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BankTrack continuously assesses the quality and implementation of specific bank policies, using our own benchmark of what constitutes a good policy. In doing so, we seek to establish which banks lead in the development and implementation of specific policies, and which bank should be considered laggards. Below you can find links to all assessments that are available on various sections of our website.

Fossil fuel general

Oil and gas

Coal

Banks and Human rights

For over ten years BankTrack has assessed the implementation by banks of the 'United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and human rights'. The page below links to our 2019 assessment of the human rights policies of  50 banks globally. The second link leads to an additional assessment in 2021 of the human rights policies of 14 African banks.

Equator Principles implementation

BankTrack has monitored the Equator Principles ever since their inception in 2003. On the page below we keep track of how well Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs) report their financing of specific projects, as mandated by the Equator Principles.

Banks, forests and biodiversity

Together with Environmental Paper Network (EPN) BankTrack regularly assesses the quality of bank financing policies for the pulp and paper industry. This asessment is based on a benchmark developed by EPN and BankTrack.

BankTrack is also involved in the Forest and finance coalition, which assesses the financing policies of banks for high impact business sectors impacting on forests (update forthcoming).