Transparent markets

Deutsche Börse Group’s Prime Standard offers companies access to the capital market via a premium segment. Companies in this segment meet international transparency requirements with regard to their investors.

Premium segment for shares

The Prime Standard for shares is part of the EU-regulated market and provides access to companies which would like to attract international investors: in addition to the legal minimum requirements of the EU-regulated market, companies listed in this segment must also meet international transparency requirements. Admittance to the Regulated Market is a prerequisite for joining the selection indices DAX^®, MDAX^®, TecDAX^® and SDAX^®.

On individual company master data sheets, Deutsche Börse’s online information portal for sustainable securities provides market participants not only with financial data but also with sustainability key figures for 1,800 companies from all over the world included in STOXX^® indices.

Through the information portal for sustainable securities, Deutsche Börse offers ...

• environmental, social and governance (ESG) data for around 1,800 companies: information on the sustainable management of resources (environment), criteria for socially responsible behaviour (social) as well as aspects of corporate governance.
• CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) data evaluating the transparency and performance of measures taken by 1,800 companies with regard to climate change.
• the possibility to select companies based on ESG criteria or on the weighting of these criteria.
• information on sustainability indices as well as a selection of funds and certificates.

Cooperation with the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

As a member of the IIRC German Roundtables, Deutsche Börse actively contributes to shaping the framework of a new integrated reporting. The IIRC’s aim is to develop an integrated reporting system with an international focus, which ensures that a company’s key facts and figures are communicated clearly, concisely and transparently.

Cooperation with the CDP

As part of its partnership with the CDP, the information portal for sustainable securities has been providing climate data from roughly 1,800 companies around the world, free of charge, since April 2012. The data facilitates a direct comparison of companies’ carbon emissions.

We are offering an ESG Best Practice Guide as a guideline for companies affected by  regulation. The Guide presents internationally valid reporting methods including selected best-practice examples and, by giving seven recommendations, offers a structured approach to an intelligent and above all efficient way of dealing with the topic of sustainability in capital market communications. This makes it particularly suitable for smaller and medium-sized companies as well as for newcomers to reporting. The Guide, which is reviewed regularly to ensure it is up to date, therefore supplements Deutsche Börse Group’s range of services for issuers.

Our combined management report presents Deutsche Börse Group’s business activities in a transparent manner. The current report provides information on the course of the financial year while also giving a thorough overview of the company’s measures taken with a view to social responsibility and sustainability. By integrating the non-financial statement into the combined management report, Deutsche Börse Group not only adheres to statutory requirements but shows non-financial key figures in context alongside traditional financial key figures.