Commerzbank the only German bank in STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index

As of immediately Commerzbank is the only German bank listed in the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index. Thus the Bank ranks among the leading group of 300 companies worldwide to distinguish themselves by taking into account environmental, social and governance criteria, the so-called ESG criteria, in their entrepreneurial activities on a comprehensive scale.

“That we are the only German bank represented in the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index is an external confirmation of the major significance attached to the issue of sustainability at Commerzbank,” says Rüdiger Senft, head of Corporate Responsibility at Commerzbank.

To become a member of the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index according to the ESG criteria a company has to belong to the top 25 per cent of companies from the investment universe of the underlying STOXX® Global 1800 Index.

Commerzbank is also represented in the sustainability indices ECPI Ethical EMU Equity, ECPI Ethical Euro Equity and Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120.

For further information on Commerzbank’s commitment to sustainability: www.sustainability.commerzbank.com

About Commerzbank

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in more than 50 countries. The core markets of Commerzbank are Germany and Poland. With the business areas Private Customers, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets and Central & Eastern Europe, its private customers and corporate clients, as well as institutional investors, profit from a comprehensive portfolio of banking and capital market services. Commerzbank finances more than 30 per cent of Germany’s foreign trade and is the unchallenged leader in financing for SMEs. With its subsidiaries Comdirect and Poland’s M Bank it owns two of the world’s most innovative online banks. With approximately 1,050 branches Commerzbank has one of the densest branch networks among German private banks. In total, Commerzbank boasts more than 16 million private customers, as well as 1 million business and corporate clients. The Bank, which was founded in 1870, is represented at all the world’s major stock exchanges. In 2015, it generated gross revenues of €9.8 billion with 51,300 employees.

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