Sustainability Guides for SMEs and cooperatives

In a series of booklets, Volksbanks and ÖGV have been providing information on sustainable business management in all its facets since 2021.

  • The third brochure „This is how sustainability works for SMEs and cooperatives“ - which serves to accompany our customer's sustainable transformation has been published. This years's focus is on  circular economy and was developed in cooperation with the Austrian Federation of Cooperatives (ÖGV), respACT, Austria's leading business platform for responsible business, and the Circular Economy Forum Austria.
    It covers the following topics: 

    • Who the CSRD applies to and when, and why SMEs are also affected
    • About the path of Volksbank customers and ÖGV members to the circular economy
    • What circular economy actually means and how to get started

  • Sustainability booklet 2023

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    Download the sustainability booklet "So geht Nachhaltigkeit für KMU und Genossenschaften 2023, Schwerpunkt Kreislaufwirtschaft" (available in German only).

    Download sustainability booklet 2023
  • The brochure "So geht Nachhaltigkeit für KMU und Genossenschaften" („This is how sustainability works for SMEs and cooperatives“) is focused on the subject of energy transition and was published in 2022.
    It covers the following topics:

    • How companies manage the transformation from Sustainability 0.0 to Sustainability 3.0
    • How sustainable the customers of Volksbanks and ÖGV members already are – demonstrated by practical examples 
    • How energy cooperatives work and who helps with their foundation

  • Sustainability Guides for SMEs and cooperatives

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    Download the sustainability booklet "So geht Nachhaltigkeit für KMU und Genossenschaften 2022, Schwerpunkt Energiewende" (available in German only).

    Download sustainability booklet 2022
  • In the 2021 edition, SMEs and cooperatives learn how they can focus on sustainability and what they should take into consideration.
    It covers the following topics:

    • Why sustainability concerns all of us 
    • Sustainable, successful business models of Volksbanks‘ customers and ÖGV members
    • Sustainability from A to Z: The most important terms, contacts and subsidies