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- INTEGRATED REPORT
- Organisational overview
- Performance review
- Operating environment
- Business model for sustainable value creation
- Management discussion and analysis
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Governance and risk management
As permitted by the International <IR> Framework, this Annual Report constitutes a distinct and prominent section on Integrated Report, followed by Financial Statements and other supplementary information. The Integrated Report adheres to the guiding principles and content elements outlined in the Framework. As affirmed in the Annual Report of the Board of Directors, due diligence has been exercised in preparing and presenting this Integrated Report to uphold its integrity.
- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Financial Statements, including the Accounting Policies and accompanying notes, adhere to all relevant Accounting Standards and are devoid of significant misstatements. As affirmed in the Auditors’ Report, these Financial Statements provide a true and fair view of the Bank’s performance, financial position, changes in equity and cash flows. The Auditors have expressed an unmodified opinion on these Financial Statements, as stated in their “Independent Auditors’ Report” to the shareholders.
- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
- Annex 1: Compliance with Governance Directions, Rules and Codes
- Annex 2: Basel III – Disclosures under Pillar III as per the Banking Act Direction No. 01 of 2016
- Annex 3: GRI content index
- Annex 4: Our sustainability footprint
- Annex 5: Disclosures relating to Sustainability Accounting Standard for Commercial Banks
- Annex 6: Independent Assurance Reports
- Annex 7: The Bank’s organisation structure
- Annex 8: Financial Statements (US Dollars)
- Annex 9: Correspondent banks and agent network
- Annex 10: Glossary of financial and banking terms
- Annex 11: Acronyms and abbreviations
- Annex 12: Alphabetical index
- Annex 13: Index of figures, tables and graphs
- Notice of Meeting – Annual General Meeting
- Circular to the Shareholders on the First and Final Dividend for 2023
- Notice of Meeting – Extraordinary General Meeting
- Circular to Shareholders Pertaining to the Proposed Issue of Debentures
- Corporate Information
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Annex 13:
Index of figures, tables and graphs
Figures
Figure No. |
Description | Page No. of the printed Annual Report |
1 | Qualitative Criteria used in the production of the Annual Report | 7 |
2 | Guiding, Principles, Regulations, Codes and Acts for financial and narrative reporting | 8 |
3 | Organisational overview | 12 |
4 | Our Key Stakeholders | 38 |
5 | Our Stakeholder Engagement Process | 39 |
6 | Materiality determination and integration engagement | 42 |
7 | Matter relevant to the key stakeholder groups | 43 |
8 | Materiality Matrix | 44 |
9 | World Economic outlook projections (% change) | 48 |
10 | The Bank’s Sustainability Framework | 54 |
11 | Multi capitals of the Bank | 56 |
12 | Business Model | 58 |
13 | Duality of value creation and multi-capital model | 62 |
14 | Sustainable Banking | 66 |
15 | Our commitment to prudent growth | 67 |
16 | Value that support the Bank’s brand | 73 |
17 | The Pillars of Sustainable Finance | 74 |
18 | Commercial Bank’s Green Financing Journey | 76 |
19 | Composition of the Green Finance Portfolio as at December 31, 2023 | 76 |
20 | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development Programs | 81 |
21 | Network of delivery points in Sri Lanka | 88 |
22 | Network of delivery points in Bangladesh | 89 |
23 | Responsible Organisation | 97 |
24 | Commercial Bank’s Sustainability Journey | 98 |
25 | Climate Position Statement of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC | 99 |
26 | Promoting a culture of sustainability | 105 |
27 | Environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility | 105 |
28 | Minimising/Offsetting our Environmental Footprint | 106 |
29 | The role of the “Future Force” members | 107 |
30 | “Best Sustainable Branch & Department of the Year” Award | 108 |
31 | Aligning the Bank’s sustainability pillars with those of CBSL and UN SDGs | 109 |
32 | The Bank’s business partners | 110 |
33 | Community Engagement | 112 |
