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Itau-Unibanco's head offices in Sao Paolo. Photo: Vitruvius via Flickr (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Itaú-Unibanco Holding formed in November 2008, when Banco Itau took over Unibanco. Itaú-Unibanco is a publicly-held bank which, together with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, operates in Brazil and abroad. The bank is present in eightteen countries besides Brazil. Itau-Unibanco has its headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil. Its activities and products include: asset management, investment banking, insurance, private equity, and retail banking.
| Website | http://www.itau.com.br |
| Headquarters |
Praça Alfredo Egydio de Souza Aranha, 100 Torre Olavo Setubal, Parque Jabaquara
04344-902 São Paulo
Brazil
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| CEO/chair |
Candido Botelho Bracher CEO |
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| Annual report | Integrated annual report 2018 |
| Ownership |
listed on Brazil Stock Exchange & NYSE Euronext
Itau-Unibanco's share holder structure can be accessed here. |
Itaú-Unibanco's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.
The Equator Principles are a voluntary commitment of banks to try to avoid or minimise the social, environmental and human rights impact of projects they finance. For more information on the Equator Principles see their website here and the campaign page of BankTrack here.
The Equator Principles exist already since 2003. Itaú-Unibanco adopted the Equator Principles in 2004.
Itaú-Unibanco must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.
Itaú-Unibanco is involved in financing the following Equator Principles projects that BankTrack considers controversial.
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True leader
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BankTrack has assessed Itaú-Unibanco on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in June 2016. Itaú-Unibanco is assessed as a Follower, with a total score of 3.5/12.
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Itaú-Unibanco is reporting on the implementation here.
