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The RBI will also continue to make a contribution to improving the living conditions of as many people as possible
by supporting projects and initiatives. Numerous projects in the main office as well as in the network banks as
well as foundations, such as those of Tatra Banka, will be continued with the long-term cooperation partners in
2018. In Romania and Belarus, this even applies to all 2017 projects.
The year 2018 has been declared the European Year of Cultural Heritage by the European Union. The aim is to
increase awareness of European history and values as well as to strengthen the feeling of a European identity.
With the program “Sharing Heritage Across Europe”, the role of cultural heritage should be emphasized. Culture
heritage, be it material, intangible or digital, consist of a variety of forms and aspects, including monuments, sites,
landscapes, skills, customs, forms of human creativity, film heritage as well as collections that are maintained and
cared for in museums, libraries and archives. The topic of culture in all of its different facets has long-since been
one of the values that RBI is committed to. It not only supports numerous musical and cultural presentations, but
also measures like the “European Movement in Serbia”, for example. Raiffeisen banka a.d. will again support the
initiative “Travel to Europe” in 2018 in which the best five students of Belgrade University can travel for one month
through Europe during the summer via Interrail in order to become ambassadors for European values during their
future activities.
In sports, Raiffeisen sees itself as a long-term sponsorship partner for Austrian skiing stars and the national soccer
team. Numerous sporting activities in various areas, including those for amateurs, will continue to be supported.
RBI AG will also continue its cooperation for the “Play Fair Code”, which has existed for several years, in 2018 to
ensure clean competition free of manipulation in Austrian soccer.
Raiffeisen Sustainability Initiative
The main area of focus in 2017 was the “Climate Policy and Climate Strategy” for the Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative (RNI) member organizations. The most important elements of this strategy are the climate goals for 2030
and 2050. They should serve the RNI member organizations as a framework for orientation and action for their
respective climate-relevant business activities. In April 2018, a one-day workshop will be held to elaborate the
additional steps needed to implement the goals.
Additional priority projects for 2018 include cooperative work for the 2018 “Good Food Festival” and cooperation
with VÖNIX – the Austrian sustainability index. Another priority project was the Sustainability Weeks, which were
carried out in cooperation with the SV Group. These took place in the Raiffeisen employee restaurants in Vienna.
The assessment of the fleet of the member organizations will also be conducted. An important specific cooperative
project is the long-term partnership “Raiffeisen Sustainability Award”. This will also be continued and supervised
this year in conjunction with “Jugend Innovativ” (Innovative Youth).
In the future, the RNI will engage more closely with important topics within the social aspects of sustainability,
such as diversity and corporate volunteering. Diversity management means viewing diversity within the company
as an opportunity and harnessing it to achieve company success. Presentations by experts and best practice
exchanges are planned. The goals are to raise awareness of this important topic, to transport the business case
diversity and to discuss measures, especially in the core business.