Commitment to sustainability – from financing green and blue bonds, to creating digital access for customers, to maintaining transparent governance for all stakeholders – can enable banks to create a culture that fosters long-term resilience, trust and value creation.

Joseph Giarraputo, Founder and Editorial Director of Global Finance, talks to Sohail Sultan, Chairman, iibGroup, about the bank’s wide-ranging sustainability initiatives and how they have shaped the institution’s identity and culture.

Committed to serving as a sustainability leader in the community, iib’s sustainability initiatives span multiple sectors. In healthcare, for example, the bank has run blood donation campaigns and supported oncology services. iib’s educational programsincludes partnering with the British Foreign Office to sponsor post-graduates for UK education as well as sponsoring technology upgrades and providing digital media solutions for corporate employees.