Standard Chartered is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, operating across 50+ countries with 85,000 employees.
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Standard Chartered has decarbonized operations dramatically (96% reduction since 2018) and joined RE100, but this masks a critical flaw: the bank finances $32 billion in fossil fuel expansion since Paris and continues bankrolling controversial LNG projects in biodiversity hotspots. Exiting SBTi in 2023 enabled continued fossil fuel financing despite science-based sector targets.
Standard Chartered scores 39/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Standard Chartered joint 385th of 847 companies scored, and joint 18th of 51 in Financial Services / Banking.
Where Standard Chartered sits among financial services / banking peers.
Among the 51 major financial services / banking brands we've scored, Standard Chartered is tied =18th of 51, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
The full reasoning is in the ten questions below.
However, financed portfolio includes LNG in biodiversity hotspots: Verde Island Passage (Philippines) and Cabo Delgado (Mozambique), documented by BankTrack and campaign groups at 2024–2025 AGMs.
Global waste metrics beyond Kenya not prominently reported.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Energy Source (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 5/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Standard Chartered.
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, reports operational emissions comprehensively but excludes financed emissions—its material impact lever—from reduction targets.
See the breakdown →NatWest has cut operational emissions 66% since 2019 and achieved 100% renewable electricity, but undermined these gains by voluntarily withdrawing SBTi validation in 2025 and weakening oil & gas lending policy in February 2026.
See the breakdown →Wise discloses a single 2022 emissions figure (33,952 tCO2e) without Scope 3 breakdown, third-party verification, or updated data despite rapid growth doubling headcount and tripling revenue.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
10 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
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Standard Chartered is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, operating across 50+ countries with 85,000 employees. A major player in emerging market finance, the bank serves corporate, institutional, and retail clients. It is among the world's largest trade finance providers.
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