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03/02/2010
The “WestLB Policy for Environmental and Social Issues” specifies the engagement of the Bank with regard to environmental and social issues and express the Bank’s intention to contribute to a sustainable development. They define subject and sector-related principles underlying the Bank’s commitment to comply with social and ecological standards. In this connection, the Bank...
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14/09/2009
Today the WestLB publishes its current sustainability report entitled “Sustainability. Status 2008”. The report is an interim annual report to complement its sustainability reports published to date on a two-year cycle in 2005 and 2007. The report includes relevant information on new developments relating to our sustainability management, financial products and services as well as rela...
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14/09/2009
Germany’s future e.v., a corporate environmental initiative, and IÖW, an institute for ecological business research, recently published the results of their 2007 review of German companies’ sustainability management reports. WestLB took first place with a large lead in the financial services sector and also finished fifth in the overall ranking across all sectors and industries. &...
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Ranked first among German banks
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03/09/2009
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10/01/2008
Germany’s future e.v., a corporate environmental initiative, and IÖW, an institute for ecological business research, recently published the results of their 2007 review of German companies’ sustainability management reports. WestLB took first place with a large lead in the financial services sector and also finished fifth in the overall ranking across all sectors and industries. “We are gratified ...
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10/10/2007
Concerning the Toka Tindung project the assessment has not been finished yet. This means that we take all pieces of information surrounding the project very seriously and pursue them, including through site visits and intensive talks with all parties involved.
The project goes through the regular steps, assessments, expert analyses and investigations set by the Equator Principles. The financing c...
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10/10/2007
As the title “Asking Questions.” indicates, we reflect on the connections between the major sustainability challenges and the business activities of WestLB AG. In the broad review we present our answers, for example as to strategy, goals, products or risk management. Special focus is given to global climate change, which is particularly relevant for society and business alike. &nb...
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29/12/2006
In the financing of the mining project, WestLB takes strict care that (a) all national environmental and social regulations are complied with, (b) all necessary authorizations in the environmental and social field are obtained, and (c) the frequently stricter, internationally recognised environmental and social commitments of the Equator Principles are observed....
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06/07/2006
WestLB one of two German banks committed to tighter rules ...
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Environmental and Social Standards Extended
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13/06/2006
WestLB AG has been awarded first place in the “Sustainable Bankers of the Year” category at the annual sustainable banking awards organised by the FT and the IFC (International Finance Corporation). The judges particularly praised the short timeframe during which WestLB had succeeded in embedding sustainability principles across its whole company and integrating them in the business process....
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"Sustainable Bankers of the Year" Award
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07/10/2005
October, 7th 2005ARNO 2005 – Award for Sustainability Report
At the 94th Trade Conference for Marketing Communication on October 7, 2005, outstanding corporate publications of the Savings Banks Financial Group received the ARNO award for the seventh time. WestLB´s Sustainability Report 2005 “New Thinking” took third place in the category “Annual Reports and Image Publications”. For the entir...
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01/09/2005
WestLB AG Publishes First Sustainability Report
WestLB AG today publishes its first sustainability report. The report is entitled "New Thinking. Sustainability Report 2005" and meets the highest standards of the "Global Reporting Initiative", the international guidelines for the preparation of sustainability reports. In the report the Bank stresses that, in addition to economi...
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