The vision of the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) is to be a market leader in sustainable operations, aligning their sustainability principles with their core values and aspirations. NBB’s ESG strategy is built on their long-term objective to have a significant impact on the industry locally and regionally.
NBB’s three-year sustainability roadmap focuses on various avenues across the bank, and as such, this has led to a strong participation by all internal stakeholders from Board of Directors to most junior employees.
NBB is committed to enhancing awareness of ESG principles by improving data collection, reporting and disclosures to support their sustainability journey. Known for championing new initiatives that are not common practice, NBB enhanced their transparency by issuing an integrated Annual Financial & Sustainability Report 2020, which set the standard for enhanced reporting and disclosures. They have continued with this practice ever since.
According to Jean-Christophe Durand, CEO of NBB, the collective integration of ESG practices across the organisation has proven to be a foundation of NBB’s success, and the decision to address all environmental, social, and governance aspects simultaneously has positioned NBB as an ESG leader in the market, including first-place rankings by ESG Invest and Refinitiv.
