We can contribute positively to halting global climate change by adequately managing the Bank’s operations and carbon footprint. We shall do this by appropriately managing our resources, selecting vendors/contractors, and streamlining our business operations through an environmental management program covering aspects such as energy efficiency, paper usage, waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, and water usage.

We understand that creating economic value depends on natural and human capital, and we are convinced that ensuring the sustainability of our value chain is the only way of protecting our shareholders’ investment and a sustainable way of creating profit. This will go a long way in ensuring sustainable business development and contributing immensely to the future viability of the planet.

The Bank shall update its practices periodically to incorporate relevant developments in social and environmental management. We shall continue to define specific sustainability objectives for departments within and oversee their implementation.

We shall promote environmental responsibility along our value chain by encouraging suppliers, subcontractors, and customers to adopt social and environmental management best practices. To guarantee a responsible value chain; we select, evaluate, and monitor our suppliersand contractors through equitable and competitive processes that set out sustainable criteria by strengthening our relationship and working jointly to build capacities that enable us to grow together and reduce associated risk and operational impact.
To ensure proper and effective management of our carbon footprint, we have updated our Carbon Footprint Policy manual detailed in the Carbon Footprint Policy section.