Policy table. Photo: BankTrack Policy table. Photo: BankTrackBankTrack continuously assesses the quality and implementation of specific bank policies. Below you can find links to all assessments that are available on various sections of our website.
Fossil fuel policies
The links below lead to extensive assesments of the fossil fuel related financing policies of, at minimum, the largest 60 banks globally. These assessments are based on the methodology developed for the 'Banking on Climate Chaos' report, our flagship research on bank financing for the coal, oil and gas industry, published annually with RAN and other work partners. Further detail on the scope of each assessment can be found on the pages below.
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).