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Ajax and ABN AMRO have reached agreement on the extension of the sponsor contract. With the new agreement, the bank will remain connected to the club until at least mid 2023. From now on, ABN AMRO will focus on strengthening the women's teams within Ajax.
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ABN AMRO, Rabobank and BNP Paribas team up with Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), IDH, and USAID to support smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya, Honduras and Mexico.
ABN AMRO Bank today became one of the Founding Signatories of the Principles for Responsible Banking, committing to strategically align its business with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
People in the Netherlands believe they can play an important role in making society more sustainable, especially in matters relating to food, clothing and recreation. When it comes to mobility, energy and housing they expect the government to take the lead. A large majority feel that business and government should be trailblazers in these areas.
Nearly half of Dutch people is open to experimenting with Mobility as a Service (MaaS): a travel subscription allowing them to use a whole range of shared and public transport, the idea being that a real-time app advises them on the most efficient route to take, regardless of the type of traffic. That said, their willingness to switch is contingent on this new mode of transport taking them to where they want to go in as easy a way as they can currently get there using their own cars, motorbikes or bicycles.
ABN AMRO yesterday announced it will enhance its bank-wide Mission 2030 to include the standards agreed in the Paris climate accord. In its 2030 mission, the bank set the goal to have its own buildings achieve at least energy label A by 2023 and to attain an average label A for the entire ABN AMRO-financed residential and commercial property portfolio by 2030. ABN AMRO now adds that its own buildings should be ‘Paris-proof’ by 2030.
In the Netherlands, pupils at schools in deprived neighbourhoods have a significantly more difficult time than children attending schools in conventional neighbourhoods, with 93% of teachers regularly seeing children with problems at school. The corresponding figure in conventional neighbourhoods is 59%. Breaking down the problems into separate groups reveals an even more worrying picture. For example, 87% of teachers indicate that pupils in deprived neighbourhoods often have underdeveloped language skills, versus 23% in conventional neighbourhoods. For concentration difficulties, the breakdown is 72% versus 57%, and the difference in experiences with large numbers of pupils with learning deficiencies is a staggering 40% (70% as opposed to 30% in conventional neighbourhoods). These are findings from a study carried out by MWM2 for Jeugdeducatiefonds (Education Fund for Children), Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (Dutch Children’s Charity Stamps Foundation) and ABN AMRO Foundation. Today the organisations present the results at a seminar entitled ‘Unequal Educational Opportunities’.
Today, ABN AMRO is introducing the Sustainable Home Mortgage (Duurzaam Wonen Hypotheek). The product will help clients finance energy-saving measures for their homes on favourable terms and at lower interest rates.
The Dutch are struggling with how to contribute to a better climate. No fewer than six in ten Dutch people are concerned about climate change and 80 per cent believe we should live more sustainably to leave the planet a better place for future generations. But despite this awareness, they are reluctant to opt for sustainable alternatives if that means paying out of their own pocket. And so they take small steps when it comes to integrating sustainable solutions in their daily lives.
ABN AMRO today releases its second Human Rights Report, underpinned by the reporting guidelines of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
ABN AMRO has joined the Dutch Alliance for a Smoke-Free Society (Alliantie Nederland Rookvrij), a partnership of more than 140 organisations that is led by the Dutch Lung Foundation, the Dutch Cancer Society and the Dutch Heart Foundation. ABN AMRO is now the first bank in the Netherlands to support the Smoke-Free Generation initiative.
ABN AMRO is looking for 50,000 used tennis balls. The bank plans to use these balls to make a playground for the Krajicek Foundation, a partner of ABN AMRO. ABN AMRO is calling on all people in the Netherlands – including its employees – to donate their used tennis balls at one of the bank’s branches.
ABN AMRO today announced a two-year extension of its agreement with Social Enterprise NL, a partnership that started in 2012. Social Enterprise NL represents, connects and supports the community of social enterprises in the Netherlands. ABN AMRO supports this countrywide platform by providing financial and entrepreneurial expertise, alongside investment and coaching.
Fourteen financial institutions, united in the Platform Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), have made considerable progress in the past year in calculating the CO2 impact of the assets they manage. To date, they have applied the methodology to more than one trillion euros of the aggregate assets managed, almost half of the total. After further analysis of this data, the members will report on this in their annual reports. The members of PCAF today presented the report on their progress to members of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate Change.
