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About
Website http://www.rabobank.nl
Headquarters
Croeselaan 18
3521 CB Utrecht
Netherlands
CEO/chair Stefaan Decraene
Chairman of the executive board
Supervisor
De Nederlandsche Bank
Ownership

Rabobank has a cooperative structure, the bank is owned by members.

Rabobank Group is a full-range financial services provider based in the Netherlands, dating back to 1898 when two cooperative banks were formed in Utrecht and Eindhoven. They merged in 1972 to become the Rabobank. The bank is founded on cooperative principles and as such owned by its members. The bank offers financial services to consumers, private clients and business but its origin as a rural cooperative bank still reflects today in the bank being a global leader in food and agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking.

Sustainability
Commitments
Policies
Voluntary standards

Rabobank's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Sustainability

Dossiers about sustainability

Sustainability: strategy and policy
2022-06-09 00:00:00

Global Standard on Sustainable Development

Bank policy
2022-06-09 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-09-23 00:00:00

Sustainability policy framework

Bank policy
2021-09-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-06-23 00:00:00

Rabobank Brazil - CSR Policy

Bank policy
2021-06-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-10-13 00:00:00

Agrochemicals policy

Bank policy
2020-10-13 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-09-30 00:00:00

Climate change: approach, current position and goals

Bank policy
2020-09-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-04-30 00:00:00

Commitments to sustainable agriculture and forests

Bank policy
2020-04-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2019-03-28 00:00:00

Tax Policy Statement

Bank policy
2019-03-28 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2018-09-30 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2018-09-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2018-07-20 00:00:00

Modern slavery act statement 2018

Bank policy
2018-07-20 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2017-01-16 00:00:00

Extractive Industries policy

Partial update Sustainability Policy Framework - 16 January 2017 This policy replaces the Extractive Industries Policy in the Sustainability Policy Framework (version November 2016).
Bank policy
2017-01-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2015-09-16 00:00:00

Land governance Statement

Bank policy
2015-09-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2015-09-16 00:00:00

Climate Statement

Bank policy
2015-09-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2015-02-11 00:00:00

Sustainability Statement

for Business Partners of the Rabobank Group
Bank policy
2015-02-11 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2013-05-06 00:00:00

Anti-Corruption Statement

Bank policy
2013-05-06 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
Rabobank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Banking Environment InitiativeTags:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Statement Dutch Banking Association (NVB)Tags: climate change | transparency
Code Banken (Dutch Banking Code)Tags: bond issuance
De Spitsbergen ambitieTags: climate change
Diversity CharterTags: corporate social responsibility
Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on International Responsible Business Conduct regarding Human RightsTags: human rights
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Finance for Biodiversity PledgeTags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Green Bond PrinciplesTags: bond issuance | investment | sustainable development
Klimaatakkoord NetherlandsTags: climate change | corporate social responsibility
Natural Capital DeclarationTags: sustainable development | finance | natural resources | corporate social responsibility
Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants
OECD Guidelines for Multinational EnterprisesTags: human rights | corporate social responsibility | dams | OECD | consumer safety | corruption | cultural preservation | worker rights | supply chain | taxation | mining and processing
Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)Tags: corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)Tags: biodiversity | corporate social responsibility
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)Tags: carbon | corporate social responsibility
Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | finance | sustainable development | United Nations | Voluntary Standards
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
Roundtable for Responsible Soy (RTRS)Tags: agriculture | commodities | soy
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)Tags: agriculture | commodities | corporate social responsibility
Soft Commodities CompactTags: Deforestation | forest
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights
Dodgy Deals

Rabobank 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 Rabobank's link to these deals.

