Sustainability ratings are an important indicator of the long-term, sustainable performance of companies. Sustainability rating agencies regularly provide assessments for Deutsche Bank, incorporating many aspects of our business processes beyond traditional financial key performance indicators.
In a survey conducted by the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, 78% of investors indicated that they would like more information on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics to be included in traditional company ratings.
To this end, we report to sustainability ratings agencies as part of our broader commitment to transparency. Their results are used by companies such as Bloomberg and thus apparent also for mainstream investors. We believe that the four sustainability rating agencies listed below reflect the diversity of investor interests.
Deutsche Bank’s sustainability ratings performance remained stable in 2016.
Sustainability ratings1 |
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2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
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CDP Climate Score (on a scale from A to D–) |
B |
100/Band B2 |
92/Band B2 |
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oekom research (on a scale from A+ to D−) |
C/Prime3 |
C/Prime |
C/Prime |
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RobecoSAM (on a scale from 0 to 100) |
744 |
72 |
70 |
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Sustainalytics (on a scale from 0 to 100) |
665 |
67 |
62 |
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Improvements were made in the area of transparency, where we have published our ES Policy framework (May 2016), improved our information and cyber-security, and published our human rights statement (November 2015).
In addition to the sustainability ratings above, our stocks are also listed in the following indices:
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (World, Europe)
- FTSE4Good Index series (Global, Global 100, Europe, Europe 50)
- NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index (NQCRD)