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Standard Chartered

Assessment year: 2017

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

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
4 out of 5
Policy strength 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Bank
HQ 
United Kingdom

Collective commitments

Banking Environment Initiative member
Yes
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 

Standard Chartered are an international banking group headquartered in London, providing banking products and services for both personal and business customers. Their services include commercial banking and corporate finance, as well as retail banking, insurance, investment and wealth management. As of 2017, Standard Chartered’s total assets stand at over 650 billion USD, their lending amounts to more than 260 billion USD, and they have nearly 60 billion USD in assets under management for private customers. Standard Chartered are among the top 15 lenders to Forest 500 companies, with more than 30 billion dollars of loans to companies exposed to forest risk commodities, predominantly in the food products and agriculture sectors.

Other financial institutions

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Score
4 out of 5

HSBC Holdings Ltd.

Score
4 out of 5

Westpac

Score
4 out of 5

Standard Chartered

Score
4 out of 5

Deutsche Bank

Score
4 out of 5

ING Groep N.V.

Score
4 out of 5

Disclaimer

This assessment has been carried out following the methodology developed for the Forest 500 project, available here. Please see our disclaimer applicable to all information contained within this site and our citation guidance for advice on how to cite data presented here or elsewhere on this site.

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  • About
    • How do we identify the 500?
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    • FAQ
    • Contact
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    • Financial institutions
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