Annual report 2025
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Environmental Protection

By the nature of its activity, the Bank does not exert a direct significant impact on the environment. The main resources consumed by the Bank are electricity, thermal energy, and water. The Bank applies principles and methods of rational resource use that best ensure the prevention of adverse impacts on the environment. The Bank does not pay for emissions into the environment, since the Bank is an operator of Category IV facilities, which exert minimal negative impact on the environment.

At the same time, measures aimed at increasing the level of environmental awareness of employees, as well as on compliance with safety techniques, including fire safety, are conducted in the Bank on a regular basis. On an annual basis, training of the Bank's employees on environmental policy, rational use of energy, water, and other natural resources is conducted.

The Bank constantly promotes environmental values and a responsible lifestyle among its employees, thanks to which the Bank's employees were able to learn in more detail about the importance of mandatory disconnection of computers and other electrical appliances from power sources after finishing the working day, turning off lights after finishing the working day, about the principles and importance of waste sorting, and together learned to develop useful habits by refusing disposable tableware, which helped to create an understanding of the colossal contribution of each employee to the preservation of the environment.

The Bank on a systematic basis implements environmental initiatives aimed at the greening and improvement of the cities of presence. Within the framework of this work, the planting of trees is carried out, including in the courtyards of residential complexes built in partnership with the Bank.

Employees of the Central Office took part in the city environmental campaign "Almaty is our common home", organized by local executive bodies in the Almaly district of Almaty city. Within the framework of the event, work on planting trees, cleaning, and greening courtyard and public territories was conducted.

The branch network of the Bank also on a constant basis participates in environmental campaigns and community clean-up days (subbotniks) in the regions of presence.

In addition, in the reporting year, the environmental campaign "Clean Office" was conducted in the Central Office, within the framework of which employees organized a general cleaning of workplaces and office premises. Based on the results of the event, waste paper and used batteries were collected and handed over for subsequent recycling.

In 2025, the Bank participated in the Smart Plastic Zone program, achieving the GOLD level with a total score of 650. This confirms the high level of employee involvement and the systematic approach of the Bank to sustainable development.

Within the framework of implementing the Development Strategy and the Development Plan of the Bank, 270 saplings were planted by employees of branches throughout Kazakhstan in the reporting year.

The conducted measures contributed to the formation of an environmental culture, increasing the awareness of employees in matters of environmental protection, and the popularization of a healthy lifestyle.