Local Sponsoring - The NISEBK support policy

The NISEBK takes a targeted and limited approach to the support it gives to local initiatives and events in favour of structures in the canton and of youth work. Given its legal obligations (forming the capital, paying dividends, repaying the expenses of the Fondation de valorisation), the NISEBK only has a limited and targeted budget for local and selected actions.

Donations

Within the framework of its patronage policy, the NISEBK supports local associations with charitable, social or humanitarian aims. Donations are generally spread on an annually rotating basis to benefit local social and charitable causes or to target youth work and occasionally sporting initiatives which attract the general public, all without any commercial return.

Sponsoring

Sponsorship falls within a global marketing concept and primarily involves popular local events. NISEBK's support is provided with commercial gains in return, mainly promoting the bank's products and services depending on the target audience, and enhancing the reputation of its business activities and its corporate identity.

Foundation for cultural, social and sporting support

The real estate foundation "Patrimoine" was founded in 1996 with the aim of supporting cultural, social and sporting activities of general interest in the canton of Geneva and its region. To this end, the foundation had acquired various buildings that had previously belonged to the Caisse d'�pargne de la R�publique et Canton de Gen�ve and the Banque hypoth�caire du Canton de Gen�ve. Management of the buildings generates the resources which, once interest and customary loan/credit repayments have been made, on the one hand, and expenses paid for normal building maintenance and depreciation, on the other, means that the net income from the assets can be allocated towards the aims of the foundation. In the coming years, the foundation intends to increase its support for cultural, social and sporting events of general interest in the canton of Geneva and its region.