• Responsibility

    Responsibility is one of the core values that guide the Savings Banks Group’s business operations alongside customer-drivenness, cooperation and performance. On this page, you will find information on our commitment to social, financial and environmental responsibility at Savings Banks Group.
    SAVINGS BANKS GROUP’S SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023
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Responsibility is an important part of the over 200-year-old savings bank ideology and our related values, as well as our history and strategy.

Examples of our sustainability performance indicators in 2023 

Säästöpankin ikoni: verkkopankki.
 Net Promoter Score: The Net Promoter Score (NPS) for the Savings Banks’ customer negotiations was 84.8

ASML Customer Index: The most responsible bank in Finland
Good Deeds: We donated over EUR 2 million to support children and young people, among others
In our asset management activities, over 90 per cent of the funds we manage are now classified as light green.
Savings Banks’ Asset Management held 111 meetings with companies

Sustainability strategy and material sustainability themes

As a responsible actor in the finance industry, we recognize that our operations have versatile impacts on our stakeholders and surrounding world.

Responsible investment

The application of responsibility principles is an important part of our investment process. Read more what responsible investments mean at the Savings Bank.

Responsible financing

Our responsible lending aims at promoting customers’ financial wellbeing by financing profitable and ethically acceptable projects that are within the customer’s ability to pay back the debt.

Social responsibility

Under social responsibility, you will find information on how we increase and develop personnel competence and how we take diversity and equality into account in our activities, and furthermore how we develop economic knowledge in society and support science and research.

Environmental responsibility

Our goal is to reduce our ecological footprint and to increase positive environmental effects in our own operations and in our value chain. We seek to improve the assessment of our ecological and climate footprint and handprint, and report on them annually as part of our sustainability reporting.

Success stories related to responsibility

Our success stories related to responsibility provide more insight into our concrete sustainability actions, such as the launch of energy loans. You will also find more information on the Lipper Award won by our Lyhytkorko fund and our strong EPSI Rating performance.

Sustainability management and good governance

Corporate responsibility is part of the savings bank ideology, values and the mission of the Savings Banks Group’s operations, which is to responsibly promote the financial wellbeing and prosperity of our customers. Corporate responsibility is, therefore, an integral part of our strategy and operations, both in the short and long term.

Sustainability report

Each year, we publish the Savings Banks Group Sustainability Report, in which we present information on sustainability as well as key indicators referenced to the international GRI reporting framework (GRI referenced).

Contact information:

Virve Valonen - vastuullisuusjohtaja.

Virve Valonen

 Head of Group Sustainability & ESG
+35850 467 6014
virve.valonen@saastopankki.fi