Deutsche Bank Transition toward a sustainable and climate-neutral economy Non-Financial Report 2022 Environmental and social due diligence Training and awareness GRI 2-24, 3-3, 404-2, FS4 Training is essential to raise the bank’s employees’ awareness and enable them to better identify environmental and social risks and opportunities and consequently assess and refer transactions to Group Sustainability. In 2022, Deutsche Bank continued its employee training program. In 2022 front-office staff continued to receive live video-training to enable them to understand the Sustainable Finance Framework and to identify opportunities for clients to transition to more sustainable and climate friendlier business models. The sessions also address environmental and social related exclusions and expectations and specify the requirements for environmental and social due diligence. Details are presented in the section “Training and awareness” of the “Sustainable finance” chapter. Details on trainings on the Equator Principles can be found below in the “Equator Principles” section of this chapter. In 2022, the bank also continued to provide awareness sessions and training to control functions and business teams to reinforce their awareness of reputational risks such as defense and gaming. Equator Principles GRI 2-23/24/25, 3-3, 404-2, FS1, FS3, FS4 In February 2022, Deutsche Bank published its first Equator Principles Implementation Report (*) outlining its progress, due diligence process and responsibilities. This publication followed the bank’s formal adoption of the Equator Principles in July 2020. The Equator Principles are an internationally recognized benchmark for determining, assessing, and managing environmental and social risks in project finance. Training on and implementation of the Equator Principles in the bank’s due diligence processes continued in 2022. In 2022, 58 employees of the affected business teams were trained (2021: 53). In addition, Deutsche Bank continued developing internal training materials and due diligence templates accessible to all employees in the front office. The bank also updated several front- and back-office systems to capture Equator Principles transactions as well as set up an internal reporting process. As a signatory of the Equator Principles, Deutsche Bank is required to report on project-related transactions that fall within the scope of the Equator Principles. This information is included in the table below. Transactions assessed under the Equator Principles1 Project Finance Advisory Services Project Finance Project-Related Corporate Loans Category not applicable Category A Category B Category C Category A Category B Category C Sector Mining n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Infrastructure n/a 0 5 2 1 1 0 Oil & Gas n/a 2 1 0 0 0 0 Power n/a 0 8 0 0 0 0 Others n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 Region Americas n/a 1 3 2 0 0 0 Europe, Middle East & n/a 0 6 0 1 1 0 Africa Asia Pacific n/a 1 5 0 0 0 0 Country Designation Designated Country n/a 1 12 2 0 0 0 Non-Designated n/a 1 2 0 1 1 0 Country Independent Review Yes n/a 1 3 1 1 0 0 No n/a 1 11 1 0 1 0 Total n/a 2 14 2 1 1 0 1 Please note that the figures of this table may also be included in the table “Transactions and clients reviewed under the ES Policy Framework”, see the sub-chapter “ES Policy Framework” The Equator Principles apply only to a limited number of transactions depending on the financial product, volume of transaction and in some cases if further criteria of eligibility are met. Eligible transactions are reported if they have reached financial close. Project categorization follows the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) environmental and social categorisation process. Category A – projects with potential significant adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are diverse, irreversible, or unprecedented. Category B – projects with potential limited adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures. Category C – projects with minimal or no adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts. 56