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ABN AMRO takes active approach to helping clients avoid debt and related stress
Any number of events in a person’s life can cause financial stress, be it a recent break-up, food inflation or soaring energy bills. But ABN AMRO’s Financial Health Coaches are helping clients get to grips with their finances thanks to a proactive approach that reduces stress and helps prevent money problems.
Keep sharing sustainability successes and challenges
Not a day goes by, it seems, without more companies touting claims to sustainability. But can we trust them? The number of guidelines to combat greenwashing is growing. As a result, some companies are now afraid to communicate about sustainability at all, a phenomenon known as greenhushing. But that’s not the way forward, says Solange Rouschop, Chief Sustainability Officer at ABN AMRO.
Inclusive banking can help boost the economy
Although nearly every adult in the Netherlands has a bank account, not all clients are seen or heard equally when it comes to financial services. In fact, research shows that many women feel they are at a disadvantage. That’s why ABN AMRO is taking specific measures to address their needs and to make banking more inclusive.
Removing barriers to sustainable living
ABN AMRO is coming up with more and more ways to help its clients make their homes sustainable. Sustainable homes are good for the environment, more comfortable to live in and use less energy. Not to mention that they often fetch a higher selling price. “Our goal is to get everyone on board – even those clients who may think sustainability is out of their reach.”
Slowly but surely, ABN AMRO is helping to make shipping more sustainable
The shipping industry will have to make global fleets much more sustainable in the coming years. ABN AMRO is accelerating the sector’s transition not only through financing, but also by encouraging innovation so that ships sail more cleanly and economically.
What are the real rewards of investing in sustainable companies?
ABN AMRO’s Sustainable Impact Fund invests in high-growth companies that can accelerate the climate transition. The fund recently published its impact report, which underscores the positive social effects of this approach.