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About Svenska Handelsbanken

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Handelsbanken) was 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.

Website http://www.handelsbanken.com
Headquarters
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2
SE-106 70 Stockholm
Sweden
CEO/chair Carina Akerstrom
CEO
Supervisor
Riksbank
Annual report Annual integrated report 2021
Ownership
listed on Stockholm Stock Exchange

Svenska Handelsbanken's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Complaints and grievances

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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Policy Assessments

Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
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Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
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Svenska Handelsbanken
2022-08-25
SWE
2021
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Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. Where there is no percentage presented the EPFI has not reported having financed any project transactions in that reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

News

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blog
external news
our news

Nordic banks increase finance for Arctic oil and gas, new report finds

Ten Nordic banks provided US$ 21.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry. DNB, SEB, Nordea and Danske Bank largest Nordic financiers.
2022-11-22 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Friends of the Earth Finland, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
blog
external news
our news

NGOs release the 2022 Global Oil & Gas Exit List

Oil and gas industry willing to sacrifice a livable planet
2022-11-10 | Berlin / Sharm el-Sheikh | urgewald
blog
external news
our news

New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements

2021-09-29 | Don't Buy Into Occupation
blog
external news
our news

Swedish banks contribute to Amazon deforestation

2021-09-21 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden
blog
external news
our news

New bank climate initiative fails to grasp urgent need to end finance for fossil fuels

Civil society statement on the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2021-04-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, urgewald, Amazon Watch, Bank on our Future, Indigenous Environmental Network, Market Forces, Positive Money, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

2021-04-21 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

DNB, SEB and Nordea among biggest Scandinavian fossil fuel lenders

2021-02-02 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

Scandinavian banks poured $67 billion into the fossil fuel industry since Paris

New report finds ongoing finance for coal, oil and gas companies, with little commitments to phase-out from fossil fuels
2021-02-01 | Nijmegen, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm | BankTrack, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Oxfam IBIS, Profundo
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Swedish banks linked to the war in Yemen

The seven largest banks in Sweden continue to finance and invest billions in companies involved in controversial arms exports, for example to countries participating in the Yemen conflict. This is shown in a follow-up report by Diakonia and the Fair Finance Guide.
2020-02-06 | Diakonia, Fair Finance Guide Sweden
blog
external news
our news

Handelsbanken signs up to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking

2019-09-23 | Stockholm | Svenska Handelsbanken
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
blog
external news
our news

Swedish banks invest in controversial arms trade

2016-09-14 | Fair Finance Guide Sweden

Documents

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our publications

Banking on Thin Ice: Two years in the heat

Exposing Nordic bank finance for fossil fuels
2022-11-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

Annual integrated report 2021

2022-07-05 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken
csr policies

Exclusion of fossil fuel financing

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2022-06-13 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Environment and climate change policy

2022-06-13 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Climate change/fossil fuel policy in SWEDISH

2022-05-25 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
ngo documents

Investing in troubled waters

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

Annual integrated report 2020

2021-08-10 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Handelsbanken’s climate change progress report 2021

2021-06-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Environment and climate change guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Human rights and working conditions guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Armaments and defence industry guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Business relations in forestry and farming guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Tobacco industry guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Managing taxes guidelines

2021-05-11 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
other documents

Commitment statement Net Zero Banking Alliance

2021-04-21 00:00:00 | UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
csr policies

Sustainability policy

2021-03-24 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
our publications

Banking on Thin Ice

Exposing Scandinavian Bank Finance for Fossil Fuels
2021-02-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Oxfam IBIS, ActionAid Denmark
csr policies

Sectors exclusion list

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2020-12-01 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Asset Management
annual reports

Annual report 2019

2020-07-01 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

CSR report 2019

2020-07-01 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for shareholder engagement and responsible investments

2020-03-10 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Fonder
ngo documents

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
csr policies

Responsible investment excluded companies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-04-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

Annual report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
annual reports

CSR report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for ethical standards

2019-03-27 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
bank documents

Policy for management of conflicts of interest in the Handelsbanken Group

2019-03-27 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy on measures against financial crime

2019-03-27 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
ngo documents

Still Undermining Our Future?!

A case study for Fair Finance Guide International of Swedish financial institutions
2018-11-07 00:00:00 | Profundo
ngo documents

Still Irresponsible Investments

A study of Swedish banks' investments in companies linked to human rights abuses
2018-09-30 00:00:00 | FFG Sweden, Amnesty International
csr policies

Policy for responsible investments

2018-09-13 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
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
csr policies

Policy against corruption

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

Sustainability Report 2016

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

Guidelines regarding business relations with companies with operations within fossil fuels

2016-06-08 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
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
ngo documents

Irresponsible Investments

A study of Swedish banks' investments in companies linked to human rights abuses
2015-06-30 00:00:00 | FFG Sweden, Amnesty International

Links

Sustainability at Handelsbanken

https://www.handelsbanken.com/en/sustainability

Policies

Voluntary standards

Svenska Handelsbanken has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

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

Year:
csr policies

Exclusion of fossil fuel financing

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2022-06-13 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Environment and climate change policy

2022-06-13 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Climate change/fossil fuel policy in SWEDISH

2022-05-25 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Handelsbanken’s climate change progress report 2021

2021-06-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Environment and climate change guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Human rights and working conditions guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Armaments and defence industry guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Business relations in forestry and farming guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Tobacco industry guidelines

2021-05-12 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Managing taxes guidelines

2021-05-11 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Sustainability policy

2021-03-24 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Sectors exclusion list

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2020-12-01 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Asset Management
csr policies

Policy for shareholder engagement and responsible investments

2020-03-10 00:00:00 | Handelsbanken Fonder
csr policies

Responsible investment excluded companies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-04-30 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for ethical standards

2019-03-27 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy on measures against financial crime

2019-03-27 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy for responsible investments

2018-09-13 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Policy against corruption

2017-03-29 00:00:00 | Svenska Handelsbanken
csr policies

Guidelines regarding business relations with companies with operations within fossil fuels

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

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Contact and complaints

Good moves

Year:

2020

Handelsbanken decided to stop investing in arms companies through their investment funds

A report published by Fair Finance Guide Sweden in February 2020 analysed Sweden's largest banks' policies concerning controversial arms trade. It found that Handelsbanken, in 2018, decided to phase out all investments in arms from its actively and passively managed investment funds as well as multi-asset…