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REPORT
2020
About the Report
This Annual Report of Sberbank In addition, the content of the Report is SUBSIDIARY BANKS
Financial data are presented in the Report in
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preparation of annual reports by joint-stock
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companies
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2020 through December 31, 2020.
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This Report is published annually, The data on sustainable development (ESG)
Sberbank JSC (Ukraine)
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the most recent report was released
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Regulation of the Bank of Russia On information at the group level.
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Recommendations from the Corporate Rambler Centre of Speech Technologies LLC
ensure the bank’s transparency and promote
Governance Code of the Bank of Russia the practice of corporate social responsibility
recommended for use by joint-stock OKKO LLC Sberbank-Telecom LLC
within the Group. In addition, the Report is
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No. 06-52/2463 dated April 10, 2014. the Sustainable Development Accounting
Standards Board (SASB). Soyuzmultfilm LLC SberHealth LLC
Furthermore, the Report reflects Sberbank’s Cloud Technologies LLC SberDevices LLC
contribution to achievement of Sustainable
Development Goals adopted by a 2015 UN Bizone LLC Loyalty Programmes Centre JSC
General Assembly Resolution, Transforming
Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Job.ru JSC ActiveBusinessConsult LLC
Development.
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1 Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia (Sberbank PJSC), hereinafter referred to as SberBank or Bank
2 Sberbank PJSC and its subsidiary banks and subsidiaries hereinafter jointly referred to as the Group, Sber and Sber Group
Environment, social
responsibility and long-term
investments
SUSTAINABILITY
(ESG) REPORT
Management
Report
Contents
PORTRAIT OF THE GROUP OVERVIEW CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RISK REPORT
7 Sber Becomes Technological Ecosystem 38 Best Client Experience and Ecosystem 90 Corporate Governance 162 Risk Management Strategy
8 Rebranding 38 Retail Business 91 Highlights of the 2020 Corporate Year 165 Approach to Management of Key Risks
of the Group
9 2020 Guidance Completed 49 Wealth Management 93 Characteristics of the Corporate Governance
System 172 ESG Risk Management
10 Key Financial Highlights 55 Corporate and Investment Business
94 Sberbank’s Corporate Governance Principles
11 Sustainable Development 68 Sales Network Development
96 Elements of the Corporate Governance System FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BANKS
12 Integrated Business Model B2C2B2G 74 Non-Financial Business
97 Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code
13 Corporate Governance
of the Bank of Russia
15 Technological Transformation 174 SB Sberbank JSC
81 Technological Platform 98 General Meeting of Shareholders
16 Risk Management 175 BPS-Sberbank OJSC
83 Data, Infrastructure, Cloud Services 100 Supervisory Board
17 Retail Business 176 Sberbank JSC
84 Application of Artificial Intelligence 112 Supervisory Board Committees
18 Wealth Management 177 Sberbank Europe AG
85 Innovations 118 Corporate Governance Development Trends
19 Corporate Business
87 Accelerators 119 Executive Bodies
20 Sales Network APPENDICES
124 Corporate Secretary
21 Non-Financial Business
125 Audit and Control System
129 Remuneration System 179 Report on Compliance with the Principles
and Recommendations of the Corporate
STRATEGIC REPORT 132 Complience Governance Code
136 Share Capital 195 Summary Consolidated Financial Statements
23 Address of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board 139 Investor and Shareholder Relations 199 List of the Main Subsidiaries and Affiliates
24 Address of the CEO, Chairman of the Executive of Sberbank
143 Major Transactions
Board 208 Information on Selected Financial Metrics
143 Related-Party Transactions
26 Market Overview of the Group Across Jurisdictions
Portrait
of the Group
7 Sber Becomes Technological 15 Technological Transformation
Ecosystem
16 Risk Management
8 Rebranding
17 Retail Business
9 2020 Guidance Completed
18 Wealth Management
10 Key Financial Highlights
19 Corporate Business
11 Sustainable Development
20 Sales Network
12 Integrated Business Model B2C2B2G
21 Non-Financial Business
13 Corporate Governance
Ecosystem
IT platform entrepreneurship
7 12
clients clients
