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Excerpt from the Sustainability Program
Engaged citizen
General objectives: Creating awareness for sustainability with a focus on climate protection and improving the financial expertise
of the population with a focus on young people
Strategy area Objectives M easures Status
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
From the 2 From the 2017 Sustainability Program 018 Sustainability Program
Engaged citizen
(Active civil society
and public interest)
Engaged citizen
(Active civil society
and public interest)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
Engaged citizen
(Active civil society
and public interest)
Engaged citizen
(Active civil society
and public interest)
Engaged citizen
(Active civil society
and public interest)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
(Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative, RNI)
Engaged citizen
Engaged citizen
Control and support of the RBI AG
corporate volunteering program
(migration/integration in Austria,
H. Stepic CEE Charity, financial
education)
Expediting the collaboration
with NGOs and scientific
organizations
Generating awareness for
sustainable nutrition for
employees through the Sustainability
Weeks in the staff restaurants
Helping young people come up with
creative and innovative ideas for
sustainability by supporting the student
competition “Jugend Innovativ”
(Innovative Youth)
Supervision of the eco energy blog
Contribution to the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
Further development of the RBI AG
corporate volunteering program
Support of those seeking refuge in
Bulgaria and Serbia via the
H. Stepic CEE Charity
Expediting the collaboration with
NGOs and scientific organizations
Generating awareness for sustainable
nutrition for employees through the
Sustainability Weeks in the staff
restaurants
Helping young people come up with
creative and innovative ideas for sustainability
by supporting the student
competition “Jugend Innovativ”
(Innovative Youth)
Support for the four topics of the
eco-energy blog: Energy production
and efficiency, mobility, environment
and economics, and sustainability
Evaluation of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
Implementation of the Sustainability
and Diversity Improvement Act
(NaDiVeG)
Continuation of the current financial
education project and evaluation
of additional project implementations
with NGOs
Hosting of a cooperation event with
PILGRIM for the 15th anniversary
The focus of the Sustainability Weeks
is on regional and organic products,
this project is implemented as part
of the membership of the Raiffeisen
Sustainability Initiative
Sponsoring the category “Sustainability”
as part of the Austria-wide student
idea competition “Jugend Innovativ”
(Innovative Youth) (as part of the
membership in the Raiffeisen
Sustainability Initiative)
Expansion of the sustainability sector to
cover economic and social topics
Implementation of measures for the
SDGs 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 16
Obtaining the commitment of additional
employees in one of the three pillars of the
corporate volunteering program (migration/
integration in domestic territory, H. Stepic
CEE Charity, financial education)
Implementation of two projects in
Bulgaria and Serbia
Hosting of an ICEP event and a
cooperation event with PILGRIM
in the second quarter
The focus of the Sustainability Weeks is
on regional, organic and vegan products,
and this project is implemented as part of
the membership of the “Raiffeisen Climate
Protection Initiative”
Sponsoring our own category
(“Sustainability”) as part of the Austrian
student idea competition “Jugend
Innovativ” (Innovative Youth) as well as
being part of the jury (as part of the
membership in the “Raiffeisen Climate
Protection Initiative”)
Expansion of the external group of authors,
regular articles by internal and
external authors
Evaluation of the top SDG goals in the
area of Engaged Citizen, including any
derivation of further steps
Internal review to determine whether any
content in the Engaged Citizen chapter
needs to be adapted or presented in
detail based on the NaDiVeG
Ongoing
Implementation with PILGRIM
in the second quarter of 2018
Implementation in the second
half of 2018
Implementation in the first
half of 2018
Ongoing
Ongoing
Employees found for
financial education projects
for the first time
Expansion of the St. Anna
Integration Center in Sofia
(Bulgaria); creation of a “safe
corner” in Subotica (Serbia)
Cooperation event with ICEP
moved to 2019, implementation
with PILGRIM took place in first
half of 2017
Implementation in the
second half of 2017
Implementation in the
first half of 2017
Implementation completed,
expanded by the
objectives 1,4,7
Implementation completed
Implementation in the
second half of 2017