OREANDA-NEWS. In the course of public hearings, VEB made a presentation of Vnesheconombank Group's report on sustainable development for 2014. Vnesheconombank already became the winner of the Annual Report Competition in the category "Best Report on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development" organized by Moscow Exchange and Stock Market Media Group and received a Gold Award in the MarCom Awards 2015 International Competition. The Report was presented to more than 50 participants of the Russian business community.

Vnesheconombank has prepared reports on sustainable development since 2009. As part of implementing this voluntary initiative the Bank published six non-financial reports, the last four of which consolidate information on the performance of all Vnesheconombank Group's institutions in sustainable development. Reports are prepared in accordance with a leading international standard - Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Guidelines. In 2015, the Bank transferred to a new revision of GRI-G4.

In the course of the hearings their participants discussed issues related to Vnesheconombank's contribution to addressing issues of the country's socio-economic development and to further integration of sustainable development principles in its development. The participants also voiced recommendations on disclosing information of the greatest interest for interested parties in the Bank's non-financial reports. The participants' recommendations are to be taken into account upon developing a concept of the Group's next report for 2015 to improve the quality of the Bank's non-financial reporting in line with expectations of a wide range of interested parties.