FCMB Wins Award on Environmental Support

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

The award, organised by African Clean-Up Initiative and endorsed by ‘Let’s Do It’ World Clean-up Foundation in Estonia, is Africa’s first everindependent clean-up award.

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. The ceremony was attended by distinguished personalities within the public and private sectors in the continent and other parts of the world.

In a statement conferring the award on FCMB, the organisers explained that “the bank is 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.”

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

According to him, ‘’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.”

While commending African Clean-up Initiative for deeming FCMB worthy of the award, Olojo assured that the bank was 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.