DZ Bank Germany

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Created before Nov 2016 Last update: Feb 9 2021

About DZ Bank DZ Bank is the thirth largest bank in Germany by assets, and acts as the central banking institution for more than 900 cooperative banks. It is part of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken co-operative network, one of Germany's largest private sector financial institutions. In this network DZ Bank functions as a central institution. The DZ Bank Group includes DVB Bank, a transportation finance bank; Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, a building society; DG HYP, a provider of real estate finance; DZ PRIVATBANK Gruppe; R+V Versicherung, an insurance company; TeamBank, a provider of consumer finance; Union Investment Group, an asset management company; VR LEASING; and other institutions. In January 2013 DZ Bank signed up to the Equator Principles, and is profiled as part of BankTrack's Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.

Website http://www.dzbank.com/

Headquarters Platz der Republik 60265 Frankfurt am Main Hessen Germany

CEO/chair Uwe Fröhlich and Cornelius Riese co-CEOs

Supervisor Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)

Annual report Annual report 2019

Ownership At the end of 2019, 94.7 percent of shares were held by local cooperative banks.

Complaints DZ Bank's Guiding Principles for Complaints can be found here. and grievances

Sustainability

Voluntary standards DZ Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards: Carbon Disclosure Project Equator Principles German Sustainability Code Global Reporting Initiative Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies DZ Bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

Sustainable lending policy Mar 15 2021 | DZ Bank

Climate Position Paper Apr 1 2020 | DZ Bank

Code of Conduct Jun 2 2019 | DZ Bank Human rights policy Date listed represents date as accessed on website May 9 2019 | DZ Bank

Climate strategy Date listed represents date as accessed on website May 9 2019 | DZ Bank

Supplier management Date listed represents date as accessed on website May 9 2019 | DZ Bank

Rejection criteria for lending Date listed represents date as accessed on website May 9 2019 | DZ Bank

BankTrack campaigns and DZ Bank

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting The Equator Principles require that adopting banks publicly report on the implementation of the principles. You can find the reporting requirements for EPFIs here.

DZ Bank is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints The Equator Principles currently lack a formal complaints mechanism. Should you have any concerns or complaints about how the Equator Principles are being applied in a specific project in which DZ Bank is also involved, please get in touch with our Equator Principles team.

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals BankTrack is monitoring the following Equator Principles projects that are co-financed by DZ Bank -note that some files may be on record, no longer updated-:

Projects

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Extraction on record Good moves

Related Dodgy Deals

DZ Bank has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.

Projects

Vega Energy Çeşme Wind project Turkey active Wind Electric Power Generation

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan on record Oil and Gas Extraction

Mining in Goa/ Sesa Goa India on record Mining Companies

Wilmar International Singapore active Agriculture for Palm Oil

APRIL Indonesia active Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills

TotalEnergies France active Gas Electric Power Generation | Oil and Gas Extraction | Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil | Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

Rio Tinto Australia on record Coal Mining | Mining | Nuclear Electric Power Generation

Orano France on record Mining | Nuclear Electric Power Generation

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India on record Coal Electric Power Generation | Coal Mining | Hydroelectric Power Generation | Wind Electric Power Generation

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom on record Mining

Anglo American United Kingdom on record Coal Mining | Mining

Glencore Switzerland on record Coal Mining

Vale Brazil on record Coal Mining | Mining

CEZ Group Czech Republic on record Coal Electric Power Generation | Coal Mining | Nuclear Electric Power Generation

Bunge United States on record Agriculture for Food Crops | Agriculture for Palm Oil