Standard Bank head office. Photo: shi zhao via Flickr (CC BY -SA 2.0)Standard Bank is a South African-based financial services group with a global presence focused on emerging markets. It operates in 30 countries around the world, including 17 in Africa. The bank was formed in 1962 as a South African subsidiary of the British overseas bank Standard Bank, under the name Standard Bank of South Africa. Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets and earnings.
| Website | http://www.standardbank.co.za/ |
| Headquarters |
9th Floor - 5 Simmonds St.
2001 Johannesburg
South Africa
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| CEO/chair |
Sim Tshabalala CEO |
| Supervisor | |
| Annual reports |
Environmental, Social and Governance report Annual report 2018 Governance and remuneration report 2016 |
| Ownership |
listed on JSE Limited
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Standard Bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.
The Equator Principles are a voluntary commitment of banks to try to avoid or minimise the social, environmental and human rights impact of projects they finance. For more information on the Equator Principles see their website here and the campaign page of BankTrack here.
The Equator Principles exist already since 2003. Standard Bank adopted the Equator Principles in 2009.
Standard Bank must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.
Standard Bank is involved in financing the following Equator Principles projects that BankTrack considers controversial.
Standard Bank is reporting on the implementation here.
