Reports, Statements, Policies & Guidelines

Deutsche Börse Group’s annual report informs its stakeholders about the course of the financial year and summarizes the way in which the company identifies and implements key areas of action, including those related to our sustainability profile.

For many years, we have been integrating our combined management report and our combined non-financial statement in one report. This enables our most important stakeholders such as clients, employees and shareholders to gain a holistic view of our corporate performance. This includes social and ecological topics as well as economic ones. 

The Deutsche Börse Group's sustainability statement was prepared in anticipation of the national implementation of the requirements of Directive (EU) 2022/2462 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 14, 2022 (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, CSRD). It meets the requirements of Sections 289b-e in conjunction with 315b-c of the German Commercial Code (HGB) for a consolidated non-financial (group) statement by Deutsche Börse Group and Deutsche Börse AG.

You can find our latest annual report for the year 2025 here. 

Deutsche Börse Group is committed to its corporate responsibility to uphold human rights and the associated environmental standards and to support fair working conditions in cross-border supply chains. Since 1 January 2023, supply chain transparency has been subject to the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz - LkSG). The law stipulates that companies bear the responsibly to respect human rights in their supply chains und requires them to publish an annual report about their management of human rights-related supply chain risks.

With the LkSG report, Deutsche Börse AG fulfils this legal obligation and explains how the LkSG was implemented in the organization and how the due diligence obligations were complied with and monitored. The report also outlines which human rights and environmental risks or violations of a human rights or environmental obligation have been identified in Deutsche Börse AG’s own business area and among direct suppliers, and which measures have been taken to mitigate and prevent those (potential) risks.

You can find our latest LkSG report here. 

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2011 which sets standards for the voluntary disclosure of essential financial sustainability information by companies to their investors. 77 industry sectors can use SASB's industry-specific sustainability reporting standards since 2018.

Since 2021, Deutsche Börse uses the SASB standard for market infrastructure providers to offer structured information on financial and pre-financial topics. In doing so, we create transparency for our stakeholders in the key sustainability dimensions of economic, ecological and social performance, and acknowledge the growing importance of the SASB standard among our investors.

Our SASB Index is based on the standard for security & commodity exchanges and indicates substantial topics for Deutsche Börse Group with associated reference numbers.

You can find our latest SASB Index here. 

Within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations have defined 17 goals for global sustainable development (SDGs). These aim to drive sustainable development on a global level and were put into action on 1 January 2016.

Deutsche Börse Group is committed to supporting the achievement of these goals. With our strategic focus and operations, we either support, or actively contribute to the achievement of the goals described in this report. We have defined the SDGs for which there is a concrete and material connection to our own operational activities or by the use of our products and services by customers.

You can find our latest SDG Report here.

We are a member of the “Net Zero Exchange Group – SSE Climate” under the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE). Founded in 2021, this initiative comprises 23 stock exchange organizations from around the world. Members adhere to a framework for setting targets recognized by “Race to Zero” and report annually on their progress, with the results publicly tracked on the UN SSE website.

You can find our respective report here and an overview of our key memberships here.