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The climate goals are not only consistent with the goal system of the Paris Agreement, the EU and Austria, but
should also help achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal 7 “Affordable and clean
energy” and goal 13 “Measures for climate protection”.
Specifically, the following measures were defined:
• In the core area “Products and Services”, the member companies seek to increase the proportion of
environmentally friendly products and services within the respective portfolio by 25 percent by 2030 as well
as reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the customer assets by at least 25 percent by 2030 (compared to
2015).
• In the core area “Operation, Processes and Strategy”, the member companies have set themselves goals in
energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, the mobility sector and renewable energies. Specifically, this
means increasing the energy efficiency by at least 30 percent by 2030 (in comparison with 2005, excluding
emissions trading) and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 25 percent by 2030 (in comparison
with 2015, excluding emissions trading). An essential sub-goal here is the mobility sector (cars and light utility
vehicles). In this area, the emissions should be reduced by at least 50 percent. An additional objective will be
to increase the proportion of renewable energies in electricity and (space) heating consumption by 2030 to at
least 75 percent (excluding emissions trading).
• The core area “Dialog and Communication” comprises the objective of taking on a leadership role – in
comparison to the respective competitors in the DACH region – in climate communication and climate dialog
with the stakeholders.
Evaluation of the objectives
Climate protection and adjustment to climate change are long-term tasks. A continual improvement of the state of
knowledge and utilization of experience are the foundations for long-term success. Changes and trends should
be continuously observed by the member companies and reasonably taken into consideration. Based on the
knowledge from the monitoring and the key indicators recorded, the implementation success of the climate
strategy will be evaluated in the future at regular intervals. An additional workshop for this will be held in the first
half of 2018 to determine the specific next steps.
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017