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In cooperation with the Don State Technical University, Center-Invest Bank employees have published the first “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG) task book, which provides an overview of the ESG agenda and an introduction to modern information technologies. Contributors of the best solutions will receive special prizes.

Center-invest Bank attended the first meeting of the State Duma Expert Council on Sustainable Development and Green Finance.

Center-invest Bank took first place among financial companies for the number of streams and views as part of the Bank of Russia and Education Ministry project, “Online Financial Literacy Lessons for Schoolchildren”. The project reached over four million schoolchildren.

 On 10 February Center-invest Bank held a press conference about its 2021 results and its development plans implementing an ESG banking model.

 In 2021 Center-invest Bank made 1231 loans for a total of RUB1.027bn under a special programme to support medical workers. Medical workers can apply for a preferential loan from Center-invest Bank or to refinance a loan from another bank on preferential terms.

The February edition of The Banker magazine includes its annual analysis of Russian banks. This year The Banker has also published Center-invest Bank’s ESG balance sheet for 2021 (preliminary results). Center-invest Bank was the first bank in the world to produce an ESG balance sheet.

 Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Center-invest Bank, Alexander Dolganov, has joined the Expert Council for Sustainability and Green Finance under the Russian State Duma Committee for the Financial Market.

Center-invest Bank has secured a 3-year RUB745m loan from the Swiss fund Symbiotics to finance sustainable development projects. The loan agreement was signed on 14 December 2021. The funds will be used to finance new and established entrepreneurs whose businesses aim to address social challenges and are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and today’s environmental and social agenda.