Sustainable Development Goals 4 : Quality Education
Facilitating the career paths and opportunities for our next generation of young workers, employers and leaders, by funding training and scholarships is a priority for the Bank, in its commitment to moulding a new generation responsible for a sustainable lifestyle.
University students, audit trainees and youth just out of secondary school have been recipients of the Banks’s funding for diverse training programs. The Nana-jaya scholarship scheme and Nana Mihira scholarship seminars are two flagship programs of the Bank with a wide outreach.
With its proactive approach to green initiatives and sustainability, the Bank’s drive to educate university students on Banking and Sustainability has gathered momentum over the past few years. Industry specialists are being hired to speak to undergraduates on relevant topics like, Sustainable Banking practices, GRI reporting and resource Management. BOC supports a series of “Green Talks” university Webinars.
Sustainable Development Goals 5 : Gender equality
Gender balance in the workplace is an SDG that BOC can proudly attest to. Women outnumber men in the bank’s cadre and there are more women among new recruits in 2022.
The Bank’s commitment to the path to eliminate poverty to reach a no poverty status, runs concurrent to gender disparity. Walking the talk, the bank’s exposure to women entrepreneurs, mainly in the MSME sector is considerably high and rapidly increasing in loan disbursements through multiple schemes designed to uplift women entrepreneurs.
Sustainable Development Goals 6 : Clean Water and Sanitation
Currently, the Bank’s main funding in the state water supply and sanitation sector are two water sanitation projects in Jaffna and Girandurukotte.
