Danske Bank: Corporate Social Responsibility
Overview
Danske Bank aims to have local decision making, local participation and being involved in local challenges and opportunities across Northern Ireland through their Community Programme.
The have a very clear and detailed CSR policy on their website which covers the following areas of activity:
Charity Partner
In the ten years to the end of 2020 they raised more than £800,000 through our partnerships, helping to make a positive societal impact. In 2020 they worked with Extern NI with the aim of helping to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable and socially deprived young people in Northern Ireland. They raised over £75,000 for Extern.
Their current charity partner is AWARE NI, a depression and mental health charity in Northern Ireland, who they’ve worked with since 2021. Funds raised throughout their partnership will go towards supporting the charity’s work that focuses on supporting the mental wellbeing of young people across Northern Ireland, through its Mood Matters Young People programme. They work alongside AWARE to provide support, training and education for our colleagues’ own mental wellbeing, as well as to assist them with any customers who might need support.
Christmas Charity Gift
Each year, they ask their employees to nominate local charities they would like to receive a Christmas donation. The most popular charities are then put forward to public vote. Given the added challenges facing the charity sector in 2020, they increased the fund to £20,000. As a result of the public vote, Marie Curie received £7,500, Alzheimer’s Society NI received £5,000, PIPS Charity received £3,500 and Dementia NI and Adoption NI each received £2,000.
Sponsorships
- Culture: From Seamus Heaney to Van Morrison, Kenneth Branagh to Duke Special... Liam Neeson, Snow Patrol, C.S. Lewis, The Undertones and James Nesbitt. The list of renowned writers, musicians and actors from Northern Ireland is something to be proud of and Dankse Bank are proud to support the arts and culture in Northern Ireland.
- Sport: They have a long history of supporting local sport and through their partnerships with the Northern Ireland Football League, Northern Ireland Schools’ Football Association, Ulster Schools’ GAA and Ulster Schools’ Rugby are one of the biggest supporters of sport in Northern Ireland. What really sets their sponsorships apart is the active support to nurture and develop local sporting talent at a grassroots level, from their business development toolkit for Danske Bank Premiership clubs to professional player training sessions for schools’ teams.
- Agri/Business sponsorships: For over 200 years Danske Bank have worked hand in hand with businesses in Northern Ireland, from the time when Belfast was at the centre of the global linen, ship building and aviation industries right up to today where they are helping local businesses develop their export strategies to try and, once again, help Northern Irish businesses conquer global markets.
Financial Literacy Programme
- Supporting financial literacy is the core theme of their community involvement programme.