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Mind the gap: benchmarking credit policies of international banks
J.W. van Gelder;S. Denie / BankTrack, 2008
The objective of this project was to stimulate the banking sector to develop and implement credit policies that achieve a socially and environmentally sustainable and just society. BankTrack studied 4...
A challenging climate –what international banks should do to combat climate change
S. Herz;J. Frijns / BankTrack, 2007
Commercial banks are of crucial importance in the transition to a low-carbon economy based upon energy efficiency and renewable energies. They are indispensable in mobilising and allocating the nec...
Too risky for business: financial institutions and uranium weapons
D. Heller;I. Louwagie;W. van den Panhuyzen / BankTrack, 2007
Despite the fact that weapons containing depleted uranium are not widely known, they have been produced and used on a massive scale. This report points out that the companies who produce these weapons...
State duty to protect: the relevance of private finance – a BankTrack discussion paper
BankTrack, 2007
Private financial institutions, unlike state driven export credit agencies or international financial institutions, operate without the pretext of state obligations and are almost always present in al...
Time to go green: environmental responsibility in the Chinese banking sector
M. Chan-Fishel / BankTrack, 2007
This report evaluates the extent to which Chinese banks meet environmental international best practice models. It provides dossiers of ten of the most important banks in China, including China&rsqu...
The dos and don’ts of sustainable banking: a BankTrack manual
J.W. van Gelder / BankTrack, 2006
Aimed at the banking community, this manual provides an overview of actions these institutions can take to become more sustainable. Its starting point is the Collevecchio Declaration. This declaration...
Unproven principles: the Equator Principles at year two
M. Chan-Fishel / BankTrack, 2005
This review measures whether the benefits of the Equator Principles (EPs) are being realised. In 2003 ten private financial institutions launched the EPs, a set of guidelines for managing social and ...
Principles, profits or just PR?: triple p investments under the Equator Principles
BankTrack, 2004
One year after a number of private financial institutions announced the first collective norms addressing environmental and social issues in the sector (the Equator Principles (EPs)), this report exam...

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