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KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd aims to boost its syariah – environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assets to RM4bil by the end of 2025 from RM2.62bil in June 2022.
The value in June was 16.4% higher compared to the RM2.25bil recorded a year earlier, the bank said in a statement to announce the launch of its ESG Risk Management Framework.
It began developing the framework in the third quarter of 2021 with the aim of introducing a fit-for-purpose ESG and climate risk management framework and enhancing the bank’s board oversight on ESG and climate matters.
“Bank Islam will embed ESG risk considerations in its credit assessment process and leverage climate risk stress-testing to enhance the bank’s capabilities in addressing the impacts of climate change on the bank and its customers,” it said, Bernama reported.
Group chief executive officer Mohd Muazzam Mohamed said that as part of the group’s broader aspirations to be the leading Islamic financier in Malaysia, it has implemented approaches to consider the ESG risk profile of its customers as part of its financing origination process.
Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2022/10/31/bank-islam-targets-rm4bil-syariah-esg-assets-by-2025