Environment
Social Governance
We took a firm commitment to Romanians and local entrepreneurs in building on their dreams, Banca Transilvania always being a reliable partner to start the journey with.




Our green products
Our commitment to responsible, impact financing is embedded into our [...]
fOur commitment to responsible, impact financing is embedded into our product offer, from green mortgages to green personal needs loan. Through these products, carrying more advantageous interest rates, we encourage our customers to have a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, with greener homes and limited purchases primarily for eco-friendly goods.
Withal, our portfolio contains the first eco-friendly card in Romania, BT Visa Classic. By developing a life-cycle strategy for an eco-friendly card, we chose a reliable partner, IDEMIA. Together, we found the right technology, process, and materials to substantially reduce negative environmental impacts such as plastic waste and carbon footprint. Launched in late July, the eco-friendly card is made of recycled plastic and biodegradable elements and represents our start for a sustainable transformation on the cards market.
unitary commitment through the business community from Romania assumes the involvement in the construction of a sustainable future. BT become a member of the Environmental Agreement in May 2022.
36%
By transforming our cards portfolio into an eco-friendly one, we will have reduced our carbon footprint by more than 36% in four years.

Financial Literacy
Our clients must have the opportunity to gain solid knowledge before [...]
fOur clients must have the opportunity to gain solid knowledge before making a financial decision. Thus, we equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to manage their finances effectively.
Through Intreb BT, people can find answers to the most looked-up topics in the banking area, but at the same time, they can build various financial skills, including financial management, budgeting, or investments.
Questions on Intreb BT. The most accessed topics are related to cards, current accounts, digital platforms such as BT Pay and BT24, and loans.
8.200
More than 8,200 users visited the platform every day, a maximum being recorded on April 14, when the site had almost 23,000 visitors.
Users have accessed the Intreb BT platform since its launch until now.

Diversity and inclusion
We understand that diversity leads to economic prosperity, a perspective [...]
fWe understand that diversity leads to economic prosperity, a perspective that strengthens both the safety and health of our business. Equal opportunities and equal treatment, regardless of gender, is the fundamental principle of human rights, which we strictly respect in our day-to-day work.
At Banca Transilvania, we encourage a diverse professional environment where our colleagues feel included, equally engaged, and sustained, regardless of their position.
discrimination incidents reported by our employees.
42.9%
of the Leader’s Committee positions are held by women.
training hours for our people on topics such as diversity, gender equality and fair treatment.

Cybersecurity
We treat information security with utmost care. All our internal regulations on [...]
fWe treat information security with utmost care. All our internal regulations on information security are developed according to the ISO 27001 standard. To secure online and POS payments, the Bank complies with Strong Customer Authentication standards, part of the European directive on PSD2 payment services.
Access to banking applications – BT Pay, Neo BT, BT24, BT Visual Help – is granted securely, complying with high-security standards. Cards enrolled in BT Pay and other wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Fitbit Pay, Garmin Pay are tokenized. Also, the cards issued by BT comply with international security standards regulated by Visa/Mastercard.
A special section on our website is dedicated to our customers and provides various advices and information related to cybersecurity.
65.7 M
The total number of readers present on the sites where the news and information on #SigurantaOnline was published.

Green Payments
We take responsibility for protecting the environment and contributing to [...]
fWe take responsibility for protecting the environment and contributing to the development of a sustainable, more inclusive, society.
Hence, we set goals that strengthen our commitment to a more financially inclusive future such as designing innovative payments applications and services and offering dedicated payment products such as BT Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, wearables, smartwatches (Fitbit Pay, Garmin Pay) payment solutions for entrepreneurs and small business owners like traditional POS, Android POS, phone POS application and BTeComm – our eCommerce solution.
Online shopping confirmations registered in 24 hours.
250.000
Phone payments made every day through BT Pay.
Clients that use BT Pay daily.

Community
We are actively involved in the development of the community, and [...]
fWe are actively involved in the development of the community, and we are delighted every time we can support a progressive movement.
We continuously help people by being close to them. We constantly get involved in a vast range of activities from children’s organizations to cultural festivals, improving this way the quality of life and education.
Associations and non-governmental organizations that benefited from our support in 2021.
190.000
In 2021, we raised 190,000 euros from donation campaigns. Through our communication on our website and through our dedicated functionalities in BT Pay, we partnered up with our clients to the benefit of good causes. BT doubled the amounts donated by our c
Our investment in the development of the local communities by funding cultural and educational events, supporting social causes, and contributing through different projects.

Transparency
Aligning the interests of all the stakeholders is a vital aspect of our [...]
fAligning the interests of all the stakeholders is a vital aspect of our daily activity, which is why transparency in terms of strategic direction, goals, and risk management is imperative. We take responsibility for creating a sustainable company and leading to a positive impact on our society.
This mindset led us to gain over two decades of experience on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Furthermore, by making this principle a fundamental rule, we constantly communicate efficiently with all the stakeholders, offer transparent financial results, organize conferences, meet investors at various international conferences, or regularly publish informational reports regarding the financial results.
The first bank from Romania, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
10
is the score obtained in the evaluation of the Romanian Investor Relations Association (ARIR) regarding the communication of the companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Impact financing
Our commitment to sustainable development has been obvious over [...]
fOur commitment to sustainable development has been obvious over the past years. We understand what our responsibility is and what expectations people have of us.
Furthermore, we will contribute to positive change by investing in digitalization, financial education and inclusion, social responsibility campaigns, by including responsible financing principles in our lending policies, and by developing funding portfolios in sustainable areas to stimulate innovation and positively impact our community and environment.
We have been supporting EBRD programs in Romania since the very beginning. From 2013 onwards, we have granted 172 financings of over 26 million euros under the Roseff (Romania – SME Sustainable Energy Efficiency Financing Facility – "RoSEFF") program.
75%
Of the total number of loans from our corporate client’s portfolio are classified as having low environmental and social risk, based on IFC standards.
In collaboration with EBRD, we granted more than 1.500 mortgage and consumer loans, worth over 33 million euros, to customers willing to acquire greener homes or goods with a superior energy efficiency.

Our people, our responsibility
BT means people. And, besides all, we are a team. We work together, support [...]
fBT means people. And, besides all, we are a team. We work together, support, and sustain each other because we understand that our day to day actions are directly related to over 3.2 million customers.
With this belief, fast-paced adaptation, and prompt decision-making, we overcame all the challenges we had during the pandemic. For ensuring smooth and optimal business activities, we have consolidated our core strategy and we developed new wellbeing programs and activities, by thinking about both the physical and mental health of our employees.
Employees who developed their skills through the "Learn from Home" program, spending a total of 68,220 working days extending their business knowledge and abilities.
64%
The decrease in staff turnover in 2020 compared with the previous year.
Participations registered in our webinars that were addressed for the development of soft skills such as emotional agility, communication, and anxiety management, during the pandemic.

Digital Transformation
We demonstrate a high level of receptivity to technological innovation [...]
fWe demonstrate a high level of receptivity to technological innovation, making sure that we streamline the real-time information transmission process, focusing on continuous adaptation in times of rapid change.
Our figures show that the pandemic has brought about a massive upswing in the adoption of online banking. The result leads to a new banking era in which one of the main pillars is technology. Therefore, we see extraordinary opportunities for customers in terms of mobility due to remote banking, access to new products and services, as well as the rapid growth of confidence in online payments.
Phone calls are registered every day by our Call Center team. This number could have meant as many travels to agencies and subsidiaries for our clients, day by day.
2.4 m
Sessions were opened in BT Visual Help, our digital platform that provides customers with information about accounts, transactions, and cards, which means a growth of 71% in 2021 compared with 2020.
Our six chatbots have registered, since their implementation, over 20 million replies for our clients and employees.

Financial protection of customers
We act responsibly with our customers. In our relationship with them, we use [...]
fWe act responsibly with our customers. In our relationship with them, we use principles of reliable lending, thus reducing the risk of undesirable consequences.
We analyze the development of the economy, and we anticipate the occurrence of difficult moments. We understand our customers, and we try to help them by taking appropriate measures to reduce the risks of insolvency.
Credit card lines that we exempted from the payment of the minimum monthly obligation for 3 months.
41.000
Due to the pandemic, over 41,000 individual and corporate customers benefited from the moratorium (both public and private). We took this measure to meet the needs of our customers, to reduce the financial pressure caused by the pandemic.
1.1 billion loans, in the moratorium, of which 56% to our corporate clients.

Sustainable financing
BT has received the first blue loan financing in Central and Eastern Europe from the [...]
fBT has received the first blue loan financing in Central and Eastern Europe from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The loan supports Banca Transilvania in financing micro-companies and SMEs to implement responsible water use projects. The collaboration between BT and IFC contributes to increasing the access to water in Romania and improving the water management practices as a valuable resource for our country, with the purpose of economic growth, generating higher life standards and creating new jobs.
100 MLN
is the amount granted to the bank to support the blue economy, focused on the sustainable use of water as a manner of showing our care for the environment.

Responsible banking
BT approved to submit its membership application to the UNEPFI [...]
fBT approved to submit its membership application to the UNEPFI – Principle for Responsible Banking framework, in January 2022, to ensure that our business strategy and practice is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

Green Mobility
To encourage customers to take steps towards sustainable mobility [...]
fTo encourage customers to take steps towards sustainable mobility solutions, BT Leasing has come up with products with low-interest rates and fees – Green Mobility Leasing (RON and EUR). In 2020 we had an 18% share of registered leases for hybrid or electric cars, new or used, from authorized dealers in Romania or BT Leasing partners. In 2021, BT Leasing continued to encourage the transition to environmentally friendly options, and customers who have opted for electric cars or PHEV benefited from better interest rates.
25%
of the BTL's leases granted this year were for electric cars or PHEV

Our impact
As a local player, we understand the importance of long-term development [...]
fAs a local player, we understand the importance of long-term development of our economy and communities. For our impact valuation to be measurable, we have a policy that sustains the active assistance to the betterment of society so that the positive results contribute to solving the problems at their root.
We were and continue to be in solidarity with the current social and economic situation. We assist every time we have the chance, confident that we are heading towards a better, safer, and more sustainable future.
Companies grow with us. Together we support the development of the Romanian economy.
2 m
We have donated over 2 million euros to 38 hospitals, contributing to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a corporate citizen, we have contributed during the last five years to the state budget with taxes amounting to over 550 million euros.

Transylvania Forest
One of the projects we love the most is Transylvania Forest. We are [...]
fOne of the projects we love the most is Transylvania Forest. We are actively involved in preserving the ecosystem. We support annual reforestation campaigns to protect reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, while continuing with our paper consumption reduction measures. Our initiative Transylvania Forest is one of our massive reforestation campaigns.
For six years, 10.500 volunteers were involved in our campaigns.
450.000
From 2014 until now, we have invested over 450.000 euros in dedicated programs such as Transylvania Forest.
Since 2014, we have planted 60 hectares, which today tally 220.000 trees.
Our work doesn't stop here
Sustainability can't be something done on the side, it has to be built into our way of doing business day by day.
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