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share, one vote” by voting at the Annual General Meeting. All shareholders have entirely equal rights, and can
exercise their right to vote in person or by proxy.
Naturally, we have a great responsibility toward our shareholders. This is why optimizing shareholder value is
part of our corporate vision. We are not interested in short-term value growth. Good profitability, which we can
use to build up equity from within, and the long-term profitable development of RBI are good not only for owners
and shareholders but also for all other stakeholders. They safeguard our common existence.
Dialog and information
For the inclusion of our stakeholders, we engage in many forms of dialog including the Internet, intranet, blogs,
workshops and interactive events, surveys, conversations with experts, training courses and participation in local,
national and international discussions on sustainability and sustainability initiatives.
In order to reach as many stakeholder groups as possible, we regularly carry out comprehensive stakeholder
surveys. The last stakeholder survey was conducted in summer 2018. Over 800 stakeholders took the opportunity
of working with us to reprioritze the material topics for RBI (see page 26 onwards).
The results of the stakeholder surveys are reflected in our materiality analysis and are integrated into our sustainability
management alongside the results from focus groups, discussions with experts, and the annual Stakeholder Council.
The materiality analysis is an important tool for our annually held Stakeholder Council. This allows for direct
selection of the topics that we will discuss in greater depth with our stakeholders. At the Stakeholder Council and
within the context of our reporting, we share information about the progress we have achieved in our sustainability
performance. Our objective is to transparently disclose the most important expectations and recommendations of
the stakeholders as well as our responses and associated measures. Here too, we focus primarily on those topics
and aspects that we and the stakeholder groups have identified as material.
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
Selected forms of dialog
Information Dialog and consultation Participation
Goals: Creating transparency, Goals: Open exchange and dialog Goals: Active participation,
sharing information on perspectives, expectations and cooperation, setting out initiatives,
possibilities for solutions: implementing projects
listening and learning
Sustainability Report based on GRI Standards
UNGC report “Communication on Progress”
Participation in the CDP (formerly the Carbon
Disclosure Project)
Sustainability information about the company
websites
External and internal Communication (e.g.
regular articles in the employee magazine
INSIDE) as well as public relations work
Participation in sustainability ratings of
agencies (e.g. ISS oekom research,
Sustainalytics, Vigeo-EIRIS)
Articles in specialized publications
Stakeholder Council
Focus groups
Surveys and opinion polls on sustainability
topics (e.g. online surveys)
eLearning tool (internal sustainability training)
Social media (Facebook RNI, internal
Raiffeisen blog on sustainability and
corporate responsibility)
Ad hoc dialogs with policymakers and various
specialized lectures (e.g. at universities)
Organization of events
(e.g. ICEP conferences)
Active initiation of sustainability measures
(e.g. via RNI)
Participation in national initiatives
(e.g. respACT)
Participation in international initiatives
(e.g. UNEP FI, UNGC, EACB, VfU)
Support of projects (e.g. cooperation with
polytechnics and universities, such as student
workshops with oikos Vienna)
Incorporation of external Stakeholder
groups in inhouse committees (e.g. on the
Sustainability Council)
Regular meetings (e.g. Group meeting)