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Sustainable power: banks must step up a gear

A new tracker launched today by 13 NGOs, including Reclaim Finance and BankTrack, reveals the biggest global banks do not have the basic policies and financing targets needed to support decarbonization of the power sector.
2023-10-24 | BankTrack, Bank on our Future, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Climate Action Network France, Finance Watch, Friends of the Earth France, Make My Money Matter, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, ShareAction, Sierra Club, WWF
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Decarbonization: steel not making the cut

Analysis by Reclaim Finance shows that few financial institutions have steel targets, and that those that have been adopted are riddled with flaws
2023-08-23 | Reclaim Finance
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Policy analysis report: Moving away from mass destruction

2023-07-27 | ICAN, PAX
Blog
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Rabobank’s financing of deforestation in Brazil

2023-07-05 | Greenpeace Netherlands, Profundo
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Banken en milieugroepen willen hetzelfde, maar staan tegenover elkaar

Banks and environmental groups want the same, but disagree (in Dutch)
BankTrack quoted
2023-05-21 | Het Financieele Dagblad
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Global banks commit to net-zero, but bankroll carbon bomb in Australia 

New research finds that nine banks provided billions of dollars to build key infrastructure for the Barossa gas project. Campaigners say divest now.  
2023-04-19 | Environment Centre NT, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Reclaim Finance, Solutions for Our Climate, Urgewald
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Betting on a sinking ship: banks behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO

Drilling Approval Invalidation Increases Uncertainty Around Barossa Gas Project with $1.15bn Debt Financing
2023-04-19
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New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2023-04-13 | San Francisco | BankTrack, urgewald, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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The human and environmental cost of Europe financing industrial animal farming

2023-04-12 | Friends of the Earth Europe, Justice is Everybody's Business
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Climate plans of large Dutch banks, insurers and pension funds fall seriously short

2023-03-20 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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This Dutch Bank Is Financing the Meat Industry’s Biggest Emitters

BankTrack quoted
2023-02-06 | Sentient Media
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Milieugroepen roepen Rabobank op te stoppen met financieren vleesindustrie

BankTrack quoted
2023-01-31 | Netherlands | Financieel Dagblad
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Rabobank opgeroepen te stoppen met leningen aan industriele vlees- en zuivelbedrijven om verergering klimaatcrisis te voorkomen

2023-01-31 | Duurzaam Financieel
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Rabobank called on to stop billions of dollars in finance to polluting industrial meat and dairy companies

2023-01-31 | BankTrack, Feedback EU, Feedback Global, World Animal Protection
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Europe’s largest banks falling short on climate and biodiversity action

New ShareAction research uncovers urgent need for UK and European banking sector to close loopholes in climate and biodiversity strategies
2022-12-12 | ShareAction
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European financial institutions heavily invested in companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements

725 European Financial Institutions found to provide billions of dollars in finance to companies operating in Israel's illegal settlement enterprise
2022-12-05 | Brussels | Don't Buy Into Occupation
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New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark finds reporting at a standstill, remedy still lacking and no clear leaders
2022-11-17 | BankTrack
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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
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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
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Banks in Russia now have to help with conscription: Those who stay could be complicit in war crimes

2022-10-11 | Lorena Bisignano – BankTrack, Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Planning for public disclosures through hidden closed-door processes?

Why the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures needs to overhaul its approach to transparency
2022-09-12 | Shona Hawkes, Rainforest Action Network
Blog
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NewClimate Institute report: 29 major polluters on collision course with our climate

2022-07-05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Milieudefensie
Blog
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NGOs reveal top international companies, banks, and investors that fuel Russia's war machine

2022-04-04 | Berlin | urgewald, Ecodefense
Blog
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New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
2022-03-30 | San Francisco, Bemidji, Nijmegen, Oakland, Paris, Sassenberg, Washington DC | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
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Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

Findings reinforce the need for regulators to ensure access to effective remedy for people affected by bank finance
2021-12-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Blog
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Dutch financial sector European frontrunner in financing deforestation

2021-12-08 | Milieudefensie
Blog
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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
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Top global banks and investors made an estimated USD 1.74 billion in income since Paris Climate Agreement from deals with agribusinesses linked to destruction of climate-critical forests and human rights abuses

2021-10-21 | Global Witness
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Banks and biodiversity: are banks moving towards Kunming?

