BlackRock

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
1 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
0 out of 5
Scope 
0 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
1 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
1 out of 5
Scope 
1 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
0 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Asset manager
HQ 
United States

Collective commitments

Banking Environment Initiative member
No
New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No

150 Financial institutions

Investors and lenders need to adopt and implement environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria that ensure their investments are not funding deforestation. For analysis of how the financial sector is performing click here.

This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

Profile 

Blackrock are an asset management firm headquartered in the US serving private, corporate, institutional, governmental, and intermediary clients. Their services span equities and fixed income investments, mutual funds, collective investment funds, risk analytics, advisory and technology services, and wealth management. As of 2017, Blackrock’s total assets under management stand at over 5.9 trillion USD. They are the largest shareholder for Forest 500 companies with over 167 billion USD worth of shares. Blackrock are also among the top 5 bondholders for Forest 500 companies, with over 6 billion USD worth of bonds across a range of forest risk sectors.

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Score
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Score
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Score
1 out of 5

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Score
1 out of 5

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Score
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