Corporate Social Responsibility report - Bawag

Environment
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“Klimaschutz Garant Zertifikat”
The interest rate for the “Klimaschutz Garant Zertifikat” investment certificate is linked to the Standard &
Poor’s Global Clean Energy Index. The “Klimaschutz Garant Zertifikat” gives our customers the chance to profit
from the positive performance of thirty international companies in the field of renewable energy.
BAWAG P.S.K. is always one of the first points of contact for cities and municipalities. The Bank helps to
reduce the burden on the environment by providing financing for infrastructure projects, wastewater treatment
plants and the generation of energy from renewable energy sources.
Additional measures for reducing the burden on the environment through our services will be continuously
evaluated and analysed in the coming years.
6.3. Materials
Whenever it is financially feasible, the Bank ensures that it purchases goods made of recycled materials, for
example toilet paper, savings account passbook covers, environmentally friendly copy paper, etc., and that the
goods are produced and utilised in an environmentally friendly manner, for example by purchasing or leasing
service vehicles equipped with particle filters. Large amounts of paper are used for account statements. Due to
special requirements (processing in high-speed printers), recycled paper cannot be used for this purpose.
The same applies to the envelopes that are used for sending account statements.
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In 2008, BAWAG und PSK Bank required a total of 13,838,300 account statement envelopes for sending
account statements to our customers. Reducing this volume will not be an easy task, but this is an important
goal for the Bank. Therefore, we offer our customers the option of receiving their account statements electronically
as PDF files under the motto “Paper is a thing of the past”.
Account statements: Paper is a thing of the past
Forget about searching through folders, binders and
stacks of paper. Switch to the PSK BANK PDF account
statement in Internet Sofa Banking. Your account
information is just a click away.
4Details of the PDF account statement
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