On 4th February, a Partnership Agreement was signed by Doha Bank and Unesco at Unesco Headquarters at West Bay, which was attended by R Seetharaman, Doha Bank Group CEO; Dr Hamed Al Hammami, Unesco Representative in the Arab States of the Gulf and Yemen, Director of Unesco Doha; Dr Benno Boer, Unesco's Ecological Science Advisor in the Arab Region; Mark Sutcliffe, Unesco's Project Assistant - Natural Sciences, Saleh Souror, Secretary General of the National Commission, Doha Bank Management, other guest and dignitaries.

A mutual decision to work together as a team in a range of environmental programmes by which both institutions can coordinate together a partnership in greening the environment and actively promote the "green" culture, was taken by Doha Bank and Unesco.

Sheikh Fahad bin Mohammad bin Jabor Al Thani, Doha Bank's Chairman said, "Eco-schools initiative will be developed in response to the need to involve young children in environmental projects and make them environmental advocates at a young age. The project aims to increase students' awareness on environmental and related sustainable development issues. Other projects include Waste Management, Beach Clean-up and Tree Planting amongst others."

He continued that Doha Bank and Unesco Partnership will further fortify Doha Bank's mission and vision to defend their environment and decrease their carbon footprint towards achieving carbon neutrality.

Doha Bank, which keeps on developing more energy-efficient products and services, has leadership and contribution in this field that has gathered the Best Green Bank in the Middle East.

"Doha Bank has been a leading bank in Qatar and was the first to converge banking, technology, environmental and social responsibility into customer centric innovative products and services, we were the first to introduce all electronic services in the market and enjoy a variety of accolades," explained Sheikh Abdul Rehman bin Mohammad bin Jabor Al Thani, Managing Director.