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UBS head offices in Zurich. Photo: Martin Abegglen via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

About UBS

UBS was formed through a merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation in June 1998. UBS is headquartered in Zurich and Basel, and is the world's largest manager of private wealth assets. The bank provides a range of financial services, including investment banking and asset management to corporate, private, and institutional clients.

Website http://www.ubs.com
Headquarters
Bahnhofstrasse 45
CH 8098 Zurich
Switzerland
CEO/chair Ralph Hamers
CEO
Supervisor
FINMA
Annual report Annual report 2020
Ownership
listed on NYSE

UBS' shareholders structure can be found here.

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Banks, climate and energy

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
25.5
26500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
25.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 25.5 points out of 200

8.5 points out of 120 for oil and gas policy.

17 points out of 80 for coal policy.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 200 policy points for its overall fossil fuel policies; 120 possible points for oil and gas policies and 80 possible points for coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-50 points), followers (50.5-100 points), front runners (100.5-150 points) or leaders (150.5-200 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel expansion

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
9
10000000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
9
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 9 points out of 89

1.5 points for a weak exclusion of tar sands projects: UBS prohibits financing for greenfield oil sands projects.

1.5 points for a weak exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: UBS prohibits financing for "new offshore oil projects in the Arctic."

2 points for a weak exclusion of coal mining projects: UBS prohibits financing for greenfield thermal coal mines.

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal power projects: UBS prohibits financing for new coal plants globally.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The scores for a bank's policies restricting expansion of fossil fuels - in each area, prohibitions against financing projects and/or companies expanding that area - are aggregated into a fossil fuel expansion policy score.

The point-based policy ranking for fossil fuel expansion consists of the following distribution:

  • Coal mining: 14 points​
  • Coal power: 14 points
  • Other coal: 7 points
  • Tar sands: 9 points
  • Arctic oil and gas: 9 points
  • Offshore oil and gas: 9 points
  • Fracked oil and gas: 9 points
  • LNG: 9 points
  • Other oil and gas: 9 points

A bank can obtain a total of 89 policy points for its fossil fuel expansion policy. Based on this score, banks are then classified as laggards (0-22.25 points), followers (22.25-44.5 points), front runners (44.5-66.75 points) or leaders (66.75-89 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on oil and gas financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
8.5
9500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
8.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 8.5 points out of 120

3.5 points out of 20 for tar sands policy: see here.

3.5 points out of 20 for Arctic oil and has policy: see here.

0.5 points out of 20 for offshore oil and gas policy: see here.

0.5 points out of 20 for fracked oil and gas policy: see here.

0.5 points out of 20 for LNG policy: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For each of the six subsectors, 20 possible policy points can be obtained, so a bank can obtain a total of 120 policy points for its oil and gas policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-30 points), followers (30.5-60 points), front runners (60.5-90 points) or leaders (90.5-120 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on tar sands

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
3.5
4500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
3.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 3.5 points out of 20

1.5 points for a weak exclusion of tar sands projects: UBS prohibits financing for greenfield oil sands projects.

2 points for a weak exclusion threshold for tar sands companies: UBS prohibits financing for companies with ">30% of reserves or production" in tar sands, unless the financing is for "renewable energy or conventional oil & gas assets." Tar sands pipeline companies are not included in this threshold.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking above assesses bank policies in four ways:

 1) Restriction on direct financing for tar sands projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand tar sands.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for tar sands.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in tar sands above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its tar sands policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points). 

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on Arctic oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
3.5
4500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
3.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 3.5 points out of 20

1.5 points for a weak exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: UBS prohibits financing for "new offshore oil projects in the Arctic."

