ING and climate change  
  • ING is the first major Dutch financial institution to be 100% carbon neutral. This means that by lowering our energy consumption, using green energy and offsetting carbon consumption by planting trees, we have reduced our CO2 emission to zero.
  • Our Environmental Statement is a guide for our business units on how to limit environmental impact. As an office-based organisation, our own impact mainly derives from the energy we use in our buildings, the paper we use and business travel. The Statement urges business units to address these areas, as we consider each of them key in the international debate on climate change.
  • In about 81% of ING business units energy efficiency measures have been taken. In 2007, this has led to a decrease of our total energy consumption of 19% compared to 2006.
  • We purchase green electricity world-wide. In 2007, all electricity purchased for our offices in the Netherlands, the United States and Belgium came from renewable resources (100% green). This is about 51% of our total energy use.
  • Other examples of best practices include our sustainable products. By the end of 2007, we had €2,792 million sustainable assets under management. This is an increase of 27% compared to 2006.
  • ING Group is a member of the Global Round Table on Climate Change, an initiative of the Earth Institute at Colombia University, New York. The round table brings together high-level stakeholders to attempt to reach consensus on core scientific, economic and policy issues critical to shaping sound public policy on climate change. On 19 February 2007, ING signed the ‘Joint Statement by the Global Roundtable on Climate Change; The Path to Climate Sustainability’. Learn more about the Joint Statement.

  • For the fourth year in a row, ING has been listed ‘best in class’ company in the Carbon Disclosure Project's Climate Leadership Index (CLI). The CLI comprises 50 of the FT500 companies that lead their sector in their responses to the climate change challenge. For more information, please visit the website of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
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