CIMB launches GreenBizReady for SMEs

(From left) Top: Matrade CEO Mohd Mustafa Abdul Aziz, Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Centre CEO Shamsul Bahar Mohd Nor and MIDA CEO Datuk Azman Mahmud. Bottom (from left): CIMB Islamic Bank CEO Ahmad Shahriman Mohd Shariff and CIMB Group commercial banking deputy CEO Ahmad Shazli Kamarulzaman.

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have launched the CIMB GreenBizReady, a one-stop sustainability solution for Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) towards the green economy.

“With an allocation of RM250mil, SMEs will be empowered through financial solutions and incentives such as sustainability-linked financing benefits, access to sustainability service providers, training and capacity building, certification and advisory services, and business matching with support from industry leaders and government agencies,” CIMB said in a statement Wednesday.