Q3 2020 Business Update amid Covid-19
Additional information: ESG ratings, indices and alignment with UN SDGs
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INDICES EUROZONE 120
2020
Bloomberg
Gender-Equality
Index
Corporate ESG
Performance
RATED BY
ISS ESG>
Prime
imug
SUSTAINABILITY RATING
RATING 2018
POSITIVE B
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ESG RATINGS
ESG Indices and Ratings
Erste Group has been included in the Vienna Stock
Exchange's sustainability index since its launch in 2008
Included since 2016: The FTSE4Good Index Series
measures the performance of companies with strong
environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices
Since 2017 included in the Euronext Vigeo Index:
Eurozone 120
Included since 2019 in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Index. Erste Group is the only Austrian company
represented in this index (as of 2020).
Erste Group was awarded prime status in ISS ESG
ratings in October 2018.
In March 2020, imug Investment Research confirmed the
rating for Erste Group at positive (B), mortgage covered
bonds are currently rated positive (BB) and raised the
public sector covered bonds rating to very positive (A).
AA
Erste Group was upgraded to AA in July 2019
and is considered a leader among approx. 200
companies in the banking industry.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In principle, Erste Group supports all SDGs. Given its regional footprint
and business model, Erste Group is in fact able to make notable
contributions to the achievement of the below-mentioned SDGs:
1 POVERTY
3 GOOD HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING
W
QUALITY
AEDUCATION
5 NDER
EQUALITY
DECENT WORK AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH
10 INEQUALITIES
REDUCED
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
11 CONTES
13 CLIMATE
ACTION
16
PEACE, JUSTICE
AND STRONG
INSTITUTIONS
17 FOR THE GOALS
PARTNERSHIPS
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Since its foundation 200 years ago, Erste Group's
purpose has been to promote and secure prosperity.
Erste Group values responsibility, respect and
sustainability.
Financial literacy is key to economic prosperity.
Therefore, Erste Group offers a variety of financial
literacy trainings.
Erste Group respects and promotes work-life balance
among its employees and also contributes to their good
health.
Diversity and equal opportunity are key elements of Erste
Group's human resource strategy.
For Erste Group social and/or ecological criteria are as
important as economic criteria in its investment decision
process.
Erste Group has launched social banking initiatives
aiming at the financial inclusion of those parts of the
population that are often excluded.
Erste Group contributes to the cultural and social
development of society.
Erste Group aims at protecting the environment by
minimising its ecological footprint, in particular with its
consumption of energy and paper.
Erste Group cooperates with national and international
organisations and it promotes corporate volunteering.
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BB BBB A
AA AAA
ERSTES
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