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10 September 2015 | Sustainability

ING rises in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices and Sustainalytics rating

ING has improved its performance substantially in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) annual review published today by RobecoSAM, naming ING among world leaders in its category.

9 September 2015

ING extends partnership with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for 10 years

ING has signed a ten-year extension of its global partnership with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (RCO). ING has been a main sponsor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 1989, making it one of the longest cultural partnerships in the Netherlands.

8 September 2015 | Innovation

ING announces winners of the Innovation Studio startup pitch

ING has announced the three winners of last week’s Innovation Studio pitch. The winners are Moneytis, Whydonate and Checkmetrix. Innovation Studio is ING’s open innovation platform, a corporate accelerator that is open to external startups and was launched in July 2015.

7 September 2015 | Innovation

ING acquires Belgian digital loyalty platform Qustomer

ING has acquired the Belgian digital loyalty platform Qustomer. With Qustomer, users can collect and redeem loyalty points from shops and other retail outlets using a physical card with QR code technology or via the Qustomer application on their smartphone.

7 September 2015

First time home buyer woes increase across Europe

Europe is pessimistic about the opportunities for first-time buyers, with a majority believing that the housing crisis is getting more acute and that society would benefit if prices fell.

4 September 2015 | Press release

Change in ING Supervisory Board

ING announced today that Carin Gorter has resigned as a Member of the Supervisory Board of ING Group, following the proposal to appoint her as Chief Risk Officer at Rabobank. Carin Gorter was appointed to the ING Group Supervisory Board in May 2013. Within the Supervisory Board she was a member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.

28 August 2015 | Strategy

Silver and Gold for ING’s annual reports

ING won silver and gold for its 2014 annual report ‘Empowering people’.

26 August 2015 | Banking, Strategy

50 million euros for innovative companies

ING Luxembourg to increase lending to innovative SMEs and small mid-caps.

26 August 2015

ING deepens its sustainability focus with new initiatives and increased lending volumes

ING Commercial Banking has increased the volume of financing by 7% for sustainable clients and projects in the first half year of 2015, reaching over €20.9 billion in comparison to year-end 2014. “This is in line with ING’s target to grow its financing of sustainable transitions and includes loans to renewable energy schemes, environmental outperformers and other sustainability projects,” reports Leonie Schreve, ING Global Head of Sustainable Finance.

19 August 2015

Talking tankers and tall ships

Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING, opened the shipping conference followed by a select number of speakers with views on the many aspects of the shipping industry and the issues it’s currently facing.

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