FirstBank has announced the commencement of its 2025 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) Week, scheduled to hold from 27 October to 1 November 2025. Now in its ninth year, the yearly event reflects the bank’s commitment to community empowerment, environmental stewardship and the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FirstBank said in a statement.
Through its Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness (SPARK), FirstBank continues to build on its legacy of sowing seeds of kindness, with a focus on uplifting communities and reducing environmental impact.
During CR&S Week, it said, the bank mobilises employees across the FirstBank Group, including FirstBank Nigeria, FirstBank UK, FirstBank Gambia, FirstBank Sierra Leone, FirstBank DRC, FirstBank Guinea, FirstBank Ghana, FBNBank Senegal, First Pension and First Nominees, to dedicate their time and resources to meaningful causes that align with the bank’s sustainability strategy.
Commenting on the week-long event, Acting Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications at FirstBank, Olayinka Ijabiyi, said: “CR&S Week is a call to action. It is about showing up for humanity, being kind to one another, and proving that even the smallest act can ripple into lasting change.
FirstBank believes that kindness is a currency that never devalues, and that is why every year since 2017, staff have gone the extra mile to give back to the communities through its SPARK initiative, while also encouraging people to perform acts of random kindness.”
The bank plans to plant at least 20,000 trees within the week in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), in the final phase of its support for Nigeria’s 2060 decarbonisation agenda, the bank said.
The effort builds on the bank’s pledge to plant 50,000 trees by 2025, with 31,000 trees successfully planted in the past two years.
Throughout the week, FirstBank staff will be inspired to share messages of kindness, fostering a culture of compassion, civility, and empathy across the Bank.
The programme will feature themed webinars centred on the SPARK initiative as well as school engagements designed to instil the values of generosity and social responsibility in younger generations.
