Standard Chartered has just published its 2009 Sustainability Review.
Banking is vital to restoring a vibrant global economy. Banks can be powerful contributors to economic and social progress. In this year’s Review, Standard Chartered reports:
The implementation of 13 public sector lending position papers, to ensure a consistent and cohesive approach to managing environmental and social risks across the Bank’s financing activities $540 million of credit and financing provided to the microfinance sector since 2006, impacting the lives of 3.6 million people 24% decrease in air travel emissions per full-time employee since 2007 1.125 million people pledged to receive HIV and AIDS education 8.3 million beneficiaries of Seeing is Believing, a programme to fight avoidable blindness, since its inception in 2003
The Standard Chartered 2009 Sustainability Review is now available at www.sustainability.standardchartered.com. In line with the Bank’s paper usage targets, the review can only be found online. Here you can see a conversation between the Group Chairman and Chief Executive, reflecting on the year and looking ahead to 2010, as well as other online video content.
Standard Chartered PLC, listed on both London and Hong Kong stock exchanges, ranks among the top 20 companies in the FTSE-100 by market capitalisation. The London-headquartered Group has operated for over 150 years in some of the world's most dynamic markets. It earns about 90 per cent of its income and profits in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, from its Wholesale and Consumer Banking businesses. The Group has produced seven years of record income and profit, primarily as a result of organic growth. It now has 1700 branches and outlets located in 70 countries and employs around 75,000 people, nearly half of whom are women. Employees are of 125 nationalities, of which about 70 are represented in the senior management.
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The report features the conversation between the Group Chairman & Chief Executive, as well as other online video content