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SSTOXX ESG Leaders
Presentation of the ASRA award to RBI, © KWT– point of view
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
RBI AG is a member of STOXX® Global ESG Leaders. This family of
indices contains a group of sustainability indices which are determined
by means of a transparent and structured procedure.
Awards
Award at the Austrian Sustainability Reporting Awards
The Sustainability Report for 2016 was awarded at
the Austrian Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA)
in mid-November 2017. The ASRA, which last year
was awarded by the Chamber of Chartered
Accountants for the 18th time, honors the best
Sustainability Reports by Austrian companies in five
categories. We are delighted that RBI was ranked
third place in its report for the 2016 financial year in
the category “Separate sustainability report for large
companies.”
From the positive qualitative feedback of the jury,
RBI was specifically praised, among other things, for
the exemplary stakeholder involvement, the serious
economic evaluation of the material impacts as well
as the successful integration of the global Sustainable Development Goals into the Sustainability Report.
In total, around 250 organizations in Austria prepare a Sustainability Report, and more and more companies are
doing so due to legal provisions (NaDiVeG). RBI has already submitted its fifth Sustainability Report in accordance
with the international standard of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
CDP
Once a year, the non-profit organization CDP surveys and evaluates
the CO2 emissions of listed companies on behalf of investors in over
71 countries. In order to make it possible to compare qualitative and
subjective facts in connection with the answers provided by the companies,
these facts are subjected to a points-based evaluation system.
The goal is to evaluate the degree of maturity of companies with
respect to their strategic alignment on climate-related issues. Only
companies that can demonstrate a score of at least 80 percent on the “Leadership” level are given a place on
the A-List.
In 2017, 6,300 companies reported their CO2 data to CDP. Based on these data and the CDP scores, investors and
companies are able to make decisions in respect of material climate risks by using an improved information base
which helps them select suppliers. Only 193 of more than 1,839 listed companies around the world secured a
place on the CDP Leadership List in 2017. RBI is one of the three best companies in Austria to find themselves in
this ranking again. In addition, RBI is the best domestic financial sector company for the third year in a row.