Environmental protection is given a high priority at DZ BANK. We have therefore integrated it into our day-to-day business and set ourselves ambitious, verifiable ecological targets for the next few years.

Maintenance of the environment is the prerequisite for a high quality of life and, in the long term, also the basis for any business activity. It is therefore in all our interests to protect the environment.

There is now a broad scientific consensus that man has contributed to climate change and the conditions in which we live will be modified as a result of this change. One of the most urgent tasks faced by all parties involved in politics and industry, and by each and every individual, is to continue to enhance the protection afforded to the environment and the climate.

The direct impact on the environment is considerably lower in the case of a bank than in the case of a factory. However, this does not in any way diminish our shared responsibility for preserving the environment. Environmental protection is therefore given a high priority at DZ BANK.

To minimize the effects of our business activities on the environment, we have put in place a committed environmental policy that has been approved by the Board of Managing Directors.