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Mizrahi Tefahot BankIsrael

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About
Website https://www.mizrahi-tefahot.co.il/en/bank/pages/default.aspx
Headquarters
7 Jaboutinsky St, P.O.B. 3450
52136 Ramat gan
Israel
CEO/chair Moshe Lary
President & CEO
Supervisor
Bank of Israel
Ownership
listed on Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange

Mizrahi Tefahot's controlling shareholders, the Ofer and Wertheim Groups, hold 41.41% of its shares. The bank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank was formed through a merger of Bank Mizrahi HaMeuhad and Bank Tefahot in 2004. Bank Mizrahi was established in 1923 by the Mizrachi movement and later merged with Bank Hapoel HaMizrachi to form Bank Mizrahi HaMeuhad (United Mizrachi Bank). Mizrahi Tefahot Bank is Israel's third largest bank by assets and offers a range of international, commercial, domestic and personal banking services.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

Mizrahi Tefahot bank does not have a publicly available web page on its sustainability commitments. The bank's corporate responsibility web page only lists its most recent csr reports.

2021-01-20 00:00:00

Corporate responsibility policy

Bank policy
2021-01-20 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2020-07-23 00:00:00

Code of ethics

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-07-23 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2019-07-31 00:00:00

Policy on implementation of corporate social responsibility

Bank policy
2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank 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 Mizrahi Tefahot Bank's link to these deals.

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Global banks pledged to cut emissions – but still invest billions in US gas exports

Many banks promised to work toward net-zero emissions – but their targets explicitly exempt liquefied natural gas projects
2023-04-06 | The Guardian
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

AXA triples investment in Israeli banks financing illegal settlements on eve of annexation

2020-06-05 | BDS Group
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

UN rights office issues report on business activities related to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

2020-02-12 | Geneva | UN
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

SumOfUs Report Exposes French Insurer's Complicity in War Crimes

Report reveals that AXA invests in banned weapons manufacturers and banks that finance illegal Israeli Settlements
2019-07-08 | SumOfUs
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Israel's Mizrahi Tefahot to pay $195 million in U.S. tax case settlement

2019-03-12 | Reuters
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Bankrolling Abuse - Israeli Banks in West Bank Settlements

New report by Human Rights Watch
2018-06-04 | Human Rights Watch
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank still involved in illegal Israeli settlement industry

2018-05-29 | 11.11.11
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

How Israeli banks finance theft of Palestinian land

2018-05-29 | Electronic Intifada
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Israeli Banks Profit From Settlements

Their Role Abets Land Seizures, Rights Abuses
2018-05-28 | Human Rights Watch
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Why is Human Rights Watch urging engagement with Israel’s banks?

Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, First International Bank of Israel and Israel Discount Bank
2017-09-13 | Electronic Intifada
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Israel/Palestine: Israeli banks supporting settlements

No domestic obligation to provide many services that aid rights abuses
2017-09-13 | Jerusalem | Human Rights Watch
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Axa must comply with international law and break with Israel’s colonial, apartheid policy!

AXA is a shareholder of three Israeli banks: Hapoalim, Leumi and Mizrahi Tefahot.
2017-07-28 | Paris | BDS France
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financing land grab: the direct involvement of Israeli banks in the Israeli settlement enterprise

2017-02-28 | Who Profits
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dirty Profits report highlights role of Israeli banks in settlement construction

2016-02-16 | Article 1 Collective
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financing the occupation through Israeli banks

2015-12-12 | Article 1 Collective
Resources
Documents
Links
2025-05-13 00:00:00

CSR report 2024

Annual report
2025-05-13 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2025-05-13 00:00:00

Annual report 2024

Annual report
2025-05-13 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2024-06-07 00:00:00

Annual report 2023

Annual report
2024-06-07 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2023-06-27 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-06-27 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2022-07-15 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-07-15 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2022-07-15 00:00:00

CSR report 2021

Annual report
2022-07-15 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2021-07-22 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-07-22 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2021-01-20 00:00:00

Corporate responsibility policy

Bank policy
2021-01-20 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2020-07-23 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-07-23 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2020-07-23 00:00:00

Code of ethics

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
Bank policy
2020-07-23 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2019-07-31 00:00:00

Policy on implementation of corporate social responsibility

Bank policy
2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2019-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2018-06-18 00:00:00

Bankrolling Abuse

Israeli Banks in West Bank Settlements
NGO document
2018-06-18 00:00:00 | Human Rights Watch
2018-03-31 00:00:00

CSR report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2017-03-31 00:00:00

CSR report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2017-03-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2016-07-01 00:00:00

Investments in Israeli banks

A research paper prepared for BankTrack
Other document
2016-07-01 00:00:00 | Profundo
2016-03-31 00:00:00

CSR report 2015

Annual report
2016-03-31 00:00:00 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
2013-11-01 00:00:00

Financing the Israeli Occupation

The Current Involvement of Israeli Banks in Israeli Settlement Activity
NGO document
2013-11-01 00:00:00 | Who Profits
2010-10-18 00:00:00

Financing the Isaeli Occupation

NGO document
2010-10-18 00:00:00 | Who Profits

BDS Movement

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.

Article 1 Collective

Article 1 Collective's program webpage on the Palestine-Israel conflict. The Article 1 Collective works towards a world where all actors respect international law and human rights.

Accountability
Grievances

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank does not operate a complaints or grievances channel for individuals or communities that might have been affected by the bank's finance.

This page evaluates Mizrahi Tefahot Bank'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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