InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of BPI.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Brian T. Moynihan is on the board of BPI.
Brian T. Moynihan (CEO, Bank of America Corporation)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of BPI.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Brian T. Moynihan is on the board of BPI.
Brian T. Moynihan (CEO, Bank of America Corporation)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Vanessa Holtz is member of AFME board of directors (last checked September 2023).
Vanessa Holtz (Bank of America, BofASE CEO and France Country Executive)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Vanessa Holtz is member of AFME board of directors (last checked September 2023).
Vanessa Holtz (Bank of America, BofASE CEO and France Country Executive)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a strategic partner of the MFA.
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Edouard Matitia-Cohen is a board member of Managed Funds Association.
Mr. Edouard Matitia-Cohen (Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Financing Distribution, Bank of America Merill Lynch)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a strategic partner of the MFA.
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Edouard Matitia-Cohen is a board member of Managed Funds Association.
Mr. Edouard Matitia-Cohen (Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Financing Distribution, Bank of America Merill Lynch)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of SIFMA.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Laura Peters Chepucavage is Vice Chair of SIFMA.
Laura Peters Chepucavage (Head of Global Financing and Futures, Bank of America Securities)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of SIFMA.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Laura Peters Chepucavage is Vice Chair of SIFMA.
Laura Peters Chepucavage (Head of Global Financing and Futures, Bank of America Securities)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Patricia Wenzel is on the board of ARA.
Patricia Wenzel (Senior Financial Advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Patricia Wenzel is on the board of ARA.
Patricia Wenzel (Senior Financial Advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Brian Moynihan is a member of the Financial Services Forum.
Brian Moynihan (Chairman and CEO, Bank of America)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Brian Moynihan is a member of the Financial Services Forum.
Brian Moynihan (Chairman and CEO, Bank of America)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of The Institute of International Finance.
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of The Institute of International Finance.
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of UK Finance, which is a member of EBF (last checked September 2023).
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Bank of America is a member of UK Finance, which is a member of EBF (last checked September 2023).
not specified
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In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Sustainable Finance Lobbying Overview: Bank of America’s engagement on sustainable finance policy has centered primarily on corporate ESG disclosure regulations, for which it has stated top-line support while objecting to specifics of policies.
Top-Line Messaging on Sustainable Finance Policy: Bank of America has advocated for action to achieve zero-carbon economies before 2050 and stated its support for the Paris Agreement’s goal to keep global temperature rise to well below 2C. In April 2021, Bank of America joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Bank of America has emphasized its ability as a global financial institution to “mobilize and deploy capital to address climate change,” but in 2020, CEO Brian Moynihan advocated for continued funding for oil and gas companies. In its April 2022 Approach to Zero commitment, Bank of America appeared to support regulatory action on sustainable finance.
Position on Regulated Corporate ESG Disclosure: Bank of America has stated support for regulating corporate ESG disclosure, asserting that voluntary disclosure efforts are insufficient. After the SEC released its proposed climate disclosure rule in March 2022, Bank of America supported the proposal, calling it “constructive and headed in the right direction,” while cautioning against immediate Scope 3 disclosure requirements. However, in its comment letter to the SEC in June 2022, Bank of America outlined major exceptions to its support for the disclosure rule, objecting to several aspects of the proposal including the financial statement metrics and some qualitative risk disclosure requirements. In July 2022, Bank of America outlined similar objections to the International Sustainability Standards Board’s draft climate disclosure standards. In August 2022 comments to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group on proposed European Sustainability Reporting Standards, Bank of America opposed a double materiality approach to reporting and argued against the level of detail of the proposed requirements.
Position on Incorporating ESG Factors Into Risk Management/Prudential Regulation: In 2022, Bank of America announced that it had joined the Risk Management Association’s Climate Risk Consortium, and that the Consortium was engaging with regulators and policymakers on climate-related risk management and prudential regulations for banks, but details of this engagement are unclear. A memo from the SEC shows that Bank of America, as constituents of the Bank Policy Institute, met with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to discuss “challenges” with the Office’s draft principles for climate-related financial risk management. Bank of America has not publicized details of this meeting or outlined its position on climate-related financial risk regulation.
Industry Association Governance: Bank of America has disclosed some of its trade association memberships with little detail of the sustainable finance policy positions of these organizations. The disclosure omits membership of some associations including the Association for Financial Markets in Europe and the Japanese Bankers Association.