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Lloyds Banking Group head offices in London. Photo: Carcharoth via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

About Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Bank was originally founded in 1765. In 1995 it merged with the Trustee Savings Bank and traded as Lloyds TSB Bank between 1999 and 2013. Lloyds Banking Group was formed in January 2009 after Lloyds TSB acquired HBOS. The group is currently the largest retail bank in the United Kingdom. The group’s main business activities are retail, commercial and corporate banking, general insurance, and life, pensions and investment provision. Lloyds Banking Group operates under numerous brands such as Lloyds Bank, Scottish Widows, Bank of Scotland and Halifax.

Website http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com
Headquarters
25 Gresham Street
EC2V 7HN London
United Kingdom
CEO/chair António Horta-Osório
Executive Director and Group Chief Executive
Supervisor
Bank of England
Annual report Annual report 2019
Ownership
listed on London Stock Exchange & NYSE

In October 2008, as part of the government bailout, the British government took a 43.4% stake in Lloyds. The process of returning Lloyds to the private sector began in September 2013 and was completed in May 2017. The bank's current shareholder structure can be accessed here.

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Banks and human rights

BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Lloyds Banking Group
GBR
100
United Kingdom
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Explanation

Lloyds Banking Group's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark in November 2019. The bank is assessed as a Laggard, with a total score of 1.5 out of 14.

Policy: 1/3
Due dilligence: 0/5
Reporting: 0.5/3
Remedy: 0/3

For more details see this page.

Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Details
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Lloyds Banking Group
2020-09-09
GBR
2019
4
0
0
1.000000001E+36
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Reporting period
2019
PF deals under EP
4
Project names reported
0
% Project names reported
0
1599602400
Last update: 2020-09-09
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-lloyds-banking-group-plc-2019/

Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

News

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Banking beyond deforestation

How the banking industry can help halt and reverse deforestation
2021-01-18 | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
blog
external news
our news

Six years of the Soft Commodities Compact failed to slow bank finance for deforestation

New BankTrack research shows need for banks to move beyond certification requirements
2020-12-01 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Calls for Lloyd's of London to rule out insurance for Adani coal mine

2020-10-23 | Insurance Business Australia
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles: New BankTrack database sheds light on patchy project name reporting

BankTrack publishes database of Equator-financed projects, together with analysis showing some banks report few or no project names – notable poor performers include ING, HSBC and Lloyds
2020-06-29 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Yet another global bank rejects Arctic Refuge drilling

Lloyds Bank, one of the largest in the UK, will not fund Arctic oil and gas operations
2020-02-21 | Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

Lloyds set to halve carbon emissions it finances in 10 years

Bank vows to create ‘green products and services’ such as energy efficiency mortgages
2020-01-21 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Dirty Profits 7 - Out of Control: Irresponsible weapons transfers and future weapon systems

2019-05-22 | Frankfurt am Main | Facing Finance
blog
external news
our news

New report: HSBC a ‘crucial link in the chain’ of Palestinian oppression says War on Want

2017-07-12 | War on Want
blog
external news
our news

Banks provide billions for Dirty Diesel traders while failing to act on human rights, says new briefing

- Oil traders Trafigura and Vitol received over $100 billion in loans since 2012
- Of 26 banks contacted, not one has pressured companies over toxic fuel exports to Africa
2017-05-23 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance International, Oxfam
blog
external news
our news

Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks

2015-02-13 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

New report calls for smaller, greener banking in post-referendum Scotland

2014-08-19 | Edinburgh | Friends of the Earth Scotland
blog
external news
our news

Protestors to target Lloyds AGM over coal investments

2014-05-14 | Edinburgh | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

Dirty Money - an interactive documentary

Watch WDM's online, interactive documentary exploring how UK banks are financing coal mining in Indonesia.
2013-11-21 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

Who's Funding Climate Change...

2013-10-04 | The Huffington Post
blog
external news
our news

UK banks financing coal boom destroying Borneo rainforests

2013-10-01 | London | World Development Movement
blog
external news
our news

Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers

2013-04-10 | RAN
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
blog
external news
our news

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
blog
external news
our news

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Sudanese president may have $9 billion with Lloyds bank

2010-12-18 | London, UK | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack

Documents

Type:
Year:
other documents
2021-01-18 00:00:00

Banking beyond deforestation

How the banking industry can help halt and reverse deforestation
2021-01-18 00:00:00 | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
csr policies
2021-01-06 00:00:00

Human rights policy statement

2021-01-06 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
our publications
2020-11-30 00:00:00

Soft Commitments, Hard Lessons: an analysis of the Soft Commodities Compact

2020-11-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2020-11-16 00:00:00

The Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) & the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s ‘Soft Commodities’ Compact

2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
other documents
2020-11-16 00:00:00

