145 GRI Index and Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Human Capacity Report Sustainability management Overview Foreword As in previous years, Raiffeisen Centrobank AG participated in the stock exchange games at Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG and Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich AG again in 2016. These are aimed at school children and young people. From the perspective of Raiffeisen Centrobank AG, the goal is to acquaint this target group with the topic of “Investing in Certificates” and to raise the level of knowledge with this investment category. Raiffeisen Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H. has been inviting students of higher schools in and around Vienna to talks and workshops since 2006. At the two events held in 2016, the topic was the responsible use of money and capital market instruments. Financial Literacy at the network banks Central Europe (CE) The Junior Achievement Foundation, established in the Czech Republic in 1992, is a charitable organization specialized in teaching at primary and secondary schools. It is the world’s oldest and largest non-profit organization in the area of education and works closely with companies whose managers give presentations or function as jurors in competitions, for example. The partnership with Raiffeisenbank a.s. has existed since 2005. The foundation prepares students to be successful in international business and teaches them about starting up companies and creating jobs. Raiffeisenbank a.s. is a long-term partner of the Czech student competition “The best practice company”. Employees of Raiffeisenbank get involved as members of the jury and work actively on developing and expanding the competition. As part of this competition, the bank introduced the “Raiffeisen Students Leadership Award” for the first time in the 2014/15 school year. Bank employees voluntarily collaborated with postsecondary © Junior Achievement schools and universities in several regions. The “RBCZ Ambassador” project has existed since 2010. Raiffeisenbank a.s. employees make themselves available to provide students and teachers with lectures, presentations and discussions on banking products, principles for handling money responsibly as well as small student competitions. Fifteen volunteers participated in this initiative in 2016. The initiative “Penz7” of the Hungarian bank association seeks to remedy the lack of financial education offered in schools. The target group for this project consists of students at primary school and lower secondary school. The program was conducted a second time in 2016 and again supported by Raiffeisen Bank Zrt. Many employees held voluntary presentations in schools across the entire country as part of corporate volunteering. The aim of this initiative is to establish early awareness of financial matters among children.
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