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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
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The most important results of the Stakeholder Survey
The following expectations in terms of climate protection and climate change from the survey that 850 stakeholders
participated in emerged as especially important: sustainable corporate management, immediate action and
energy efficiency. Especially in the financial sector, the risks of climate change were classified very relevant by
those participating in the survey. A proactive management of opportunities and risks due to climate change was
thus deemed necessary. The expansion of the offerings of environmentally friendly projects will also be expected.
In order to visualize the environmental friendliness of products, it is necessary to know their ecological footprint
– this is the only way that a reduction can be measured and made transparent. One of the first milestones in this
regard was achieved in 2015 with the publication of the environmental balance sheet of the Raiffeisen Banking
Group in Austria. This enabled the carbon footprint for financings in the area of renewable energy and energy
efficiency to be calculated. These are findings that can be expanded upon within the framework of the new
climate policy.
Targeted climate goals
Both quantitative and qualitative goals for the three core areas named above have been determined for 2030
and 2050. These goals correspond to the Paris Agreement of keeping global warming significantly under 2 °C.
This ultimately means that by the middle of the century, energy requirements must be primarily covered by
renewable energy, energy efficiency must be significantly increased and energy consumption must be reduced.
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CLIMATE GOALS 2030
Operations, Processes & Strategies
Increase our energy
efficiency by 2030
(as compared with
2005, excluding
emissions trading)
by at least
30 %
Reduce our greenhouse
gas emissions by 2030
(as compared with
2015, excluding
emissions trading)
by at least
25 %
Products & Services Dialog & Communication
The number of
environmentally
friendly products &
services as a
proportion of the
relevant portfolio by
2030 will be at least
25 %
Reduction of
greenhouse gas
emissions in customer
investments by 2030
(as compared with
2015) by at least
25 %
Reduce our greenhouse
gas emissions in the
mobility sector (cars
and light commercial
vehicles) by 2030 (as
compared with 2015)
by at least
50 %
Increase the use of
renewable energies as
a proportion of our power
and (space) heating
consumption by 2030
(excluding emissions
trading) to at least
75 %
The member
organizations are
pioneers with respect
to climate performance
as compared with their
competitors in the
DACH
region
The member
organizations lead the
discussion on climate
communication through
an established
climate dialog
with
stakeholders