Transforming our world: As part of the company, Commerz Real AG contributes to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations aim to ensure sustainable development from an economic, social and environmental perspective. The 17 objectives, with a total of 169 sub-objectives, address economic growth, disparities in standard of living and equal opportunities, sustainable use of natural resources and human rights. In September 2015, the 2030 targets were adopted by consensus by the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In order to enable concrete action, the SDGs should be implemented by all states, civil society and the private sector, above all at regional and local level.

Commerz Real’s contribution to the SDGs

Commerz Real AG is also responsible for contributing to the SDGs. We have the greatest influence on this through our investment and financing portfolio. But we also focus on goals in our operations, which we align our structures and our actions in the company accordingly. In the overview, we show how Commerz Real contributes to the achievement of the respective targets at the operational level.

SDG 3: Health and well-being

Ensuring a healthy life for all people of all ages and promoting their well-being

Health is a precious asset – and one that we take extremely seriously as an employer. With our occupational health management, we create the framework for a workplace where physical and mental well-being is important. With our healthcare providers, we offer employees a modern product portfolio from occupational medicine to our Employee Assistance Program. This provides competent advice for employees and their family members living in the household in difficult professional and life situations. In addition, we inform and raise awareness about the importance of mental and physical health with the “Coffee & Destress” event series. Experts talk openly with employees about topics such as burnout, resilience, but also women’s and men’s health and nutrition.

For more information on our employee health management, see our ESG framework.

SDG 4: High-quality education

Ensuring inclusive, equal and high-quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all

Education and the reduction of disadvantages are core aspects of our efforts to increase social sustainability. For this reason, Commerz Real is committed to both the further training of its employees and to educational formats in the districts that we support in the regions of our two main locations as part of our corporate citizenship strategy “Deine Hood”. We support charities in Wiesbaden Erbenheim-Hochfeld and Düsseldorf-Flingern Süd with donations in cash, time and in kind.

For more information about our social commitment, please see our ESG framework.

Within Commerz Real, we are convinced that traditional training offers are often no longer sufficient to keep up with the ever-faster societal transformation. There is an increasing demand for solutions that are tailored to the individual needs of employees and their respective job environment - both in terms of expertise and technology as well as in terms of time and location. The “Lernzeit+” offer fully meets these requirements. It follows the guiding principle “Learn what and when you want.” Since 2022, all employees have been able to spend up to twelve hours of their working hours per quarter on further training or taking part in training offers of their choice. This offer is supplemented by regular virtual information formats that teach employees about topics such as sustainability and digitalization.

For more information on our commitment to employee development, please see our ESG framework.

SDG 5: Equality of Gender

Achieve gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls

The work of our two social partner organisations in neighbourhoods with high social needs in Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf focuses particularly on the situation of women and girls. They are the ones who are particularly often affected by precarious living and family conditions. Through needs-based, target-group-specific and low-threshold offers, our charity partners contribute to increasing the education and participation opportunities of young girls and women. As part of our corporate citizenship strategy, we support established programs and the necessary infrastructure with financial, time and non-cash donations.

For more information about our social commitment, please see our ESG framework.