《中国银行业环境记录2010》英文版发布

[Yu Chen]

Dear All,



BankTrack and Friends of the Earth have just completed the English
translation of a report about the sustainability policies and
practices of Chinese commercial banks, which was released by member
group Green Watershed in April this year. Environmental Record of
Chinese Banks 2010 benchmarks 14 Chinese commercial banks, including
ICBC, China Construction Bank and Bank of China, which are currently
some of the biggest banks in the world. The report assesses each bank
based on indicators such as its environmental policies, implementation
measures, lending reductions to energy-intensive and polluting
sectors, lending to environmentally friendly projects, information
disclosure and receptivity to public criticism. Noting that Chinese
financiers are expanding their portfolios abroad, the study also
looked at the banks’ transparency about their overseas lending. The
authors used data from the banks’ 2009 CSR reports, publicly-available
bank policies, questionnaires sent to the banks, and media coverage.



Check it out to learn how major Chinese financiers are (or aren’t)
integrating green finance into their lending. The report is available
at: http://www.banktrack.org/download/environmental_record_of_chinese_banks_2010/environmental_records_of_chinese_banks_2010_eng.pdf



This is the second sustainability study of Chinese commercial banks
that Green Watershed and its Chinese NGO partners have completed. The
first examines the banks’ progress towards sustainability in 2008,
while the second provides updates and comparison to the previous
year. Both reports are available in the Chinese-language section of
the BankTrack website, and on Green Watershed’s China Green Bank Watch
website.