CIMB Group's business philosophy centres on enduring impact beyond short-term gains. With a legacy spanning over a century, we drive progress as a financial institution, meeting present expectations while safeguarding the future. Our core mission in banking revolves around advancing customers and society, enabled by sustainable practices that benefit everyone.
Our accountability extends to our business's influence on both the planet and society. We are committed to responsible operations, aiming to create a net positive impact that aligns with our vision of a better future. This commitment drives us to optimise resources, capabilities and influence for positive economic, environmental, and social change. Our forward-looking approach aims at building a sustainable legacy for CIMB and its stakeholders, including employees, customers and communities.
We focus on two key aspects for net positive impact. Firstly, minimising our footprint entails reducing negative effects from our operations and enabled activities. This involves conducting environmental and social risk assessments, integrating best management practices and reducing carbon footprint across our value chain.
Secondly, maximising our handprint means creating positive impacts. We achieve this by offering financial services aligned to our Green, Social, Sustainable Impact Products and Services (GSSIPS) framework. Our commitment extends to accelerating the transition of our corporate and SME clients towards low carbon operations, promoting financial inclusion, and sustainable development through partnerships and awareness-building efforts.
CIMB remains strongly committed to advancing sustainability, driving meaningful environmental and social impact through collaboration with clients, customers and stakeholders. Recently, CIMB was recognised for its efforts in sustainability, ranking first among the most influential financial institutions in the Financial System Benchmark by the World Benchmarking Alliance, and securing the top position globally out of 400 financial institutions assessed. CIMB is also the only Malaysian bank to be recognised in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025, which recognises 66 leading banks worldwide for their climate and decarbonisation strategies, sustainable finance, financial inclusion, governance and risk management efforts.
