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FCMB gets Africa’s environmental award

The award, organised by African Clean-Up Initiative and endorsed by Estonia’s Let’s Do It World Clean-up Foundation, is the first ever-independent clean-up award in the continent.

First City Monument Bank plc, FCMB.

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has emerged the Best Environmental Supporting Financial Institution in Africa at the African Clean-up Award for Excellence 2017, held in Ghana.

The award, organised by African Clean-Up Initiative and endorsed by Estonia’s Let’s Do It World Clean-up Foundation, is the first ever-independent clean-up award in the continent.

It recognises and honours outstanding and brilliant environmentalists, health and safety experts as well as philanthropists that are passionate about Environmental Sustainability in Africa.

This year’s edition received several submissions from various corporate organisations across Africa.

But FCMB said the award affirmed that it is truly “an environmentally-friendly financial institution that upholds best sustainable practices and demonstrates administrative excellence in dealing and supporting environmentally sustainable projects and social impact enterprise.”

The Group Head, Corporate Affairs of the bank, Diran Olojo, said the development is a further confirmation that the impact of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, with environmental sustainability as a core pillar, is being felt and appreciated globally.

“As a responsible corporate citizen, we place a high premium on not just what we achieve as an organisation, but how these are achieved, taking into consideration the impact on the environment.

“Hence, our business activities and operations are designed to ensure that we lend responsibly, promote financial inclusion, encourage diversity, adhere to health and safety standards, create awareness on environmentally friendly activities and reduce (or totally avoid where possible) negative impact on the environment’’, he said.

Olojo assured that the bank is committed to championing and executing activities that have the capacity to convert environmental challenges into opportunities in line with its values as a simple, helpful and reliable financial institution.

“We will continue to do doing the right things consistently to ensure sustainable development across the various spheres of business and service delivery’’, he said.

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