116 Compliance with legal regulations Compliance with legal regulations is subjected to a stringent procedure defined in the management system. There were no convictions in due to violations of environmental protection regulations in 2016 at the Vienna sites or the network banks. Environmental policy The RZB Group has had an environmental policy since 2014. As a sustainably operating banking group, the traditional Raiffeisen values were the central point of reference for its design. The contents of the environmental policy are included in the sustainability guiding principles of the RZB Group in the areas of product ecology, inhouse ecology and environmentally friendly society, as published on the website at www.rbinternational.com. With respect to the area of inhouse ecology, for example, the guiding principles state that the RZB Group is committed to continuously improving its services for the environment beyond regulatory requirements, where possible and reasonable. The RZB Group works continuously to improve its sustainability standards and the main environmental parameters in the most relevant areas. Present-state assessment and weak point analysis Two studies carried out in 2009 and 2014 in cooperation with the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) formed the quantitative base for all target definitions and measures pertaining to environmental policy. The principles of data collection were building infrastructure, energy use, mobility data (traffic, logistics), materials used (resources, consumables) and waste flows. The system boundaries for this analysis were set in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (WRI/WBCSD, 2009), which makes a distinction between emissions in Scopes 1-3. This protocol, as well as results from the “mona” reporting tool, allowed us to derive additional measures for the whole group. These are reflected in the environmental targets of the RZB Group (see also “Environmental targets” chapter). Travel policy The travel policy of the RZB Group contains rules for traveling to events and conferences and defines framework conditions for business trips in Austria and abroad. The travel policy was revised in accordance with environmental factors in October 2013. Economic aspects as well as aspects that protect the environment should be considered when selecting the means of transport. This applies to the Austrian units including the specialized subsidiaries and also provides a framework for the network banks. To save costs and protect the environment, business trips should – where possible – be replaced by available technologies, such as web and video conferences. The mode of transport to be used should result in the lowest costs, taking the journey time into consideration. Furthermore, environmentally friendly means of transport (e.g. public transportation) are to be preferred. Environmental measures The central measures in the environmental areas of greatest importance for the RZB Group are presented in brief in the overview below and in the chapters that follow.
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