Doha Bank and UNESCO signed a Partnership Agreement on 4th February 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters, West Bay, Doha, Qatar which was attended by Dr. R Seetharaman, Doha Bank Group CEO; Dr. Hamed Al-Hammami, UNESCO Representative in the Arab States of the Gulf and Yemen, Director of UNESCO Doha; Dr. Benno Boer, UNESCO’s Ecological Science Advisor in the Arab Region; Mr. Mark Sutcliffe, UNESCO’s Project Assistant – Natural Sciences, Mr. SalehSouror, Secretary General of the National Commission, Doha Bank Management, other guest and dignitaries. Doha Bank and UNESCO decided to work together as a Team in various environmental programmes by which both institutions can orchestrate together a partnership in greening the environment and actively promote the “green”culture. Eco-schools initiative will be developed in response to the need to involve young children in environmental projects and make them environmental advocates at a young age. The project aims to increase students’ awareness on environmental and related sustainable development issues. Other projects include Waste Management, Beach Clean-up and Tree Planting amongst others.”Doha Bank has Green Accounts which promotes the concept of paperless Banking and can greatly reduce petroleum-related carbon emissions, Go Green Credit Cards made from eco-friendly materials and contributes 1% of your spend towards a green cause, Doha Sooq for online shopping, DFast E-Remittances and DB Remit for online fund transfers and Doha Green Bank website, a green portal which creates public awareness on a wider scale.”