Key Focus Areas

• Environmental Protection - We run our operations and ensures sustainable growth in the long term and make positive decisions that minimize adverse impacts to the environment and have a positive impact for the future generations.
• Social Responsibility - We provide training and supporting health and safety, and wellbeing of our employees and further helps in promoting equality in the work environment.
• Ethical Governance - We have put in place strong governance standards that promote integrity, accountability, and responsible management practices, reducing the risk of corruption, fraud, and unethical conduct.

Our Sustainability Strategy principles.

• Implement ESG practices in our business strategy and operations.
• Provide sustainable financing opportunities to customers.
• Assist customers in adopting environmentally friendly practices.
• Promote financial literacy to vulnerable communities.
• Provide digital transformation via digital solutions.
• Conduct operations in line with globally recognized environmental standards.
• Ensure that our sustainability strategy is based on strong governance, policies, and processes.

Awards

Memberships and partnerships.

• KBA - Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) is the financial sector’s leading advocacy group and the umbrella body of the institutions licenced and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) with a current membership of 46 financial institutions. KBA continues to reinforce a reputable and professional banking sector in a bid to best support Kenyans, who entrust their ambitions and hard-earned resources with its member banks.
• UNGC - The UNGC is a global platform and an initiative of the UN established to encourage businesses to adopt fundamental principles in the areas of human rights, labour practices, environment, and anticorruption.
• UNEP-FI - The UNEP FI is a collaborative initiative between UNEP and the global financial sector. UNEP FI works with its full range of partners to promote sustainable development through the financial industry players.

Reporting and disclosures.

• CBK – Report quarterly on Climate Related Risk Implementation Plan for NBK.
• UNGC - Commitment to embed UN Global Compact’s ten principles into business strategies and operations and issue an annual Communication on Progress (COP), a public disclosure to stakeholders on progress, and in supporting broader UN development goals.
• IFC - Report client performance on eight IFC Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability along project lifespan.
• Stakeholders - Annual sustainability report integrated in the Group annual integrated report.

Integrating the SDG’s

NBK has adopted Seven Sustainable Development Goals into its business strategy and decision making.