Sustainability in their own operations is of great importance to all subsidiaries of DZ BANK Group. DZ BANK Group has been working together for many years in the Competence Center Environment (KCU) to reduce their ecological footprint. With 2009 as our baseline year DZ BANK Group, which accounts for a total of around 34,000 employees, has already reduced its CO2 emissions in business operations by almost 50 percent.

You can find out more about our climate strategy here.

Mobility is important for our activities. As a central bank, we support the business of the independent cooperative banks, including through on-site visits. Face-to-face interaction with our customers and stakeholders is important even in the age of digitalization and virtual meetings. DZ BANK's goal is to further reduce CO2 emissions from travel. When traveling on business, public transport is to be used as a preferred means of transport. In 2018, the entry into electromobility was launched, the upgrading of locations with charging stations and the conversion of the vehicle fleet to electric and hybrid vehicles was driven forward. DZ BANK's company car policy stipulates the use of environmentally friendly vehicles in line with the latest technology.

In addition, DZ BANK supports its employees in making greater use of public transport on their way to work by providing travel allowances. The monthly travel subsidy can be used by employees for the Deutschland-Ticket or any other public transport ticket. Since September 2020, DZ BANK has also been offering its employees the option of converting salary components into the lease of a bicycle with "DZ Rad". Since 2022, employees at the Frankfurt site have also had access to free electric rental bicycles, which can be used for business trips in the city centre as well as for private purposes.