Doha Bank representatives receive the “Golden Peacock Global Award 2014 for Corporate Social
Responsibility” during the 9th International Conference on CSR held in Mumbai, India.


Doha Bank has been awarded the “Golden Peacock Global Award 2014 for Corporate Social Responsibility” during the 9th International Conference on CSR held in Mumbai, India. “This milestone award symbolises Doha Bank’s superior ability to balance its financial targets, economic value addition, and social welfare. We, at Doha Bank, always believe in promoting positive social and environmental changes,” said Doha Bank Group CEO Dr R Seetharaman.
He added, “This award is in recognition of Doha Bank’s customer-driven initiatives such as educational and health benefits and involvement in social causes. As a result, Doha Bank has been able to introduce new and innovative products even during tough market conditions.
“We take great pride in being a dynamic entity with strong values and a customer-centric approach that has sustained over a period of time. Our functional model with economic, environmental, and social initiatives, contributing towards the welfare of the public has always been a welcomed approach towards a bright future”.
Seetharaman said Doha Bank has committed to a long-term partnership through its “Eco-School Programme,” which includes creating a platform for schools to contribute to the socio-environmental improvement and intellectual development of human society in Qatar and globally.
The programme, he added, integrates the “green culture” through schools to become eco-friendly institutions using practical steps towards a greener path, leaving less carbon footprint, and expansion of the programme across Doha Bank’s footprint.
He also said the bank maintains a “well-defined” environmental policy: “reduce, reuse, and recycle.”
Doha Bank runs various initiatives to support Qatar’s “Go Green Qatar” drive such as beach clean-up, dedicated Green Bank website, environment-friendly and biodegradable credit cards, paperless banking, Green Bank Task Force Committee, annual Al Dana Green Run, public awareness campaigns through ATMs, and participation in the Earth Hour.
“Doha Bank is and continues to be one of the pioneers of ‘green banking’ in the Middle East region and has reached out to the larger community through its long-standing CSR endeavours. The bank remains committed to advocating awareness on environmental issues and focusing on the economic and social challenges both regionally and across international borders,” Seetharaman said.
Doha Bank has now established a “dominant position” in Middle East banking landscape with 31 state-of-art branches, 22 e-branches, including pay-offices, and two mobile units with 125 ATMs.
Its operations are spread across 14 countries including Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, India, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, UK, and Germany with a strong network of correspondent banking relationships.