China Merchants Bank

Red Line	Text of policies	Comments	Score
Regulatory requirements
Ensure Legality	CSR Report 2018: As a bank listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, we placed a heavy focus on compliance with applicable laws, regulations and various regulatory requirements; CMB has consistently improved its green credit policies.	The bank is committed to comply with national laws and regulations in its own operations, but it does not reference international conventions.	partly
No Corruption and Tax Evasion	CSR Report 2018: We strived to create an anticorruption atmosphere (...)prevent employees from breaking any laws or regulations (...). A corruption prevention system was constructed that includes day to day monitoring, special inspection, whistle blowing, integrity talks and written enquiries.	The bank is committed to fight coruption in its own operations, but it is not clear to what extend it requires the same from its clients.	not
Ensure ESIA for mills and plantations	CSR Report 2018: GRI 412 -Operating sites that accept human rights reviews or impact assessments - no page nr.	No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Social requirements
Ensure FPIC	CSR Report 2018: GRI 413 -Operating sites with local community involvement, impact assessment and development plans - no page nr.	No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Respect Human Rights		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Respect Indigenous rights and customary land use rights		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
No forced resettlement		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Environmental Requirements
No forest degradation and deforestation		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Protect endangered species		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
No high-risk species		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
No fire		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
Protect peat		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not
No persistent pollution	CSR report 2018: We strictly controlled the amount of new loans made to industries with high pollution or high energy consumption, pollution or high energy consumption. Related loans must meet our general loan granting requirements and national environmental protection standards regarding location, production processes, resource consumption and pollutant emission.	The bank is committed to fight pollution and mentions policies on this issue, but these policies could not be found online.	not
Corporate association / scope of the policy
Corporate association / scope of the policy		Third parties/sister/parent/subsidiary companies of the clients are not covered in the publicly available policies and documentation.	not

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