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© David Sailer
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
In 2017,
Raiffeisen
Bank
Sh.A. in
Albania
supported
a number
of sports
initiatives.
For
example,
it
sponsored
the Tirana marathon, the most important event of the year in terms of
large athletic events. During the year prior to the October marathon,
the organizers attended three expert-led seminars, to ensure that the
event would come off without a hitch. In addition, Raiffeisen Bank
Sh.A. supported the rebuilding of a stadium that had become rundown,
thereby allowing its continued use by the students and citizens of the
region to continue to use the stadium for their athletic activities.
In 2017,
for the
fourth
time in a
row,
Raiffeisen
Bank
Aval JSC
in Ukraine
sponsored
the 100-
kilometer
long
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cycling marathon “Kyivska Sotka” with an amount of € 3,359, held
on September 3 in Kiev, also for the fourth time. Out of a total of
around 1,500 participants, more than 700 amateurs (over 18 years
of age) completed the marathon with a wide variety of bicycles. The
goals of the event were to make this environmental means of transport
more popular, to promote a healthy lifestyle and give athletes, amateurs
and cycling fans the opportunity to engage in the sport.
Environment/city ecology
Human influence in particular is responsible for climate change: Any
form of energy use from fossil fuels, such as electricity, heating and
hot water consumption, and of course the mobility sector, cause
carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 is considered the main cause, because
it absorbs the heat radiation from the earth and thus heats the
atmosphere. At RBI, this problem is being addressed by means of
various projects.
Manfred Url, Chief Executive of
Raiffeisen Bausparkasse
Gesellschaft m.b.H.
“Raiffeisen Bausparkasse has been a
reliable partner for more than half a
century when it comes to savings and
house financing. With our current
1.6 million customers, we take our
responsibility in the matters of sustainability
very seriously. Many people do not know
that the construction sector is responsible
for around one third of global greenhouse
gas emissions and thus has an enormous
leverage effect in the area of climate
protection. We continually address this
topic in our customer communication. This
allows us at Raiffeisen Bausparkasse to
continuously raise awareness of the
connection between housing construction
and environmental protection. In addition,
we implemented a unique campaign in
2017 with the help of our customers: In the
first quarter, a total of 30 trees per new
home financing contract were protected
for three years within a climate protection
project in Zimbabwe, Africa. In this period
the trees can absorb a whole ton of CO2.
A total of 50,000 trees were saved.
This allowed us in Austria to make a
contribution to international climate
protection, in addition the planned
measures mean a significant increase in the
quality of life of the population there as
well as promote the protection of flora and
fauna in the region.”
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