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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2018
Management Overview Foreword
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Inhouse ecology
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Assurance report
Diversity management and the ability
to reconcile work and family
RBI is a universal bank specializing in the regions of Austria and Central and Eastern
Europe. Our 16.1 million customers customers across 14 markets and our almost
47,000 employees represent diversity.
We value this diversity of perspectives, abilities, experience and needs. We use the potential of our employees
to indirectly generate added value for our customers and for society.
The RBI Group Diversity Policy was published in June 2018. It describes the relevance of this topic for RBI.
The Policy defines the responsibilities and how a diversity strategy is to be implemented..
A key element of the Policy is the RBI Diversity Vision and Mission that was drawn up in 2017, which
contains guidelines that are intended to provide guidance for dealing with diversity on a day-to-day basis.
Diversity Vision
Diversity, the key to success, enables RBI to overcome boundaries. For RBI, diversity means added value.
Leveraging the opportunities provided by diversity offers sustainable benefits for our company and
employees as well as the economy and society.
Diversity Mission
By promoting diversity, we are continuing Raiffeisen’s success story, which dates back over 130 years. As a
strong partner, we harness the potential of diversity actively and professionally in order to best support our
clients and to present ourselves as an appealing employer.
Guiding Principles
The following guidelines were published together with the Vision Mission Statement in 2017 and are
intended to help everyone experience and appreciate diversity when working with each other on a daily
basis. They are particularly important for decisions with personnel relevance.
• We value and respect each other regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, culture, origin, religion,
ideology, physical impairment, or other characteristics.
• We maintain a respectful, appreciative culture of communication, for which we require a variety of
perspectives.
• Our aim is to maximize variety in our teams and ensure that diversity also exists at the highest levels of
management.
• We understand the needs of our diverse client base. As a universal bank, we support our partners in
achieving their aims worldwide. A clear commitment to diversity and the appropriate training of our
employees is a matter of course for us.
• We are aware that our behavior is influenced by our unconscious bias. We consider it important to
recognize these prejudices and to reflect upon them, as we intend to make the best decisions and take
conscious action.
• We approach staff decisions objectively: We fill positions, make decisions on compensation, and
perform employee appraisals, assessments of potential, promotions and nominations for projects based
on employee skills, performance and potential.