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BAADER BANK AG.

BWB.XETRA | Security and commodity contracts brokerage

BAADER BANK AG is a Germany-based investment bank that provides a range of financial services. It operates as a market maker, broker, and corporate finance advisor. The bank's services include securities trading, investment banking, asset management, and research. It caters to institutional investor...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

BAADER BANK AG shows a mixed ethical profile. In environmental efforts, the bank reduced its total greenhouse gas emissions from 353.6 million tCO₂e in 2022 to 243.4 million tCO₂e in 2023. Investments in fossil fuel companies also decreased from 3.16% to 2.08%. However, critics point to an increase in the GHG intensity of investee companies, rising from 628.19 to 798.25 tCO₂e per EUR million revenue, and non-renewable energy consumption remaining high at 72.04%. For honest business practices, BAADER BANK AG maintains a whistleblowing hotline, conducts annual compliance audits, and has clear rules against insider trading and price manipulation. Reports suggest approximately 80% of ethical claims are independently verified, with minor breaches promptly self-reported. Employee sentiment, according to Glassdoor, shows a 3.8/5 rating.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect10
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business-40
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-50
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products-40
-100100

Better Health for All

0

The company's core financial services products and activities have no significant direct positive or negative health impact. A subsidiary of Baader Bank owns a Croatian wind farm that generates over 100,000 MWh of wind energy annually, supplying approximately 30,000 households, which contributes to significant positive health externalities by reducing pollution.

1

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess BWB.XETRA against any of the KPIs for Fair Money & Economic Opportunity. The company's primary activities, as described, involve investment banking, market making, brokerage, and corporate finance advisory for institutional investors, corporate clients, and private clients.

1
The articles do not provide information on consumer-facing lending or deposit services, engagement with underserved client segments, pricing fairness for consumer products, inclusion initiatives, customer data portability, fair lending compliance, wealth-building outcomes for marginalized groups, profit reinvestment in community finance, financial literacy programs, customer debt burden, geographic inclusion in underserved areas, or product simplicity for a broad consumer base.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

10

Baader Bank has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars

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, which indicates 76% engagement. Specific data on living wage coverage, CEO to median pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rate, pay equity ratio, voluntary turnover rate, insecure contract share, health insurance coverage, and labor violation incidents is not available.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

The company, an investment bank, does not procure or trade physical commodities, nor does it have a traditional supply chain that would require fair trade certifications, supplier audits for welfare, traceability of physical goods, or management of high-risk materials. Its 2023 Non-Financial Report explicitly states a lack of data for fair trade, ethical sourcing, and related metrics.

1
No evidence is provided regarding the company's direct involvement in or findings related to forced or child labor in its own operations or supply chain. While a code of conduct for suppliers is mentioned, no quantitative data on the percentage of contracts with ethical clauses or supplier diversity spend is available.
2

Honest & Fair Business

-40

The company maintains comprehensive rules of conduct that prohibit insider trading, price manipulation, and other prohibited benefits.

1
It requires the disclosure of 'kick-back' payments to clients
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and enforces restrictions on employee private trading, gift acceptance, and participation in 'friends and family' programs.
3
Regular employee training is provided on compliance issues.
4
Additionally, a whistleblowing hotline is available, and information received through it is handled confidentially.
5
The company's Compliance department, which documents and monitors complaint processing, is audited annually by both internal and external auditors.
6

Kind to Animals

0

No data relevant to the 'Kind to Animals' ethical value for BWB.XETRA was found in any of the provided articles.

1
All articles explicitly state that no specific data pertaining to animal welfare, cruelty-free practices, or animal-related business operations could be extracted.
2

No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence was found in the provided articles regarding BWB.XETRA's involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, conflict facilitation, or peacebuilding initiatives. The articles discuss the company's adoption of Bloomberg's ESG data for SFDR reporting

1
and general sustainability metrics for investee companies,
2
but do not provide specific data points for any of the 'No War, No Weapons' KPIs related to BWB.XETRA's own operations or policies.

Planet-Friendly Business

-50

Total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions were 243,433,533 metric tonnes CO₂e in 2023, a reduction from 353,610,833 metric tonnes CO₂e in 2022.

1
The company sourced 27.96% of its operational energy consumption from renewables in 2023.
2
Data for other environmental metrics, such as water use, green building certifications, waste diversion, and climate targets, is not available.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided articles, including the 2024 Annual Report and the 2023 Separate Combined Non-Financial Report, explicitly state that data is not mentioned or lacking for all KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'.

1
Specifically, there is no information on formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, revenue reinvested in local community development, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investments, local procurement shares, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license operations, charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations, community fund allocations, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural sensitivity training completion.
2

Safe & Smart Tech

0

No evidence available to assess BAADER BANK AG on Safe & Smart Tech.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

-40

Baader Bank AG has implemented one waste reduction initiative by deciding to provide financial reports exclusively in PDF format.

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This decision was made due to sustainability concerns, aiming to reduce the number of printed reports.
2

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