The Hellenic Bank Association, following its Press Release published on 10 October 2023 regarding the common interbank questionnaires for the reception of the ESG criteria by the Greek companies, would like to clarify the following
1. In the context of their transactional relationship with companies/clients, HBA member banks, which participate in this specific interbank initiative (ESGr / Common Interbank ESG Questionnaire Initiative), may have already sent, on an individual basis, their own questionnaires through the ESGr platform, as part of their end-to-end technical assessments/tests.
2. It should be noted, however, that the completion of such questionnaires does not replace the need to complete the commonly accepted interbank ESG questionnaire, which has resulted from the interbank initiative mentioned above and it is sent by a special link.
3. In addition, for the needs of completing the common interbank ESG questionnaire, companies are requested to create specific credentials for the interbank initiative, which are related to the process of completing this, whilst noting that the initial credentials obtained in the context of technical assessments/tests have been deleted.
4. Finally, we would like to assure you that the completion of the common interbank ESG questionnaire will be required to be done only once a year and your answers will be sent through the ESGr platform to all the banks you are in business with.