×
>1 MN 65 MN
time to market innovative labs
47
MAU of mobile MAU of mobile
App SberBusiness App SberBank Online
Integration of
IT-instruments & AI
>50 >60
patents
MN
DIGITAL
companies in
Sber Ecosystem
MAU of non-financial
services
× 2 Tech accelerators
SberZ (for students),
Sber500 (external),
ECOSYSTEM transaction cost SberUp (for employees)
16 MN 14.2 K
70.4 K
№2 SILVER in Security Product and Service for
Finance and Banking за CyberSecurity HUB
ATMs
Sber Always We help people deal with their vital tas s and go
there for you! where new needs arise We strive for the comfort
of every person and the success of every business
English version Russian version
We are entering new industries to ma e them more
convenient more familiar and more accessible
2020 Guidance
Completed 2019 2020
As of October 2020
Efficiency
Cost-to-Income Ratio (CIR) 35.8% Slight increase y-o-y 34.6%
Profitability
Revenue from non-financial digital
companies attributable to Sber 26.4 BN RUB >70 BN RUB 71.4 BN RUB
13.8
832 845 24.2 14 13.4
760 23.1
749
13
20.8 20.5 11.8
542
12
11.2
11
10.2
10
16.1
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Revenue of Non-financial business Earnings per ordinary share (EPS) Cost-to Income Ratio (CIR) Cost-to-Income Ratio for the financial Cost of Risk (amortized cost and FV
segment business (CIR) loans) (COR)
15.7 TN RUB +13.2% 9.3 TN RUB +18.1% 9.1 TN RUB +23.9% 16.6 TN RUB +17.1%
Corporate loan portfolio Retail loan portfolio Due to corporate clients Due to retail clients
1 Risk-weighted assets in 2020 were assessed according to Basel 3.5 and those for the previous periods according to
Basel III
Sber Annual Report 2020 10
Portrait of the Group Sustainable Development
E S G
ESG–initiatives
Development
Environment Social Governance
Sber set itself the goal of becoming the leader driving the
sustainable development agenda in Russia and an active
conductor of these changes locally and internationally.
Thanks to its unique position, Sber is ready to shape and Our own impact on the environment For employees
improve the ESG regulatory environment and follow best reduction
global practices. Equal opportunities ESG-integration framework
“Green office concept environment, inclusivity
ESG-score for 100% corporate
Paper documents reductions by Flexible working formats for 20% borrowers
30% annually of employees
Signatory to global ESG
40%—share of waste for recycling Employee engagement retained initiatives:
30%—share of “green” energy in at 75%
UNEP FI: Principles for
total consumption Volunteering responsible banking
100% ESG-compliant corporate UN Global Compact
purchases For clients and the country
Own CO2 footprint assessment
from 2021 and gradual reduction Small and micro businesses
onwards support
Nation well-being development
by Sber s financial and
investments services
Healthcare and educational
technology accessibility increase
Integrated
Business Model We integrate needs of retail clients,
businesses and the country by Sber
Integration of client data with multiple
channels and business processes reveals
The new business model is based on
technologies, team skills and
We develop marketplaces through
which we create audience growth for
>2.7 MN
98.9 MN
corporate clients
SERVICES CONTENT
Corporate
The updated Corporate Governance Code of Sberbank contains eleven principles
of Sberbank’s corporate governance:
8+
investors investors
investor
Efficient operation of the Supervisory Development of proper corporate
03 Board 09 governance mechanisms in controlled
companies
43.5%
Best practices of Non-resident
ent legal
le
corporate governance entitie
entities 04 Accountability of executive bodies 10 Transparency
50% + 1 voting share
The Russian Fede
Federation,
ede represented
by the Ministry
y of Finance of the
Russian Federation
ation (the new Efficiency and independence of the Compliance with international standards
majority sharehol
shareholder)
ehol
05 Corporate Secretary 11 and principles of sustainable development
and ESG
% of independent directors in the Supervisory Board’s committee Structure of the Supervisory Board
422 BN RUB
Risk management
Corporate governance
16
15
MOST HONORED COMPANY
Record-high dividends for the Russian
market were paid from the 2019 pro t Strategy, priority lines of business, ecosystem 14
amounting to RUB 422 bn #1 BEST IR PROGRAM
Related party transactions 11
12 >6 1.3
of looking at the products you deliver. I was completely
market! Congratulations!» MN
speakers from Sber’s top hours of speeches and viewers (all viewers, including
«… all the presentations were compelling and consistent, management team Q&A those watching live on TV and
you are a true team».
