FirstBank, the premier {bank} in West Africa and a number one {financial} inclusion service supplier, is proud to announce the graduation of its 2025 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) Week, scheduled to carry from 27 October – 1 November 2025. Now in its ninth yr, the annual occasion is a mirrored image of the Bank’s dedication to neighborhood empowerment, environmental stewardship, and the development of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Through the ‘Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness’ (SPARK) initiative, FirstBank continues to construct on its legacy of sowing seeds of kindness, with a give attention to uplifting communities and decreasing environmental influence. During CR&S Week, the Bank mobilises workers throughout the FirstBank Group, together with FirstBank Nigeria, FirstBank UK, FirstBank Gambia, FirstBank Sierra Leone, FirstBank DRC, FirstBank Guinea, FirstBank Ghana, FBNBank Senegal, First Pension, and First Nominees, to dedicate their time and assets to significant causes aligned with the Bank’s sustainability technique.
Commenting on the week-long occasion, Acting Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications at FirstBank, Olayinka Ijabiyi, stated, “CR&S Week is a call to action. It is about showing up for humanity, being kind to one another, and proving that even the smallest act can ripple into lasting change. FirstBank believes that kindness is a currency that never devalues, and that is why every year since 2017, staff have gone the extra mile to give back to the communities through its SPARK initiative, while also encouraging people to perform acts of random kindness.”
The Bank plans to plant a minimum of 20,000 bushes inside the week in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), within the closing section of its help for the Nigeria’s 2060 decarbonisation agenda. This effort builds on the Bank’s pledge to plant 50,000 bushes by 2025, with 31,000 bushes efficiently planted over the previous two years.
Additionally, in keeping with FirstBank’s dedication to reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG) of girls empowerment, the Bank will collaborate with Borno and Katsina States to lift and supply medical interventions (together with surgical procedures and post-care kits) for ladies dwelling with Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF).
Throughout the week, FirstBank employees will likely be impressed to share messages of kindness, fostering a tradition of compassion, civility, and empathy throughout the Bank. The programme will characteristic themed webinars centered on the SPARK initiative, in addition to college engagements designed to instill the values of generosity and social accountability in youthful generations. The week will culminate in visits to orphanage houses, internally displaced individuals (IDP) camps, and charitable organisations throughout Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa, and the UK, demonstrating kindness and empowering these on the backside of the pyramid.
These initiatives epitomise FirstBank’s take care of the atmosphere and humanity, aligning with the Bank’s sustainability strategic pillars and help for the Green Recovery Nigeria
Since the primary version in 2017, FirstBank’s CR&S Week has spotlighted the Bank’s company citizenship interventions driving constructive social influence, sustainability, and neighborhood engagement. Over the years, it has developed right into a platform that mobilises stakeholders and non-customers alike throughout its world community to champion causes that uplift lives, defend the atmosphere, and promote inclusive growth. FirstBank is encouraging and galvanizing people to transcend their on a regular basis routines and carry out acts of random
