Absa Group Limited was formed through a series of mergers and acquisitions over more than 100 years, starting in 1888, to form one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups.  Products and services span retail, business, corporate, investment and wealth banking as well as in investment management and insurance. Absa Bank Limited in South Africa is its principal banking subsidiary alongside majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania (Absa Bank and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. The Group also has offices in the Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

Voluntary initiatives

• Banking Association of South Africa’s (BASA) Principles on Environmental and Social Risk Management
• Carbon Disclosure Project
• Equator Principles
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)
• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)