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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
Employee involvement
Employee co-determination
RBI AG believes it is extremely important that the concerns of our employees are listened to and taken seriously.
At internal events, employees have the opportunity to direct questions (e.g. by text message), which are answered
immediately.
There are also further opportunities for interacting with the Management Board:
Seven times a year, the employees of RBI AG have
the opportunity to have breakfast with a member of
the RBI Management Board.
This format invites employees to enter into direct
exchange with the RBI board member. Together with
ten to twelve colleagues, they can ask the board
member questions in an informal setting over a
convivial breakfast and discuss current topics with him.
To ensure that all employees have an equal chance
of participating, names are drawn for each date.
Furthermore, the Management Board of RBI AG is
also available for a “Q&A” on the intranet site under
“Ask the RBI Board.”
Breakfast with the Management Board, © RBI AG
Employees can also ask the Management Board questions on an anonymous basis. The answers are posted
online to all employees in a catalog of Q&A topics.
The active participation of employees is also made possible via their interest group, the Staff Council, which
undertakes a wide range of activities throughout the year. This also includes employees’ suggestions being
processed in the various working groups of the Staff Council of RBI AG, some of them with the company physician
and Human Resources, and measures are taken on an ongoing basis. The goal is the discernment and promotion
of economic, social, health and cultural interests of the employees in the business. Some working groups are set
up to run on a permanent basis (e.g. workplace conditions/health, work/family, nutrition, culture). Others are put
together at short notice and work on a project-by-project basis. However, costintensive issues are only rarely
discussed here. In 2018, examples included stress reduction, the new world of work, fairness and equal treatment.
Often, it is a case of taking up an idea and putting it into practice. In total, around 100 measures are developed
each year. This means that the working groups are always an important breeding ground for sustainable
improvements.
In addition to the Staff Council’s co-determination prescribed under labor law, co-determination and the exchange
of information are also guaranteed through participation in various committees such as the Supervisory Board,
the health and safety committee, the environmental committee as well as at individual “jours fixe,” which are held
by the Chairman of the Staff Council and the various members of the Management Board.
The Staff Council is connected to the Group Staff Councils, the Raiffeisen Staff Council in Vienna, the Raiffeisen
Staff Councils in Austria and (via the European Staff Council) internationally.
47 percent (44 percent in 2017) of group employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.