CO2 emissions of largest banks worldwide

According to environmental reporting on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the largest banks worldwide, based on total assets, three U.S. banks reported the highest emissions in 2020. JPMorgan Chase reported total GHG emissions of 766.34 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Bank of America and Citigroup followed in the ranking. Lowest total CO2 emissions among the largest banks worldwide were reported by Japan Post Bank, which amounted to 44.53 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The selection of banks is based on the largest banks worldwide, by total assets.

China Development Bank (China) is among the top 15 largest bank in the world by total assets, but has due to lack of data availability been excluded from this statistic. *

Emissions data of ICBC, Agricultural Bank of China, and Bank of China covered the Head Office and the institutions based in Beijing.

This statistics has been compiled by Statista using the environmental reporting from the banks.

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