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Sustainable Development Goals
Two of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were classified as particularly relevant for RBI in inhouse
ecology. These include Goal No. 13 “Climate Protection Measures” as well as Goal No. 7 “Affordable and
Clean Energy”. It is important to counteract climate change by reducing direct and indirect greenhouse gas
emissions. RBI’s options for exerting direct influence on the environment predominantly lie in the areas of energy
consumption (electricity and heat) and the mobility sector, and to a lesser extent, waste production, as well as
resource and water consumption. All these areas can be found in the Sustainable Development Goals, for example
SDG no. 6 (water), no. 7 (energy, and proportion of green electricity, energy efficiency), no. 12 (consumption
and production/waste) and no. 13 (climate protection). Water consumption and waste have a relatively small
footprint at RBI, which is why SDG no. 6 and 12 are not listed separately.
Environmental targets
Relying on the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), RBI has set the target of
reducing CO2 emissions by 30 percent (Scope 1 and 2 and separately for Scope 3) by 2030
and by 60 percent by 2050, which is to be achieved by means of energy efficiency and a
higher proportion of green electricity. The base year for the various environmental and CO2e
Since 2011, the CO2 emissions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 have been reduced by 26 percent
and by 13 percent in Scope 3. Overall (Scope 1–3), emissions have dropped 22 percent since
2011. RBI is well on the way to achieving the defined reduction targets by 2030.
At 34 percent, RBI’s proportion of green electricity remained the same as it was the previous year – therefore
already clearly above the EU target, which stipulates that the proportion of renewable energy should increase
to 27 percent by 2030.
The central tool for the implementation and further development of the environmental targets is the environmental
management system in Austria, which is operated in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001
(certified since 1998). In addition, the greenhouse gases have been validated for RBI AG since 2013 in
accordance with ISO 14064-3.
The Environmental Committee, Group Sustainability Management, Facility Management and Sustainability
Officers at the network banks are primarily responsible for implementing and evaluating the achievement of
our goals. Details on the goals can be found on our website at www.rbinternational.com.
Overview of greenhouse gas emissions
In order to ensure comparability, the environmental indicators contain only the head office data of the network
banks. The key figures of the network banks have been summarized according to regions and are published on
our website at www.rbinternational.com. There are no plans at present to collect environment-related data in all
branches. The data is presented to RBI, which consists of network banks in CEE, RBI AG in Austria and the Austrian
subsidiaries. The graphic on the next page shows the environmentally relevant areas of RBI and their impact on
CO2e emissions1.
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reduction targets is 2011.
1 CO2e is the conversion of the hazard potential of the relevant, climate-influencing gases into an equivalent amount of CO2.