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BNI pioneers green banking to encourage Sustainable Business
PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. continues to support the government's green economy initiative by continuously encouraging a sustainable business expansion.
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Pioneer Green Banking, BNI Dorong Bisnis Berkelanjutan -- (ki-ka) Tempo.co CEO Wahyu Dhyatmika, BNI Corporate & International Banking Director Silvano Rumantir, Resident Mission Asian Development Bank Country Director Indonesia Jiro Tominaga, and Macroprudential Policy Department Director Irman Robinson at the 2022 Tempo Economic Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Friday (18/11/2022).
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T Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. continues to support the government's green economy initiative by continuously encouraging a sustainable business expansion. The bank has described this commitment in BNI's five pillars of sustainability, which are BNI for Indonesia, BNI for customers, BNI for the environment, BNI for the community, and BNI for employees.
In the 2022 Tempo Economic Forum, BNI Director of Corporate & International Banking Silvano Rumantir said that the government has set out a target for Indonesia to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060. For this to happen, commitment is needed, especially from the banking industry to make a transition to the use of new and renewable energy.
"Of course, we will always try to support the government in realizing a green economy. This step was also carried out while maintaining the current trend of economic growth, which is still in a recovery trend," he said.
Silvano said BNI has gradually reviewed its efforts to provide incentives for green portfolio loans. A concrete example that BNI has done is by launching low interest financing for electric vehicle ownership.
BNI is also proactively collaborating with PLN in providing infrastructure for public electric vehicle charging stations (SPKLU) in the country. This step is to support the government's program in accelerating the establishment of an ecosystem for Battery-Based Electric Motorized Vehicles (KBLBB) in Indonesia.
At the same time, BNI has started collaborating with several corporations for the Sustainability Linked Loan program, which is used for customer sustainable business investments.
“BNI is considered a bank in Indonesia that pays serious attention to environmental management. Some of the activities carried out by BNI include environmental rehabilitation of coastal areas in Anyer Beach, Banten and the upstream of the Citarum River Basin, West Java through a nursery development program, as well as planting and caring for trees in these areas," he concluded.
