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How is ABN AMRO helping entrepreneurs make their business premises more sustainable?
- Sustainable banking newsletter
Since buildings consume a lot of energy, they end up generating a large proportion of carbon emissions. By making their business premises sustainable, companies limit their impact on the environment and save on energy costs. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs are still reluctant to take energy-saving measures. So how can ABN AMRO help its business clients make a start?
Product-as-a-service boosts the circular economy
- Sustainable banking newsletter
These days, more and more products are offered as a service, the advantage being that at the end of the subscription period, products are returned to the supplier, refurbished and then re-enter the market. This process extends the product’s lifespan and ultimately makes the economy more circular. ABN AMRO is giving a boost to this development through advisory and financing.
Sponsorship: a tool to promote equality and sustainability in sport
- Sustainable banking newsletter
Long gone are the days when sponsorship came down to little more than a financial contribution in exchange for plastering the company logo. Today, ABN AMRO is sponsoring sports clubs and events to help bring about positive change in terms of sustainability and equal opportunities.
Sustainability is increasingly important to investors
- Sustainable banking newsletter
Investors are focusing more and more on sustainability, something ABN AMRO has noticed too. Its Investor Relations Department maintains close contact with institutional investors and fields their questions.
Data on sustainability generate discussion on investment decisions
- Sustainable banking newsletter
Sustainable investment is now the norm at ABN AMRO. New clients are offered sustainable investment as the default option, and existing client portfolios are being made more sustainable too. ABN AMRO also sends quarterly reports to its clients to inform them about the sustainability of the capital they’ve invested.
Patta Academy: opening doors for talented young people
- Sustainable banking newsletter
The first day, they were hiding under their hoodies. Two weeks later, they were high-fiving ABN AMRO staff. The Patta Academy, which offers creative entrepreneurship workshops to twenty-five young people from priority neighbourhoods, is a resounding success.
