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ICBC's head office Beijing. Photo: RudolfSimon via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 3.0)About Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is a joint-stock commercial bank based in the People's Republic of China. Founded in 1984, ICBC overtook Citi to become the world's largest bank by asset value in 2007, a position it retained in 2019. ICBC has expanded its operations outside of China through mergers and acquisitions, as well as registering branch offices in foreign countries. In 2007, ICBC acquired PT. Bank Indonesia and Heng Seng Bank, as well as a 20% stake in Standard Bank of South Africa. It also set up offices in Russia, Dubai, Doha, Sydney and New York.
| Website | http://www.icbc-ltd.com/ICBCLtd/en/ |
| Headquarters |
55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District
10032 Beijing
China
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| CEO/chair |
Chen Siqing Chairman and Executive Director |
| Supervisor | |
| Annual reports |
Annual Report 2019 2019 CSR report |
| Ownership |
listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange & Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Chinese government owns via Central Huijin Investment 34.71% of ICBC shares. ICBC's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here. |
| Complaints and grievances |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China does not operate a complaints channel for individuals and communities that may be adversely affected by its finance. |
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Bank policy scores on fossil fuel financing
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A bank can obtain a total of 200 policy points for its 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, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on fossil fuel expansion
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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: 7 points
- Arctic oil and gas: 7 points
- Offshore oil and gas: 7 points
- Fracked oil and gas: 7 points
- LNG: 7 points
- Other oil and gas: 12 points
A bank can obtain a total of 82 policy points for its fossil fuel expansion policy. Based on this score, banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on oil and gas financing
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For tar sands, Arctic oil and gas, fracked oil and gas, offshore oil and gas and LNG, 18 possible policy points can be obtained. For other/conventional oil and gas, 30 policy points can be obtained. In total, a bank can score a total of 120 policy points for its oil and gas policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on tar sands
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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), moderate exclusion (2), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand tar sands.
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None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
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), moderate exclusion threshold (4), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 18 policy points for its tar sands policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on Arctic oil and gas
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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), moderate exclusion (2), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand Arctic oil and gas.
- None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
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), moderate exclusion threshold (4), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 18 policy points for its Arctic oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on offshore oil and gas
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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), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand offshore oil and gas.
- None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
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 18 policy points for its offshore oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on fracked oil and gas
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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), moderate exclusion (2), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand oil and gas fracking.
- None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
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), moderate exclusion threshold (4), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)
A bank can obtain a total of 18 policy points for its fracking policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.
Bank policy scores on LNG
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The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:
1) Restriction on direct financing for LNG projects.
- None (0), weak exclusion (1), strong exclusion (3)
2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand LNG.
- None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)
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 18 policy points for its LNG policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards, followers, front runners or leaders.