As China hosts the first part of the UN Biodiversity Conference, banks are called upon to support its goals
2021-10-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Dutch pension funds, insurers and banks not yet Paris-proof

The climate plans of the Dutch financial sector are totally insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and they do not reflect the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis. This is evident from new research by the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-09-30 | Amsterdam | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
Blog
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Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

210+ groups support urgent call to action
2021-09-23 | BankTrack
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European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens

2021-09-06 | The Guardian
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The Chain: Active Fires Detected in SLC Agrícola’s Fazenda Perdizes Property in the Amazon

2021-09-06 | Chain Reaction Research
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New research puts big banks’ sustainability claims in doubt

While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss
2021-09-06 | London | ShareAction
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Forests & Finance Coalition warns foreign investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

2021-08-19 | Forests & Finance
Blog
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Report: Global banks fail for financing, investment in oil & gas in Amazon rainforest

Banks remain highly exposed to risk of fueling corruption, human rights violations, and environmental harms despite commitments
2021-07-08 | San Francisco | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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World’s 50 largest banks and investors driving deforestation through weak policies and major investments, new study finds

Top investors BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, PNB, EPF, GPIF, and KWAP all amongst lowest scoring
2021-06-08 | Forests & Finance
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Safeguard biodiversity - finance less meat and more plants.

On International Biodiversity Day, Fair Finance Netherlands is calling for Dutch banks to safeguard environmental biodiversity by supporting the transition from predominantly meat based to plant-based diets instead.
2021-05-27 | Fair Finance International
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Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas
2021-05-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016
2021-03-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Big banks make a dangerous bet on the world’s growing demand for food

While banks and asset managers are promising to divest from fossil fuels, they are expanding investments in high-carbon foods and commodities tied to deforestation.
2021-03-07 | Inside Climate News
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The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) welcomes fifteen new financial institutions

2021-03-04 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)
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BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, ING to exclude exports of Ecuadorian Amazon oil from trading activities

Commitments come in response to Amazon Watch, Stand.earth report that exposed how European banks provide USD 10 billion in oil trade financing from Amazon to U.S.
2021-01-25 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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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
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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
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Banks Funnelled Over USD 150 Billion Into Companies Driving Deforestation Since Paris Agreement, New Data Analyses Shows

2020-11-16 | Forests & Finance
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Progress on Dutch bank sustainability policies but improvements still needed

2020-10-27 | Fair Finance International
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A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now

2020-10-20
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Western banks provide billions in backing for firms driving tuna species to collapse

2020-09-28 | Unearthed
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Two sides of the same coin: How the pulp and paper industry is profiting from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

2020-09-22 | Environmental Paper Network
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Principles for Responsible Banking no obstacle to finance climate destruction

Twenty PRB banks provided over US$1.25 trillion in fossil fuel financing since Paris Agreement
2020-09-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
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Banks are fueling deadly fires, Covid-19 threatens to compound the risks

2020-09-08 | forestsandfinance.org
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Banks funnelled over USD 150 billion into companies driving deforestation since Paris Agreement, new data analysis shows

First-ever database reveals true scope of financing of forest-risk commodity companies, amidst global rainforest fires
2020-09-01 | San Francisco | BankTrack, Forests & Finance, Rainforest Action Network
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Dutch banks slammed by independent committee for failing to address client confidentiality

2020-08-26 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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New report reveals European banks financing trade of controversial Amazon oil to U.S.

