Our most important sustainability documents

Reporting

• Combined Sustainability Statement 2024 (referring to CSRD) as part of Group Management Report: The combined sustainability statement describes the goals and policies pursued by Aareal Bank AG and Aareal Bank Group for the five matters required by law (environmental issues, employee issues, social issues, respect for human rights and combating corruption and bribery).
• Regulatory Remuneration Report: Our regulatory remuneration report provides a detailed overview of the remuneration structures and additional benefits for members of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board in line with regulatory requirements.
• PCAF-Report on financed emissions: Our PCAF report provides an overall view of the CO₂ performance of the loan portfolio.
• Green Bond Allocation and Impact Report: Our Green Bond Allocation & Impact Report shows not only the composition of our green asset pool, but also its positive impact in terms of energy savings and CO₂ avoidance.
• SPO Green Bond Allocation & Impact Report
• UN Global Compact Progress-Report: Here you can find our Progress-Report (Communication on Progress)

Frameworks

• Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct is a component of responsible corporate governance and contains binding rules for legally compliant and ethical behaviour by all employees towards customers, business partners and colleagues.
• Code of Conduct - Suppliers: Our Code of Conduct for Suppliers serves to counter the risk of human rights violations on the part of our suppliers.
• Green Finance Framework Lending: In our Green Finance Framework - Lending, we disclose the criteria for environmentally sustainable properties and define when energy-efficient refurbishment measures in existing buildings make a significant contribution to greater energy efficiency.
• SPO Green Finance Framework - Lending
• Green Finance Framework Liabilities: Our Green Finance Framework - Liabilities serves as an internal taxonomy for identifying green loans in Aareal Bank's global property portfolio.
• SPO Green Finance Framework - Liabilities
• UK Modern Slavery Act Erklärung: As a group of companies with business operations in the UK, we report in the UK Modern Slavery Act Statement on the measures taken to prevent or stop modern forms of forced labour in our own sphere of influence.
• Human Rights and Environmental Policy Statement: Our declaration of principles is the document for our human rights strategy and sets out how we, as a globally active company, fulfil our responsibility to protect human and environmental rights within our sphere of influence.
• Complaints procedure (LkSG): In accordance with the LkSG, we have set up a reporting procedure for submitting information on human rights or environmental risks or violations along the supply chain.
• Diversity at Aareal Bank: For us, diversity is the basis for sustainable corporate success. This is also reflected in our diversity principles. You can find out more about this under Diversity at Aareal Bank.
• Conflict of Interest Policy: Our Conflict of Interest Policy governs the principles for recognising, handling, documenting and escalating conflicts of interest at Aareal Bank Group.

Performance Indicators

• CO₂ Emissions: Here you can find our CO₂ emission values
• Environmental Key Indicators: Here you can find our Environmental Key Indicators
• Employee Key Indicators: Here you can find our Employee Key Indicators

Archive: Here you can find the archive of our sustainability reports