Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024-02)
Reporting Period: 2024-02
Environmental Metrics
Renewable Energy Share:97% (year-end 2023)
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainable Finance
- Climate Change
- Operational Sustainability
- Gender Diversity
- Stakeholder Engagement
Environmental Achievements
- Exceeded annual target for switching to renewable energy (97% at year-end 2023)
- Reduced total energy consumption (target of 30% by 2025 compared to 2019 baseline)
Social Achievements
- Pathways for more female representation (35% of Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents by 2025) developed and on-track
- Sustainability-linked management board remuneration
Governance Achievements
- CEO-led Group Sustainability Committee established in 2020, and Chief Sustainability Officer appointed in 2022
- Implemented key requirements of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Align our lending and investment portfolios to net-zero by 2050 (Net-Zero Banking Alliance)
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce emissions linked to our own operations and supply chain by 46% by 2030 (2019 baseline)
- Achieve cumulative sustainable financing and investment volumes of €500 billion by the end of 2025 (excluding DWS)
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce total energy consumption by 30% by 2025 compared to 2019 baseline
- Achieve 90% of high emitting clients in most carbon intensive sectors to have a net zero commitment from 2026 on
Environmental Challenges
- Limited availability of climate-related data
- Measurement uncertainties resulting from limitations inherent in the underlying data and methods used for determining metrics
Mitigation Strategies
- Use of estimates and models until improved data becomes available
- Expectation for increasing data quality based on reporting obligations and development of harmonized standards and calculation methods
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Vendors with contract value >EUR 500k p.a. required to provide external sustainability rating
- 80% of total vendor spend expected to submit greenhouse gas emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) by 2025
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: PCAF