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DZ Bank head office in Frankfurt. Photo: dontworry via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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 Equator Principles Track and Chase project.

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.

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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.

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Massive forest fires and haze in Indonesia create public health and climate crisis

2019-09-19 | Environmental Paper Network
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA

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annual reports
2020-05-11 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-05-11 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
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
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Human rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Climate strategy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Supplier management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Rejection criteria for lending

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
annual reports
2019-05-08 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-05-08 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
correspondence
2019-02-21 00:00:00

Letter from Civil Society Groups to Companies linked to Vale on Breakdown of Brumadinho tailings dam

2019-02-21 00:00:00 | Civil Society Groups
csr policies
2018-06-06 00:00:00

Sustainable lending policy

2018-06-06 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
annual reports
2018-05-01 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

2018-05-01 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
annual reports
2017-06-23 00:00:00

Annual Report 2016

2017-06-23 00:00:00 | DZ Bank Group
csr policies
2017-05-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

2017-05-31 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
annual reports
2017-05-01 00:00:00

Sustainability report 2016

2017-05-01 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
annual reports
2016-07-22 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2015

2016-07-22 00:00:00 | DZ Bank Group
annual reports
2016-06-15 00:00:00

Annual Report 2015

Rethinking Banking
2016-06-15 00:00:00 | DZ Bank Group
annual reports
2015-08-24 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2014

2015-08-24 00:00:00 | DZ Bank Group
annual reports
2015-04-29 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

Helping shape the future
2015-04-29 00:00:00 | DZ Bank Group

Links

DZ Bank's webpage on corporate social responsibility

https://www.wertewelt.dzbank.de/content/wertewelt/en/home/reports_und_downloads.html

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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.

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csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Human rights policy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Climate strategy

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Supplier management

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2019-05-09 00:00:00

Rejection criteria for lending

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2019-05-09 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2018-06-06 00:00:00

Sustainable lending policy

2018-06-06 00:00:00 | DZ Bank
csr policies
2017-05-31 00:00:00

Code of conduct

2017-05-31 00:00:00 | DZ Bank

Equator Principles

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DZ Bank is reporting on the implementation here.

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