2 points for a weak exclusion threshold for Arctic oil and gas companies: UBS prohibits financing for companies with ">30% of reserves or production" in Arctic oil, unless the financing is for "renewable energy or conventional oil & gas assets."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for Arctic oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand Arctic oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for Arctic oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in Arctic oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its Arctic oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on offshore oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
0.5
1500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding offshore oil and gas companies: UBS conducts enhanced due diligence only for "transactions directly related to ultra-deepwater drilling assets."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for offshore oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in offshore oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its offshore oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fracked oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
0.5
1500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding fracked oil and gas companies: UBS conducts enhanced due diligence only for "transactions with companies that practice hydraulic fracturing in environmentally and socially sensitive areas."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores 

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for fracked oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in oil and gas fracking above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its fracking policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on LNG

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
0.5
1500000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding LNG companies: UBS conducts enhanced due diligence for "transactions directly related to LNG infrastructure assets."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores 

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for LNG projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand LNG.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for LNG.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in LNG above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its LNG policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on other/conventional oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
0
1000000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 20

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for other/conventional oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand other/conventional oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for other/conventional oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in other/conventional oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its other/conventional oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
17
18000000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
17
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 17 points out of 80

8 points out of 32 for coal mining policy: see here.

9 points out of 32 for coal power policy: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For both coal mining and coal power, 32 possible policy points can be obtained, while for other coal,16 possible policy points can be obtained. So a bank can obtain a total of 80 policy points for its coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-20 points), followers (20.5-40 points), front runners (40.5-60 points) or leaders (60.5-80 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal mining

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
8
9000000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
8
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 8 points out of 32

2 points for a weak exclusion of coal mining projects: UBS prohibits financing for greenfield thermal coal mines.

3 points for the commitment to reduce financing of coal mining companies: UBS has committed to "continue to severely restrict lending and capital raising to the coal mining sector."

3 points for a weak exclusion threshold for coal mining companies: UBS prohibits financing for companies with any mountaintop removal coal mining operations.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal mining projects.

  • None (0), mountaintop removal mining exclusion (0.5), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal mining.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal mining.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal mining above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal mining policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal power

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
9
1.0E+19
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
Follower
9
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 9 points out of 32

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal power projects: UBS prohibits financing for new coal plants globally.

5 points for a moderate exclusion threshold for coal power companies: UBS prohibits financing for coal power operators that are more than >30% reliant on coal, unless they "have a transition strategy in place that aligns with a pathway under the Paris Agreement, or the transaction is related to renewable energy."

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal power projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal power.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal power.

  • None (0), proportional reduction (1), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal power above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal power policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal infrastructure

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
2020-03-01
CHE
0
1000000000
0
Switzerland
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 16

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal infrastructure projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1), strong exclusion (3)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1), weak phase-out (2), strong phase-out (4)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal infrastructure above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (4), full exclusion (5)

A bank can obtain a total of 16 policy points for its coal infrastructure policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-4 points), followers (4.5-8 points), front runners (8.5-12 points) or leaders (12.5-16 points)

For more details see this page.

Banks and human rights

BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
UBS
CHE
100
Switzerland
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Explanation

UBS's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark in November 2019. The bank is assessed as a Follower, with a total score of 5.5 out of 14.

Policy: 3/3
Due dilligence: 2/5
Reporting: 0.5/3
Remedy: 0/3

For more details see this page.

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New report reveals European banks financing trade of controversial Amazon oil to U.S.

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2020-08-12 | Geneva, Switzerland | Amazon Watch, Stand.earth
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Mass surveillance of the Uyghurs: STP files complaint against UBS

Society for Threatened Peoples files complaint with the OECD's Swiss National Contact Point regarding UBS' continued relationship with China's Hikvision
2020-06-22 | Switzerland | Society for Threatened Peoples
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2020-05-27 | Zürich | Greenpeace Switzerland
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2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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UBS names ING’s Ralph Hamers as next chief executive

2020-02-20 | Financial Times
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our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Aramco IPO: These are the banks and advisers on world's biggest sale

2019-11-03 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

Swiss banks are lashing out at climate activists rather than taking action. This has to stop.

