The Essl Foundation:
The Essl Foundation was established in March 2008. It was endowed with adequate financial resources both to ensure the annual presentation of the Essl Social Prize and fund other long term social activities – even after the death of the benefactors.
The purpose established in the deed of foundation is to support people in need and to promote public awareness about the necessity of support for those in need and to provide the individuals concerned with the appropriate training.
The World Future Council:
The World Future Council (WFC) consists of 50 respected personalities from all five continents. They represent governments, parliaments, the arts, civil society, science and the business world. The World Future Council is a charitable foundation reliant on donations.
The major aim of the WFC is to make politicians aware that they have an ethical responsibility to assess every decision-making process on the basis of how it will affect future generations. In close collaboration with civil society groups, members of parliament, governments, businesses and international organisations the WFC researches future just policies and legislation. The World Future Council then advises political decision-makers, offers them tried and tested courses of action and supports them in the concrete implementation of new policies. To identify holistic solutions on a wide range of issues and to enable the application of these solutions, the WFC has created the following programmes:
- Future Justice
- Climate and Energy
- Sustainable Ecosystems
- Sustainable Economies
- Just Societies
- Peace and Disarmament
Bank Austria
Bank Austria has been a member of UniCredit, one of the largest European banking groups, since 2005. Bank Austria is constantly striving to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction and it looks back on more than 150 years of tradition and experience.
Nowadays Bank Austria is a modern and dynamic universal bank offering its customers access to international financial markets. Bank Austria serves as UniCredit’s hub for the banking network in Central and Eastern Europe, a region where the Group is the clear market leader with about 4,100 branches in Austria and 18 CEE-countries. Bank Austria Group employs in Austria (including the employees of UniCredit Group subsidiarys) about 10,900 employees and about 51,500 employees in CEE countries.
During the recent financial and economic crisis, Bank Austria demonstrated its financial strength: It was the only major bank in Austria that did not use state aid to strengthen its capital. With a Core Tier 1 capital ratio of 10.42 per cent (30 September 2011) it has the strongest capital base among the large banks in Austria.
Bank Austria is committed to helping disadvantaged people in our community, and is active in the areas of culture, sustainability and sport, reflecting its contribution at a social level. Through the disability management, Bank Austria supports and encourages long-term awareness raising and sensitisation towards the special needs of people with disabilities and implements targeted measures.
