UN Global Compact 
Progress report 2014 of Deutsche Börse Group 
We endorse the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a member of the 
UN Global Compact, Deutsche Börse Group is highly committed to implementing the 
UN Global Compact’s ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the 
environment and anti-corruption throughout the Group when designing our business 
processes and strategies. In 2014, we developed a range of initiatives in conjunction 
with the Global Compact’s ten principles:  
ESG Best Practice Guide 
In September 2013, Deutsche Börse Group launched the ESG Practice Guide. The 
Guide contains seven recommendations on a comprehensive approach to capital 
market communications regarding sustainability. It offers practical guidance to 
enable companies to pursue an integrated and investor-focused reporting approach. 
Adherence to the Guide is voluntary; it does not include any binding reporting or 
admission requirements. Rather, its aim is to familiarise investors with capital 
markets communication regarding sustainability, and to encourage them to engage 
with the topic. In 2014, a survey on ESG reporting was launched for the German 
capital market in close cooperation with the BVI (German Investment Funds 
Association), the Deutsches Aktieninstitut (German Share Institute), the Deutscher 
Investor Relations Verband e.V. (DIRK) and the Verband der Investment 
Professionals in Deutschland (Society of Investment Professionals in Germany, 
DVFA e.V.). Focal points of the survey were the preparation of the questioned 
companies for the impending EU directive on the publication of non-financial 
information as well as the preparation of the ESG Best Practice Guide. 
Information media and transparency 
With its range of risk management services, Deutsche Börse Group aims to make a 
sustainable contribution to society, in particular by ensuring integrity and safety on 
the markets in its function as a capital markets organiser and by increasing the 
distribution efficiency of the markets through its price discovery function. 
The Leipzig-based European Energy Exchange (EEX) operates a regulated and 
transparent marketplace for trading greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions certificates. In 
September 2014, EEX launched a new transparency website: at www.eex-
transparency.com, users can access comprehensive fundamental data and 
information relevant to wholesale energy trading. The website updates the previous 
EEX transparency platform, “Transparency in Energy Markets”, and provides 
information on the capacity, use and availability of power-generating plants. In 
addition, it gives details of power storage and natural gas consumption. As a result, 
the website expands EEX’s offering for market participants, allowing them to make 
timely and effective disclosures in accordance with the EU regulation on wholesale 
energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT).

Joining the United Nations’ Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative (SSE) 
As the central point of contact between capital market participants, Deutsche Börse 
Group sees its responsibility as promoting market transparency, in particular 
expanding the availability and quality of environmental, social and governance 
(ESG) information and increasing understanding of their relevance.  
Against this backdrop, Deutsche Börse joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Stock 
Exchanges initiative (SSE) in early October of 2014. The aim of the initiative, 
founded by the UN Secretary-General in 2009, is to promote international dialogue 
on the sustainability of financial markets among exchange organisations. Deutsche 
Börse Group is committed to its professed goals of defining the role of capital market 
infrastructure providers within the sustainability movement and of dovetailing the 
SSE with parallel initiatives. 
Global employee survey 
At the end of 2013, Deutsche Börse Group conducted an employee survey, in which 
81.6 per cent of the workforce took part. From the employees’ perspective, the 
Group’s strengths are customer focus, product and service quality and the working 
environment. At the same time, the survey identified a total of about 400 follow-up 
measures, which have been launched at group, segment, or department level to 
address the perceived areas for improvement. According to feedback received from 
managers, 80 per cent of the defined measures had been implemented by the end 
of the year. The Group also benefited from the results of the survey in the  
area of staff management. Over a period of three weeks, more than 1,000 
employees visited “People Principles”, an internal online forum, where they 
discussed guidelines for ethical behaviour among  colleagues. The principles the 
discussion highlighted as the most important for employees will be implemented in 
the company through workshops and other initiatives from the beginning of 2015 
onwards in order to put them into practice in everyday work. 
Code of conduct for suppliers 
In 2014, suppliers which account for 94.7 per cent (2013: 95.3 per cent) of the 
worldwide amount of purchases of Deutsche Börse Group have signed our Code of 
Conduct. The Code is based on the UN Global Compact principles and includes 
ecological, social and sustainability criteria. 
Climate Action Award 
Deutsche Börse has been a member of the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index 
(CDLI) since 2009 and currently fulfils the criteria for 97 of 100 possible 
transparency points. In 2014, Deutsche Börse Group was awarded with the Climate 
Action Award for outstanding success beyond the CDP Leadership indices. With an 
emission reduction of 32.85 percent in 2013 by appropriate measures, Deutsche 
Börse Group has according to CDP taken a groundbreaking leadership role among 
the 166 companies in the DACH region.

Information on COP reporting 
Deutsche Börse Group taking part in the UN Global Compact 
Since July 2009, Deutsche Börse Group has participated in the United Nations 
Global Compact. As a participant, the company publicly pledges to adhere to the 
Compact’s ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environmental 
protection, and anti-corruption. 
Unlike other financial services providers, such as banks or insurance companies, 
Deutsche Börse Group holds a unique position in the financial markets segment: its 
business model as well as the products and services it offers set it apart 
considerably from other financial services providers. As one of the world’s largest 
stock exchange operators, Deutsche Börse Group organises markets characterised 
by the integrity, transparency, and security they offer investors, thereby providing the 
infrastructure which many service providers of the industry use for their products. 
Decision in favour of Active Level reporting 
Due to the characteristics of Deutsche Börse Group’s business model, it is not 
possible to report in accordance with the “Advanced Level” requirements of the UN 
Global Compact Communication on Progress (COP). This is due to the fact that the 
majority of the required information does not apply to the company: 
Deutsche Börse Group provides services in the field of financial transactions and the 
information technology (IT) required for these transactions; it does not manufacture 
physical products. 
Deutsche Börse Group’s servers run on green energy, thereby reducing the 
company’s ecological footprint as much as possible. As a matter of principle, 
suppliers are asked to sign the company’s Code of Conduct. However, weighting 
possibilities across the first links of the primary value chain are very restricted on an 
overall basis. 
As an IT company, Deutsche Börse’s ability to influence climate change is very 
limited. However, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the responsible 
use of natural resources are an integral part of its sustainability strategy. 
Deutsche Börse Group is a listed company and operates internationally. However, 
the average total number of employees falls considerably short of 4,000. The 
majority of employees work at its three European locations (Frankfurt/Eschborn, 
Luxembourg, Prague) and its two US locations (New York, Chicago). The Group’s 
remaining 17 international locations account for less than 3 per cent of staff. 
According to Global Compact criteria, Deutsche Börse Group fulfils those Advanced 
Level requirements which are applicable. In addition, the Chairman of the Executive 
Board, Reto Francioni, has taken a stand on the company’s participation in the UN 
Global Compact in the corporate report.