Aafke Keizer, Chief Sustainability Officer, on Rabobank’s sustainability ambitions
At Rabobank, we see the need and urgency to make a positive contribution to the climate, nature and people.
For instance, our net zero goal goes further than our own organization. It also applies to our customers’ CO2 emissions, which we want to help reduce. It’s a major task for the bank. We feel we need to help our customers on their sustainability journey and support them with our knowledge, network, products and services. From creating insights into emissions to solutions to reduce them. From financing more sustainable homes to better-earning models for more sustainable farming. From supporting renewable energy generation to zero deforestation in the food value chain. Our sustainability approach is about looking for solutions to all these challenges together.
Act on climate, value nature, enable people
What matters to our customers, matters to us. From homeowner to entrepreneur, from farmer to retailer, from SME to multinational. As a cooperative bank, we want to enable people and businesses to thrive and look ahead for them to see if there are challenges on their horizon. That’s growing a better world together too.
And we know: our customers all face climate change and nature loss as massive global challenges that undermine the resilience of our planet and its ability to recover. It affects everyone, everywhere.
Reinventing toward better
This asks for change and reinventing the way we produce and consume, so we can build a resilient future that is ‘net zero and nature inclusive’. That’s what we as Rabobank are committed to, not only for our own organization but also for our customers and communities.
It is not easy, but we don’t shy away from that. Because we know we can also play a relevant role as a cooperative bank. Their bank.
That all is part of growing a better world together.