Building the Bank of The Future
ESG Journey
Emirates NBD's ESG commitment over the years have enhanced, covering larger and wider aspects of ESG principles. Our journey has
been fruitful, and we expect further development in the upcoming years given the plan to standardize the ESG practices and
contributions.
Pre 2019
Green Auto Loans
Digital Banking:
AED 1 Billion Digitisation Programme transformation
Instant Account Opening on Mobile
E-Savings Account
The Scholar Plus Loan
LetsLink Women's Club
2019
2020
ā
Emirates NBD Capital issued 24 ESG bond including:
First ever USD corporate green Sukuk
First-ever COVID-19 Sustainability Sukuk
$1.75 billion ESG-linked syndicated loan
Introduced Bio Cards
Masdar Green REIT - investing in sustainable real estate assets
ā Structuring & Managing the first sustainable REIT
Amounting to AED 949 million
'See Her Empowered' (SHE) programme
2021
2022
Emirates NBD and DenizBank's Sustainable Finance
Frameworks publication.
Principal Banking Partner at COP 28
Raised USD 750 million green bond, the largest ever from a
regional bank.
Best Bank for ESG in the UAE at the Euromoney Excellence
Awards 2023
USD 20 billion through 40 Green Bond issues in 2023
Launch of the ESG-Linked Supply Chain Finance Programme in
collaboration with Emirates Global Aluminium.
First UAE bank to introduce carbon trading in alignment with the
UAE's Net Zero action plan
2023
Liv. Digital banking launched in 2017
E-Cheque: mobile cheque deposit in 2015
Exchanger Programme Est. 2015
First sustainability sukuk: issued by
EmCap with Islamic Development Bank
Launch of the E20.
Launch of BusinessONLINE
Electing first female director
Appointing Group Head of ESG
Female workforce grown by 28% in middle
management rules
Paper savings of roughly 3.3 million
DenizBank ranked highest market share 38% in
agricultural lending
DenizBank has provided a project financing
support of USD 1.1 billion for renewable energy
projects and sustainability to date
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