Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region and a leader secretive field CSR volunteering in the UAE, today revealed the turning points it has accomplished under the 3 columns of the UAE's Year of Giving initiative: Strengthening social responsibility in the private sector, Promoting a spirit of volunteering, and Strengthening the concept of serving the nation in new generations of Emiratis and expatriates.

As the end of the year comes close to, Emirates NBD's award-winning Exchanger program has finished over 26,000 hours of offering solution with over 4000 employees and partners getting involved, enormously surpassing its first target of 15,000 volunteer hours for the year, and being identified for its working from The Gulf Sustainability and CSR Awards under the auspices of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives structure.

Under the pillar of strengthening CSR in the private sector, the bank's front runner campaigning for #TogetherLimitless has embarked on a number of efforts throughout the year to further the incorporation of individuals of resolution in the UAE consisting of; expanding Emirates NBD's disability-friendly branch network to twenty-six places; efficiently discovering work for 35 individuals of resolution with The Careers Network; arranging the Emirates NBD Unity Run for individuals of all capabilities; and assembling a panel discussion on transforming Dubai into a disability-friendly city by 2020, combining leaders from the personal and public sector consisting of The Executive Council of Dubai, Roadway and Transportation Authority and Exposition 2020 Dubai.

At a celebration held at the bank's headquarters, Shayne Nelson, Group CEO of Emirates NBD said: "While Emirates NBD has always championed returning to the community, the Year of Giving has really seen us surpass our very own expectations and produce substantial positive change across numerous developmental areas. From the significant efforts of #TogetherLimitless in furthering the monetary, career and social inclusion of people of determination in the UAE to the tireless initiatives of all our volunteers, our employees across the bank have collaborated and personified the spirit of the Year of Providing campaign released by HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE."

Moving forward in 2018, Emirates NBD will continue to execute its tactical lasting social investment design in the economic sector by recognizing and creating shared worths into real measurable programs and KPIs, with an unique focus on the recently introduced Year of Zayed campaign.

"As a native bank, we will certainly continuously straighten our CSR objectives and method with those of our leaders and anticipate introducing impactful community programmes under the Year of Zayed initiative," added Nelson.

In 2016, Emirates NBD turned into one of 11 financial institutions in the nation to have signed the 'Dubai Affirmation of Financial Institutions in the United Arab Emirates on Lasting Money,' as part of the Group's dedication to straighten its CSR activities with the UAE Vision 2021, the UAE government's dedication to the Paris Environment Contract, United Nations Convention on the Legal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities, the United Nations' Lasting Development Objectives and the UAE Green Program 2015-2030. During 2015 and 2016, the Group added over AED 59 million across its social investment programmes.