In 2024, Emirates NBD hit 54% of sustainable debt. It also issued its first five-year $500 million sustainability-linked loan financing bond in December 2024, which was nearly four times oversubscribed. In 2024, Emirates NBD allocated $330 million under its $1.5 billion sustainability-linked loan facility to four entities. In May 2024, Emirates Islamic, the group’s shariah-compliant banking division, announced the successful pricing of its $750 million five-year sustainability sukuk for the first time. Emirates NBD completed a green term loan facility in collaboration with Galadari Sports in June 2025 to fund construction on a new sports complex in Dubai. Bains joined the bank in his current role in 2022.