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Protecting Our Planet

Hosted in Trinidad and Tobago, the inaugural Republic Bank The Bank partnered with the Grenada Broadcasting Network
Sustainability Expo 2024, “Transforming Talk into Action” to host the 12-week TV series, “Our Climate Reality” to raise
presented the perfect opportunity to bond with a wide range awareness of the importance of water, how climate change
of industry leaders, thought influencers, and trailblazers in the affects its availability, and how changing consumption habits
fields of sustainability and research from across the globe. and preservation measures can safeguard this essential
resource.
In facilitating sustainable farming initiatives within the
agricultural sector, partnerships were formed with MarVista Successful clean-up campaigns were launched with the
Institute for Agriculture, Training and Development in Trinidad Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce, in celebration of Earth
and Tobago, the Sandy Point Agricultural Cooperative Society Day, as well as in the Cape Coast, Tamale and New Juaben
in St. Kitts and Nevis, the Adventist Development and Relief metropolitan areas in Ghana.
Agency in St. Vincent, and the Future Farmers Think Tank in
Barbados to support climate change resilience and adaptation During the period, as the Group worked to protect and preserve
2,007 initiatives, and better safeguard food security. public spaces, maintenance work continued in collaboration
with the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown,

male employees Conservation efforts continued to be pursued through Guyana on the Promenade Gardens, as well as in Ghana on the
African Union Square.
partnerships with the Barbados Environmental Conservation
Trust on the Adopt-a-Turtle project, the Walker Institute for
Regenerative Research, Education and Design the agroforestry
programme “One Tree for Every Bajan,” and the Coral Reef
Restoration Alliance “Engaging Our Community in Caring for
Our Coral Reefs” ecosystem restoration initiative.

Planet

We are the first indigenous,
financial institution in the
Caribbean to set a goal of lending

and investing US$200 million
in climate financing. We remain
focused on unlocking financing

to support the attainment of
the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals, which
ultimately would lead to
Over diversified economies and

US$164M prosperity for the territories
in which we operate.

lent to date