Sustainable Finance Policy Engagement

The world's most comprehensive analysis on how the financial sector is influencing climate-related financial policy

The financial sector is extensively engaged in influencing the passage of sustainable finance policies globally. This platform provides accessible analysis of these influencing activities, drawn from a database of over 7000 data points.


Beginning with the EU's Action Plan on Sustainable Finance in 2018, the last few years have seen a significant increase in interest by policymakers to implement policies that tackle climate-related financial risk, aim to reorient capital flows towards a more sustainable economy and mainstream sustainability issues into financial decision-making. The UN PRI's regulation database has tracked more than 750 relevant policy interventions globally, with notable recent policy developments including the EU's Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy (2021) and the Biden Administration's Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk (2021).

InfluenceMap continually tracks and analyzes the positioning of more than 80 of the largest Europe and US-based financial institutions on sustainable finance policy, alongside their key industry associations.

InfluenceMap maintains the world’s leading database of lobbying on climate policy around the globe.

In 2020, InfluenceMap expanded this work to cover sustainable finance policy, with the methodology closely following the existing methodology on climate policy which can be found here.

Financial Institution Metrics and Profiles

Below is a ranking table with the financial institutions included in this research. A summary profile and full access to the data underlying the assessments can be accessed via the links in the table.

Influencemap Performance BandOrganizationEngagement Intensity
CABN AMRO10FinancialsEurope
C-abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen26FinancialsEurope
C+Achmea5FinancialsEurope
C-Aegon19FinancialsEurope
DAgeas2FinancialsEurope
CAllianz42FinancialsEurope
DAmerican International Group4FinancialsNorth America
D+Ameriprise Financial10FinancialsNorth America
B-APG7FinancialsEurope
BAviva49FinancialsEurope
C+AXA30FinancialsEurope
DBaloise1FinancialsEurope
D+Bank Of America10BanksNorth America
C-Scotiabank15FinancialsNorth America
D+Barclays24BanksEurope
C-BBVA32FinancialsEurope
DBerkshire Hathaway1IndustrialsNorth America
D+BlackRock41Asset ManagementNorth America
C-BNP Paribas46FinancialsEurope
D+BNY Mellon29FinancialsNorth America
C+CaixaBank6FinancialsEurope
DCapital Group9FinancialsNorth America
DChubb3FinancialsEurope
D+Citigroup21BanksNorth America
DCNP Assurances2FinancialsEurope
C-Commerzbank9BanksEurope
DCovea5FinancialsEurope
D+Credit Agricole26FinancialsEurope
DCrédit Mutuel2FinancialsEurope
D+Credit Suisse11FinancialsEurope
CDanske Bank22FinancialsEurope
C-Deutsche Bank28FinancialsEurope
DDZ Bank2FinancialsEurope
DFidelity Investments7Asset ManagementNorth America
C+Franklin Templeton Investments19FinancialsNorth America
C-Generali12FinancialsEurope
DGoldman Sachs16FinancialsNorth America
D-Groupama7FinancialsEurope
CGroupe BPCE47FinancialsEurope
C-HSBC35FinancialsEurope
C-ING17FinancialsEurope
C-Intesa Sanpaolo15FinancialsEurope
C-Invesco25FinancialsNorth America
DJ.P. Morgan23FinancialsNorth America
DKLP1FinancialsEurope
BLegal & General32FinancialsEurope
C-Lloyds Banking Group8BanksEurope
C-Morgan Stanley17FinancialsNorth America
DMunich Re2FinancialsEurope
CNatWest Group14FinancialsEurope
B-NN Group10FinancialsEurope
B-Nordea29FinancialsEurope
D+Northern Trust12FinancialsNorth America
B-Phoenix Group7FinancialsEurope
C-Prudential3FinancialsEurope
D+Prudential Financial Inc10FinancialsNorth America
N/APZU1FinancialsEurope
C+Rabobank13FinancialsEurope
D+Santander15FinancialsEurope
D+Schroders32Asset ManagementEurope
C-Societe Generale27FinancialsEurope
C-Standard Chartered23BanksEurope
DState Street32FinancialsNorth America
D+Swiss Life1FinancialsEurope
DSwiss Re16FinancialsEurope
D+Talanx1FinancialsEurope
C-TIAA17FinancialsNorth America
D-U.S. Bancorp4FinancialsNorth America
D+UBS19FinancialsEurope
C-UniCredit11BanksEurope
C+Unipol20FinancialsEurope
D+Vanguard9Asset ManagementNorth America
D+Wells Fargo12BanksNorth America
D+Zurich Insurance19FinancialsEurope
DState Farm Insurance0FinancialsNorth America
D-Metlife0FinancialsNorth America
DNew York Life Insurance Company0FinancialsNorth America
DLincoln National Corporation0FinancialsNorth America
DNorthwestern Mutual0FinancialsNorth America
DMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company0FinancialsNorth America
D+Charles Schwab4FinancialsNorth America
EAlternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)27Asset ManagementGlobal
E+American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)10InsuranceNorth America
D+Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)38FinancialsEurope
D+Bank Policy Institute (BPI)17BanksNorth America
DBIPAR13FinancialsEurope
EBusiness Roundtable13All SectorsNorth America
E-BusinessEurope30All SectorsEurope
D-EFAMA37Asset ManagementEurope
DEuropean Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB)28FinancialsEurope
DEuropean Banking Federation (EBF)36BanksEurope
E-EuropeanIssuers31All SectorsEurope
B+Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)37FinancialsEurope
DInsurance Europe30InsuranceEurope
D-Invest Europe17FinancialsEurope
D-Investment Company Institute (ICI)32Asset ManagementNorth America
E+Managed Funds Association17Asset ManagementGlobal
ENational Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)11InsuranceNorth America
DPensionsEurope30FinancialsEurope
C-Reinsurance Association of America10InsuranceNorth America
D+Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)25FinancialsNorth America
D-Institute of International Finance (IIF)19FinancialsGlobal
FUS Chamber of Commerce24All SectorsNorth America
E+American Council of Life Insurers8InsuranceNorth America
DAmerican Bankers Association (ABA)15BanksNorth America
B-American Retirement Association (ARA)9FinancialsNorth America
C-UK Finance16FinancialsEurope
C-The Investment Association18FinancialsEurope
BPensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)16FinancialsEurope
B-Association of British Insurers (ABI)17InsuranceEurope
D-Japanese Bankers Association (JBA)20BanksAsia