Banks in Switzerland, France and the Netherlands facilitate trade from Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador, where oil extraction contributes to spills, human rights abuses and climate destruction
2020-08-12 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Dutch banks fail to act on gender equality

Dutch banks still have far to go to realise gender equality in both their internal operations and their client and investee relationships. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by SOMO for the Fair Bank Guide on the performance of seven Dutch banks.
2020-03-12 | SOMO
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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
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Citigroup cancels financing of Indonesian food giant Indofood over palm oil labor abuses

Major Asian, European banks and US brands still linked to controversial company
2019-06-18 | San Francisco, CA | Rainforest Action Network
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These Are the Banks Caught Up in the Russia Money-Laundering Scandal

2019-03-06 | Bloomberg
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Russian money laundering machine shifted millions through the Netherlands

2019-03-05 | Dutchnews.nl
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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Rabobank fined €1 million for poor money laundering checks

2019-02-12 | NLTimes
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Banks must show their teeth to tackle cocoa abuses

BankTrack’s view of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Cocoa Paper
2018-12-20 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Dutch banks allow consumers to unwittingly invest in controversial palm oil companies

2018-10-20 | Amsterdam | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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Gunvor joins other commodity players with sustainability-linked loan led by ING

Participating banks in the Gunvor facility include ABN Amro, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, KfW Ipex-Bank, Mizuho, MUFG Bank, Nedbank, Rabobank, Raiffeisen, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and UniCredit.
2018-10-17 | Global Trade Review
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Rabobank fools responsible investors

2018-08-22 | Michel Riemersma & Jan Willem van Gelder, Profundo
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Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights publishes first annual report plus leverage and cocoa papers

2018-08-16 | BankTrack
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Dutch-based banks continue to finance deforestation and land-grabbing

2018-07-02 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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Rabobank to pay USD 369 million in money-laundering case

2018-02-08 | San Diego | FOX news
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ING, Rabobank accused of funding granite companies that use child labour

2017-12-14 | Netherlands | NL Times
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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
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Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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HSBC triggers investigation into palm oil company over deforestation allegations

NGOs praise the bank’s move as they step up pressure on investors to stand by environmental and social commitments on palm oil
2017-07-17 | The Guardian
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Ten Equator banks demand decisive action on Indigenous peoples following DAPL debacle

Banks from the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy press Equator Principles Association for change
2017-06-16 | BankTrack
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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
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Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance International, Oxfam
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Aanklacht: Rabobank medeplichtig aan misdaden drugskartels in Mexico

Volledige dochteronderneming beschuldigd van witwassen drugswinsten
2017-02-02 | Amsterdam | Volkskrant
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SMX Collective files complaint against Rabobank over drug money laundering and human rights violations in Mexico

2017-02-02 | Amsterdam | Prakken d'Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers, SMX Collective
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Dutch banks spend millions on lobbying

The major Dutch banks spend millions on lobby through their own channels, through interest groups like the Association of Dutch Banks (VNB) and lobby organisations in the Netherlands, the EU and worldwide. At the same time, it is often unclear how lobbying is organised exactly and banks are transparent about their activities, concludes SOMO’s latest report A structural problem in the shadows – Lobbying by banks in the Netherlands.
2016-11-22 | Amsterdam | SOMO
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Going Dutch: What’s in the new Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights?

2016-11-10 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
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Revealed: ING and Rabobank continue support for biggest Russian coal producer

2016-04-25 | Amsterdam | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
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FoE response to final statement on complaint guidelines on Rabobank and Bumitama

2016-01-31 | Friends of the Earth Europe
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UN, banks and oil palm giants feast on the stolen land of Uganda's dispossessed

2015-02-19 | The Ecologist
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Give us back our land: Ugandan oil palm project taken to court over land-grab claims

2015-02-19 | Kampala/Brussels/London | Anne van Schaik and Frank Muramuzi
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Bumitama cuts ties with illegal palm oil plantation following Friends of the Earth pressure

OECD accepts Friends of the Earth complaint against Rabobank
2014-12-16 | Brussels/Amsterdam | Friends of the Earth Europe
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Publication initial assessment for Friends of the Earth/Milieudefensie - Rabobank

