141 GRI Index and Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Human Capacity Report Sustainability management Overview Foreword Engaged citizen We consider ourselves to be an engaged corporate citizen who actively champions sustainable development in our society. Our commitment as a corporate citizen goes beyond the core business with the aims of counteracting social problems, promoting cultural life and protecting the environment. Diversity, tolerance and a strong focus on people are the mainstay of our efforts to bring about forward-thinking developments in society. In our role as engaged citizen, we champion aspects that are essential for the transformation into a sustainable society. Sustainability is not just restricted to environmental protection here, but also combines this protection with economic progress and social justice. As a company in the financial sector, we think it is important to play a part in future issues being openly discussed in conjunction with a sustainable financial economy and these issues being deliberated with our stakeholders and the wider public. On the whole, cooperation with the relevant socio-political representatives and stakeholders is very important, as new systems can only be created through cooperation. These systems also signify a new quality in the economy. Our declared goal is to establish responsible corporate management and promote sustainable innovations – including by strengthening the business locations in which we operate. By doing this, we are creating and securing jobs in these regions. RZB Group champions an active civil society and social well-being. We support an open society and consider ourselves to be promoters of integration, awareness and openness. Social awareness is a driving force for sustainability. This means that we need to demonstrate the consequences of social action and make the discussion of sustainable solutions public. Poverty eradication, integration and solidarity are important goals in our social commitment. We champion social sustainability in terms of reducing poverty and fostering better educational prospects and equal opportunities as well as a fairer distribution of income and treating people with respect, regardless of their background. Of course, as a company in the financial sector, we think that improving knowledge about how to handle money is very important and we actively support these types of initiatives. We contribute to society by initiating corporate volunteering programs, supporting various social projects and entering into partnerships with NPOs and NGOs. At Raiffeisen, protecting the environment and the climate has been incorporated into the “Raiffeisen Klimaschutz- Initiative” (Raiffeisen Climate Protection Initiative, RKI) for approximately nine years and is implemented through a multitude of projects and measures. Environmental sustainability includes topics such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing resource efficiency, isolating growth and the material consumption, and of course, protecting nature and our living environment. Our workgroups for activities under the Raiffeisen Climate Protection Initiative focus on the areas of sustainable corporate management, including inhouse ecology, sustainable mobility and sustainable financial products. A separate group focuses on communication issues because raising awareness of environmental and climate protection is the basis for necessary changes.
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