FBNBank Ghana has announced this year’s edition of its annual Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) Week, which starts on Monday, October 23 and ends on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
This annual event forms the foundation of FBNBank’s community engagement efforts and is poised to make an impact on local communities. The CR&S Week is a Group-wide initiative that includes FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Senegal, FirstBank Nigeria, FirstBank Sierra Leone, FirstBank Gambia, FirstBank Guinea and FirstBank DRC under the theme ‘Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness (SPARK) – A Way of Life’.
Corporate responsibility is one of the bank’s core values, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week is a way it gives back to communities. It also serves as a platform for employees to come together in support of various initiatives that foster community development. As part of the celebrations, FBNBank will make donations to some selected institutions in the country.
Speaking about the celebrations, Victor Yaw Asante, FBNBank Ghana Managing Director/CEO said: “Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Week is a time when we come together as a bank to not only fulfil our CR&S responsibility, but also try and make a tangible difference in the lives of those we serve. We are excited about this positive impact we can create; and above all, we put our stakeholders at the heart of what we do”.
Over the years, FBNBank Ghana has remained committed to the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of its stakeholders, and has engaged in a sustained campaign to deliver benefits to its community, people and economy through programmes and initiatives in community support. The bank has over the years, through its annual CR&S Week celebration, focused on the areas of education, health and empowering people.
Commenting on the Week’s celebration, FBNBank Ghana’s Managing Director Victor Yaw Asante said: “Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Week reflects our commitment to creating positive change. It is also about making a difference for a better tomorrow, not only for the bank but also for the communities we serve. At FBNBank, we are committed to ensuring the FBNBank brand continues to deliver on its promise of putting stakeholders first in all that we do. The CR&S Week will also boost the bank’s employee and volunteer efforts across our business communities to create sustainable impact, touch lives and make our societies a better place to live”.
FBNBank has in its 27 years of operating in Ghana remained focused on putting its customers and communities first. This it has sought to do through the rich value and excellence that the bank contributes in relationship with its stakeholders as a whole, particularly customers.
FBNBank Ghana is a member of First Bank of Nigeria Limited Group, which is renowned for its great customer service and general stakeholder engagement garnered over its 127 years of operation. FBNBank Ghana has twenty-four (24) branches, four (4) service points and a network of agents across the country with over 600 staff. FBNBank offers universal banking service to individuals and businesses in Ghana.
