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EXIM Bank Sustainability Framework
This framework guides the management of sustainability-related risks and opportunitites to support effective decison-making.

SUSTAINABILITY CORE PILLARS
Our Developmental Role Our Role as a Responsible Financial Institution Our Role in the Community
Create an ecosystem that delivers access Effective management of direct and indirect Promote the right values and behaviour
to products and resources that is a catalyst emission; and ensure we are part of the solution for our people to advocate for change.
for our customers to capture market and not contributing towards widening Create impact and build climate resilience
opportunities and become more the emissions gap and become more for the most vulnerable
economically resilient economically resilient
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLE 1 PRINCIPLE 2 PRINCIPLE 3 PRINCIPLE 4
Empowering Sustainability Partnering with Customers Reducing our Protecting the Rights
Knowledge for all in their Transition Journey Environmental Impact of All Individuals
• Understanding our • Forming collaborative • Determining our enterprise-level • Complying with Islamic rules
responsibilities in preserving the relationships with our emissions and monitoring and and principles, other applicable
environment and safeguarding customers towards navigating reducing our impact towards the laws and regulations that relate
the rights of all living creation change and achieving their environment. to human rights and fair labour
according to Islamic rules and decarbonisation targets. • Utilising science-based and practices.
principles. • Being a trusted partner for our data-centric methodologies to • Safeguarding the rights for all
• Continuous learning towards customers by providing tailored achieve our goals. our stakeholders and preventing
understanding how our financial solutions needed to • Being transparent in the negative impacts towards the
operations and activities impact support their transition goals. disclosure of our environmental most vulnerable members of the
the environment and community. • Supporting projects and impact to our stakeholders. community. We will not knowingly
• Utilising scientific aspects initiatives that create high engage in any business
of conserving resources and environment and social impact. relationship with customers
ensuring its management are who are involved in bribery,
developed in ways that benefits child or forced labour, modern
all generations equitably. slavery, human trafficking, illegal
• Engaging with regulators deforestation and any activities
deemed illegal under country laws
and policy makers and and regulations.
keeping track of local and
international environmental and • Prioritising employee welfare and
climate-related regulations in ensuring that we create a healthy,
order to be able to form policies. safe and inclusive workplace
• Advising our clients and environment for our employees.
We will also focus on building
supporting them in complying a strong sustainability culture
with evolving regulatory within the Bank.
requirements.
• Committing to promote financial
inclusion, particularly for the
unserved and underserved
segments.
2024 IMPACT
• 25 sustainability related events • Launched the RM1.5 billion • Established the Scope 1 and • Nurtured more than 50 new
and knowledge sharing sessions Green Global Initiative that helps Scope 2 baseline and exporters to ensure resilience
were organised to equip all exporters to transition to more methodology of the Bank. against the market.
employees with foundational sustainable business. • Explored the regenerative • Trained 100 Bumiputera through
sustainability knowledge. agriculture fund through the the Bank’s programme.
Biochar Initiative. • Promoted knowledge among the
employees via the 5 man-days
training per employee

OUR VALUES
Integrity Accountability Efficiency Openness Teamwork
Diagram 1: EXIM Bank Sustainability Core Pillars and Guiding Principles Overview