Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is in Byblos Bank’s DNA. Long before most people had even heard of the term CSR, we were already fully engaged and having a positive impact. After all, effective banking naturally provides several crucial building blocks for the advancement of any society, including faster economic growth, more job opportunities, and greater surpluses available for reinvestment.
We call our approach the “humanization of capital”. For our customers, this involves offering dependable products and services that meet their specific needs while shielding them from unnecessary risk. For our employees, this manifests itself in how we lay out career paths that help each individual realize his or her real potential through personal and professional growth and prosperity. For the communities we are part of, it shows in our dedication to working together to achieve balanced and sustainable growth. This same philosophy applies to our governance: we adhere to the highest international standards and practice maximum transparency. It is also prominently expressed in our Social and Environmental Policy.
To have real impact and create tangible value, Byblos Bank concentrates on four areas: Education, Culture, the Environment, and Community.
We know education is a powerful force for change in our society. Hence, we strive to broaden access to education but also to empower individuals and communities at large through financial literacy initiatives. Our CSR work involves a multi-faceted Financial Literacy Program, supporting beneficial activities, offering vital scholarships, and funding much-needed campus facilities at major schools and universities in Lebanon. Indeed, Byblos Bank enjoys longstanding partnerships with Lebanon’s top universities. The Bank believes that modern campus facilities contribute to the improvement of academic education and help universities better serve their students:
1999: Contribution to construction of new buildings at Notre-Dame University 1999: Semaan Melkan Bassil Hall at the Lebanese American University’s Jbeil campus 2009: AUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery, American University of Beirut 2011: Dr. François Bassil Auditorium, Saint Joseph University, Innovation and Sports Campus 2017: Contribution to the construction of Dr. François Bassil Medical Building at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
Before submitting your request for support from Byblos Bank, please keep in mind the following key criteria that your project needs to meet in order to qualify for funding:
The Support Application Form must be filled in as comprehensively as possible in order to ensure a timely answer. You may be asked to submit a presentation and/or other supporting materials at a later time, but at this stage, the information included in the form is crucial to an orderly decision-making process.
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