Wells Fargo

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 
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 
1 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

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

Assessment year: 2014

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
Financial institution type 
Asset manager, Bank, Insurance company
HQ 
United States

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 

Wells Fargo and Co. are an international investment management company, headquartered in the US serving private and corporate clients. Their services include: banking, insurance, investments, mortgages, and consumer and commercial services. In 2017, their total assets stand at more than 1.9 trillion USD with over 960 billion USD in loans. Wells Fargo and Co. are among the top 15 lenders to Forest 500 companies, with loans amounting to more than 32 billion USD across a broad range of forest risk sectors .  They are also among the top 25 shareholders in Forest 500 companies, with shares worth more than 17 billion USD.  

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Disclaimer

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