Access Bank Plc has just scored a rare repeat performance at the 2017 Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards in Germany by receiving the “Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award 2017”.
The award was presented to Access Bank Chief Executive Offi cer, Herbert Wigwe in Karlsruhe, Germany’s most sustainable city a year after Access Bank made history as the fi rst African bank to receive this prestigious accolade.
The award was received barely a week after Nigeria’s foremost rating agency, Agusto & Co upgraded the Bank’s rating from A+ to AAThe award conveners presented the accolade in recognition of Access Bank’s outstanding success in incorporating economic, social and environmental aspects into its corporate strategy and business processes. Th is prize also brings global recognition to the Bank’s impressive success in holistically embedding sustainability across all aspects of operations within the fi nancial institution.
The award ceremony which held recently was attended by CEOs of leading international fi nancial institutions, senior executives of other winning institutions and top German government offi cials. Speaking at the presentation ceremony Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Offi cer of the Bank said the award validates the Bank’s continuous eff orts and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. “Since we were here last year to receive the 2016 “Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award,” Access Bank has continued to champion responsible investing, innovative health initiatives, environmental protection and fi nancial inclusion.
We are doing this profitably. So, we continue to encourage other institutions to embrace the same principles and practices,” Wigwe said. “At Access Bank, we believe our operations, loan and project fi nance must have the barest environmental footprint. Indeed, we believe the net impact of our activities must be positive on the environment.
As such, we are champions of climate change mitigation and adaptation” he added. He assured that the Bank will be further motivated and maintain profi table growth while embracing sustainability.
