Bucharest, January 16, 2017 – Garanti Bank has become a member of the Romanian Green Building Council (RoGBC), confirming the company’s commitment to support sustainability in the construction and real estate industry in Romania.
Garanti Bank thus joins over 60 companies that support the green buildings sector and joins the RoGBC mission to support the transition of the construction industry and the real estate sector to sustainability-based performance.
RoGBC aims to create an exemplary model of sustainable development for the region in which it operates, making sure that the environment created will not represent a threat to future generations, but instead it will be a source of health, safety, comfort, innovation and economic development possibilities.
The programs developed by RoGBC in order to support the development of the sector include the Green Homes Green Building Certification Program, Green Mortgage Financial Product, Green Homes Solution Provider Accreditation, and the training program Green Building Professional.
Garanti Bank, one of the most dynamic banks on the local market, supports the Romanian entrepreneurship and promotes programs that have a positive impact on the economic, social and cultural environment, the sustainable development and environmental protection, as well as other initiatives that have a positive impact on the community.
About Garanti Bank Romania
Garanti Bank is part of the financial-banking group Garanti Romania, which brings together Garanti Leasing (the brand under which the company Motoractive IFN SA operates) and Garanti Consumer Finance (the brand under which Ralfi IFN operates).
Garanti Bank is held by Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (TGB), Turkey’s second largest private bank. TGB is a universal bank with leading presence in all business lines. The bank serves more than 14.5 million customers in corporate, commercial, SME, and consumer segments offering fully integrated financial services. The Spanish financial group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is the majority shareholder of TGB.
Garanti Bank Romania offers a series of quality products and services for all business segments: retail, SME and corporate.
Present in Romania since 1998, the bank has developed a solid portfolio of clients and expanded its national presence through branches and alternative channels, reaching an extended network of branches and intelligent ATMs that can be used by anyone, not just bank customers, for transactions with or without cards.
Last year, Garanti Bank was awarded by world-renowned magazine Global Finance, as “Best Consumer Digital Bank in Romania”. The distinction was granted within the “2017 World’s Best Consumer Digital Banks in Central and Eastern Europe Competition” and it is the 10th award that Garanti Bank receives from Global Finance in the past nine years.
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