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About
Website http://www.manulife.com
Headquarters
200 Bloor East Street
M4W 1E5 Toronto
Canada
CEO/chair Roy Gori
President and CEO
Supervisor
Bank of Canada
Ownership
listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, NYSE, Philippine Stock Exchange & Toronto Stock Exchange

ManuLife's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a major Canadian insurance and financial services provider. It has a worldwide presence with key operations in North America and several Asian countries. In the United States the company primarely operates through the brand name "John Hancock", elsewhere as Manulife. The corporation provides financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management services to individuals, groups and institutions. Manulife signed the Equator Principles in 2005.

Sustainability
Policies
Voluntary standards

Manulife's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Environmental policy

Bank policy
2022-04-04 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Zero-deforestation policy

Bank policy
2021-11-11 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

ESG engagement policy

Bank policy
2021-05-25 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Climate change statement

Bank policy
2021-05-07 00:00:00 | Manulife

Sustainable investing ang sustainable risk statement

Bank policy
2021-03-18 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Cluster munition policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-09-17 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Statement of commitment to UK Stewardship Code

Bank policy
2020-01-24 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Code of business conduct and ethics

Bank policy
2018-08-08 00:00:00 | Manulife
Manulife has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
Dodgy Deals

Manulife is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of Manulife's link to these deals.

Projects / Companies
Finance type
Year
News
BankTrack
Partners
Blog
External
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Our nature and climate demand a reduction of industrial beef production, but banks missed the memo

New policy analysis shows that banks do not have robust policies in place for the beef sector and are failing to include methane reduction or halting deforestation in climate solutions
2022-10-19 | Hannah Greep – BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global bank policies ‘dangerously inadequate’ to prevent financing of deforestation, climate chaos and human rights abuses

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 160% between 2020 and 2021.
2022-10-18 | Forests & Finance Coalition
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

BankTrack research sheds new light on finance for fossil fuels by Equator banks
2021-10-26 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

BankTrack quoted
2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financiers search for sustainable future

BankTrack quoted
2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

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
Resources
Documents

CSR report 2021

Annual report
2022-05-19 00:00:00 | Manulife

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-05-03 00:00:00 | Manulife

Environmental policy

Bank policy
2022-04-04 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Zero-deforestation policy

Bank policy
2021-11-11 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-09-03 00:00:00 | Manulife

CSR Report 2020

Annual report
2021-09-03 00:00:00 | Manulife

ESG engagement policy

Bank policy
2021-05-25 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Climate change statement

Bank policy
2021-05-07 00:00:00 | Manulife

Sustainable investing ang sustainable risk statement

Bank policy
2021-03-18 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-09-17 00:00:00 | Manulife

CSR report 2019

Annual report
2020-09-17 00:00:00 | Manulife

Cluster munition policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-09-17 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Statement of commitment to UK Stewardship Code

Bank policy
2020-01-24 00:00:00 | Manulife Investment Management

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Manulife

CSR report 2018

Annual report
2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Manulife

Code of business conduct and ethics

Bank policy
2018-08-08 00:00:00 | Manulife

Annual report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | ManuLife

CSR report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | ManuLife

2016 Public Accountability Statement

Annual report
2017-05-31 00:00:00 | Manulife

2016 Annual Report

Annual report
2017-01-01 00:00:00 | Manulife

2015 Public Accountability Statement

Delivering Results, Preparing for the Future
Annual report
2016-08-01 00:00:00 | Manulife Financial Corporation

2015 Annual Report

Annual report
2016-05-05 00:00:00 | Manulife Financial Corporation

Public Accountability Statement 2014

Annual report
2015-07-06 00:00:00 | Manulife

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin

Manulife Cluster Munitions Investments

NGO document
2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi

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

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack

Manulife cluster munitions investments

NGO document
2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
Accountability
Grievances

Manulife does not operate a complaints or grievances mechanism for individuals or communities that might have been affected by Manulife's finance.

This page evaluates Manulife's responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring

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