Desjardins Group Canada
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Created before Nov 2016 Last update: Dec 10 2020
About Desjardins Group The Desjardins Group, founded in 1900, is the largest financial cooperative in Canada. The Group operates a total of 271 caisses: cooperatives that are owned by its members. The Group provides financial services such as consumer banking, asset-based lending and investment banking. Desjardins has its largest presence in Quebec, but is also well established in Ontario.
Website https://www.desjardins.com
Headquarters 100 Des Commandeurs Street QC G6V 7N5 LĂ©vis Canada
CEO/chair Guy Cormier CEO
Supervisor Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
Annual 2020 Report: Desjardins Group maintains its commitments to sustainable development CSR report 2019 reports Annual report 2019
Ownership The Desjardins Group is a cooperative bank, comprised of a network of caisses. Every caisse is a cooperative owned by its members. As such, it is not publicly listed on a stock exchange.
Complaints Desjardins Group operates a Comments, dissatisfactions and complaints channel, which can be accessed here. and grievances
Sustainability
Voluntary standards Desjardins Group has committed itself to the following voluntary standards: Carbon Disclosure Project Global Reporting Initiative Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Investment policies Desjardins Group's web page on social responsibility and cooperation can be viewed here.
Desjardins's position on coal Dec 17 2020 | Desjardins
Policy on climate change Date listed represents date as accessed on website Feb 11 2019 | Desjardins Group
Desjardins group supplier code of conduct Dec 31 2017 | Desjardins Group Anti-money laundering questionnaire Mar 10 2016 | Desjardins Group Good moves
2020
Desjardins adopts a robust coal exit policy The Quebec financial group Desjardins has just published the details of its thermal coal policy. This policy covers all the essential exclusion criteria that will allow it to completely phase out coal by 2030 in the OECD and 2040 in the rest of the world. Desjardins becomes the 17th financial institution…
Related Dodgy Deals
Desjardins Group has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.
Projects
Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada active Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil
Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States target Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil