Sustainability Highlights
2025 Sustainability Highlights
In 2025, we continued to create positive impact on the environment, our people and the communities we serve in our sustainability journey. These collective efforts reflect our steadfast commitment to accelerating the transition to a net-zero future, bringing impact to communities and conducting our business responsibly.
Accelerating the Transition to a Net-Zero Future
- Extended more than 280 green, transition, social and sustainability-linked loans and served as sustainability advisors in over 210 of these transactions, leading to a $9 billion increase in our committed sustainable finance portfolio to $80 billion
- Partnered with Enterprise Singapore to launch the OCBC SME Start-ESG Programme to enable SMEs to obtain baseline sustainability metrics, receive expert guidance on sustainable practices and access to sustainability-linked loans from OCBC
- Built on the success of the award-winning OCBC Sustainability Hub, and continued to empower investors with personalised ESG ratings and insights, enabling them to make informed financial decisions and actively manage their investments
- Co-led the Taxonomy workstream of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association, advancing the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to enable financial institutions and corporates to structure sustainable and transition financing more effectively
- Collaborated with SP Group to deploy Singapore’s first district cooling solution in a brownfield development at OCBC Tampines Centre 2, advancing our operational emissions reduction efforts
- Implemented energy efficiency measures in the region, including the rooftop solar array deployment at OCBC Centre China and Radiative Cooling at OCBC Macau
- Extended more than 280 green, transition, social and sustainability-linked loans and served as sustainability advisors in over 210 of these transactions, leading to a $9 billion increase in our committed sustainable finance portfolio to $80 billion
- Partnered with Enterprise Singapore to launch the OCBC SME Start-ESG Programme to enable SMEs to obtain baseline sustainability metrics, receive expert guidance on sustainable practices and access to sustainability-linked loans from OCBC
- Built on the success of the award-winning OCBC Sustainability Hub, and continued to empower investors with personalised ESG ratings and insights, enabling them to make informed financial decisions and actively manage their investments
- Co-led the Taxonomy workstream of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association, advancing the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to enable financial institutions and corporates to structure sustainable and transition financing more effectively
- Collaborated with SP Group to deploy Singapore’s first district cooling solution in a brownfield development at OCBC Tampines Centre 2, advancing our operational emissions reduction efforts
- Implemented energy efficiency measures in the region, including the rooftop solar array deployment at OCBC Centre China and Radiative Cooling at OCBC Macau
Bringing Impact to Communities
- Launched the OCBC SeniorCare Programme to empower over 180,000 seniors over three years to age well, reflecting OCBC’s commitment to accessible, inclusive and caring banking solutions
- Expanded the OCBC app’s pay-to-wallet feature to cover 10 leading digital wallets across Asia, improving remittance speed, cost and accessibility especially for the region’s unbanked population and Singapore’s foreign workforce
- Launched Singapore’s first dedicated water safety programme for persons with disabilities, offering free lessons, specialised equipment and accessible facilities
- Continued reforestation efforts with the planting of trees in China and mangroves across Indonesia
- Established a strong mentoring and coaching culture through our Coaching for Growth Programme by partnering International Coaching Federation Singapore to provide continuous support for our people
- Strengthened our community outreach efforts in the region, including medical equipment donation in Malaysia, Ramadan food distribution in Indonesia, and programmes supporting underprivileged children and seniors living with dementia in Mainland China and Hong Kong
- Launched the OCBC SeniorCare Programme to empower over 180,000 seniors over three years to age well, reflecting OCBC’s commitment to accessible, inclusive and caring banking solutions
- Expanded the OCBC app’s pay-to-wallet feature to cover 10 leading digital wallets across Asia, improving remittance speed, cost and accessibility especially for the region’s unbanked population and Singapore’s foreign workforce
- Launched Singapore’s first dedicated water safety programme for persons with disabilities, offering free lessons, specialised equipment and accessible facilities
- Continued reforestation efforts with the planting of trees in China and mangroves across Indonesia
- Established a strong mentoring and coaching culture through our Coaching for Growth Programme by partnering International Coaching Federation Singapore to provide continuous support for our people
- Strengthened our community outreach efforts in the region, including medical equipment donation in Malaysia, Ramadan food distribution in Indonesia, and programmes supporting underprivileged children and seniors living with dementia in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Conducting Our Business Responsibly
- Rolled out secure in-app calls on OCBC’s digital banking apps, creating an authenticated call environment to reduce scam and fraud risks
- Extended the OCBC Money Lock anti-scam feature to customers in Malaysia and Hong Kong
- Launched quantum technology research partnerships with three Singapore universities to advance data security and fraud detection
- Launched the Cyber Certification Pathway (CCP) 2.0, a structured and scalable learning framework that upskills employees into cybersecurity specialists, analysts, and business practitioners to address evolving cyber threats. Over 200 graduates from key markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China and Hong Kong have completed the programme
- Initiated the Data Protection Honour Roll in key markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China and Hong Kong to acknowledge employees who advance privacy awareness, audit readiness and ethical data handling. Each honouree received a unique Non-Fungible Token to celebrate their achievement, reinforcing our commitment to cultivating a robust data protection culture across the Group
- Rolled out secure in-app calls on OCBC’s digital banking apps, creating an authenticated call environment to reduce scam and fraud risks
- Extended the OCBC Money Lock anti-scam feature to customers in Malaysia and Hong Kong
- Launched quantum technology research partnerships with three Singapore universities to advance data security and fraud detection
- Launched the Cyber Certification Pathway (CCP) 2.0, a structured and scalable learning framework that upskills employees into cybersecurity specialists, analysts, and business practitioners to address evolving cyber threats. Over 200 graduates from key markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China and Hong Kong have completed the programme
- Initiated the Data Protection Honour Roll in key markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China and Hong Kong to acknowledge employees who advance privacy awareness, audit readiness and ethical data handling. Each honouree received a unique Non-Fungible Token to celebrate their achievement, reinforcing our commitment to cultivating a robust data protection culture across the Group