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Website	https://www.kbc.com
Headquarters	Havenlaan 2 1080 Brussels Belgium
CEO/chair	Johan Thijs CEO
Supervisor	Nationale Bank van België
Ownership	listed on Euronext Brussels KBC's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

KBC was established in 1998 from a merger between two Belgian banks, the Kredietbank and CERA Bank, and the Belgian insurance company ABB. KBC is an integrated bank-insurance group, catering mainly to retail customers, small and medium-sized enterprises and private banking clients. It operates in its home markets of Belgium and Central and Eastern Europe, where it specialises in retail bank-insurance and asset management activities, as well as in the provision of services to businesses. The group is also active in a selection of other countries in Europe in private banking and services to businesses.

Sustainability

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KBC's web page on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

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Embargo policy

Group investment policy

Blacklisted companies as of July 1 2022

Corporate sustainability framework

Energy credit, insurance and advisory services policy

Sustainability framework

Policy on human rights

Investment policy

Biodiversity policy

Policy on blacklisted companies

Anti-money laundering policy

Environmental policy

Policy on arms-related activities

Mining policy

Animal welfare statement

Policy for the protection of whistleblowers

Modern slavery act statement 2017

Community involvement policy

Energy Policy Statement on corporate premises in Belgium

Controversial Weapon Policy

Soft commodity policy

Sustainability Code of Conduct for Suppliers

Code of Conduct

Tax Strategy

Ethics and fraud policy

Climate Change Policy

Nuclear energy policy

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Må tvangsflytte 4000 urfolk

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Belgian campaign puts banks under pressure to stop investing in Burma

Belgian bank groups invest in companies that abuse human rights

Embargo policy

Group investment policy

Blacklisted companies as of July 1 2022

CSR report 2021

Annual report 2021