Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC discloses a comprehensive ESG governance structure, detailing the roles of the Board Sustainability Committee, which “serves as the primary driver of DIB’s sustainability transformation” and the Management Steering Committee’s oversight of sustainability strategy, yet we found no evidence of any governance processes specifically related to lobbying activities, direct or through trade associations. The disclosures focus on sustainability risk management, committee mandates, and reporting to the Board, such as how the MSC “provides strategic guidance and operational oversight for implementing the Bank’s sustainability strategy,” but there is no mention of oversight of lobbying, a lobbying policy, monitoring procedures for policy engagement, or a responsible individual or body overseeing lobbying alignment. This lack of any reference to lobbying governance indicates no disclosed framework for aligning or monitoring Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC’s lobbying efforts with its climate or sustainability objectives. View Sources	E

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Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC discloses a comprehensive ESG governance structure, detailing the roles of the Board Sustainability Committee, which “serves as the primary driver of DIB’s sustainability transformation” and the Management Steering Committee’s oversight of sustainability strategy, yet we found no evidence of any governance processes specifically related to lobbying activities, direct or through trade associations. The disclosures focus on sustainability risk management, committee mandates, and reporting to the Board, such as how the MSC “provides strategic guidance and operational oversight for implementing the Bank’s sustainability strategy,” but there is no mention of oversight of lobbying, a lobbying policy, monitoring procedures for policy engagement, or a responsible individual or body overseeing lobbying alignment. This lack of any reference to lobbying governance indicates no disclosed framework for aligning or monitoring Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC’s lobbying efforts with its climate or sustainability objectives.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Dubai Islamic Bank provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The disclosures reference broad policy areas—such as supporting the UAE Net Zero 2050 agenda and the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy—yet they do not name any particular law, regulation or bill the bank has tried to influence. The description of activity is similarly high-level: the bank notes "our active participation in the Green Zone’s Climate Finance Hub" at COP28 and says it has "started engaging with key stakeholders such as regulators, UN agencies, and international environmental and sustainability rating agencies," but it does not explain whether these dialogues involved formal submissions, meetings, letters or other concrete lobbying tools, nor does it identify the specific government bodies or officials approached. Finally, the bank articulates only general aspirations—"we pledge to support the UAE government in reaching net-zero targets by 2050" and an intention to mobilise AED 1 trillion in sustainable finance—without clarifying the legislative or regulatory outcomes it seeks to secure. Together, these gaps mean readers learn that the bank is supportive of national climate goals and is in conversation with regulators, but they cannot see which policies are being targeted, how, or to what precise end.	D