Prudential Financial (US)

Assessment year: 2018

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

Assessment year: 2016

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

Assessment year: 2015

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

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
1 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
0 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
1 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Asset manager, Insurance company, Pension fund
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 

Prudential of America are a financial services company headquartered in the US that serves private, corporate and institutional clients. Their services include life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. As of 2017, Prudential of America’s total assets amount to more than 820 billion USD, with more than 1.5 trillion USD in assets under management. In the top 5 bondholders for Forest 500 companies, they are an important bondholder with more than 6.8 billion USD worth of bonds across a broad range of forest risk sectors. Prudential of America are also among the top 30 shareholders for Forest 500 companies, with more than 13 billion USD worth of shares.

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Score
1 out of 5

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Score
1 out of 5

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Score
0 out of 5

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Score
0 out of 5

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Score
0 out of 5

Prudential (UK)

Score
0 out of 5

Disclaimer

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