Minimum standards

Our minimum standards are Triodos Bank's bottom line: the absolute criteria we apply to ensure that we never fund any business engaged in any activities that are harmful to individuals, society or the environment.

These standards are dynamic, evolving over time with our deepening understanding of sustainability, and to reflect the latest developments in our society. In general, this means that we are continually tightening the criteria we apply, to ensure that we only invest in companies that are really setting the pace within their industry. Read our latest version of the minimum standards.

Standards updates 2011

In the first 6 months of 2011, we updated a number of our minimum standards:

Coal

We exclude companies that derive more than 5% of revenue from the production or retail of energy from coal power plants.

Oil from oil sands

We exclude companies that derive any revenue from the extraction or sales of oil from oil sands.

Nuclear power

We accept that low carbon electric utility companies are dependent on buying energy from an unknown source through an energy exchange with the purpose of securing the energy supply to clients in peak times, up to a maximum of 5% of total electricity sold.