2014-12-16 | OECD
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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Friends of the Earth files OECD complaint against Rabobank finance for illegal palm oil

2014-07-01 | Amsterdam, Brussels | FOE Netherlands, FOE Europe
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

OECD complaint against Rabobank concerning financial services to Bumitama

2014-06-27 | Milieudefensie
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

Combatting climate change needs real commitments instead of loose guidelines - Banks must urgently curb fossil fuel financing
2014-04-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European and US financial institutions continue to finance illegal palm oil

2014-03-28 | Amsterdam/Brussels/Berlin | Friends of the Earth Europe
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Taking Lobbying Public

The Transparency of Dutch Banks’ Lobbying Activities
2013-12-17 | Amsterdam | SOMO
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

From Main Street to Wall Street, US banks and brands support illegal forest destruction for palm oil

International investigation names brands and investors behind commodity's boom
2013-11-21 | Washington / Jakarta | Friends of the Earth US
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Rabobank, Storebrand Dump Fossil Fuel Companies

2013-07-08 | Environmental Leader
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Rabobank will not finance shale gas extraction

2013-07-01 | Dutch News
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

European banks fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Friends of the Earth Europe
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

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

New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
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

Investeringen banken: meer fossiel dan duurzaam

2010-05-19 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie et al.
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | 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
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dutch banks call for clear agreements on sustainable energy

2009-11-26 | Amsterdam | Eerlijke Bankwijzer
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

New website guides Dutch consumers in choosing sustainable bank

2009-01-22 | Utrecht | Milieudefensie
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Financial institutions vote more in favour of climate

2008-11-05 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks shun harmful investments

New report shows examples of pioneering banks
2008-06-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Milieudefensie publishes Climate Performance Index 2007 of Dutch Banks

ABN Amro climate laggard, Triodos and ASN climate leaders
2007-06-09 | Amsterdam | Milieudefensie
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Banks urged to back off from Sakhalin II

Sakhalin II crucial test for Equator Principles
2005-07-20 | Utrecht | Pacific Environment
Resources
Documents
Links
2023-06-01 00:00:00

BankTrack's submission to the public consultation on TNFD V0.4

BankTrack publication
2023-06-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2023-04-18 00:00:00

Betting on a Sinking Ship

Banks Behind the Barossa Gas Field’s FPSO Vessel
NGO document
2023-04-18 00:00:00 | Solutions for our Climate (SFO°C), JACSES, Jubilee Australia, Environment Centre NT, Urgewald, Reclaim Finance
2023-04-13 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2023

Annual Banking on Climate Chaos report follows the money and details massive bank support for the world’s worst climate-destroying corporations
BankTrack publication
2023-04-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, Urgewald
2023-04-03 00:00:00

Annual report 2022

Annual report
2023-04-03 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2023-02-17 00:00:00

CSR report 2022

Annual report
2023-02-17 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2023-01-31 00:00:00

Letter from Feedback EU, Feedback Global, BankTrack & World Animal Protection to Rabobank on industrial livestock

Correspondence
2023-01-31 00:00:00 | Feedback EU, Feedback Global, BankTrack & World Animal Protection
2023-01-31 00:00:00

Briefing: Rabobank's financial services to the global meat and dairy companies fueling climate change

NGO document
2023-01-31 00:00:00 | Feedback EU
2023-01-27 00:00:00

Background briefing: Just 7% of global banks' energy financing goes to renewables, new data shows

BankTrack publication
2023-01-27 00:00:00 | Profundo for Sierra Club, Fair Finance International, BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network
2022-12-12 00:00:00

In debt to the planet

Europe’s largest banks are not doing enough to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
NGO document
2022-12-12 00:00:00 | ShareAction
2022-11-17 00:00:00

BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2022

BankTrack publication
2022-11-17 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2022-10-21 00:00:00

Dutch financial sector financed emissions

Financed emissions from corporate finance and investment portfolios
NGO document
2022-10-21 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie & Profundo
2022-07-05 00:00:00

Evaluating corporate target setting in the Netherlands

An assessment of the climate action plans of 29 Dutch companies and financial institutions
NGO document
2022-07-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2022-06-09 00:00:00

Global Standard on Sustainable Development

Bank policy
2022-06-09 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2022-03-30 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Chaos 2022

Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021
BankTrack publication
2022-03-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club, urgewald
2022-03-29 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-03-29 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2022-02-22 00:00:00

Impact report 2021

Bank document
2022-02-22 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-12-16 00:00:00

Dutch financing of forest-risk sectors

An analysis of financial links with key sectors driving forest loss
NGO document
2021-12-16 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie & Profundo
2021-12-14 00:00:00

Actions speak louder: Assessing bank responses to human rights violations

BankTrack publication
2021-12-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-10-26 00:00:00

Fossil fuel vs renewable financing by financial institutions active in the Netherlands

A case study for Fair Finance Netherlands
NGO document
2021-10-26 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Netherlands
2021-09-30 00:00:00

Climate change commitments of financial institutions active in the Netherlands

NGO document
2021-09-30 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
2021-09-23 00:00:00

Sustainability policy framework

Bank policy
2021-09-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-08-24 00:00:00

Investing in troubled waters

The material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector
NGO document
2021-08-24 00:00:00 | Feedback, Changing Markets Foundation, CFFA, and WSRW
2021-08-19 00:00:00

Recipients of the letter about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

NGO document
2021-08-19 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2021-07-08 00:00:00

Banking on Amazon destruction

NGO document
2021-07-08 00:00:00 | Amazon Watch & Stand.earth
2021-06-28 00:00:00

Asian Banks Continue to Finance the Palm Oil Refining Sector as Leakage Declines

NGO document
2021-06-28 00:00:00 | Chain Reaction Research
2021-06-24 00:00:00

Guidance on Biodiversity Target Setting for PRB signatories

Other document
2021-06-24 00:00:00 | UNEPFI
2021-06-23 00:00:00

Rabobank Brazil - CSR Policy

Bank policy
2021-06-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-06-23 00:00:00

Rabobank's Sustainability Ambitions 2020-2024

Bank document
2021-06-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-06-23 00:00:00

Forests & Finance 2021 Briefing - Is Your Money Destroying Rainforests or Violating Rights?

NGO document
2021-06-23 00:00:00 | Forests and Finance
2021-05-03 00:00:00

Key Cerrado Deforesters in 2020 Linked to the Clearing of More Than 110,000 Hectares

NGO document
2021-05-03 00:00:00 | Chain Reaction Research
2021-03-21 00:00:00

PBAF Common Ground Paper

Other document
2021-03-21 00:00:00 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials
2021-03-09 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

Annual report
2021-03-09 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2021-03-05 00:00:00

Big meat. Big bucks. Bigger harm.

Animal welfare and European financial links with deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado
NGO document
2021-03-05 00:00:00 | World Animal Protection and Profundo
2021-01-18 00:00:00

Banking beyond deforestation

How the banking industry can help halt and reverse deforestation
Other document
2021-01-18 00:00:00 | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
2020-11-30 00:00:00

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

BankTrack publication
2020-11-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2020-11-16 00:00:00

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

Other document
2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
2020-11-16 00:00:00

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

Other document
2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
2020-10-27 00:00:00

Beoordeling van het krediet-en beleggingsbeleid van acht Nederlandse bankgroepen

NGO document
2020-10-27 00:00:00 | EerlijkeBankwijzer/Fair Finance International
2020-10-20 00:00:00

A Call to Action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End Climate-Destructive Financing Now

Joint civil society statement
BankTrack publication
2020-10-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, and others
2020-10-13 00:00:00

Agrochemicals policy

Bank policy
2020-10-13 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-09-30 00:00:00

