Over 200 years of sustainability: On a mission to promote the financial wellbeing of Finns
When the Savings Bank was established over 200 years ago in 1822, we adopted a socially significant and sustainable mission: to help the hardworking people of Finland prosper and take better care of their finances. To this day, our mission remains to sustainably promote the financial wellbeing and prosperity of our customers.
Sustainability was also one of the main themes of our anniversary year 2022. It supports our competitiveness and value creation for our various stakeholders. Sustainability is an integral element of the daily life and work of Savings Bank employees every day. At the core of our operations is the Savings Bank Experience that we are known for. We create the Savings Bank Experience by combining our continuously developing personal and digital services with the expertise and human touch by which we interact and serve all of our customers.
We developed our sustainability actively in 2022. In 2022, we made significant progress with our sustainability efforts and created a sustainability strategy. The five main themes of the sustainability strategy are responsibility for the customer’s financial wellbeing, community wellbeing, sustainable financing and products, responsible growth and management, and ecological efficiency and climate. We continued the systematic management of our sustainability work. We updated our sustainability governance model, sustainability roadmap for 2022– 2024, our materiality analysis of sustainability and our sustainability policy. At the product level, we engaged in development efforts, and, in the Savings Banks’ asset management operations, we improved the sustainability classification of 12 of our funds to light green in accordance with Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). We also started to build the WWF Green Office environmental management system at eight of our locations and implemented energy saving measures. A summary of our sustainability actions in 2022 is provided below. For more information on these themes, please refer to our Sustainability Report 2022.
SAVINGS BANKS GROUP’S SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022 (PDF)
More information: sustainability@saastopankki.fi
The Savings Banks Group has promoted the financial wellbeing of individuals and the community for 200 years. We want to be known for our bravery, expertise and passion for excellent customer service. Savings Banks Group consists of local savings banks across Finland and the Savings Bank Centre. In addition to comprehensive retail banking services, we provide our customers with investment, real estate and insurance services.