Health and Environment

In the field of Health, we unselfishly provide our support to medical institutions, non-governmental organizations and citizens' associations that are struggling to improve the conditions for health treatment, providing appropriate treatment and care for persons suffering from rare and serious diseases, as well as financial assistance for individuals - natural persons who require special treatments or surgeries abroad.

Environmental care is an important segment of our Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy encompassing projects that contribute to raising awareness among citizens about environment protection from potential polluters as well as educating young people about the importance and significance of the term "recycling”. Our employees actively volunteer in the realization of most of the environment protection projects.

Sparkasse Bank with a donation of trees for a greener Skopje

🌳 On 01.12.2021, 50 catalpa trees were planted in Skopje as an expression of the aspirations for the greening of the city of Skopje. The trees are a donation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Union (EU), Austria and the local partner banks: Sparkasse Banka, NLB Banka, ProCredit Banka and Komercijalna Banka, as part of the Financing Program of the Western Balkans Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF in North Macedonia), which supports households for investments in energy efficiency improvements.

✔ EBRD, EU, Austria and local partner banks donate wood to mark the results of the GEFF Program in North Macedonia

✔ The EBRD energy efficiency program has so far supported 2,500 households in North Macedonia

✔ "In the past four years, Sparkase Banka was one of the active promoters of the Western Balkans GEFF program and together with the former Ohridska banka, they made total placements of EUR 15 million. Through our sales network, we worked intensively for greater direct promotion of the program, which contributed to greater education and awareness among citizens for the use of energy-efficient materials when renovating or building their homes," said Nina Nedanoska, Member of the Management Board of Sparkase Bank AD Skopje.

SPARKASE BANK EMPLOYEES DONATE TO "SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE" THROUGH THE ECO ACTION

CSR project of "SOS Children's Village" and Sparkase Bank, enabled and supported by "Challenger".

The employees of Sparkase Bank, with each ECO kilometer spent walking, cycling, hiking, will make it possible to collect the set goal for a donation to "SOS Children's Village" in the amount of 300,000 denars. Through the call for joint impact from all employees, Sparkase Bank will not only realize the donation to "SOS Children's Village", but will also encourage and motivate its employees for greater physical activity and measurement of ECO kilometers passed in daily movement.

JOINT DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 110,000 EUROS TO OVERCOME THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

As a sign of support for the efforts to overcome the consequences of the coronavirus, Sparkasse Banka Makedonija, Ohridska Banka and the parent bank Staermerkishe Sparkasse from Graz, Austria, engaged in joint donor activities in the total amount of 110,000 euros.

The Staermerkishe Sparkasse Group expressed its solidarity through a dedicated donation to several health institutions and assistance to 1,500 socially endangered families in conditions when they needed financial assistance and support to more easily overcome the consequences of the covid-19 crisis.

The total donation in the amount of 110,000 euros was specifically used to support different segments of the healthcare system. For the needs of the University Clinic for Infectious and Febrile Diseases in Skopje, funds were donated (54,000 euros) for the purchase of protective masks and spacesuits as daily needs of health workers, as well as maintenance and overhaul of existing medical equipment (two mobile X-ray machines) and purchase of a vertical laminar chamber. Within this donation, financial resources were allocated to support the two general hospitals in the currently most affected areas outside of Skopje: Kumanovo and Ohrid, fuel was provided for 32 vehicles that are available to the Emergency Medical Services.

To Sparkasse #OnBike (#наточак) 

Within the social responsibility platform Sparkasse Life, Sparkasse Bank installed bicycle parking behind the headquarter on the Makedonija street. We asked all employees, clients and neighbors to support the initiative to lead a healthy life, creating healthy habits and protecting the environment through the use of bicycles as a means of transport. To Sparkasse # OnBike!