19
Sustainability Working Groups
With representatives of the relevant
board areas of RBI AG
Sustainability officers in the
RBI network banks
Establishing the sustainability agenda in
the individual network banks
Supervisory Board of RBI AG
Supervisory Board and various committees,
such as the nomination committee
Chief Executive Officer of RBI AG
Dr. Johann Strobl
as well as Management Board of RBI AG
Group Sustainability Management
Overall management of sustainability agendas and
focus on implementing operational measures
UNGC
United Nations
Global Compact
respACT
Austrian business
council for
sustainable
development
VfU
Association for
Environmental
Management and
Sustainability
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Sustainable corporate management
The anchoring of sustainability within the organizational structure looked as follows as of December 31, 2017:
Organizational anchoring of sustainability in RBI
Control level
Management Board level
Management and program level
Sustainability Council
Internal and external stakeholders
with expertise in the areas of business,
the environment and society
Local implementation level
Employees
Implementation of measures to
achieve the sustainability goals in all
companies
Special issues working groups
With internal specialists
Level of initiatives and memberships relevant to sustainability
Raiffeisen Sustainability
Initiative (RNI)
Platform for sustainable business
management and social
responsibility
EACB Working
Group for CSR
European
Association of
Co-operative Banks
UNEP FI
United Nations
Environment
Programme Finance
Initiative
As at: December 31, 2017
The group-wide management of the sustainability agendas and coordination of the operational implementation
is the responsibility of Group Sustainability Management. This department is supported by representatives of
specialized units and business areas as well as the Sustainability Officers at the network banks. The latter act as
an interface between the Group Sustainability Management department of the head office in Vienna and the
relevant departments in the network banks.
The Sustainability Council has been firmly established as a core organizational component of sustainability
management. The task of this council is to advise on the development of sustainability agendas and to evaluate
their performance. It assists in defining important action areas and focal points (materiality approach), identifies
targets and measures, and makes recommendations on developing and implementing the annual sustainability
program.