The 2022 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that Intesa Sanpaolo provided US$ 17.93 Billion in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2021. Find further details on Intesa Sanpaolo fossil fuel portfolio and how it compares to other large banks globally on Fossil Banks No Thanks and in the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in the Coal Policy Tracker and Oil and Gas Policy Tool. Find further details on their assessment of Intesa Sanpaolo fossil fuel policy below.

BankTrack assessed Intesa Sanpaolo in its 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark, where it achieved 6 points out of 14 and was ranked as a follower. In addition, Intesa Sanpaolo scored 0.3 out of 3 on how it responds to alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, which were raised by civil society organisations.  More information is detailed in the "Accountability" section of this profile.

Intesa Sanpaolo 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.

BankTrack is keeping track of the public response of Intesa Sanpaolo to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Intesa Sanpaolo's position on the war is unclear. Intesa Sanpaolo is considered by Leave-Russia.org to be "buying time" with its operations in Russia. We categorise its exposure to Russia as moderate, with over $2.6bn of financial assets. Intesa Sanpaolo supports the Russian fossil fuel industry through investments, loans, and underwriting. For further details, see the table linked below.