2019-10-03 | London
blog
external news
our news

Imagine UBS becoming carbon neutral

2019-08-05 | Republik
blog
external news
our news

Climate protesters arrested outside Swiss banks

2019-07-08 | Reuters
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

UBS quietly improves its coal exclusion policy – a bit too weak, a bit too late

No changes to UBS funding restrictions on tar sands and other extreme fossil fuels. Credit Suisse makes no climate positive policy moves.
2019-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

RWE plans destruction of ancient German forest

Top bankers of Europe's biggest CO2 emitter revealed in Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019
2019-03-21 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
blog
external news
our news

Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
blog
external news
our news

Tax evasion in Europe exclusive series: France's record fine for UBS

2019-03-09 | EU-OCS
blog
external news
our news

Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
blog
external news
our news

UBS fined €3.7 billion in tax fraud case

2019-02-20 | BBC News
blog
external news
our news

Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks

The case for legal action against the big banks that created and profited from Puerto Rico’s debt crisis
2019-02-20 | Public Accountability Initiative
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse and UBS financing massive greenhouse gas emissions – new report

2019-01-31 | Geneva, Switzerland | Greenpeace Switzerland
blog
external news
our news

Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
blog
external news
our news

Gwich’in Leaders travel to New York to tell banks: Defend the Arctic Refuge

2018-10-29 | Bernadette Demientieff
blog
external news
our news

Alaska Natives Call on Banks to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Drilling

2018-10-26 | Earther
blog
external news
our news

AGM briefing: Switzerland's per capita financing of fossil fuels worst in Europe, thanks to Credit Suisse and UBS

2018-04-25 | BankTrack, Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Maybank: the single largest palm oil financier

Report by TuK and Profundo finds that several RSPO banks, like HSBC and UBS, invest heavily in Maybank.
2018-02-28 | Jakarta
blog
external news
our news

Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

2017-12-11 | Financial Times
blog
external news
our news

Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

TCFD: banks supporting better disclosure are not the ones exiting coal project finance

Bank support for FSB Task Force recommendations is welcome, but reveals lack of joined-up thinking
2017-07-31 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack, Yann Louvel – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Over 20 Indigenous and environmental groups deliver urgent letter.
2017-06-09 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, others
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse and UBS finally move on coal – but they’re still in climate cloud cuckoo land

2017-04-25 | Yann Louvel – BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

2017-03-24 | Illegal Deforestation Monitor
blog
external news
our news

Leading banks under fire for misrepresenting human rights responsibilities

Discussion Paper by Thun Group of banks meets series of objections from UN Working Group, John Ruggie and over 30 civil society organisations
2017-02-28 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Multi-billion euro investments out of control: How banks continue to finance violations of human rights and environmental norms

For the fifth consecutive year Facing Finance reports on violations of environmental and social norms and standards by multinational corporations, as documented by international NGOs.
2017-02-09 | Hamburg/Berlin | Facing Finance
blog
external news
our news

Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald
blog
external news
our news

New report finds banks betting on climate change

Seventh annual bank finance Report Card reveals major banks poured hundreds of billions into extreme fossil fuels
2016-06-14 | Nijmegen, San Francisco | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

'Record year' for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Big power out, solar in: UBS urges investors to join renewables revolution

2014-08-28 | Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Banks and human rights: Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the Thun Group’s approach

2014-08-11 | Righting Finance
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack Blog: Banks and human rights: hopes for progress from the Thun Group?

2014-06-19 | Thun | BankTrack Blog
blog
external news
our news

Questions by Paul Corbit Brown at AGM

2014-05-07
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack welcomes Thun Group paper on banks and human rights

Call for access to remedy for victims bank-financed human rights abuses
2013-10-11 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

What can UBS learn from Charles Dickens' ghosts

2013-01-05 | South China Morning Post
blog
external news
our news

Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
blog
external news
our news

Bankrolling Climate Change in the news

2011-12-02 | The Guardian
blog
external news
our news

Bankrolling Climate Change

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing
2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork
blog
external news
our news

Swiss Banks and Human Rights:

Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights
2011-07-14 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

Long overdue recognition shows need for new systems in banks and more effective ongoing monitoring regime by FSA, say campaigners
2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

New report card exposes largest financers of mountaintop removal coal mining

2011-04-05 | San Fransisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

Don’t make it easier for dictators to steal

2011-02-24 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

New UBS policy fizzles

Blogpost at the Understory page of RAN
2011-02-07 | United States | Brant Olson, RAN
blog
external news
our news

Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts

2011-01-17 | Switzerland | BBC news
blog
external news
our news

Swiss bank UBS to change much-mocked dress code

2011-01-17 | The Washington Times
blog
external news
our news

Swiss bankers clean up their act

2010-12-21 | San Fransisco | Peter Bosshard, International Rivers
blog
external news
our news

Schweizer Banken auf dem Holzweg

Die Rolle der UBS in Indonesiens Wald- und Torfmoorzerstörung
2010-12-16 | Switserland | Greenpeace Switzerland
blog
external news
our news

Another big bank turns away from mountaintop removal!

2010-11-02 | San Fransisco, US | Amanda Starbuck, RAN
blog
external news
our news

A tale of two Swiss banks

2010-10-20 | San Fransisco, US | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

British banks complicit in Nigerian corruption, court documents reveal

2010-10-11 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Banks toughen lending rules to coal, PNC & UBS still bucking the trend

Two banks take heat for continuing to fund Massey Energy and mountaintop removal mining
2010-08-27 | United States
blog
external news
our news

Like blowing up the Alps: Is Swiss Bank UBS the last financier of Massey's big coal Mayhem?

2010-06-07 | US | The Huffington Post
blog
external news
our news

New report card, largest financers of Mountaintop Removal coal mining

PNC, JPMorgan Chase and UBS receive failing grades
2010-05-13 | San Francisco | Rainforest Action Network
blog
external news
our news

NGOs sound warning over one of year's largest IPOs

2010-04-28 | London | Anna Grigoryeva, Platform-London
blog
external news
our news

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
external news
our news

Berne Declaration reveals: Swiss banks cooperate with human rights abusers

2010-04-15 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

J.P. Morgan rolls into Calgary

2010-04-05 | Calgary, Canada | Global Investor
blog
external news
our news

Senate shines welcome spotlight on U.S. facilitation of corruption

Private banks facilitate banking services for dictator son
2010-02-03 | Washington DC | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Secret documents reveal multi-million dollar shopping spree by African dictator’s son

US authorities fail to act on evidence of corruption
2009-11-17 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Switzerland, UBS Settle U.S. Tax Case

2009-04-13 | WSJ
blog
external news
our news

Global civil society calls on private banks to withdraw support from Bangladesh coal mine

2008-08-21 | San Francisco, USA | International Accountability Project
blog
external news
our news

UBS alerted over Phulbari Coal mine

Human rights concerns for Bangladesh mine investment
2007-12-17 | Zurich, Utrecht | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Genocide in Darfur

No business with death
2007-10-29 | Zürich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

Solidly Swiss?

UBS, Credit Suisse and the global oil, mining and gas industry
2006-07-04 | Switzerland | Berne Declaration

Documents

Type:
Year:
annual reports
2021-03-05 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

2021-03-05 00:00:00 | UBS
other documents
2021-01-18 00:00:00

Banking beyond deforestation

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

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

2020-11-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2020-11-16 00:00:00

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

2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
other documents
2020-11-16 00:00:00

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

2020-11-16 00:00:00 | Banking Environment Initiative
ngo documents
2020-10-31 00:00:00

High Risk, Low Reward

An overview of European banks' position on oil sands
2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ShareAction
our publications
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
2020-10-20 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, and others
annual reports
2020-04-21 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

2020-04-21 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00 | UBS
our publications
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

2020-03-18 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
ngo documents
2020-03-12 00:00:00

Open Letter to Sappi CEO

2020-03-12 00:00:00 | GeaSphere
csr policies
2020-03-12 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy framework

2020-03-12 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2020-03-04 00:00:00

Climate strategy

2020-03-04 00:00:00 | UBS
annual reports
2020-02-28 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-02-28 00:00:00 | UBS
bank documents
2020-01-20 00:00:00

Climate aware framework

2020-01-20 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2019-12-31 00:00:00

UBS in society - constitutional document

2019-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence
2019-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to UBS on the bank's progress on its fossil fuel finance since COP24

