Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has issued its initial yearly Sustainability Report covering the organisation's social, ethical, company administration and ecological performance throughout the calendar years 2015 and 2016.

The report, prepared based on the GRI Standards: Core option, is additionally aligned to the GRI G4 Financial Solutions Field Disclosures and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Principles.

Group CEO Shayne Nelson stated: "We have incorporated sustainability as one of our key growth deliverables, and are honored to be a regional leader in innovation by establishing smart and straightforward services and products. We have actually acted with honesty and openness towards all stakeholders including investors, customers and staff members and utilized our management and proficiency to deal with numerous social and ecological difficulties which positively add to the communities we serve."

Key focus locations of Emirates NBD's Social Investment Approach Structure make up the #TogetherLimitless campaigning for platform for individuals with handicaps and #moneywise to motivate and promote monetary proficiency, with support areas comprising health and wellbeing, women empowerment, community development and the setting. Throughout 2015 and 2016, the Group contributed over AED 59 million across its social investment programs. Emirates NBD's acclaimed company offering program Exchanger, established in 2015, has seen a 61% boost in the number of volunteers over the in 2014, and has actually straight influenced more than 45,000 participants of the general public.

Emirates NBD recently became one of 11 banks in the nation to have actually signed the 'Dubai Affirmation of Financial Institutions in the United Arab Emirates on Sustainable Finance, as part of the Group's dedication to straighten its tasks with the UAE Vision 2021, the UAE Federal government's dedication to the Paris Environment Arrangement, United Nations Convention for the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities, the United Nations' Sustainable Growth Goals and the UAE Green Program Agenda 2015-2030.

A complete duplicate of the record is readily available on Emirates NBD's site.