Blog
BankTrack news
BankTrack blog
Partner news
Partner blog
Bank
HDFC BankIndia
Active
This profile is actively maintained
Last update: 2023-11-03 10:58:34
HDFC Bank's head office in Mumbai, India. Photo: selvin kurian via Flickr (BY NC BA 2.0)
Active
This profile is actively maintained
Last update: 2023-11-03 10:58:34
Bank info
BankTrack campaigns
All
About
| Website | http://hdfcbank.com |
| Headquarters |
HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel
400013 Mumbai
India
|
| CEO/chair |
Sashidhar Jagdishan Managing Director and CEO |
| Supervisor | |
| Ownership |
listed on Bombay Stock Exchange, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange of India & NYSE
HDFC Bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here. |
HDFC Bank is a large financial institution in India. It was incorporated in August 1994, after the Reserve Bank of India allowed establishing private sector banks. It is India’s largest housing finance company. The bank has three key business segments: wholesale banking, retail banking and treasury.
Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards
HDFC Bank's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.
HDFC Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Dodgy Deals
HDFC Bank 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 HDFC Bank's link to these deals.
Projects / Companies
Finance type
Year
News
BankTrack
Partners
Blog
External
Resources
Documents
Links
Accountability
Grievances
HDFC Bank operates a grievance redressal mechanism, which can be accessed here.
This page evaluates HDFC Bank'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
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Division by zero
Filename: bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line Number: 200
Backtrace:
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line: 200
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/helpers/easy_helper.php
Line: 366
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/main.php
Line: 270
Function: lv
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/libraries/sections/Bankprofile.php
Line: 484
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/controllers/Main.php
Line: 333
Function: content
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/index.php
Line: 321
Function: require_once
Average
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Division by zero
Filename: bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line Number: 209
Backtrace:
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line: 209
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/helpers/easy_helper.php
Line: 366
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/main.php
Line: 270
Function: lv
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/libraries/sections/Bankprofile.php
Line: 484
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/controllers/Main.php
Line: 333
Function: content
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/index.php
Line: 321
Function: require_once
NAN
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Division by zero
Filename: bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line Number: 217
Backtrace:
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line: 217
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/helpers/easy_helper.php
Line: 366
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/main.php
Line: 270
Function: lv
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/libraries/sections/Bankprofile.php
Line: 484
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/controllers/Main.php
Line: 333
Function: content
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/index.php
Line: 321
Function: require_once
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Division by zero
Filename: bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line Number: 220
Backtrace:
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line: 220
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/helpers/easy_helper.php
Line: 366
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/main.php
Line: 270
Function: lv
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/libraries/sections/Bankprofile.php
Line: 484
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/controllers/Main.php
Line: 333
Function: content
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/index.php
Line: 321
Function: require_once
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Division by zero
Filename: bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line Number: 223
Backtrace:
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/response_tracking.php
Line: 223
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/helpers/easy_helper.php
Line: 366
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/views/sections/bankprofile/main.php
Line: 270
Function: lv
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/libraries/sections/Bankprofile.php
Line: 484
Function: view
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/application/controllers/Main.php
Line: 333
Function: content
File: /home/btwebhost/www/btci3/index.php
Line: 321
Function: require_once
Banks and Human Rights
Banks and Human Rights
BankTrack assessed HDFC Bank in its 2022 Human Rights Benchmark Asia, where it achieved 1 point out of 14 and was ranked as a 'laggard'. More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.
Human Rights Benchmark Asia 2022
BankLast update
Country
Score
Ranking
Details
HDFC Bank
IND
1
Laggard
1
0
Explanation
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 3 points
3.5 - 6 points
6.5 - 9 points
9.5 - 14 points
For more details see this page.
Send feedback
on this profile