2019-12-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2019-06-25 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-06-25 00:00:00 | UBS
ngo documents
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
other documents
2019-05-20 00:00:00

Troika Laundromat

Overview of financial institutions involved in the Troika Laundromat scheme
2019-05-20 00:00:00 | Organised Crime and Corruption Project (OCCRP)
our publications
2019-05-02 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing UBS

2019-05-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2019-03-26 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-03-26 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct and ethics

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to UBS on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
csr policies
2018-07-31 00:00:00

Responsible supply chain standard

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | UBS
our publications
2018-04-25 00:00:00

Swiss Banks in the End of the Fossil Fuel Age

2018-04-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace and BankTrack
annual reports
2018-04-23 00:00:00

Annual Report 2017

2018-04-23 00:00:00 | UBS
annual reports
2018-02-28 00:00:00

UBS and Society Report 2017

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2018-02-23 00:00:00

Climate change strategy

2018-02-23 00:00:00 | UBS
bank documents
2017-11-21 00:00:00

UBS and Society report 2016

2017-11-21 00:00:00 | UBS
ngo documents
2017-09-11 00:00:00

Sustainability in the Swiss retail banking sector

WWF rating of the Swiss retail banking sector 2016/2017
2017-09-11 00:00:00 | WWF Switzerland
correspondence
2017-06-06 00:00:00

Letter from RAN and 13 others to 14 banks that underwrote Kinder Morgan Canada IPO on warning to finance the IPO

2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
our publications
2017-05-04 00:00:00

UBS Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

2017-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Greenpeace, Waterkeeper Alliance
correspondence
2017-03-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to Thun Group on concerns regarding Thun Group discussion paper on human rights

2017-03-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2017-03-10 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

2017-03-10 00:00:00 | UBS
other documents
2017-02-21 00:00:00

Comments on Thun Group of Banks Discussion Paper

on the Implications of UN Guiding Principles 13 & 17 In a Corporate and Investment Banking Context
2017-02-21 00:00:00 | Prof. John G. Ruggie
correspondence
2017-02-14 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and others to Thun Group of Banks on Significant Concerns Regarding Thun Group Discussion Paper

2017-02-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack and others
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2016-06-14 00:00:00

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
our publications
2016-02-16 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #1:Labour standards violations in IOICorporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
bank documents
2015-07-01 00:00:00

To Integrate or to Exclude

Approaches to Sustainable Investing
2015-07-01 00:00:00 | UBS
our publications
2015-05-04 00:00:00

The end of coal?

2015 Coal Finance Report Card
2015-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network and Sierra Club
correspondence
2015-04-27 00:00:00

Letter from Testbiotech to UBS on Invitation to a Testbiotech conference on patents on life, genetic engineering and animal welfare

2015-04-27 00:00:00 | Testbiotech
annual reports
2015-04-02 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility 2014

2015-04-02 00:00:00 | UBS
ngo documents
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
our publications
2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2014-10-29 00:00:00

Banking on Coal 2014

2014-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2014-10-01 00:00:00

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
other documents
2014-05-07 00:00:00

Questions by Paul Corbit Brown at the AGM of UBS

About the effects of mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia.
2014-05-07 00:00:00
bank documents
2012-12-06 00:00:00

Thun Group of Banks Response to a question at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, December 2012

2012-12-06 00:00:00 | Thun Group
correspondence
2012-11-06 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack et al. to various financial institutions on APP

2012-11-06 00:00:00 | BankTrack et al.
bank documents
2012-10-29 00:00:00

Statement by the Thun Group of banks on the "Guiding principles for the implementation of the United Nations 'protect, respect and remedy' framework" on human rights

2012-10-29 00:00:00 | Thun Group
ngo documents
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
our publications
2011-11-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling climate change

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald/BankTrack/groundwork
ngo documents
2011-07-04 00:00:00

One step forward, two steps back

2011-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
other documents
2011-05-25 00:00:00

UBS Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
our publications
2011-04-05 00:00:00

Policy and Practice

2011 report card on banks and mountaintop removal
2011-04-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
ngo documents
2011-01-01 00:00:00

