72 • KCM Aktien Global SRI: Designed as a passive, highly diversified global share fund that is intended to replicate the value development of the MSCI World SRI Index on the basis of a reasonable number of individual titles. Sustainable investments at the network banks Local sustainability funds are also still offered at individual network banks. Investors interested in sustainable investments in, for example, the Czech Republic, can invest with Raiffeisenbank a.s. in the Raiffeisen-Nachhaltigkeit Mix and the Raiffeisen-Nachhaltigkeit-Aktien of Raiffeisen KAG. It is also possible to invest in a sustainability fund in the Czech Republic. The Raiffeisen Nachhaltigkeitsfonds-Mix and another sustainability fund of a third party are also offered in Hungary. Sustainable products and services Other sustainable products and services in Vienna Green bonds Refinancing sustainable investments on the capital market is gaining in importance. RBI AG has been registered as a member of the Green Bond Principles of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) since 2014. The Green Bond Principles (GBP) are voluntary procedural guidelines that promote transparency and integrity in the development of this quickly growing market through the definition of a uniform issuing process. The Green Bond Principles are open to all institutions that have issued, subscribed to or placed Green Bonds, and over 55 institutions have already registered. RBI AG carried out a portfolio analysis for the issue of a first Green Bond and is currently evaluating options for implementing this. Subsidy advice For many years, RBI AG has advised customers on matters of environmental subsidies and supported them in producing KPC applications (Kommunalkredit Public Consulting) and accounting statements for funding agencies. Incentives to renovate residential units Additional incentives for the performance of renovation measures that benefit the environment, the economy and residents alike were generated again in 2016 by the “Renovation Check” and “Contractor Bonus” grant programs initiated by the Austrian federal government. In acknowledgment of its social responsibility, Raiffeisen Bausparkasse Gesellschaft m.b.H. joined with the Austrian Raiffeisen banks in once again assuming the free processing of the Renovation Check applications submitted by their customers, which made up about 30 percent of all applications nationwide. The “Contractor Bonus” campaign, in which private individuals can take advantage of grants for contractor services for the renovation, maintenance and modernization of their own homes, was also supported again. Raiffeisen Bausparkasse handled the entry of about 48 percent of all applications, thereby making a valuable contribution to assisting local contractors.
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