ACCESS BANK RECOGNISED IN CSR COMPETITIVE INDEX

A non-governmental body has recognised Access Bank Plc as the best in corporate citizenship in the first ever competitive index on corporate social responsibility in the country.

The CSR-in-Action, a registered social enterprise devoted to the advancement of social ethics, social responsibility and corporate governance in Nigeria, recognised the bank in a report it released recently.

In the Corporate Citizenship Index (3C-Index), 117 private sector companies were assessed, using six indices, which are human right, anti-corruption, community investment, economic, labour and reporting.

On a scale of 100 per cent, Access Bank scored 83.3 per cent on the Millennium Development Goals’ focus areas to emerge as the best Nigerian organisation in corporate citizenship, according to a statement by the bank.

The top five companies in the category are Access Bank, Nigerian Bottling Company, Exxon Mobil, GT Bank Plc and Procter and Gamble.

The statement quoted the Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, as saying “We have set for ourselves the ambitious target of becoming the world’s most respected African bank. That means making sure that sustainability is part of everything we do.”