Le rôle d’UBS dans le financement du groupe Sinar Mas et la déforestation des forêts vierges indonésiennes

2011-01-01 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, Profundo
ngo documents
2010-12-20 00:00:00

Die Rolle der UBS bei der Finanzierung der Sinar-Mas-Gruppe und der Abholzung indonesischer Regenwälder

2010-12-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace Switzerland
ngo documents
2010-10-11 00:00:00

International thief thief

2010-10-11 00:00:00 | Global Witness
our publications
2010-05-13 00:00:00

Policy and Practice: report card on banks and mountaintop removal

2010-05-13 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
correspondence
2010-04-29 00:00:00

Response UBS to NGO letter of 100414 concerning MTR

2010-04-29 00:00:00 | UBS
ngo documents
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Open letter to banks coordinating Uralchem IPO

2010-04-27 00:00:00 | International Socio-Ecological Union (SEU), Russia
our publications
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence
2010-04-15 00:00:00

Mountaintop Removal request for information letter sent to UBS

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | RAN, Sierra Club, BankTrack
ngo documents
2010-04-15 00:00:00

Without Map or Compass, Credit Suisse, UBS and Human Rights

2010-04-15 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration
other documents
2010-04-01 00:00:00

UBS cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
ngo documents
2009-11-17 00:00:00

The Secret Life of a Shopaholic: How an African dictator's playboy son went on a multi-million dollar shopping spree in the US

2009-11-17 00:00:00 | Global Witness
other documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

UBS cluster munitions financing

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen et. al.
ngo documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
correspondence
2008-08-01 00:00:00

Open letter to financial institutions investing in Global Coal Management Regarding the Phulbari Coal Project, Bangladesh

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | International Accountability Project
ngo documents
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
other documents
2007-10-29 00:00:00

PetroChina IPO

2007-10-29 00:00:00
ngo documents
2006-07-05 00:00:00

Involvement of UBS in mining, oil and gas sector

2006-07-05 00:00:00 | Profundo
ngo documents
2006-07-04 00:00:00

World map of oil, mining and gas industry

2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration, Greenpeace
ngo documents
2006-07-04 00:00:00

Solidly Swiss? Credit Suisse, UBS and the global oil, mining and gas industry

2006-07-04 00:00:00 | Berne Declaration

Links

Berne Declaration on UBS

https://www.bernedeclaration.ch/companiesinstitutions/ubs/

UBS & Society: corporate responsibility pages

https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/ubs-and-society.html

UBS Environment page

https://www.ubs.com/global/en/wealth-management/globalvisionaries/visions/environment.html

Publication of Compact banks’ approaches to implementation of the Soft Commodities Compact

https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/banking-environment-initiative/programme/restore-nature/reporting-and-technical-guidance

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

UBS has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • IFC - Operating Principles for Impact Management
  • Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)
  • Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
  • Soft Commodities Compact
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • Thun Group on Human Rights
  • UNEP Finance Initiative
  • United Nations Global Compact
  • Wolfsberg Principles

Investment policies

UBS' web page on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2020-04-21 00:00:00

Climate-related standards in the enery and utilities sectors

Page 56 of the UBS' CSR report 2019
2020-04-21 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2020-03-12 00:00:00

Environmental and social risk policy framework

2020-03-12 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2020-03-04 00:00:00

Climate strategy

2020-03-04 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2019-12-31 00:00:00

UBS in society - constitutional document

2019-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2019-06-25 00:00:00

Modern Slavery Statement

2019-06-25 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2018-12-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct and ethics

2018-12-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2018-07-31 00:00:00

Responsible supply chain standard

2018-07-31 00:00:00 | UBS
csr policies
2018-02-23 00:00:00

Climate change strategy

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2014

Thun Group of Banks agrees to consider remedy for victims of human rights abuse

In 2013 the seven-strong Thun Group of Banks' produced a discussion paper on banks' responsibilities under new UN human rights guidelines. BankTrack's response to the paper highlighted that the banks had failed to address their responsibility to provide access to remedy to victims of human rights abuses. After…
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