In recognition of its exploits and outstanding success in Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Sustainability, Access Bank Plc. emerged the biggest winner with four awards, including the most responsible business in Africa at the annual SERAS CSR.

The award recognised the bank’s effort at corporate social responsibility and business sustainability, with Access Bank also winning categories such as the Best Partnership for Development, Best Corporate Communications Team and Sustainability Practitioner of the Year, which was presented to Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, the Bank’s Head of Sustainability.

Receiving the award, the bank’s Executive Director, Personal Banking, Victor Etuokwu, stated that the award will further fuel the bank’s passion to do more in sustainability, noting that ‘At Access Bank, we have stayed committed to ensuring that we place priority on not just being a profitable venture but also one that is deeply concerned about the planet and the people and this award is a testament to how well we have come’’.

Victor-Laniyan, while corroborating Etuokwu, expressed appreciation for the awards, describing it as a reminder that more work has to be done in supporting sustainability. He said, "We are very grateful for such an honour accorded to the Bank and particularly proud of the work that we are doing. However, we choose to see this award as a challenge to do more and we will continue to make sure that we push the boundaries of the practice of sustainability to the best of our ability and for the betterment of our planet and the people’’.

Ken Egbas, Founder, SERAS CSR Awards, explained that the selection was one that was painstakingly made by members of the jury. He described it as an indication that the winner, Access Bank is doing something right and highlighted the same passion with which they launched the projects on sustainability. In the same vein, the former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, as he presented the award to Access Bank, described the victory as well deserved.

Few weeks ago, the bank organised a weeklong activity at its branches globally in celebration of the remarkable achievements recorded since 2008.

Photo 1: L-R Suleman Ibrahim; team member, Sustainability, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan; Head, Sustainability, Victor Etuokwu; Executive Director, Personal Banking, Esther; Team member, media relations, Mofifoluwa Olawumi; team member, Sustainability, all of Access Bank Plc at the 2018 edition of SERAS CSR awards held in Lagos, recently.

Photo 2: L-R Victor Etuokwu; Executive Director, Personal Banking, Access Bank Plc, Frances Eza; Managing Director, Space, Nigeria, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan; Head, Sustainability, Access Bank Plc, at the 2018 edition of SERAS CSR awards held in Lagos, recently.

Photo 3: L-R Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan; Head, Sustainability, Access Bank Plc, Victor Etuokwu; Executive Director, Personal Banking, Access Bank Plc, Bekeme Masade-Olowola, Chief Executive, CSR-in-Action at the 2018 edition of SERAS CSR awards held in Lagos, recently.

Photo 4: [L-R] Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan; Group Head Sustainability, Access Bank and her Husband, Mr Victor Laniyan, Victor Etuokwu; Executive Director, Personal Banking at SERAS CSR awards 2018 that held recently in Lagos.

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Photo 5: [L-R] Abiola Salami; COO, Abiola Champ, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan; Group Head Sustainability, Access Bank Plc, Joshua Ajayi; Editor, Brand Communicator.