QNB Group reaffirms net zero commitment as it publishes 2025 Sustainability Report

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has published its Sustainability Report 2025, detailing the Gro...

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has published its Sustainability Report 2025, detailing the Group’s progress in advancing the sustainable agenda across the markets it serves, and reaffirming its commitment to the just transition of the real economy.

The report provides a comprehensive overview of QNB’s sustainability journey across its three pillars: Sustainable finance, Sustainable operations, and Beyond banking. It highlights key milestones in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) transparency, including remaining the only bank in the region to be assured against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and key ESG KPIs.

Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Group Chief Executive Officer of QNB Group, said: “I am proud to present QNB Group’s Sustainability Report 2025, which highlights our continued progress and commitment to addressing ESG across our purpose, vision, strategy, and businesses, while creating long-term value for all our stakeholders.”

The report details significant progress across the Group’s sustainability agenda. In 2025, QNB Group provided more than QR41bn in sustainable financing and successfully issued a €750m green bond, the largest by a bank in the Middle East at time of issuance.

A key milestone in 2025 was the announcement of QNB Group’s transition to Net Zero by 2050 – the first bank in Qatar to set this ambition. QNB Group is also the first bank in the Middle East to obtain independent assurance on its portfolio-wide Scope 3 financed emissions, in alignment with IFRS S1 and S2 disclosure.