
Positioning

ESG Invest
The National Bank of Bahrain B.S.C. (NBB) has recently been ranked first in the Banking Sector in Bahrain for Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) ratings list by ESG Invest. ESG Invest evaluates and scores the ESG performance of more than 700 companies in the Middle East across nine regional markets across 43 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria spanning 140 quantitative and qualitative KPIs.

Revinitiv
The National Bank of Bahrain B.S.C. (NBB) gets scored and ranked between banking services and companies issued by Refinitiv ESG Company Scores. NBB’s score indicates good relative ESG performance and above average degree of transparency in reporting material ESG date publically, as per Refinitiv scoring range. The Refinitiv ESG score measures Company’s ESG performance based on verifiable reported data in the public domain. It captures and calculates over 450 company-level ESG measures, of which a subset of 186 of the most comparable and material per industry power the overall company assessment and scoring process.

Refinitiv Arab Federation pf Exchanges Low Carbon Select Index
The National Bank of Bahrain B.S.C. (NBB) is currently the only constituent representing the Kingdom of Bahrain on the Refinitiv Arab Federation of Exchanges (“AFE”) Low Carbon Select Index. Refinitiv AFE Low Carbon Select Index offers an innovative benchmark for investors wishing to commit capital to companies that actively invest in and promote low carbon activities in the running of their businesses.