34 | Governance Framework in place at the Bank for community engagement | 113 |
35 | Total fund allocation and utilisation of the CSR Trust during 2011-2023 | 114 |
36 | Snapshot of CSR and Sustainability Initiatives | 115 |
37 | Contribution during the year 2023 | 118 |
38 | Modes of engagement with Investors | 144 |
39 | Key regulatory requirements, voluntary codes, and elements of CG Framework | 179 |
40 | Governance Structure | 181 |
41 | Composition of the Board and Attendance | 183 |
42 | Composition of the Board (as at December 31, 2023) | 183 |
43 | Executive Management Committees | 185 |
44 | Board highlights – 2023 | 187 |
45 | Three lines of defence | 237 |
46 | Risk Governance structure | 238 |
47 | Risk Management Framework | 240 |
48 | Summary of key risks | 241 |
49 | Group structure | 279 |
50 | Types of risk | 284 |
51 | Bank’s risk management framework | 285 |
Tables
Table No. | Description | Page No. of the printed Annual Report |
1 | Financial Highlights | 16 |
2 | Non-financial Highlights | 17 |
3 | Mode and Frequency of Stakeholder Engagement | 40 |
4 | Material Topics, Risks, Opportunities, How we manage and GRI Disclosures | 45 |
5 | World Economic Outlook Projections (% change) | 48 |
6 | The Bank’s performance compared to the Banking Sector | 52 |
7 | Statement of Capital Position | 60 |
8 | Growth in deposit base and lending portfolio over the past decade | 68 |
9 | Customer Segmentation | 78 |
10 | Channel Mix and target market on perceived customer preference | 78 |
11 | Investments in IT Infrastructure | 91 |
12 | Migration to digital channels | 91 |
13 | Total financial transactions initiated through digital channels | 91 |
14 | Productivity and efficiency ratio | 95 |
15 | Power generated through renewable sources | 100 |
16 | Utility power consumption and GHG emissions | 100 |
17 | Employees by category and gender – Bank | 102 |
18 | Employees by type and gender | 103 |
19 | Female employees as of December 31, 2023 | 103 |
20 | Training statistics | 104 |
21 | Retention rate (Maternity leave) | 105 |
22 | Core Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) | 125 |
23 | Key Performance Indicators – Bangladesh Operations (Based on Management Accounts) | 129 |
24 | Key Financial Ratios – Bangladesh Operations (Based on Management Accounts) | 129 |
25 | Compliance with requirement of the section 7.6 of the listing rules of the CSE | 145 |
26 | Summary of listed securities of the Bank | 148 |
27 | Features of the ordinary shares | 148 |
28 | Movement of COMB voting share price over the year | 149 |
29 | Share price movement of last five years | 149 |
30 | Sustainable value for investors | 149 |
31 | Information on shareholders’ funds and Bank’s market capitalisation | 150 |
32 | Number of share transactions | 150 |
33 | Number of shares traded | 150 |
34 | Dividend Information | 151 |
35 | Number of ordinary shareholders | 152 |
36 | Twenty largest shareholders – Voting | 152 |
37 | Twenty largest shareholders – Non-voting | 153 |
38 | Public shareholding | 153 |
39 | Directors shareholding including the CEO’s shareholdings | 154 |
40 | Distribution schedule of number of holders and percentages | 154 |
41 | Composition of shareholders based on residency and category | 155 |
42 | Information on movement in Number of shares represent by the Stated Capital | 156 |
43 | Key shareholder return indicators | 159 |
44 | Attendance at AGM’s – 2019 to 2023 | 191 |
45 | Statement of Compliance | 216 |
46 | Directors’ interest in contracts with the Bank | 230 |
47 | Risk Profile | 235 |
48 | Maximum credit risk exposure | 243 |
49 | Distribution of Stage 3 credit impaired loans and advances to other customers as of December 31, 2023 | 245 |
50 | Market risk categories | 247 |
51 | Sensitivity of NII to rate shocks | 248 |
52 | Interest rate sensitivity gap analysis of assets and liabilities of the Banking Book as of December 31, 2023 – Bank | 248 |
53 | Statutory liquidity ratios | 249 |
54 | Key ratios used for measuring liquidity under the stock approach | 249 |
55 | Target and actual capital | 257 |
56 | Impact on CAR at minor, moderate and severe stress levels | 258 |
57 | Principal business activities and nature of business operations of the Group | 280 |
58 | Basis of measurement | 281 |
59 | Index of Material Accounting Policy Information | 289 |
Graphs
