If you visit the website of National Bank of Bahrain (NBB), it doesn’t take long to recognise that it takes corporate responsibility seriously.
Keywords such as sustainability and responsibility feature strongly, and the bank declares its aim to “see a more prosperous Bahrain is not restricted to providing banking service alone but to create an environment where every member of the community has an opportunity to build a future which is safe, secure, happy and flourishing.”
In 2023, the bank’s actions matched its words – it is Euromoney’s best bank for corporate responsibility in the Middle East as a result. Under the leadership of new group chief executive Usman Ahmed, who took the job at the beginning of the year, NBB has supported an impressive range of causes and initiatives with funding and other resources, to a total of 81 organizations.
The bank has channelled 5% of profits into the local community since the 1980s and, for 2023, when it posted net profit of BD81.4