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About Svenska Handelsbanken

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Handelsbanken) is founded in 1871 in Stockholm. The bank is a Swedish full-service bank for both private and corporate customers, mainly operating in Sweden, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. 

Svenska Handelsbanken AB signed the Equator Principles in 2016, and is profiled as part of our Equator Principles Track and Chase project.

Website http://www.handelsbanken.com
Headquarters
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2
SE-106 70 Stockholm
Sweden
CEO/chair Anders Bouvin
CEO
Supervisor
Riksbank
Annual reports Annual report 2017
Sustainability report 2017
Ownership
listed on Stockholm Stock Exchange

The Handelsbanken list of shareholders can be viewed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

Svenska Handelsbanken has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.

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There are no companies active for Svenska Handelsbanken now.
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Sime Darby Malaysia

agriculture - palm oil

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blog
external news
our news

Imagine a World with No Bank Bonuses

2018-02-26 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

New report linking Nordic banks and government pension funds to Indonesia’s palm oil deforestation

Nordic investments to Asian banks support rapacious palm oil producers with financing that impedes push for sustainability
2017-05-30 | Oslo, Norway | Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Rainforest Foundation Norway
blog
external news
our news

Banks and pension funds fail to act on allegations against Lundin Petroleum

2017-04-27 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch
blog
external news
our news

Scandinavian banks linked to violations of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo

2017-03-07 | Stockholm, Sweden | Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Swedwatch

Documents

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csr policies

Companies excluded from finance

2018-05-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

Annual report 2017

2018-05-28 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

Sustainability report 2017

2018-05-28 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines regarding human rights and working conditions

2018-03-22 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for ethical standards March 2018

2018-03-21 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for sustainability March 2018

2018-03-21 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines for managing taxes

2017-11-28 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
ngo documents

Nordic investments in banks financing Indonesian palm oil

2017-05-30 00:00:00 | Rainforest Foundation Norway, FFG Sweden and FFG Norway
annual reports

Annual Report 2016

2017-04-01 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
bank documents

Policy against corruption in the Handelsbanken Group

2017-03-29 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
annual reports

Sustainability Report 2016

2017-02-16 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations in forestry and farming

2016-09-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations with companies with operations within fossil fuels

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations with the armaments and defence industry

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines for the Handelsbanken Group’s environmental activities

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken group
annual reports

Annual report 2015

2016-03-31 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

Sustainability report 2015

2016-03-31 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
bank documents

Policy for management of conflicts of interest in the Handelsbanken Group

2016-03-16 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group

Links

Sustainability at Handelsbanken

https://www.handelsbanken.com/shb/INeT/IStartSv.nsf/FrameSet?OpenView&iddef=Investor_Relations_En&navid=Investor_Relations_En&navob=122&base=/Shb/Inet/ICentSv.nsf&sa=/Shb/Inet/ICentSv.nsf/default/q4BEB50E85738A914C12579AC004AFDE8

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Svenska Handelsbanken has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

An overview of Handelsbanken's investment policies can be seen here. Handelsbanken excludes "companies whose business operations are incompatible with Handelsbanken's policies for responsible investment and a number of companies identified to be in breach of international norms and conventions that we support." This includes companies whose sales derive for more than 5% from the extraction of coal for combustion, and power companies whose sales derive for more than 30% from coal power. More information can be found here.

 

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csr policies

Companies excluded from finance

2018-05-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines regarding human rights and working conditions

2018-03-22 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for ethical standards March 2018

2018-03-21 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for sustainability March 2018

2018-03-21 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines for managing taxes

2017-11-28 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations in forestry and farming

2016-09-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations with companies with operations within fossil fuels

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations with the armaments and defence industry

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Group
csr policies

Guidelines for the Handelsbanken Group’s environmental activities

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken group

Issues

Svenska Handelsbanken and the Equator Principles

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. Svenska Handelsbanken adopted the Equator Principles in 2016.

Reporting on the Equator Principles

Svenska Handelsbanken must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.

  • Svenska Handelsbanken is in compliance with its reporting obligations. Svenska Handelsbanken is still in its grace period.

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Contact and complaints

Good moves

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