Climate change: approach, current position and goals

Bank policy
2020-09-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-09-28 00:00:00

Funding destruction of the Amazon and Cerrado

NGO document
2020-09-28 00:00:00 | Eerlijke Geldwijzer
2020-05-19 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

Annual report
2020-05-19 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2020-04-30 00:00:00

Commitments to sustainable agriculture and forests

Bank policy
2020-04-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2019-08-14 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2019-08-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

Annual report
2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2019-03-28 00:00:00

Tax Policy Statement

Bank policy
2019-03-28 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2019-02-21 00:00:00

Research note on Dutch banks and corruption

NGO document
2019-02-21 00:00:00 | Fair Bank Guide - NL
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

NGO document
2018-12-10 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance Coalition
2018-11-27 00:00:00

Still Undermining our Future?

Fair Finance Guide Netherlands
NGO document
2018-11-27 00:00:00 | Amnesty International, FNV, Milieudefensie, Oxfam Novib, PAX, Profundo and World Animal Protection
2018-10-09 00:00:00

Assessing the response of Dutch banks to severe human rights abuses in the extractive industry

NGO document
2018-10-09 00:00:00 | Fair Finance Guide NL
2018-09-30 00:00:00

Code of conduct

Bank policy
2018-09-30 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2018-07-20 00:00:00

Modern slavery act statement 2018

Bank policy
2018-07-20 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2018-03-29 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

Annual report
2018-03-29 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2017-11-30 00:00:00

Major international banks continue to finance palm oil company Indofood despite evidence of systemic labor abuses

Forest & Finance Briefing
NGO document
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
2017-11-30 00:00:00

The human cost of conflict palm oil - revisited

How PepsiCo, Banks and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil perpetuate Indofood's worker exploitation
NGO document
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, OPPUK & International Labor Rights Forum
2017-11-24 00:00:00

Letter from 30 Indonesian NGOs to PT RAPP financiers on current situation of PT RAPP (APRIL's main supplier)

Correspondence
2017-11-24 00:00:00 | 30 Indonesian NGOs
2017-03-21 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

Annual report
2017-03-21 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2017-01-17 00:00:00

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
NGO document
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2017-01-16 00:00:00

Extractive Industries policy

Partial update Sustainability Policy Framework - 16 January 2017 This policy replaces the Extractive Industries Policy in the Sustainability Policy Framework (version November 2016).
Bank policy
2017-01-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2016-11-07 00:00:00

Protecting the Leuser Ecosystem

A Shared Responsibility
NGO document
2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
2016-06-27 00:00:00

Annual Report 2015

Annual report
2016-06-27 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
BankTrack publication
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
2016-04-25 00:00:00

Letter from Rabobank to BankTrack on Banking with Principles? 2016 Update

Correspondence
2016-04-25 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2016-02-01 00:00:00

FoE response to final statement on complaint guidelines on Rabobank and Bumitama

NGO document
2016-02-01 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Europe
2015-09-16 00:00:00

Land governance Statement

Bank policy
2015-09-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2015-09-16 00:00:00

Climate Statement

Bank policy
2015-09-16 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2015-06-15 00:00:00

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
NGO document
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
2015-04-07 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Annual report
2015-04-07 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2015-04-07 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

Part of annual report
Annual report
2015-04-07 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

NGO document
2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
2015-02-11 00:00:00

Sustainability Statement

for Business Partners of the Rabobank Group
Bank policy
2015-02-11 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2014-12-16 00:00:00

Initial assessmentFriends of the Earth Europe, Friends of the Earth Netherlands/Milieudefensie - Rabobank

Other document
2014-12-16 00:00:00 | OECD
2014-12-15 00:00:00

Sustainably successful together

Our contribution to sustainable development until 2020
Bank document
2014-12-15 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2014-10-01 00:00:00

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
NGO document
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
2014-09-23 00:00:00

