Environmental responsibility
Environmental responsibility to us means continuing to reduce our own environmental footprint and creating a variety of initiatives and targets to achieve that. It also means, however, taking further steps to develop business solutions that have a positive impact on the environment.
Please find below some concrete examples:
- issuing the third KBC Green Bond;
- expanding multi-mobility at KBC Autolease, including the development of bicycle leasing for companies;
- launching
the MoveSmart app enabling users to track the order of their new lease car or
lease bicycle in addition to providing multi-mobility; services 24 hours a day,
7 days a week;
- introducing
the COSME programme – a specific lease product for the financing of electric
and hybrid vehicles and equipment related to renewable energy - by UBB
Interlease;
- calculating
the greenhouse gas emissions of the entire KBC Group’s loan portfolio based on
the PCAF methodology;
- calculating
the climate-related impact of our own investments and asset management
portfolio through Trucost data and methodology;
- incentivising
clients at ČSOB in the Czech Republic to buy or build energy-efficient homes or
make homes more energy-efficient by rewarding them with a lower mortgage rate;
- development of a Multi-peril climate insurance for farmers;
- partnership with Encon to support businesses in their transition to become more sustainable.