Social Investments: Creating opportunity
Helping people build self-supporting structures is the basis of our social commitment in all regions of the world in which we operate.
We support people who live in challenging social and economic conditions to become independent of foreign assistance and to shape their own lives and future as individually and independently as possible. With our projects to fight poverty, we focus on strengthening local social structures in a sustainable way. Our acknowledged expertise as a financial institution enables us to create opportunities for many people: As a lender, we have already given 110 microfinance institutions access to capital. In turn, these institutions issue microloans to people to improve their quality of life. Moreover, with our ad-hoc donations, we provide quick, unbureaucratic support for relief efforts in disaster areas. And, lastly, we encourage employees to support our initiatives as corporate volunteers and are proud that so many accept this commitment.Highlights
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Unlocking potential for investment in energy efficiency
January 10, 2011 | New York
Deutsche Bank announced the results of a new study that sets the foundation for what could be an unprecedented change in multifamily lending: the ability to incorporate energy savings projections into underwriting practices. more -
Impetus honoured by the Institute for Turnaround
December 2011 | United Kingdom
The accolade, awarded by the Institute for Turnaround (IFT), recognises private and public companies, as well as governmental and voluntary organisations across the UK, that have managed to turn organisations around in the face of financial or operational difficulty. more -
Pointfive win design of Biennial kiosk
November 2011 | Liverpool
Winners of the Deutsche Bank Award in Architecture in 2011, Jonathan Woodward and Stephen Thorpe of Pointfive, are appointed to design the Tatton Park Biennial kiosk. more -
Help for East Africa: Donations amount to nearly 1 million euros
November 1, 2011 | Frankfurt
Deutsche Bank, its foundations, staff and clients make donations of almost 1 million euros for East Africa. more -
Charity Trading Day raises R1.2 million
November 16, 2011 | South Africa
At this year’s Charity Trading Day in South Africa on November 16, 1.2 million rand (c. 110,000 euros) were raised with client support. The main beneficiary Teach SA receives 400,000 rand. The remaining funds will be distributed to Deutsche Bank Africa Foundation projects. more
Microfinance
Pursuing a Balanced View of Microfinance – Responding to the coverage of the Indian microfinance crisis
Deutsche Bank led the effort to support the Pocantico Declaration that sets transparency standards in the microfinance industry. Read more about the Pocantico Declaration / 61 KB
Interview with Shafiq Choudhury on the parameters of microfinance (CSR Report 2008) / 4679 KB
For material and research on microfinance please click here.
At a glance
137 million US dollars is the volume of the seven Deutsche Bank funds which are dedicated to microfinance - some 2.7 million small entrepreneurs have benefited from Deutsche Bank's microfinancing so far.
5.8 million US dollars were donated by Deutsche Bank and its employees and clients to the earthquake victims in Haiti.
3,600 housing units for low-income households in the U.S. were generated in 2010.