Sustainability is an important and integral part of our ambition to create value for customers, shareholders, employees and society at large.
We recognise that a prerequisite for a prosperous and sustainable society is an awareness and understanding of sustainability challenges and a willingness and ability to act. As a bank we are a central part in allocating society's financial resources, financing the transition to a sustainable society. We define our material impact within the environmental, social and governance areas.
Environment
We are aware of our responsibility to contribute to sustainable development and are addressing environmental aspects in financing and investments as well as in managing our direct impact. We believe that this is also good business practice for our company and our business partners. Environmental responsibility concerns the impact that we or our business partners have on living and non-living natural systems, including ecosystems, land, air and water. This responsibility includes monitoring of environmental input (such as material, energy, water) and output (such as emissions, effluents, waste) as well as performance related to biodiversity, environmental compliance, environmental expenditure and the impact of products and services. We expect our clients and portfolio companies to manage natural resources responsibly.