YouTube)
Technological Transformation
>90 % 2 37
Large-scale migration of Core Implemented Sber’s single of new infrastructure is More than 60 products in Our 2 smart devices were Fully completed migration of scientific publications and
businesses to the platform is workspace for Data Scientists provided from our own internal SberCloud–recognised as best launched and released to the project activities to Agile articles released
underway to create and train models cloud platform service of the year market
(CNews AWARDS 2020)
47
The time for bringing products patents and 29 patent
to market has been reduced by applications received
7 times
2.3 185
The Concept for Development of the ESG Risk
Management System was approved
TN RUB BN RUB
Key tools for determining the level of ESG risks in the
credit process were developed
COVID-related corporate loan primarily COVID-related retail
The tools were planned for implementation based on restructurings loan restructurings
the results of automating operations with ESG data
there are over 1,300 models, the capacity of Sberbank’s greater use of raw data
with 80% of the models Lending Factory technology predictors and AI technologies
monitored automatically platform is–up to 1 mln allowed to increase the Gini
applications per day level on selected models
ECOSYSTEM RISK MANAGEMENT
to over 80%
206 90.3
Unified technology platforms are adapted to avoid
scaling local risk incidents throughout the ecosystem
BPS +132 bps %
90 SEC 97.5 % 20 MIN 45 % In 2020, companies were integrated into the risk
management framework of Sber Group
cost of risk in 2020 RWA density which reduced
responses were applications online restructuring applications by 12 pp due to introduction
given decisions were made of new IRB models, transition
to Basel 3.5 (for IRB and
standardized approaches) and
reduction of macro add-on for
retail loans
45 20
As a result of the pandemic, the level of process
automation became higher; ANTICOV headquarters was
% established to monitor operational risks; an action plan
for conduct risk was approved; adaptation measures for
Short-term loans to medium and large businesses are stress tests of financial and technological strength management in critical situations were implemented;
approved by technology “Loan in 7 minutes” were conducted in 2020 risk profiling of the state support program was carried
out
PRODUCTS
AWARDS
Mortgages Banking cards
5.2 TN RUB 54 % 45.6 % 15 MN 123 MN Global Finance. The Innovators. General award The
Most Innovative Bank in Central and Eastern Europe for
2020 and Special Honor award
+21.6%1 market share issued through active credit cards active debit cards
DomClick
3.1 TN RUB 42 % 66.2 % 16.6 TN RUB 45.4 % 62.4 % and Best IT Solution for Retail Business According to
Readers
+16.9%¹ market share share of loans via +17.1% market share share of deposits
Sberbank Online issued via SberBank
Online
Wealth
Management All wealth products can now be purchased
through Sberbank Online
19 % +14 p.p. 9.0 %
№1 №1 №1 №1
16 BN RUB +13% y-o-y in the retail property insurance
market
in the life insurance market in the market by assets under
management
compulsory pension insurance
Sberbank Asset
Management
730 BN RUB +8% y-o-y
ruAAА ruAAА 214 K ruAAА
Outlook–stable Outlook–stable Outlook—stable
1 The growth of the mandatory pension insurance volumes, which accounts for 91% of Sber Private Pension Fund
assets, is significantly limited as the funded portion of pension remains frozen until 2023; transfers from the
Pension Fund of Russia are significantly restricted by law.
