mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021-01 to 2021-06)
Reporting Period: 2020
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability
- ESG Factors (Environmental, Social, Governance)
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Increased market pressure due to free services offered by other brokers
- Bourses struggling for relevance
- Potential for a resurgence of the Corona crisis in the autumn
- Uncertainty about the sustainability of industrial recovery
- Concerns about the future of the struggling service sector
- Impact of high national debt levels
- Uncertainty about the impact of the German federal election on future tax and financial policy
Mitigation Strategies
- Multi-platform approach (not solely reliant on stock trading)
- Market making in bonds and funds
- Leading position in market making in Germany
- Development of a new offering in execution services and order routing
- Conservative, financially strong approach
- Focus on a healthy mix of stockbroking and capital market services
- Emphasis on reliability and experience
- Strong team
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2021-01 to 2021-06
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- ESG factors (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Slow economic recovery in many regions
- Continued struggles of numerous industries with the consequences of lockdowns
- Unexpected severity of the third wave of the pandemic
- Extension of state aid packages driving up astronomical national debts
- Inflation exceeding the three-percent mark for the first time in many years
Mitigation Strategies
- Cost discipline
- Performance-oriented compensation model