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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
Economy
The information on economic circumstances contained in this Sustainability Report is based primarily on the
information from RBI’s 2018 Annual Report. The information and data contained therein was examined by external
auditors, and some of that information and data was used for this report. Further information can be found in the
Annual Report.
Ecology
As in the previous year, quantitative data relating to in-house ecology was collected using the “mona” software.
Additional data published in the report was gathered by means of standardized questionnaires and discussions
with individuals. The environmental figures consist exclusively of the head office data of the network banks and
cover around 50 percent of all employees. There are currently no plans to collect environmental data at the
branches, as collecting energy-related data for the leased office space would require disproportionate effort.
Furthermore, branch employees make business trips to an insignificant extent only. The key figures of the network
banks have been summarized by region and are published on our website at www.rbinternational.com. Data
acquisition of the corporate environmental protection indicators was adjusted on account of earlier reporting
requirements in the 2017 financial year (as a result of the Austrian Sustainability and Diversity Improvement Act).
Full-year values are still published, but with a time lag. The figures for the fourth quarter of the previous year are
added to the figures for the first three quarters of the current financial year. This data acquisition pattern was not
changed at RBI AG until 2018. The areas of paper, water and waste are not covered in detail in this Report;
instead they are published on the website.
Employees
Employee data is gathered group-wide using the “Tagetik” software. The data are then imported into “mona”.
Additional data published in the report was gathered by means of standardized questionnaires and discussions
with individuals.
Comparability of the information
The 2018 Report is fully comparable with the 2017 Report in terms of content. It should be noted that, since
January 2017, the Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB AG) business contributed as a result of the merger
is included in full in the details for RBI. The current RBI figures relate to the merged bank. The historical figures
include notes regarding whether these relate to RBI figures (published) or the RBI pro forma details that are
based in each case on the merged bank.
The tables cover a period of three years for RBI. The in-house ecology figures include 2011 as reference year in
addition .This is the reference year for the objectives set in the environmental area and is therefore more relevant.
The data for RBI AG is also presented from 2017. (The pre-2017 figures for RBI AG are not comparable as a result
of the merger with RZB AG.) Further details regarding the areas of paper, water and waste from the “Inhouse
ecology” chapter are available on our website at www.rbinternational.com.
Wording
Where possible, terms are used that are not gender-specific in order to preserve readability and the flow of the text.
Where the male form is used (such as “he” or “his”) the female form is included implicitly in the meaning.