Energy Policy

Bank policy
2024-12-12 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2024-10-01 00:00:00

NZBA 2024 Progress Report

Other document
2024-10-01 00:00:00 | NZBA
2024-03-22 00:00:00

2023 Integrated Annual Report

Annual report
2024-03-22 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2022-12-31 00:00:00

Environmental Policy

Bank policy
2022-12-31 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2022-11-30 00:00:00

General Policy on Corporate Social Responsibility

Bank policy
2022-11-30 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2022-03-15 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-15 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2021-07-31 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Bank policy
2021-07-31 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2021-03-26 00:00:00

Garanti BBVA will stop financing coal in Turkey in 2040

Bank policy
2021-03-26 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2021-03-18 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-18 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2019

Annual report
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Declaration of human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Environmental and social loan policies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Climate change position statement

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2020-04-06 00:00:00

Anti-corruption policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-04-06 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2019-09-13 00:00:00

Letter from Garanti BBVA to BankTrack on PRB implementation

Correspondence
2019-09-13 00:00:00 | Garanti BBVA
2019-04-15 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-15 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Annual integrated report 2017

Annual report
2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2018-03-22 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2016

Annual report
2018-03-22 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2015-07-06 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

Annual report
2015-07-06 00:00:00 | Garantibank
2013-04-08 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-04-08 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2012-06-19 00:00:00

Annual Report 2011

Annual report
2012-06-19 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2011-04-13 00:00:00

Annual Report 2010

Annual report
2011-04-13 00:00:00 | garantibank
2011-04-07 00:00:00

Sustainability Review 2010

Annual report
2011-04-07 00:00:00 | Garanti Bank
2010-08-05 00:00:00

Fact finding report about the rock fall in Hasankeyf on 13th July 2010 and possible risks

NGO document
2010-08-05 00:00:00 | The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive
2009-05-07 00:00:00

Garantibank disclosure policy

Other bank document
2009-05-07 00:00:00 | Garantibank

Sustainability webpages of Garanti BBVA

Accountability
Grievances

Garanti BBVA does not operate a complaints or grievances mechanism for individuals or communities that might have been affected by the bank's finance.

This page evaluates Garanti BBVA'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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Tracking the NZBA

Tracking the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Garanti BBVA 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.

 

Tracking NZBA banks commitments

Banks and Steel

Banks and Steel

As part of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), Garanti Bank BBVA is required to set interim targets for 2030 for high emission priority sectors. For Garanti Bank BBVA, this includes its lending to the steel sector. You can see Garanti Bank BBVA’s iron and steel decarbonisation targets, and its progress towards meeting them in our NZBA steel targets compliance tracker:

NZBA Iron & Steel Targets

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