Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Assessment year: 2018

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

Assessment year: 2017

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

Assessment year: 2016

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

Assessment year: 2015

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

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
2 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Bank
HQ 
Australia

Collective commitments

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

150 Financial institutions

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

Profile 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia are a financial services provider headquartered in Australia that serves private, corporate and institutional clients. They offer a range of products and services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, pension programmes, insurance, and investment and share-broking products and services. As of 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s total assets amount to over 970 billion AUD with over 730 billion AUD in loans. They are among the top 100 shareholders for Forest 500 Companies, with over 3 billion USD worth of shares.

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Disclaimer

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