On January 31, the Danske Bank Group published its second Corporate Social Responsibility report. At the same time, we augmented the Group's CSR reporting considerably with a new CSR fact book and a GRI index on this Web site.
In the past year, we have continued our efforts to apply our CSR principles systematically and to integrate CSR in the way we operate our business.
It is important for the Danske Bank Group to contribute to the sustainable development of the communities where we operate. We wish to add value to society by using our financial knowledge and expertise.
We believe that the best way for us to fulfil our social responsibility is to apply our core competency, financial knowledge. We are therefore launching a new financial literacy programme that will constitute the framework for many of our CSR activities in the years ahead.
From 2008 to 2010 the Group will spend more than €6 million to develop and launch new products, advisory programmes, educational material and events intended to improve financial literacy among children, young people and students.
In 2007 the Group also launched a new climate change strategy that commits us to reaching carbon neutrality by the end of 2009, among other thing. We did this because we believe our responsibility starts within our own business and because we wish to contribute to a healthier society by reducing our own direct environmental impact. The climate change strategy will also benefit our customers in the form of new environmentally friendly products and services.
Last updated/revised on January 31, 2008