Climate
6 Sep 2024, 2:00 AM
Climate change is an unparalleled challenge for our world, one where banks also have a role to play. ING plays its part in various ways.
6 Sep 2024, 2:00 AM
Climate change is an unparalleled challenge for our world, one where banks also have a role to play. ING plays its part in various ways.
10 Dec 2025, 9:47 AM
Over the years, ING has been transforming from traditional, bricks and mortar bank to a global, digital organisation. This shift is accelerated by the gathering, storage, analysis and use of vast quantities of data. While this represents incredible opportunities, it also presents challenges. Some of these challenges entail ethical dilemmas.
4 Apr 2025, 2:00 AM
ING acknowledges the right of sovereign countries to maintain public order and defend themselves. As a major European bank, ING finances today's society. We support and meet funding needs of the defence industry – provided they are aimed at supporting and increasing the resilience of Europe.
29 Oct 2025, 3:55 PM
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, forests cover 31% of Earth’s land surface. This coverage is rapidly being reduced through human activities such as urbanisation, fires and logging. Between 2015 and 2020, the rate of deforestation was estimated at ten million hectares per year1. Agricultural expansion is the main driver of deforestation and forest degradation, which results in the loss of (forest) biodiversity.
26 Sep 2024, 2:00 AM
The modern world depends on energy for everyday needs, from cooking to heating, to industrial activities and transportation. Here we provide our views on the various ways energy is generated, our energy sector commitments, and reflect on our own energy footprint.
29 Oct 2025, 3:59 PM
Conflict, instability, displacement, discrimination, climate change—the world faces major social challenges around human development and human rights. These issues require global efforts to secure a truly sustainable and prosperous future for all.
19 Sep 2024, 2:00 AM
In developing ING’s energy strategy, we balance three key interests: the need to decarbonise to fight climate change, the need for energy to remain affordable for people and companies, and the need for security of the energy supply.
29 Oct 2025, 4:10 PM
Plastic is used in many aspects of modern life, from food packaging, the houses we live in, to medical instruments. It would be fair to say that the invention of this lightweight, strong, waterproof material has had a profound impact on our lives – but it comes with a downside: plastic waste and pollution.
29 Oct 2025, 4:11 PM
Tobacco has a long history of recreational use in society. In more recent years however, growing health concerns have prompted a shift from acceptance to exclusion.
20 Nov 2025, 9:01 AM
