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Doha Bank has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Global Award for sustainability 2020.
Chief Executive officer Dr R Seetharaman received the prestigious award in a virtual ceremony.
The event was hosted by the Institute of Directors, India, and attended by bankers, academics, environmentalists, economists, legislators and policy makers.
On receiving the award Dr Seetharaman said, “This is a milestone achievement in our efforts towards sustainability. It gives us a boost to strengthen our efforts towards sustainable development. Doha Bank will continue to work on sustainable development of its stakeholders.” Green banking and climate-change financing are key initiatives to promote green economies, he said.
“Doha Bank advocates and practices green banking, which is one of the core business philosophies that will support sustainability into the future. Banks should align lending activities with environmental cause. They should develop environmental and social-risk management and expand the scope of risk management to include social and environment risk also. Public-private-partnership (PPP) models can potentially address the challenges posed by climate change and there should be policies to attract private sector investment.”
In line with Doha Bank’s commitment to carbon neutrality, it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD) to explore areas of mutual collaboration in sustainability and carbon neutrality.
Doha Bank, a pioneer in Qatar for annual sustainability disclosures, has been publishing these disclosures for more than a decade.
“Our sustainability reporting is guided by the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ESG reporting methodology since 2016. Doha Bank was the first listed company on the Qatar Stock Exchange to be included in the FTSE4Good Index and the bank also received an MSCI ESG Rating of BB,” the bank said in a statement.
“Doha Bank further supports the 10 Principles of the United Nations Global Compact on human rights, labour, environment and anticorruption. Sustainability is our approach to business and to all stakeholders and will be a journey that will lead to growth at Doha Bank,” it added.
Doha
Doha Bank has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Global Award for sustainability 2020.
Chief Executive officer Dr R Seetharaman received the prestigious award in a virtual ceremony.
The event was hosted by the Institute of Directors, India, and attended by bankers, academics, environmentalists, economists, legislators and policy makers.
On receiving the award Dr Seetharaman said, “This is a milestone achievement in our efforts towards sustainability. It gives us a boost to strengthen our efforts towards sustainable development. Doha Bank will continue to work on sustainable development of its stakeholders.” Green banking and climate-change financing are key initiatives to promote green economies, he said.
“Doha Bank advocates and practices green banking, which is one of the core business philosophies that will support sustainability into the future. Banks should align lending activities with environmental cause. They should develop environmental and social-risk management and expand the scope of risk management to include social and environment risk also. Public-private-partnership (PPP) models can potentially address the challenges posed by climate change and there should be policies to attract private sector investment.”
In line with Doha Bank’s commitment to carbon neutrality, it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD) to explore areas of mutual collaboration in sustainability and carbon neutrality.
Doha Bank, a pioneer in Qatar for annual sustainability disclosures, has been publishing these disclosures for more than a decade.
“Our sustainability reporting is guided by the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ESG reporting methodology since 2016. Doha Bank was the first listed company on the Qatar Stock Exchange to be included in the FTSE4Good Index and the bank also received an MSCI ESG Rating of BB,” the bank said in a statement.
“Doha Bank further supports the 10 Principles of the United Nations Global Compact on human rights, labour, environment and anticorruption. Sustainability is our approach to business and to all stakeholders and will be a journey that will lead to growth at Doha Bank,” it added.
