Ensuring Viability Solar ImpulseAround the world in 30 days. Just powered by the sun. That is the goal of the ambitious Solar Impulse project. Deutsche Bank is helping to open up the way for the first manned round-the-world flight in an airplane powered solely by solar energy – flying day and night and producing no pollutant emissions. [more]

Committing Ourselves Corporate VolunteeringEmployee volunteering is the foundation of our CSR activities. By making a personal commitment to serve society, we are able to anchor civic responsibility in our thoughts and actions and give it credibility. With a highly motivated and skilled workforce, Deutsche Bank is ideally placed to work with community organisations to create real value. [more]

Creating Opportunities MicrofinanceHalf of the world’s population is considered to be poor. Approximately 2.7 billion people, according to the World Bank, have less than two U.S. dollars to live on per day. Under these circumstances, a microcredit of less than US-$ 50 is often enough for people in developing countries to become self-sufficient and thus to break out of the cycle of poverty. [more]

Fostering Creativity Deutsche Bank Collection at the Städel MuseumDr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank, said: "The example we are setting with this permanent loan to the Städel reflects our social commitment under the motto 'building social capital'". [more]

Enabling Talent Wallraf the Museum Bus“Wallraf the Museum Bus” takes children and young people from their schools to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, where they gain new insights, experience art and discover their talents through expressing their own creativity. Deutsche Bank was awarded the German Cultural Sponsorship Prize 2008 for its commitment to this project.  [more]