The BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark
BankTrack's Human Rights Benchmark assesses commercial banks on the extent to which they are implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as part of our campaign to ensure banks fully meet the responsibility to respect human rights.
Our latest Global Human Rights Benchmark was published in November 2022. We will hold two webinars to present the results, on 22nd and 24th of November - register here.
Previous global benchmarks were published in 2014, 2016 and 2019. Our next Human Rights Benchmark Global is planned for publication in 2024.
This page presents the results of our 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark alongside Regional Benchmarks for Asia and Africa and the previous 2019 global benchmark.
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BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark (2022)
BankTrack’s 2022 Human Rights Benchmark assessed 50 of the largest commercial banks globally. It found that no commercial banks are fully meeting the UN Guiding Principles. Although there was some progress since 2019, no banks were ranked as 'leaders' and there has been a lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy.
- Full report (PDF)
- Media release
- Twitter thread with infographics
- Webinar presentation (YouTube, 38 minutes)
BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark Asia (2022)
BankTrack’s 2022 Human Rights Benchmark Asia assessed the human rights policies and processes of 18 mid-tier Asian banks. It finds that, nearly eleven years after their endorsement by the UN Human Rights Council, implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by these banks is at an early stage.
BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark Africa (2021)
BankTrack’s 2021 Human Rights Benchmark Africa assessed 14 large banks headquartered in Africa. It finds that only four have made a clear commitment to respect human rights, and none have a clear human rights due diligence process in place or publish detailed human rights reporting.
BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark (2019)
BankTrack’s 2019 Human Rights Benchmark assessed 50 of the largest commercial banks globally. It found banks generally failing on human rights, with Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the worst performers.
- Full report (PDF)
- Four-page summary (PDF).
- Webinar presentation (YouTube, 26 minutes).
- Media release