CSR

PARTNER OF A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of the identifying marks of our Group and plays a central role in all business areas. However, it is not an imposed obligation, but is deeply anchored in the essence of the company and its strategy. The Crédit Agricole Group has grown from a history marked by cooperation and partnership and makes it its fixed objective to preserve the spirit of an economy tailored towards the common good. The top priority is to carry out all bank and insurance activities responsibly towards the stakeholders and to assume the role of strong financial partner of business and its regions.

For this reason, ecological, social and societal aspects have been integrated completely into our new strategic project 2022. The Crédit Agricole Group will vigorously continue its commitment to integrative development and make green finance one of its growth drivers.

To the strategic project Ambitions 2022

A GROUP WITH ATTITUDE

For more than 20 years, Crédit Agricole has engaged in a wide variety of sustainability areas. A particular focus lies on financing climate projects. The Group is ...

A SIGNATORY OF THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS:

• United Nations Global Compact (since  2003)
• Equator Principles (since  2003)
• Principles for Responsible Investment (since  2006)
• Diversity Charter (since  2008)
• Sustainable Purchasing Charter (since  2010)
• Charta for the Energy Efficiency of Office Buildings  (since  2013)
• Science Based Targets (since 2016)
• RE 100 (since 2016)

A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:

• Green Bonds Principles (since  2014)
• Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (since  2014)
• Climate Action in Financial Institutions (since  2015)
• Catalytic Finance Initiative (since  2015)
• French Business Climate Pledge (since 2015)
• BBCA Association (since 2015)
• Finance for Tomorrow (since 2017)

A COLLABORATOR IN THE FOLLOWING COMMITMENTS:

• Call for carbon pricing der World Bank Group (since 2014)
• Montreal Carbon Pledge (since 2015)
• Paris Appeal on Climate Change (since 2015)
• IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Council) (since 2016)
• Sondereinheit Climate Disclosure (since 2017)
• Climate Action 100+ (since 2017) 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS:

• Statement on modern slavery (from 2017)

CSR ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNISED BY STAKEHOLDERS

For more than 10 years, our CSR activities have been recognised by the stakeholders. Independent rating agencies graded Crédit Agricole as leading:

• Rating result A in the ESG achievement of Morgan Stanley Capital International
• Rating result A1 for the integration of ESG factors into strategy, business activity and risk management, as well as solid results with sustainable value for its customers and stakeholders of Vigeo Eiris
• Rating result Prime from ISS-Oekom
• Rating result C from Carbon Disclosure Project
• represented in the British index FTSE4Good for the last few years
• represented in the index NYSE-Euronext for the last few years: Europe 120, Eurozone 120.

WEITERE INFORMATIONEN ZU UNSERER SOZIALEN VERANTWORTUNG

You can find more information about the CSR activities of the Crédit Agricole Group on our international website.