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Overview of measures
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Topic Measure RBI AG RBSK RKAG RL Valida RCB Kathrein TBSK RBCZ RBHU RBAL RBBH RBBG RBKO RBHR RBRO RBRS RBBY RBRU AVAL
Compliance No violation of
environmental
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
legislation
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2018
Management Overview Foreword
of sustainability
Responsible
banker
Fair partner –
Human Resources
Fair partner –
Inhouse ecology
Engaged
citizen
GRI index and
Assurance report
Most emissions, 49 percent, can be found in Scope 2 (mainly caused by electricity consumption), followed by
Scope 3 with 40 percent (here too, electricity consumption is in first place). At eleven percent, Scope 1 is in third
place and is caused by business travel (with the company’s own vehicle fleet), in addition to the purchase of
electricity from third parties. Detailed assessments are published on our website (www.rbinternational.com/
sustainabilitymanagement).
Compliance with legal regulations
Compliance with legal regulations is subjected to a stringent procedure defined in the management system. Thus,
in 2018, at the Vienna sites as well as the network banks, there were no convictions for violations of environmental
protection regulations.
Please see the list of abbreviations for the complete company designations.
Environmental Committee
In accordance with their responsibility for environmental measures, the Management Boards of RBI AG appointed
an Environmental Officer and an Environmental Committee in 1994. The Environmental Committee is the advisory
and decision-making committee. Permanent members are the Environmental Officer of RBI AG as well as
representatives of Group Sustainability Management and of the Staff Council. Depending on the field of
expertise, other representatives of the departments, such as IT, Marketing, or Procurement, are involved in the
meetings. The Environmental Officer convenes the Environmental Committee at least twice a year. Tasks of the
Environmental Committee include developing decision-making principles for the Management Board regarding
ecological strategies, planning and initiatives, as well as conducting periodic present-state assessments and
weak point analysis.
Topics in recent years included, for example, drafting of a climate policy and climate strategy within the scope of
membership in the Raiffeisen Sustainability Initiative, as well as support for awareness-raising events, such as the
bicycle repair days. These events are held annually to support environmentally conscious mobility of employees.
The increased use of new technological solutions, particularly in order to save on business travel, was dealt with,
among other things.