FirstBank Commemorates Annual Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Week

<h4>FirstBank Commemorates Annual Corporate Responsibility<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that FirstBank&comma; the West African premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider is proud to announce its 2024 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability &lpar;CR&amp&semi;S&rpar; Week&comma; scheduled for 19 to 24 August&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This year&&num;8217&semi;s edition aims to reinforce the bank&&num;8217&semi;s positive outcomes of sowing seeds of kindness by empowering the lives of communities&comma; and minimizing the environmental impact environment&comma; while advancing the Bank’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals &lpar;SDGs&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CR&amp&semi;S Week is a dedicated week that offers opportunities for employees of the FirstBank Group &lpar;FirstBank Nigeria&comma; FirstBank UK&comma; FirstBank Gambia&comma; FirstBank Sierra-Leone&comma; FirstBank DRC&comma; FirstBank Guinea&comma; FirstBank Ghana&comma; FBNBank Senegal&semi; First Pension and First Nominees&rpar; to give their time &amp&semi; resources to defined causes in line with the Bank’s CR&amp&semi;S strategic approach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now in its eighth year&comma; the FirstBank Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week is a week reserved by the Bank for the demonstration of kindness being a fundamental philosophy of the Bank&comma; as the Bank and its employees &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness” &lpar;SPARK&rpar; the value-based initiative in alignment with the ethos of compassion&comma; civility&comma; and charity&period; During the 2023 CR&amp&semi;S Week&comma; 8 countries participated with over 80 charities&sol;NGOs and 30&comma;000 lives impacted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2024 CR&amp&semi;S is envisioned to be an eventful week of impact&comma; sowing the seed of kindness through the following initiatives&sol;activities&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tree Planting- FirstBank will plant 30&comma;000 trees across Nigeria&comma; furthering its commitment to plant 50&comma;000 trees by 2025 in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation &lpar;NCF&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Women Empowerment- The bank will support Jigawa and Plateau States by driving awareness&comma; performing surgeries&comma; and providing post-care kits for those living with Vesicovaginal Fistula &lpar;VVF&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Visitation for Charity- FirstBank will visit orphanage homes&comma; IDP camps&comma; and other charities across Nigeria&comma; SSA markets&comma; and the UK&comma; demonstrating kindness and empowering those at the bottom of the pyramid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kind Comment- Staff and management will share kind comments throughout the week&comma; promoting a culture of compassion and civility across the bank&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Woven into the fabric of the society since over 130 years and enabling success in our customers and communities&comma; these initiatives epitomize FirstBank&&num;8217&semi;s care for the environment and humanity&comma; aligning with the Bank’s sustainability strategic pillars and support for the Green Recovery Nigeria<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Folake Ani-Mumuney&comma; Group Head&comma; Marketing &amp&semi; Corporate Communications FirstBank&comma; said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>At FirstBank&comma; we remain committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of our customers and the communities we serve&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Our 2024 CR&amp&semi;S Week is a testament to this dedication&comma; and we are excited to amplify our efforts in enabling the Giants in the lives of our communities and enhance sustainable development and community growth&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;As we celebrate the FirstBank&&num;8217&semi;s Corporate Responsibility &amp&semi; Sustainability week&comma; we invite all to embrace the spirit of kindness as we come together this special occasion to weave kindness into the fabric of our daily lives&comma; leaving a lasting impact on one another<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;