HRIA Case Study: Close the Gap: Benchmarking credit policies of international banks
Author(s): Banktrack
Publisher: 2010, Banktrack
This report evaluates the investment policies of 49 large, internationally operating banks on two core dimensions: content and transparency and accountability procedures. This study focuses on existing policies that international commercial and investment banks apply to the core services they provide. These services include payment and other consumer services, loans and mortgages, credit facilities, project finance, underwriting of share issuances, underwriting of bond issuances and asset management.
The study evaluates the investment policies of banks in seven socially and environmentally sensitive sectors and on nine sustainability issues including human rights.
