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1Social Engagement2We are focusing our activities alongside our CSR strategy: We are committed to tackling 3climate change and addressing social inequalities – to help overcome two of the greatest 4challenges facing our society today. 5Through corporate volunteering and donations, we support partner organizations in all our 6regions which are contributing to one of our CSR goals. As responsible corporate citizens, we 7also want to address acute needs for support in our immediate neighbourhood, and support 8emergency relief to mitigate the effects for people living in these regions globally. 9Further Significant Increase in Our Voluntary Commitment10Employee volunteering is an important element of our social engagement as it provides our 11employees the opportunity to contribute to our CSR strategy. We are particularly proud that 12staff participation rate increased to 32% in 2023 (25% in 2022). Volunteering ranged from 13activities to protect and preserve the environment to providing support for social institutions. 14In 2023, our employees performed 7,633 hours of volunteering (5,206 in 2022) which equated 15to 104 minutes of volunteering per employee (84 minutes in 2022).16Based on the Deutsche Bank Impact Tracking tool, we estimate that we reached over 17270,000 people with our social commitment in 2023. The majority of these 18– 250,000 people – with programs to protect the environment and the oceans. We were able 19to support over 18,000 people with our social initiatives. Our employees also contributed to 20this through their voluntary work. 40% of all projects were actively supported by our 21employees.22Our Support for Tackling Climate Change: Protection of the Oceans in Focus 23As part of our focus on ecological issues, we remain committed to protecting the oceans and 24preserving the Blue Economy. This is why we work closely with ocean and conservation 25organizations such as World Wide Fund for Nature Germany and Healthy Seas.26We have retained our partnership with the marine conversation organization Healthy Seas in 27its efforts to rid the world's oceans of “ghost nets”, thus saving the lives of countless marine 28creatures. With our recent donation, Healthy Seas was able to expand its geographic focus to 29Asia Pacific and launched a series of ghost diving activities in Hong Kong. Our staff’s support 30is ongoing and colleagues in all regions are offered the opportunity to become an 31ambassador for the marine protection organization.32As a further contribution to ocean conservation, since 2021 we have been supporting a multi-33year marine conservation project facilitated by the World Wide Fund for Nature Germany in 34the Mesoamerican Reef near Belize. The project is helping to mitigate the impacts of climate 35change in the region. 36Our Support for Reducing Social Inequalities and Providing Disaster Relief37As part of our ambition to contribute to greater social justice, we launched a new partnership 38in 2022 with the non-profit organization Women for Women International. The organization 39supports women survivors of war and conflict, providing them with social and economic skills 40to transform their own lives and subsequently share their knowledge. 41To provide support with emergency relief, we supported the emergency efforts around the 42two devastating earthquakes that hit south-east Turkey and northern Syria. Our colleagues 43have pulled together, making a charitable donation which was then matched and topped up 44with a corporate donation by us as DWS Group to support UNICEF´s important work in the 45region. 46        47To our Shareholders Summarised 48Management Report49Consolidated 50Financial Statements Compensation Report Corporate Govern-51ance Statement52Supplementary 53Information DWS 2023 Annual Report54 55Our Responsibility5643 Entrepreneurial Spirit57The secret currency is a "dollar".