Tunisian Bank (STB) Publishes its First Extra-Financial Report
The Tunisian Bank (STB) is pleased to announce the publication of its first extra-financial report, prepared in accordance with the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) guide and referencing the GRI standards. This report highlights the bank's intensified commitment to responsible, sustainable, and engaged banking.
2024 Efforts and Initiatives
The report showcases the bank's efforts in 2024, during which it implemented various strategic initiatives to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into all its activities. This affirms the bank's role as a leader in the Tunisian banking landscape.
Responsible and Sustainable Banking
By placing environmental, social, and governance responsibility at the center of its business model, the STB highlights its strategy, approach, action plans, and achievements through this report. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not limited to occasional actions; it guides the bank's mission and overall strategy, covering the entire organization and promoting sustainable value creation.
Structuring the CSR Approach
To structure its CSR approach, the STB adopted the international ISO 26000 standard, conducting an in-depth diagnosis supported by exchanges with stakeholders. This allowed the bank to identify priority issues, including:
- Responsible financing, supporting projects with significant social and environmental impact
- Sustainable customer support
- Ethical governance
- Promoting an inclusive and attractive work environment
- Environmental responsibility in operations
- Data protection and cybersecurity
STB Horizon 2026 Strategy
The bank presents its "STB Horizon 2026" strategy, which evolves the CSR approach into a global ESG strategy with enhanced ambitions, setting measurable objectives and integrating their monitoring into the overall ESG performance management framework. This strategy focuses on:
- Industrial decarbonization
- Greening the investment portfolio
- Promoting green finance
- Supporting the sustainable transformation of key sectors in the Tunisian economy
Through these actions, the STB aims to play a driving role in the country's ecological transition and inclusive development.
Community and Employee Actions
On the occasion of the first publication of this report, the STB bank also highlights the concrete actions it deploys daily in favor of the community and its employees. The bank places humans at the heart of its orientations, valuing its employees through ambitious policies for continuous training, diversity, inclusion, and professional equality, ensuring a respectful and stimulating work environment.
Community actions prioritize sectors with high social value (education, childhood, transportation, health, and well-being), in perfect coherence with national priorities, contributing to promoting social equity and sustainable development in the service of the general interest.
Commitment to Transparency and Sustainability
By publishing this report, the STB commits to reporting annually on the progress made to ensure total transparency towards the public and reaffirms its willingness to sustainably support its ecosystem, placing ethics, social and environmental responsibility at the center of its business model. This step marks the bank's constant commitment to building a prosperous and respectful future for tomorrow's challenges with its stakeholders.
