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11 Feb 2014

Author:
Rathbone Greenbank Investments and the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

The Banks and Society: Trust rebuilt? (UK)

Rathbone Greenbank Investments and the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility...announce the launch of their joint report on the banking sector...[In] 2013, Rathbone Greenbank Investments, in partnership with the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility, requested meetings with the leading UK banks to discuss a number of key responsible business issues...Our forthcoming report on these meetings, The Banks and Society: Trust Rebuilt?, provides an in-depth review of five areas identified as key challenges facing the banking sector today: Regulatory action and culture change[;] Tax policy and practices[;] Social and environmental risks in project and corporate finance activities[;] Regional lending [and] Access to finance [refers to Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander, Standard Chartered]