number of complaints
as of 4Q 2020 Global Finance Markswebb
4 K
Best web bank in Eastern The best digital service for big business. Top 5
and Central Europe Mobile Banks for Business SberCIB Terminal Sber awards
(SberbankMarkets)
Cooperation with the government
CX World Awards 2020 in the categories of personalized
customer experience and effective technology application
in customer experience
3.7 MN
TECHNOLOGIES
27 118
Teal IMS SberEYE AR tours
branches in 500 o ces
% +9 p.p. Intelligent management K
SBERMICRO SBERPOINT system based on AI
Share of teal employees connected
branches to IMS
Non-Financial Business
Sber s non- nancial services ma be classi ed as ast-gro ing
industries ith the ocus on digital experience
>50 >60 MN
Cloud Services Classi ed
СБЕР УСЛУГИ
СБЕР ТЕЛЕКОМ
total investments in Sber technological uni ing elements
eocos stem non- nancial ensure the seamless integration
assets b the end o 2020 o Sber s ecos stem services
Marketing Consumer electronics
FoodTech&Mobility Health
Strategic
Report
23 Address of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board
26 Market Overview
30 Guidance 2021
36 Strategy 2023
Sberbank successfully overcame all the challenges and Moreover, 2021 saw Sberbank join global sustainability
difficulties of the past year. initiatives including the Principles of Responsible
Banking and the UN Global Compact The ban strives
was an important milestone for the company to contribute to a sustainable future.
change of the majority shareholder approval of the new
Development Strategy update of the Dividend At the end of the year the ban disclosed up-to-date
Policy maintaining the bank’s continuous commitment information on the results of certain business segments
to ensuring a decent level of shareholder return; thus reaching a new level of transparency The
adoption of a new version of the Corporate Governance Supervisory Board e pects the bank to continue its work
Code to re ect both the large-scale changes taking in this area.
place in Sberbank and the best practices of previous
years. It is worth noting separately that the new Sber Having established itself a tech company providing
brand was presented as an ecosystem for every up-to-date convenient products and services to its
occasion. clients, Sberbank remains a reliable bank maintaining
leadership across all major segments of Russia’s
All these changes will certainly increase both internal financial market The high profitability of the financial
efficiency and external competitiveness of the ban business and the focus on the shareholders’ interests
provides a strong basis for Sberbank’s activities in the
I would like to focus on the new Strategy An important financial market, as well as a foundation for the
part of it is the ESG agenda. In 2020, Curators for ESG development of new lines of business.
and Sustainable Development were appointed on the
Executive Board and the Supervisory Board. Sber has In conclusion on behalf of the Supervisory Board, I
embarked on the development of green products and would like to say thank you to all Sber employees for
principles of responsible financing continues numerous their coherent and dedicated work, for their
social and environmental initiatives that contribute to commitment to the cause and to our clients. Their
the development of living standards, growth of small e perience and professionalism helped the ban achieve
and medium-sized businesses in Russia. excellent results amid turbulence of the past year.
Anton Siluanov
We launched the SberPay service, updated the fee model for our Our financial business remains a solid foundation on which Our financial and operating performance demonstrates that we
P2P money transfer model, and made our public transport to develop the Sber Ecosystem. Yet the non-financial business are on the right track, and it is of the utmost importance that
acquiring system available in 140 cities. All of this combined to has become a regular activity for our team, and we added the people we employ feel satisfaction from the results of their
push our cashless turnover to 71% of total retail transactions. a number of important acquisitions to it in 2020. We became work endeavours. 84% of our employees say that they are proud
majority owners of the e-grocery sector leader SberMarket and to work at Sber. A teamwork drive helps us create totally new
We remain the leader in key wealth management segments, Russia’s leading geolocation and mapping service 2GIS, innovative solutions and management models.
