Industrial Bank

Red Line	Text of policies	Comments	Score
Regulatory requirements
Ensure Legality	YR 2018 (p38): "Aimed for being the first-class green financial comprehensive service provider and the fron-runner in green finance (...) ; IB is an Equator Bank	The bank is committed to green finance and has signed the Equator principles, which should assure that it requires compliance with national laws as well as with international conventiones, when EP are applied.	partly
No Corruption and Tax Evasion	YR 2018: Effectively conducting anti-corruption work	The year report mentions trainings and improvements, but it does not mention the banks criteria itself. It is not clear to what extend criteria apply to clients.	not
Ensure ESIA for mills and plantations	YR 2018: ten years of being an equator bank; first equator bank in China (p16)	For projects that fall under the Equator Principles, an ESIA is required. There are no clear requirements for other cases.	partly
Social requirements
Ensure FPIC		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	YR 2018 (p37): (...) the bank explicitly refuses industries with backward technology, severe pollutions (...) ; lists "paper industry" as in industry with "high energy consumption, high pollution or overcapacity"	The bank is commiteted to address pollution, but there are no clear criteria regarding what it will not finance.	partly
Corporate association / scope of the policy
Corporate association / scope of the policy		No publicly available policies or documentation were found that cover this criteria.	not

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