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KBC head offices in Brussels. Photo: Google Earth/StreetviewAbout KBC
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.
| Website | https://www.kbc.com |
| Headquarters |
Havenlaan 2
1080 Brussels
Belgium
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| CEO/chair |
Johan Thijs CEO |
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| Annual reports |
CSR Report 2020 Annual report 2020 CSR report 2019 |
| Ownership |
listed on Euronext Brussels
KBC's shareholder structure can be accessed here. |
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Related Dodgy Deals
KBC has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.
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Policy Assessments
Banks, climate and energy
Bank policy scores on tar sands
BankLast update
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Score
Ranking
Details
KBC
2020-03-01
BEL
3
Laggard
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Explanation
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.
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
0 - 4.5 points
5 - 9 points
9.5 - 13.5 points
14 - 18 points
For more details see this page.
Tracking the Equator Principles
EPFIs reporting status
BankLast update
Country
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Details
KBC
2020-09-09
BEL
2019
11
10
90.9
9.1900000011E+37
0
Explanation
Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period.
For more details see this page.
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Voluntary initiatives
KBC has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:- Belgian SDG Charter for International Cooperation and Development
- Carbon Disclosure Project
- Collective Commitment to Climate Action (CCCA)
- Equator Principles
- Global Reporting Initiative
- ISO 14001
- Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
- Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
- Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- UNEP Finance Initiative
- United Nations Global Compact
Equator Principles
Implementation and reporting
KBC is reporting on the implementation here.
Contact and complaints
Equator Principles Dodgy Deals
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