including life insurance, investment insurance, and asset consolidated 100% of Rambler Group and launched our own
management. Assets under management rose 17.3% last year music streaming service SberZvuk. Sber’s non-financial services As part of our new Strategy, Sber has set a goal of becoming
to over RUB 1.7 trillion, and all of our wealth management reported a revenue of more than RUB 71 bn for the year, a 170% the leader of the sustainability agenda and launched a systemic
products and services are now available online. increase; we had invested a total of some RUB 150 bn in our internal ESG transformation. We have created a management
non-financial Ecosystem services by the end of 2020. structure and set strategic goals, and in early 2021 Sber became
2020 was a breakthrough year for us: in an extremely adverse a participant in two global ESG initiatives: UNEP FI: Principles
environment, we were able to achieve the key goal of our In 2020, we designed a new Development Strategy until 2023, for Responsible Banking and the UN Global Compact. We are
previous strategy — to become a tech company. That’s how we which is a continuation of our previous strategy and is aimed prepared to become a reliable partner in the processes of
are now perceived by our clients, partners, and shareholders. at building an integrated, client-centric Ecosystem. transition to a more sustainable development model, and we
We reached a new development level of our technology are confident that a dialog on this topic is equally important
platform and started creating innovative products by launching Today, 36 unifying elements ensure a seamless integration for the government, business and the public at large, as
a family of Salut voice assistants and the SberBox and of our Ecosystem services. The number of SberID users reached coordinated actions by all stakeholders are required for effective
SberPortal smart devices. 16 mn. In 2020 we launched the SberPrime subscription that implementation of the green agenda.
offers access to a bundle of Sber services at a discounted price,
Last year presented a challenge for our cybersecurity service, thus boosting user engagement. Finally, I would like to extend my gratitude to all of our clients,
which had to deal with a surge in cyberattacks and malicious employees and shareholders for choosing Sber and helping us
traffic as a result of 70% of our employees being sent home In accordance with our new Strategy, we are striving to become change for the better.
to work. Yet our multi-level system protection proved to be a trusted assistant and navigator for individuals, a reliable
resilient, and we are proud to report that Sber’s cybersecurity partner for businesses, and a driver for growth and innovation
services received international awards in three nominations for the entire country. This serves as a serious motivation for
in 2020. our team.
Herman Gref
According to IMF, the global economy fell 3.5% in 2020 GDP growth
compared to an increase of 2.8% a year earlier. Both
(IMF data, % y-o-y)
developed and developing countries were affected by the
economic downturn. The introduction of quarantine
6
restrictions due to the spread of COVID-19 had an 4.8
4.5 4.5
unprecedented impact on economic activity.
4 3.7
3.8
3.5
The major central banks of developed countries eased monetary policy 3.3 2.8
in response to the economic risks associated with the coronavirus 2 2.5
2.2
spread. In particular, most countries launched new anti-crisis tools, with 1.8 1.7
programs similar to quantitative easing implemented by a number of
developing countries for the first time ever. Energy-exporting countries
(oil, in particular) faced both shocks caused by the pandemic and shocks
caused by a sharp decline in export prices. At the end of 2020, the
currencies of some developing economies did not fully recover from the 2
2.4
weakening that had occurred at the spring peak of the pandemic. In
particular, the Russian ruble was almost 16% weaker than at the 3.5
beginning of the year. At the year-end, the currencies of Mexico and 4
Brazil fell by 6.5% and 21.5%, respectively, the currency of Turkey by 4.9
24.4%. At the same time, the Chinese yuan strengthened by almost 7%.
6
The recovery of capital in ows to emerging markets (after an 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
unprecedented out ow at the beginning of the crisis) was uneven and
depended both on the type of financial instruments and on specific
countries. The most vulnerable segment in terms of capital out ows
was the assets of emerging markets (except China) in national
currencies. The accumulated capital ow of non-residents to this
segment hit .95% of GDP at the peak of the pandemic, with almost Developing countries
no signs of recovery at the end of 2020 ( .63% of GDP). Globally
According to IMF, the growth of the global economy in 2021 is forecast Developed countries
to be 5.5%, with developed economies growing by 4.3% and developing
countries by 6.3%. At the same time, the risks of repeated waves of
coronavirus and related lockdowns remain, along with uncertainty about
the timing of completion of mass vaccination.
