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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
GRI content index / Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Sustainability management Overview Foreword
RBI serves more than 16 million private customers, private banking customers and small businesses, around 90,000
corporate clients (medium-sized businesses, large local companies and international corporations and local
authorities) as well as about 9,000 institutional clients (banks, insurance companies, asset managers, sovereigns
and public sector organizations). RBI sees itself as a “financial adviser” to its customers, always keeping the focus on
their needs.
Governance and Compliance
RBI places great value on responsible and transparent business management to strengthen and maintain the
understanding and trust of its stakeholders. This is a prerequisite for the performance of our banking group. The
traditional Raiffeisen values provide the basis for this (see page 11) as does the Code of Conduct which is
applied across the group. Long-term added value is our primary strategic objective.
Corporate Governance
Corporate governance (CG) refers to the framework of rules and practices for managing and monitoring a
company and is determined by legislators and owners – in short, the principles of leading a company. The specific
structure is the responsibility of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.
Management and inspection within a company that is aware of responsibility, is qualified, transparent and
focused on the long-term increase in value are the goals of good corporate governance. Trust-based, efficient
co-operation between the various company bodies, protection of shareholder interests as well as open and
transparent communication are central guidelines for us in the implementation of modern corporate governance.
As a publicly listed company, RBI AG is committed to the principles of good and responsible company
management as laid out in the Austrian Corporate Governance Codex (in the version of January 2015) and
has pledged to comply with these principles. The compliance evaluation of the Corporate Governance Report
according to § 243c of the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB) was carried out by KPMG Austria GmbH
Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft for RBI AG. In their conclusive report, they noted no cause
for objections. (The report is available to the public at www.rbinternational.com under Investor Relations/
Corporate Governance/External Evaluation of the CG-Code.) For more information on the composition of the
Management Board and the Supervisory Board, including its committees, please refer to the annual report of RBI.
Openness and transparency in communication with shareholders and interested members of the public is of great
importance to RBI AG. Extensive information on the following is available on the internet and is regularly updated:
Annual reports and interim reports, company presentations, telephone conferences via webcasts, ad-hoc
communications, press releases, investor relations releases, share price information and data on shares,
information for foreign investors, the financial calendar with a large time lead for important dates, information
on security transactions by the Management Board and the Supervisory Board (directors’ dealings), the articles of
association of RBI AG, the Corporate Governance Report, estimates of analysts, an ordering service for written
information as well as a sign-up option for automatic delivery of the “Investor Relations News” by email.