Kinondoni District Commissioner Jordan Rugimbana hands over a trophy to the Standard Chartered Bank Head of Corporate Affairs Ms. Juanita Mramba, after the bank emerge winner in the 2012 Environmental Awards organized by Ilala Municipality at a ceremony held at Manzese grounds in Dar es Salaam to mark the World Environmental Day. Picture by Correspondent.
Standard Chartered Bank Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ms. Alelio Lowasa addresses citizens who attended the celebration of the World Environment Day held at a Regional level at Manzese grounds in Dar es Salaam. Standard Chartered Bank was awarded best financial institution with best environmental conservation best practices for the year 2012. The Environmental Award was organized by Ilala Municipality. Second to her right is the Kinondoni District Commissioner Mr. Jordan Rugimbana. Picture by Correspondent.
By Staff Reporter
STANDARD Chartered Bank Tanzania Limited yesterday beat all financial institutions to emerge winner in the 2012 Environmental Awards organized by Ilala Municipality at a ceremony held at Manzese grounds in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.
The awards tend to recognize financial institutions which have greatly contributed to environmental conservation, leading by examples in commemoration of the the World Environmental Day under the theme ‘Green Economy: Does it include you?’.
Speaking shortly before receiving the awards on behalf of the bank, the Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department Alelio Lowasa said environment plays an integral part in human life and is for that reason that her bank has given environmental conservation one of the bank’s priorities.
“We at the bank acknowledge the importance of proper environmental management that is why we came up with a number of strategies to ensure that we conserve our environment, right from our offices in terms of cutting down the use of paper and we have gone further to advice our employees to be mindful of their environment,” she said.
Alelio Lowasa outlined some of the initiatives that helped the bank to emerge victorious to include, the introduction of green initiative which aimed at reducing the use of paper in the bank’s operations.
“At the moment, our bank gives bank statements in a form of e-statements, instead of printing in papers. We always advice our customers to join our mobile banking system which provides all banking services through their mobile phones. Furthermore, we established a call center where our customers are given information they may need concerning their accounts and our services,” she said.
Speaking at the same function, SCB Head of Corporate Affairs Ms Juanita Mramba adherence to good environmental practices significantly reduced risks and ecological scarcities
“Conservation of the environment should not be remembered only during commemorations of the World Environment Day. This should be a daily routine that corporate companies and individuals should adhere to.
“At the SCB we have already instituted an environmentally friendly scheme that seeks to minimise the use of wood products. It is my hope that many trees can be saved in the long run if other companies bring on board such a scheme,” Ms Mramba said.
“At the SCB we have already instituted an environmentally friendly scheme that seeks to minimise the use of wood products. It is my hope that many trees can be saved in the long run if other companies bring on board such a scheme,” Ms Mramba said.
Mr. Rugimbana added that the issue of environmental protection in the country faces various challenges, including lack of awareness among some of the people on the importance of environmental protection and also financial constrains our councils face which doesn’t give them room to adequately budget for tools and equipments for environmental conservation
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