Our Green Banking Office ensures that Environmental and Social factors are considered in banking operations and decision-making processes. We are committed to identifying and addressing all social and environmental risks in addition to aiding our clients in identifying and managing environmental risks as well as reducing the carbon footprint and socially adverse actions.
Environmental and Social Risk Management
Green Business Facilitation
Own Impact Reduction
Environmental Guidelines and Risk Management
Fully compliant with Green Banking Guidelines and has an Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) Framework in place, creating awareness towards the environmental and social risks involved in the extension of credit and the procedures and authorities which have been established to manage these risks.
Pioneering Green Initiatives
First commercial bank in Pakistan to be certified by the World- Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Pakistan) for their Green Office Initiative. This initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to decrease the ecological footprint at the workplace through various initiatives such as reducing electricity consumption and paper waste.
Sustainable Operations
Introduction of carbon reduction measures in self-operations. This ongoing exercise includes the measurement of energy and paper consumption in all our operating locations.
Solar Financing
Successfully financed over 400 solar projects for residential and agricultural purposes.
Solarized Branches
Solarized branches represent over 33% of our total branch network nationwide. We continue to increase our reliance on clean energy and overall promote the use of clean, renewable energy products.