Deutsche Bank regards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as an investment in society and in its own future. Our goal as a responsible corporate citizen is to create social capital. We leverage our core competencies in five areas of activity.
Sustainability

An integral part of all Deutsche Bank activities – in our core business and beyond – is being responsible to our shareholders, clients, employees, society, and the environment. [more]
Corporate Volunteering

A growing number of our employees are committed to civic leadership and responsibility – with the support and encouragement of Deutsche Bank. [more]
Social Investments

We create opportunities for people and communities. We help them overcome unemployment and poverty, and shape their own futures. [more]
Art

We believe that creativity and inspiration open minds to innovative solutions. That is why we support art and young aspiring artists. [more]
Education

We enable talent across all disciplines as one of the most important sources of growth and progress. [more]
Our Goals for 2009

• To introduce the Sustainability Management System in the growth regions Asia, South America, and the Middle East



• To continue pressing ahead with climate-friendly activities, with the aim of making all business processes totally CO₂-neutral from 2013 onwards



• To expand the educational initiatives for intercultural understanding, with the aim of increasing equality of opportunity and promoting integration



• To step up our commitment to helping children and AIDS orphans in developing and emerging countries and to strengthen our collaboration with SOS Children‘s Villages in our German home market



• To increase the Corporate Volunteering rate still further and extend paid leave from work for volunteer work in the regions



• To lend greater support to artists from developing and emerging countries and continue expanding the related educational programs



• To intensify the dialog with our stakeholders, in particular NGOs, rating agencies, and regulators



• To expand strategic collaborative projects with selected project partners, for example with the Berliner Philharmoniker and their “Digital Concert Hall“



• To focus more strongly on projects in which the core competencies of the Bank and its employees are particularly useful



• To communicate our CSR activities within the Bank and to the public at large in order to enhance the Bank’s CSR profile both locally and globally