DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (DekaBank) was founded in 1918, and is called the Wertpapierhaus von den Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe (provider of asset management and capital markets solutions for the savings banks finance group). DekaBank is a German public institution with registered offices in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. Together with its subsidiaries it forms the Deka Group. The group provides securities services for savings banks in Germany and internationally, and is active in the business areas of capital market asset management, real estate asset management as well as corporate & markets.

DekaBank became an Equator Principles signatory in 2011, and is profiled as part of BankTrack's Equator Principles Track and Chase project.

Voluntary initiatives

• Carbon Disclosure Project
• Equator Principles
• German Sustainability Code
• Global Reporting Initiative
• ISO 14001
• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
• United Nations Global Compact