The BEI & CGF’s ‘Soft Commodities’ Compact: Technical Guidance

2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
annual reports
2020-02-25 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-02-25 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2020-02-21 00:00:00

External sector statements

2020-02-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2020-01-21 00:00:00

Statement on climate change

2020-01-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
correspondence
2019-08-13 00:00:00

Letter from Lloyds to BankTrack on comments on 2019 Human Rights Benchmark

2019-08-13 00:00:00 | Lloyds
correspondence
2019-08-12 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Lloyds Bank on Lloyds Bank's Future Relationship with the Fossil Fuel Industry

2019-08-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2019-05-03 00:00:00

UN Global compact communication on progress

2019-05-03 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-04-30 00:00:00

Code of Supplier Responsibility

2019-04-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2019-04-15 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-04-15 00:00:00 | LLoyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Coal sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Defence sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Forestry (incl. palm oil) sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Mining sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Oil & gas sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Power sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2018-02-21 00:00:00

Code of responsibility

2018-02-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
ngo documents
2017-12-07 00:00:00

The Big Shift - Banks must invest our money in a cleaner future

2017-12-07 00:00:00 | Christian Aid
ngo documents
2017-07-03 00:00:00

Deadly Investments

UK bank complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | War on Want
csr policies
2017-06-30 00:00:00

Anti-bribery policy statement

2017-06-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2017-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2016-08-01 00:00:00

Annual Review 2015

2016-08-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2016-08-01 00:00:00

Third Party Policies

2016-08-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2016-08-01 00:00:00

Annual Report and Accounts 2015

Includes the discussion of responsible business.
2016-08-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2015-11-30 00:00:00

Ethical policy statement

2015-11-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2015-08-10 00:00:00

Code of Business Responsibility

2015-08-10 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2015-08-10 00:00:00

Code of Personal Responsibility

2015-08-10 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
bank documents
2015-04-28 00:00:00

Supplier Qualification System

2015-04-28 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2015-03-25 00:00:00

Annual Report and Accounts 2014

2015-03-25 00:00:00 | Llyods Banking Group
annual reports
2015-03-25 00:00:00

Responsible Business Review 2014

2015-03-25 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
annual reports
2015-03-25 00:00:00

Responsible Business Report 2013

2015-03-25 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
ngo documents
2014-08-19 00:00:00

Smaller, Greener Banking

Banking for Sustainability in a New Scotland
2014-08-19 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Scotland
annual reports
2014-03-15 00:00:00

Annual Report and Accounts 2013

2014-03-15 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2013-11-20 00:00:00

Environmental Statement

2013-11-20 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
ngo documents
2013-09-30 00:00:00

Banking while Borneo burns

How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom
2013-09-30 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
ngo documents
2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Cerrejón mine - Coal exploitation in Colombia

2013-05-01 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
ngo documents
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
other documents
2011-05-25 00:00:00

Lloyds Banking Group Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
other documents
2010-10-04 00:00:00

Where did our money go?

2010-10-04 00:00:00 | New Economics Foundation
other documents
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Lloyds Banking Group cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
other documents
2009-01-01 00:00:00

Carbon management, a practical guide for suppliers

2009-01-01 00:00:00 | University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Business in the Community

Links

Lloyds Banking Group responsible business pages

http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/responsible-business/

Publication of Compact banks’ approaches to implementation of the Soft Commodities Compact

https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/banking-environment-initiative/programme/restore-nature/reporting-and-technical-guidance

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Lloyds Banking Group has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Banking Environment Initiative
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Equator Principles
  • GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement
  • Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
  • Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Soft Commodities Compact
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • UNEP Finance Initiative
  • United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies

Lloyds Banking Group's corporate social responsibility webpage can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2021-01-06 00:00:00

Human rights policy statement

2021-01-06 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2020-02-21 00:00:00

External sector statements

2020-02-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2020-01-21 00:00:00

Statement on climate change

2020-01-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-04-30 00:00:00

Code of Supplier Responsibility

2019-04-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Coal sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Defence sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Forestry (incl. palm oil) sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Mining sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Oil & gas sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2019-01-01 00:00:00

Power sector statement

2019-01-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2018-02-21 00:00:00

Code of responsibility

2018-02-21 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2017-06-30 00:00:00

Anti-bribery policy statement

2017-06-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2016-08-01 00:00:00

Third Party Policies

2016-08-01 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2015-11-30 00:00:00

Ethical policy statement

2015-11-30 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2015-08-10 00:00:00

Code of Business Responsibility

2015-08-10 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2015-08-10 00:00:00

Code of Personal Responsibility

2015-08-10 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group
csr policies
2013-11-20 00:00:00

Environmental Statement

2013-11-20 00:00:00 | Lloyds Banking Group

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Lloyds Banking Group is reporting on the implementation here.

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