In 2024, QNB’s sustainable financing portfolio reached $9.6 billion, with sustainable bond issuances totaling $1.4 billion since 2020. QNB was the first bank in the Middle East to disclose its latest full-year scope 3 financed emissions, covering over 90% of the portfolio. QNB has an active climate adaptation plan, including 100% energy from renewable sources in select global territories, energy-efficient data centres, and partnerships for electric vehicles and sustainable aviation fuel-powered air freight. Al-Khalifa joined the group in 1996 and assumed his current role in 2018.