Corporate culture
Three corporate values as a framework for collaboration: Integrity, Performance and Responsibility
Integrity, performance and responsibility, Our values provide orientation for everyday life
Integrity is the foundation of our business model
To be in accordance with our values and rules, even if no one is watching – that is our basic conviction. Integrity is what can be expected of us since we expect it from ourselves.
Performance is our engine
We do our best every day. We enjoy taking ourselves further, and with it our team and Commerzbank. Because only when our customers realize that they are becoming more successful thanks to Commerzbank, we are more successful as well.
Responsibility is our mission
We are proud to take responsibility. For our teams, our customers, our industry and society. Our future is borne by all of us and Commerzbank is committed to its contribution.
The Commerzbank Culture Award
With the Commerzbank Culture Award, the bank is setting a sign of recognition and appreciation. The award recognizes those who have shown an outstanding performance and have acted in a special way in accordance with our values of performance, responsibility or integrity.
The Commerzbank Culture Award is deliberately participatory: All employees can nominate their colleagues. On this basis, a jury makes a preselection before all employees are asked to vote for their favorite on the intranet. Every year in the first quarter, an in-person event takes place during which the winners receive their awards.
Yellow Compass – Our Code of Conduct
With the Yellow Compass, we have defined the foundation of our business model - integrity. The Yellow Compass not only describes who we are and how we work but is also an expression of the principles we live. It is the basis of our joint cooperation. The principles of the Yellow Compass go beyond legal and regulatory requirements. They set standards for us as employees, and provide guidance for our service providers and suppliers, who must commit themselves to integrity. With the Yellow Compass, we also demonstrate to our customers and our investors that we are aware of responsibility and actively shape integrity. It is more than just a guide – it is a promise that we always honor the value of integrity and strive to fulfill it.
Purpose
Our purpose illustrates Commerzbank's right to exist. It is designed for the long term and is primarily intended to provide internal orientation, identification and motivation. In 2021, colleagues formulated the purpose in a cooperative process. It forms the overarching framework for the bank's transformation: "Creating perspectives for discerning people and companies".
This creates a framework for the projects, success and future of Commerzbank. Focus on the target group of our bank: Customers who can and want a lot – and thus also expect a lot from their bank. With our result orientation and performance strength, we are a strong partner for them.