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-Aegon18FinancialsEurope
DAgeas2FinancialsEurope
CAllianz42FinancialsEurope
DAmerican International Group4FinancialsNorth America
D+Ameriprise Financial10FinancialsNorth America
B-APG7FinancialsEurope
BAviva46FinancialsEurope
C+AXA28FinancialsEurope
DBaloise1FinancialsEurope
D+Bank Of America11BanksNorth America
C-Scotiabank14FinancialsNorth America
D+Barclays24BanksEurope
C-BBVA32FinancialsEurope
N/ABerkshire Hathaway1IndustrialsNorth America
D+BlackRock41Asset ManagementNorth America
C-BNP Paribas46FinancialsEurope
D+BNY Mellon28FinancialsNorth America
C+CaixaBank6FinancialsEurope
DCapital Group9FinancialsNorth America
DChubb3FinancialsEurope
D+Citigroup21BanksNorth America
DCNP Assurances2FinancialsEurope
C-Commerzbank9BanksEurope
DCovea6FinancialsEurope
D+Credit Agricole26FinancialsEurope
DCrédit Mutuel3FinancialsEurope
D+Credit Suisse11FinancialsEurope
CDanske Bank22FinancialsEurope
C-Deutsche Bank28FinancialsEurope
DDZ Bank7FinancialsEurope
DFidelity Investments8Asset ManagementNorth America
C+Franklin Templeton Investments19FinancialsNorth America
C-Generali14FinancialsEurope
DGoldman Sachs16FinancialsNorth America
DGroupama7FinancialsEurope
CGroupe BPCE47FinancialsEurope
C-HSBC33FinancialsEurope
C-ING20FinancialsEurope
C-Intesa Sanpaolo17FinancialsEurope
C-Invesco25FinancialsNorth America
DJ.P. Morgan22FinancialsNorth America
DKLP2FinancialsEurope
BLegal & General32FinancialsEurope
C-Lloyds Banking Group8BanksEurope
C-Morgan Stanley18FinancialsNorth America
DMunich Re4FinancialsEurope
CNatWest Group16FinancialsEurope
B-NN Group10FinancialsEurope
B-Nordea29FinancialsEurope
D+Northern Trust12FinancialsNorth America
B-Phoenix Group7FinancialsEurope
CPrudential5FinancialsEurope
D+Prudential Financial Inc12FinancialsNorth America
N/APZU2FinancialsEurope
C+Rabobank14FinancialsEurope
D+Santander18FinancialsEurope
D+Schroders32Asset ManagementEurope
C-Societe Generale26FinancialsEurope
CStandard Chartered23BanksEurope
DState Street32FinancialsNorth America
D+Swiss Life2FinancialsEurope
DSwiss Re16FinancialsEurope
D+Talanx1FinancialsEurope
C-TIAA17FinancialsNorth America
D-U.S. Bancorp4FinancialsNorth America
D+UBS19FinancialsEurope
C-UniCredit12BanksEurope
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
D-Truist6BanksNorth America
D-PNC Financial Services8FinancialsNorth America
DCapital One Financial3FinancialsNorth America
D+Fifth Third Bancorp0BanksNorth America
D+SVB Financial Group0FinancialsNorth America
D+Citizens Financial Group3BanksNorth America
D+T. Rowe Price17FinancialsNorth America
D+Royal Bank of Canada13FinancialsNorth America
C-Wellington Management11Asset ManagementNorth America
B-Manulife Financial Corporation7FinancialsNorth America
C+Federated Hermes24Asset ManagementNorth America
C-TD Bank Group11FinancialsNorth America
CBank of Montreal (BMO)10FinancialsCanada
CCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)9FinancialsCanada
EAlternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)27Asset ManagementGlobal
EAmerican Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)11InsuranceNorth America
D+Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)39FinancialsEurope
D+Bank Policy Institute (BPI)17BanksNorth America
DBIPAR14FinancialsEurope
EBusiness Roundtable14All SectorsNorth America
E-BusinessEurope30All SectorsEurope
DEFAMA35Asset ManagementEurope
D+European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB)28FinancialsEurope
D+European Banking Federation (EBF)35BanksEurope
E-EuropeanIssuers29All SectorsEurope
B+Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)37FinancialsEurope
D+Insurance Europe30InsuranceEurope
DInvest Europe17FinancialsEurope
D-Investment Company Institute (ICI)31Asset ManagementNorth America
E+Managed Funds Association16Asset ManagementGlobal
ENational Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)13InsuranceNorth America
D+PensionsEurope29FinancialsEurope
C-Reinsurance Association of America10InsuranceNorth America
C-Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)27FinancialsNorth America
D-Institute of International Finance (IIF)19FinancialsGlobal
FUS Chamber of Commerce24All SectorsNorth America
E+American Council of Life Insurers9InsuranceNorth America
DAmerican Bankers Association (ABA)15BanksNorth America
B-American Retirement Association (ARA)9FinancialsNorth America
CUK Finance16FinancialsEurope
CThe Investment Association21FinancialsEurope
BPensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)16FinancialsEurope
B-Association of British Insurers (ABI)16InsuranceEurope
DJapanese Bankers Association (JBA)19BanksAsia
D-Financial Services Forum6FinancialsNorth America
FNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM)18All SectorsNorth America
N/ACanadian Bankers Association4BanksNorth America