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Zurich KantonalbankSwitzerland

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Last update: 2016-10-31 17:15:11
Contact:

Johan Frijns, BankTrack 

On record

This profile is no longer actively maintained, with the information now possibly out of date
Last update: 2016-10-31 17:15:11
Contact:

Johan Frijns, BankTrack 

About
Website http://www.zkb.ch/de/center_worlds/englishwindow.html
Headquarters
Bahnhofstrasse 9
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
CEO/chair Mr. Martin Scholl
CEO
Supervisor
Swiss National Bank
Ownership

Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) is wholly owned by the canton of Zurich.

ZKB (the Zurich Cantonal Bank) is the largest cantonal bank and fourth largest bank in Switzerland, as well as the leading financial services provider in the Greater Zurich area, with total assets of over CHF 158 billion. Our core activities include financing businesses, asset and wealth management, trading, capital market transactions, deposits, payment transactions and card business.

ZKB, as an independent, incorporated public-law institution, is wholly owned by the Canton of Zurich. Ultimate supervision of ZKB is the responsibility of the Cantonal Council of Zurich, whose duties are laid down in Zurich's Cantonal Bank Act. 

Under the law, the canton of Zurich bears responsibility for all ZKB's liabilities should the bank's resources prove inadequate. This cantonal guarantee acts as a stabilizing force for the financial market as a whole, particularly in times of economic uncertainty.

Sustainability
Policies
Voluntary standards
2013-04-03 00:00:00

Group Sustainability Policy

Bank policy
2013-04-03 00:00:00 | Zürcher Kantonalbank
Zurich Kantonalbank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions
Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)Tags: corporate social responsibility | sustainable development | United Nations
UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development
Dodgy Deals

Zurich Kantonalbank 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 Zurich Kantonalbank's link to these deals.

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Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

2017-03-24 | Illegal Deforestation Monitor
Resources
Documents
Links
2017-09-11 00:00:00

Sustainability in the Swiss retail banking sector

WWF rating of the Swiss retail banking sector 2016/2017
NGO document
2017-09-11 00:00:00 | WWF Switzerland
2015-03-31 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014 (German only)

Annual report
2015-03-31 00:00:00 | ZKB
2015-03-31 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Annual report
2015-03-31 00:00:00 | ZKB
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013 ZKB

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

Sustainability Report 2013

German only
Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00
2013-04-03 00:00:00

Group Sustainability Policy

Bank policy
2013-04-03 00:00:00 | Zürcher Kantonalbank
2013-03-19 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-03-19 00:00:00 | Zürcher Kantonalbank
2013-03-08 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2012 (German only)

Annual report
2013-03-08 00:00:00 | Zürcher Kantonalbank

Sustainability page of Zurich Kantonal Bank

Nachhaltigkeit

Wirtschaftliches Handeln im Einklang mit Verantwortung für Umwelt und Gesellschaft‎
Accountability

This page evaluates Zurich Kantonalbank'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

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