As was the case last year, Bank Millennium was awarded the CSR Golden Leaf by Polityka weekly, which is given to companies whose activity in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development gets highest scores. In earlier years Millennium was awarded the CSR Golden Leaf no less than five times.

For the sixth time now Bank Millennium was hailed Dźwigacz Kultury (Uplifter of Culture) by Kraków Festival Bureau for sponsoring the Sacrum Profanum festival. This is yet another award this year for the bank for supporting cultural events.

Already 27 actions launched by Millennium Bank for the society and natural environment have been appreciated in the “Responsible Business in Poland” reports published by the Responsible Business Forum (FOB). From among the actions implemented in 2020 the following were distinguished: Providing funding for the first Polish COVID-19 test, Setting up the COVID-19 Infection Support Fund for Employees, programmes #zostanwdomu (stay at home) and online Financial education for pre-schoolers and their parents.

Millennium Docs Against Gravity documentary films festival, supported since 15 years by Bank Millennium together with last year’s Docs Against Isolation event won popular recognition in this year’s edition of the Golden Banker plebiscite, coming second on the podium in the “Socially sensitive bank” category.

Bank Millennium came second on the ranking list of best employers in banking and financial services. Among 30 best employers listed in the ranking.

In this year’s edition of the Institution of the Year ranking organised by Moje Bankowanie, activities of the Bank Millennium Foundation were distinguished in the Corporate Social Responsibility category.

The Bank Millennium Group has published online the financial and non-financial Environment Social Governance (ESG) report for 2020. The ESG report, which is the fifteenth annual non-financial report of the Bank Millennium Group, presents, among others, its activities related to the pandemic, protection of the environment and climate and barrier-free banking. In the following years, these reports will take into account new EU regulations on sustainable financing.

Millennium TFI and Millennium Dom Maklerski, members of the Bank Millennium Group, have published a strategy governing the integration of sustainability risks in their investment decision-making process. This is the first step in ensuring compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, SFDR), applicable since 10 March 2021 to all financial institutions operating in the European Union.

Bank Millennium as Climate Leader Poland 2021 has undertaken another environmental initiative, which aims at reducing CO₂ emissions. Thanks to cooperation with Signify (previously Philips Lighting) an upgrade was made of lighting in HQ office space, thus reducing related power consumption by 54% and raising work comfort.