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DekaBank head office in Frankfurt. Photo: Mylius via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

About DekaBank

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 Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.

Website https://www.deka.de/deka-group
Headquarters
Mainzer Landstraße 16
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
CEO/chair Georg Stocker
CEO
Supervisor
Bundesbank
Annual reports Annual report 2019
CSR report 2019
Ownership

DekaBank owners include the German Savings Banks Association and the Deka Erwerbsgesellschaft. DekaBank's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Complaints and grievances

Related Dodgy Deals

DekaBank 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.

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Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Details
DekaBank
2020-12-22
DEU
2019
5
0
0
1.000000001E+36
0
Germany
Profile
Reporting period
2019
PF deals under EP
5
Project names reported
0
% Project names reported
0
1608591600
Last update: 2020-12-22
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-dekabank-deutsche-girozentrale-2019/

Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

News

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Year:
blog
external news
our news

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles: New BankTrack database sheds light on patchy project name reporting

BankTrack publishes database of Equator-financed projects, together with analysis showing some banks report few or no project names – notable poor performers include ING, HSBC and Lloyds
2020-06-29 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

„Kein Energieträger der Zukunft“ – Deka investiert weniger in Kohle

2020-04-20 | Handelsblatt.com
blog
external news
our news

RWE financiers urged to join DekaBank call to stop destruction of Hambach forest

2018-09-19 | Nijmegen & Berlin | BankTrack, urgewald, Europe Beyond Coal, Les Amis de la Terre
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
external news
our news

While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
blog
external news
our news

Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

European banks withdraw from Ilisu dam project in Turkey

NGOs welcome pullout as the right decision
2009-07-10 | Nijmegen | CounterCurrent/Gegenstroemung
blog
external news
our news

Ilisu Dam Project: European Governments Officially Announce Withdrawal

Commercial banks expected to follow
2009-07-07 | Berlin | CounterCurrent/Gegenstroemung et al.
blog
external news
our news

Austria's ECA officially declares pull-out of Ilisu dam project

Commercial banks expected to follow example - decision strengthens resistance in Turkey
2009-07-06 | Vienna, Austria | CounterCurrent/Gegenstroemung
blog
external news
our news

Germany, Austria and Switzerland backing out of Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey

Stop Ilisu Campaign welcomes unprecedented step
2009-06-22 | Berlin, Vienna, Zurich | Berne Declaration

Documents

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Year:
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Business and human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Environmental management system

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social criteria in investments

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2020-04-14 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-04-14 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2020-04-14 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

2020-04-14 00:00:00 | DekaBank
ngo documents
2019-09-30 00:00:00

Deutsche Banken spielen mit dem Feuer

2019-09-30 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
ngo documents
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
annual reports
2019-04-16 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-04-16 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2018-06-25 00:00:00

Modern slavery & human trafficking statement

2018-06-25 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2018-04-30 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2017

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2017-12-31 00:00:00

Declaration of compliance with German Sustainability Code

(in German only)
2017-12-31 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2017-12-15 00:00:00

Code of ethics

2017-12-15 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2017-02-28 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

2017-02-28 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2017-01-31 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2016

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | Deka Group
annual reports
2016-05-26 00:00:00

Annual Report 2015

2016-05-26 00:00:00 | DekaBank
annual reports
2015-04-22 00:00:00

Deka Group Annual Report 2014

2015-04-22 00:00:00 | Deka Group
annual reports
2015-04-22 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

2015-04-22 00:00:00 | Deka Group
ngo documents
2011-07-22 00:00:00

German banks involved in the export of tanks to Saudi Arabia

A research paper prepared for Facing Finance, 22nd July 2011
2011-07-22 00:00:00 | Profundo, Facing Finance
csr policies
2011-06-16 00:00:00

Environmental Guidelines

2011-06-16 00:00:00 | DekaBank
our publications
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack

Links

DekaBank sustainability web pages

https://www.deka.de/deka-group/our-responsibility/how-we-practice-sustainability

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

DekaBank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Equator Principles
  • German Sustainability Code
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • ISO 14001
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies

DekaBank's webpage on corporate social responsibility be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Business and human rights

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Environmental management system

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2021-03-22 00:00:00

Environmental and social criteria in investments

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2021-03-22 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2018-06-25 00:00:00

Modern slavery & human trafficking statement

2018-06-25 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2017-12-31 00:00:00

Declaration of compliance with German Sustainability Code

(in German only)
2017-12-31 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2017-12-15 00:00:00

Code of ethics

2017-12-15 00:00:00 | DekaBank
csr policies
2011-06-16 00:00:00

Environmental Guidelines

2011-06-16 00:00:00 | DekaBank

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

DekaBank is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Good moves

Year:

2018

RWE financiers urged to join DekaBank call to stop destruction of Hambach forest

Following Dekabank’s welcome public call on RWE to suspend clearing work at Hambach forest in Germany, European civil society campaigners are urging other financiers to follow suit and reconsider their financial ties with the coal utility. German and European civil society organisations sent a letter last week to…
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