The Green Tigers

Which Southeast Asian Companies Will Prosper in the New Age of Forest Conservation?
NGO document
2014-09-23 00:00:00 | Forest Heroes
2014-06-27 00:00:00

Complaint with Dutch national contact point on Rabobank financing Bumitama Resources

NGO document
2014-06-27 00:00:00 | FoE Europe, Milieudefensie
2014-04-23 00:00:00

Rabobank rules on the internal reporting of malpractice

Whistleblower Policy
Bank document
2014-04-23 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2014-04-09 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

Correspondence
2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2013

Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00
2013-05-06 00:00:00

Anti-Corruption Statement

Bank policy
2013-05-06 00:00:00 | Rabobank Group
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

NGO document
2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
2011-05-25 00:00:00

Rabobank Cluster Munitions Investments

Other document
2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
2011-02-01 00:00:00

Bankers Oath Netherlands

Other document
2011-02-01 00:00:00
2010-12-18 00:00:00

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

Correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
2010-09-09 00:00:00

Commissie Code Banken

Other document
2010-09-09 00:00:00 | Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
BankTrack publication
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Summary Table 'Hall of Fame and runners-up'

NGO document
2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
2009-10-08 00:00:00

Cooperative banks in the new financial system

Bank document
2009-10-08 00:00:00 | Rabobank
2008-11-05 00:00:00

Aandelen in klimaatverandering / Shares in climate change (in Dutch, with English summary)

NGO document
2008-11-05 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie
2007-06-09 00:00:00

Investing in climate change: Dutch banks compared

NGO document
2007-06-09 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth Netherlands - Milieudefensie
2006-06-07 00:00:00

Investing in Climate Change: the role of Dutch banks

NGO document
2006-06-07 00:00:00 | Milieudefensie

Key documents

Rabobank's Sustainability pages

Eerlijke Bankwijzer

Dutch Fair Finance Guide

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Rabobank

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.
Accountability
Grievances
Response tracking

Rabobank states that individuals and communities who may be adversely affected by its finance can raise a complaint to the bank via its Feedback or Complaints web page.

Stakeholders may also raise complaints via the OECD National Contact Points (see OECD Watch guidance). Advice on specific cases may also be requested from the NVB's Advisory Panel on Responsible Banking.

Rabobank is an Equator Principles signatory. While the Equator Principles have no official grievance mechanism, complaints relating to this bank's financing of Equator Principles projects can be filed through our own website www.equator-complaints.org.

This page evaluates Rabobank'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
Banks and Dirty Diesel: Vitol and Trafigura (May 2017)
0
0
0
0
Dodgy Deal profile
Response
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
The bank publicly responded citing client confidentiality. The response did not comment on or respond to the issues raised.
Action
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score

No information available on whether the bank engaged with its client or took appropriate action.

Following the bank's response: The bank stated that engagements with clients are publicly reported in an anonymised format in its annual reports. This reporting does not provide details on whether or how the bank has engaged with the company in this specific instance nor does it state whether the bank has required to company to take specific actions or taken appropriate action itself. Therefore, the score remains unchanged.

Monitoring
0
Out of 1
Rationale for score
No information available on whether the bank monitored progress.
More info
BankTrack Human Rights Briefing, May 2017
Average
100%
0
0
0
0
Banks and Climate

Banks and Climate

The 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report showed that Rabobank provided US$ 13.905 billion  in financing to the fossil fuel industry between 2016 and 2022. Find further details on Rabobank's fossil fuel portfolio and how it compares to other large banks globally on Fossil Banks No Thanks and in the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

Fossil fuel finance data Rabobank

Banking on Climate Chaos fossil fuel finance data

Partner organisation Reclaim Finance tracks the coal, oil and gas policies of financial institutions, including banks, in their Coal Policy Tool (CPT) and the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker (OGPT). BankTrack works closely with Reclaim Finance and endorses their policy assessments. Find further details on their assessment of Rabobank’s fossil fuel policy below.