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.
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 Band | Organization | Engagement Intensity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D+ | HSBC | 30 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | BNP Paribas | 42 | Financials | Europe |
| C | Allianz | 38 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Santander | 15 | Financials | Europe |
| C | AXA | 28 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | ING | 19 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Intesa Sanpaolo | 15 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Lloyds Banking Group | 7 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Zurich Insurance | 17 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | UniCredit | 10 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | BBVA | 29 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Chubb | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Generali | 10 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Credit Agricole | 24 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Societe Generale | 23 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | UBS | 15 | Financials | Europe |
| C | NatWest Group | 11 | Financials | Europe |
| B | Aviva | 45 | Financials | Europe |
| B | Legal & General | 26 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | BlackRock | 35 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | Vanguard | 8 | Financials | North America |
| D | State Street | 28 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | BNY Mellon | 25 | Financials | North America |
| D | J.P. Morgan | 10 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | Goldman Sachs | 9 | Financials | North America |
| C- | TIAA | 16 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | Northern Trust | 9 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Invesco | 25 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Deutsche Bank | 26 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen | 24 | Financials | Europe |
| C+ | Franklin Templeton Investments | 14 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | Schroders | 26 | Financials | Europe |
| B- | APG | 7 | Financials | Europe |
| C | Groupe BPCE | 44 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Barclays | 17 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Credit Suisse | 10 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Standard Chartered | 20 | Financials | Europe |
| C | Rabobank | 12 | Financials | Europe |
| C+ | Nordea | 26 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Crédit Mutuel | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Commerzbank | 6 | Financials | Europe |
| C | CaixaBank | 5 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | ABN AMRO | 11 | Financials | Europe |
| C | Danske Bank | 21 | Financials | Europe |
| N/A | Talanx | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| D | CNP Assurances | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| D- | Ameriprise Financial | 5 | Financials | North America |
| D | DZ Bank | 2 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Aegon | 14 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Munich Re | 2 | Financials | Europe |
| C+ | Phoenix Group | 8 | Financials | Europe |
| B- | NN Group | 10 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Swiss Life | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Swiss Re | 16 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Covea | 4 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Groupama | 4 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Ageas | 0 | Financials | Europe |
| D | Achmea | 1 | Financials | Europe |
| B- | Unipol | 14 | Financials | Europe |
| N/A | PZU | 0 | Financials | Europe |
| C | Morgan Stanley | 10 | Financials | North America |
| D | Baloise | 0 | Financials | Europe |
| D | KLP | 2 | Financials | Europe |
| C- | Bank Of America | 6 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Prudential Financial Inc | 7 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Wells Fargo | 7 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Citigroup | 14 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Scotiabank | 10 | Financials | North America |
| D | Berkshire Hathaway | 2 | Industrials | North America |
| D | American International Group | 3 | Financials | North America |
| C- | Prudential | 3 | Financials | Europe |
| D+ | Fidelity Investments | 6 | Financials | North America |
| D+ | Charles Schwab | 3 | Financials | North America |
| D | Truist | 3 | Financials | North America |
| D- | Capital Group | 8 | Financials | North America |
| D | U.S. Bancorp | 2 | Financials | North America |
| D | Metlife | 1 | Financials | North America |
| D | New York Life Insurance Company | 1 | Financials | North America |
| D | Lincoln National Corporation | 0 | Financials | North America |
| D | Northwestern Mutual | 0 | Financials | North America |
| D | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company | 0 | Financials | North America |
| D | State Farm Insurance | 0 | Financials | North America |
