Designed for

Professionals Working Within; Commercial Banks, Development Banks, Private Equity, Risk Capital and Infrastructure Funds, Institutional Investors, Utilities Companies, Staff of Central Bank of Nigeria, Environmental and Social Governance Officers, Sustainable Development Officers and Finance Experts, Environmental and Social Safeguards Officers, Climate Change Specialists, Meteorologists, Officials of Environmental and Finance Initiatives, Officials in Bank of Industry, etc...

Course Introduction

The term Green Banking has transformed into a catchphrase in global contemporary issues of banking. Green banking is a general term covering a wide area of activities. It is an effort by the banks to make the industries grow green and in the process restore the natural environment. Institutional investors, such as, banks are rapidly extending beyond their goal of maximizing shareholder wealth. They are increasingly expected to become green by having goals of environmental consciousness, social responsibility, and good governance. Promoting green banking is not just philanthropy and obeying the laws rather is an attempt to ensure their own sustainability. Environmental degradation, social irresponsibility and bad governance will not only invite public criticism and negative customer reaction, but also might make regulations more stringent which can impair the bank profitability by curbing market for the products of their customers. Also lenders can even be held responsible for their clients’ environmental impacts. Thus banks have strong prudential reasons to be green.

Green banking is making technological improvements, operational improvements and changing client habits in the banking sector. It means to promote environmental friendly practices and to reduce the carbon footprint from banking operations. It is a smart and proactive way of thinking with a vision of future sustainability. By attending this training program, professionals in the banking system and other officials working with the banking regulatory bodies will learn the new paradigm shift in the banking models and harness the huge investment and corporate opportunities that the green banking model can offer.