ALAND INDEX INITIATIVE

TitleALAND INDEX INITIATIVE
BrandTHE BANK OF ALAND
Product/ServiceBALTIC SEA PROJECT
Category A05. Use of Real-time Data
Entrant RBK COMMUNICATION Stockholm, SWEDEN
Idea Creation RBK COMMUNICATION Stockholm, SWEDEN
PR HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES SWEDEN Stockholm, SWEDEN
Additional Company LEROY Helsinki, FINLAND
Additional Company 2 WINTER Mariehamn, FINLAND
Additional Company 3 NOIR Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Additional Company 4 DBY stockholm, SWEDEN
Credits
Name Company Position
MATHIAS WIKSTRÖM RBK COMMUNICATION PARTNER, CEO
FREDRIK LINDER RBK COMMUNICATION PARTNER, COO
ERIK LARSSON RBK COMMUNICATION CREATIVE DIRECTOR
JOCKE ENEGREN RBK COMMUNICATION COPYWRITER
JOHANNA LINDBERG RBK COMMUNICATION ACCOUNT MANAGER
LARSA ANÉER RBK COMMUNICATION GRAPHIC DESIGNER
LINDA WOHLFEIL RBK COMMUNICATION DIGITAL DIRECTOR
MONIKA NARS LEROY CEO
RICKARD LINDGREN LEROY DIGITAL MANAGER
JENNY ÅSTRÖM HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES CEO SWEDEN
NILS HOLMLÖV HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES PR MANAGER
MARTIN NABELEK NOIR PRODUCER
MARCUS JOHANSSON DBY CEO
ROBIN MAGNUSSON DBY MOTION PRODUCER
JOHAN PIHL Phil Industries Creative Director

The Campaign

•Data insights: We could match exact daily individual consumption behaviour data in with that of leading financial market risk analysis data per company aggregated as risk by category and matching it with the merchant category codes of the payment transaction data providers. As a result the insights leading to the idea would also be the individual insight created per client in real time with the data presented on their Internet bank. •Innovation: By using individual real-time data to create absolute relevance when bridging the consumers disconnect between cause and effect we give nature a voice at every point of purchase. And by maintaining a solution driven perspective, presenting alternatives to balance the calculated impact, by making the impact count, every month, we could also engage all clients. By making this innovation open to any bank, their clients too can contribute in turning the situation around. •Originality: We have yet to hear about someone else creating a voice for nature in your wallet with repeated individual relevance by merging complex data with individual behaviour and direct suggestions for independent offset solutions. But as the bank decided to open the index to all banks there can be an alliance of the willing.

The Aland Index was launched in April 2016 and will reach full implementation with the on going exchange of all credit cards in February 2017. • Data enhanced consumer experience The pilot has tested with 100 % likeability, thanks to: The relevant access point, internet bank. The automated process, easy usage. The solution oriented approach, offset alternatives. • Data driven behaviour change Until we have a full year of data we let WWF speak for the change of behaviour potential. 83 % think it is important or very important to live in a sustainable way 60 % want so see a climate branding/category for financial products to be able to compare 80 % I want to contribute personally to make climate change go below 2 degrees 65 % would change bank if there was a climate smart alternative 87 % wants to see innovative development in environmental tech • Business impact Within six months of the launch the Aland Index Initiative has generated: 100 % coverage in Nordic Financial Press +205 % increase in The Bank of Aland’s Baltic Sea Project Social Media followers +200,000,000 in earned global media reach +23 % Baltic Sea Project Account Deposits and Funding

The Aland Index pioneers the way we consumers connect with the impact of our on-going consumption by merging environmental-, financial- and credit card transactions data. The value of individual insights are not only substantiated by data but also enabled by it. Data is truly at heart of the purpose to bridge cause and effect as well as stimulate solution driven actions on individual, local or global level. In the greater picture, for a bank sitting on a group of islands in the middle of the deteriorating Baltic Sea this means the world to them, literally.

• Data gathering: The strategy was to gather live data that was undeniable relevant down to an individual level as well as undeniable correct on an expert level. • Data interpretation: In order to be trustworthy the interpretation needed to be executed by leading providers in all fields connected. MasterCard as payment transaction data provider. Thomson Reuters and Sustainalytics as financial risk analysis data provider. KPMG as aggregating environmental data per merchant category. The World Bank as independent point of reference for the socioeconomic carbon emission cost. The Bank of Aland as calculating and distributing the encrypted individual data through a secure Internet or Mobile Bank. • Targeting: The Bank of Aland’s ambition is to provide all clients with on-going automated reports as they are all part of the relationship that presents the potential solution.