Graph No. | Description | Page No. of the printed Annual Report |
1 | GDP Growth | 49 |
2 | Quarterly GDP Growth – Sri Lanka | 50 |
3 | Inflation | 50 |
4 | Interest Rates | 50 |
5 | Funding structure as at December 31, 2023 | 70 |
6 | Deposit mix by product | 70 |
7 | Deposit mix by currency | 70 |
8 | Maturity analysis – Financial liabilities | 70 |
9 | Utilisation of funds as at December 31, 2023 | 70 |
10 | Assets by business segment | 70 |
11 | Loans and advances mix by currency | 71 |
12 | Loans and advances mix by product | 71 |
13 | Loans and advances by customer type (Sri Lankan operations) | 71 |
14 | Maturity analysis – Financial assets | 71 |
15 | Composition of Loans granted by Commercial Banks to the SME sector | 80 |
16 | Digital transformation | 84 |
17 | ComBank digital customer base | 92 |
18 | Service analysis of employees | 103 |
19 | Age analysis of employees as of December 31, 2023 | 103 |
20 | Profit growth | 120 |
21 | Total operating income | 121 |
22 | Impairment charges | 122 |
23 | Profit before and after tax | 122 |
24 | ROE and ROA | 122 |
25 | Composition of total assets | 123 |
26 | Loans & advances and deposits | 124 |
27 | Shareholders funds | 124 |
28 | Total Operating Income – Personal banking | 126 |
29 | Assets vs PBT vs Impairment charges – Personal banking | 126 |
30 | Total Operating Income – Corporate banking | 126 |
31 | Assets vs PBT vs Impairment charges – Corporate banking | 126 |
32 | Total Operating Income – International Operations | 126 |
33 | Assets vs PBT vs Impairment charges – International Operations | 126 |
34 | Total Operating Income – Dealing/Treasury | 127 |
35 | Assets vs PBT vs Impairment charges – Dealing/Treasury | 127 |
36 | Total Operating Income – NBFI, Real Estate & Services | 127 |
37 | Assets vs PBT vs Impairment charges – NBFI, Real Estate & Services | 127 |
38 | Performance of the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Banking Sector in 2023 | 144 |
39 | Performance of the Ordinary shares – Voting 2023 | 149 |
40 | Share price movement – Ordinary Shares – Voting | 149 |
41 | Share price movement – Ordinary Shares – Non-Voting | 149 |
42 | Number of share transactions | 150 |
43 | Number of shares traded | 150 |
44 | Shareholders’ funds and Bank’s market capitalisation | 150 |
45 | Dividend per share | 151 |
46 | Dividend Paid and Dividend Payout Ratio | 151 |
47 | Attendance at AGMs | 191 |
48 | Tenure wise loans and advances to other customers as at December 31, 2023 | 244 |
49 | Product wise analysis of loans and advances to other customers as at December 31, 2023 | 245 |
50 | Product wise geographical analysis of loans and advances to other customers as at December 31, 2023 | 245 |
51 | The concentration of counterparty bank exposures in Sri Lanka as at December 31, 2023 (Fitch ratings-wise) | 246 |
52 | The concentration of counterparty bank exposures in Bangladesh as at December 31, 2023 (CRAB ratings-wise) | 246 |
53 | Cross border exposure of the Bank (Sri Lankan& Bangladesh operations) | 246 |
54 | The concentration of cross-border exposure (Sri Lanka and angladesh operations) – S&P rating wise as at December 31, 2023 | 246 |
55 | Funding diversification by product | 250 |
56 | Composition of losses - 2023 | 251 |
57 | Losses by no of events | 252 |
58 | Losses by values | 252 |
59 | Social and Environmental Risk Category wise Distribution of Lending Proposals as at December 31, 2023 | 254 |
60 | Gross income | 265 |
61 | Net interest income | 265 |
62 | Net fees and commission income | 265 |
63 | Total operating income | 265 |
64 | Impairment charges and other losses | 265 |
65 | Profit before tax | 265 |
66 | Profit after tax | 265 |
67 | Earnings per share – basic | 265 |
68 | Interest margin | 265 |
69 | Financial intermediation margin | 265 |
70 | Cost to income Ratio including taxes on financial services | 265 |
71 | Cost to income Ratio excluding taxes on financial services | 265 |
72 | Total assets | 265 |
73 | Net financial assets at amortised cost – loans and advances to other customers | 265 |
74 | Financial liabilities at amortised cost – due to depositors | 265 |
75 | CASA Ratio | 265 |
76 | Liquidity ratios | 409 |
77 | Impact of a rare shock on the net interest income | 417 |
78 | Sensitivity FX position-impact of 1% change in exchange rate (SL Operation) | 418 |