RUSSIAN ECONOMY
15
17.3
20
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Retail turnover, %
In 2020, a key area of focus of the Bank of Russia A further growth in loan demand in the retail segment was The level of credit risks in the banking system slightly worsened Funds due to legal entities, including budget funds raised by
driven by a state mortgage subsidy program providing an in 2020. Overdue loans rose from 6.2% to 6.3%, driven mostly banks, went up by 20.1% in 2020 (2019: +4.8%). At the same
was to provide support for the economy and the
interest rate of 6.5%. by the retail loan portfolio where overdues increased from 4.3% time, budget funds for this period continued to grow versus
banking sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. to 4.7%. The same indicator for the corporate loan portfolio 2019: 8.9% versus 6.8%.
At the end of 2020, 406 credit institutions operated in Russia, remained flat at 7.1%.
including 366 banks. From the beginning of 2020, 38 credit Retail deposits grew by 11.3% against the 7.3% growth a year
organizations had their licenses revoked or canceled, and two Bank provisions in 2020 demonstrated a 27.7% growth compared earlier. Funds due to the Bank of Russia increased by 46.8%
The procedure for calculating provisions for loans to borrowers non-bank credit organizations were issued licenses. to the decline of 1.6% year-on-year. The loan loss provisions against a decrease of 6.0% a year earlier.
affected by the pandemic was temporarily changed, which to loan portfolio ratio rose from 13.1% to 14.6% during the year.
enabled credit organizations to maintain capital adequacy, 2020 saw bank assets grow by 16.5% (2019: 2.7%). In 2020, the profits of credit institutions totaled RUB 1,608 bn,
while increasing lending against the backdrop of a temporary Banks’ investments in securities increased by 32.1% in 2020. a decline of only RUB 107 bn (6.2%) versus 2019.
decline in the quality of the loan portfolio. In Q2 and Q32020, In 2020, the loan portfolio of the banking system rose by 14.4%,
the Bank of Russia significantly reduced the key rate boosting a strong growth rate versus only 7.1% in 2019. Corporate loans
both corporate and retail lending. showed a positive dynamic with the growth reaching 14.7%
(2019: 2.6%), while retail loans saw a slow-down to 13.6% from
18.5% in 2019.
SBERBANK’S POSITION IN THE RUSSIAN MARKET MACROECONOMIC AND BANKING SECTOR FORECAST FOR 2021
Sberbank improved its position in all major segments of The baseline scenario for 2021 involves oil price stabilization Retail lending (including mortgages) will remain a key driver
at USD 55 per barrel of Urals blend. According to this for the sector growth, however, as the market becomes
the financial market of the Russian Federation.
scenario, the economic growth is expected to be 3.0%, the saturated, the growth rate will slow down versus 2020.
average US dollar exchange rate RUB 71.9, year-end Overall, the growth of the banking system will become
in ation 3.8%, the Bank of Russia’s rate at the end of the more balanced as broken down by market segments, which,
year 4.25%. in the absence of external shocks, will help minimize risks
and maintain the high level of stability achieved in the
Share of PJSC Sberbank in key segments of the Russian nancial market, % financial industry.
2019 2020
50 46.6
45.4 46.3
43.8
41.0 42.3
40
CORPORATE
31.3 31.4 32.2
30.5 NOMINAL GROWTH RATE IN 2021 CORPORATE LOANS RETAIL LOANS DEPOSITS RETAIL DEPOSITS
30
22.0 22.8
Sector 7–9% 13–15% 10–12% 6–8%
20
Guidance 2021
IM average ~0.5 PP
Profitability
Revenue from non-financial digital companies
attributable to Sber ×2 -O-
ROE >18 %
Capital
CET CAR under asel for the Group 13.5–14.0 %
1 As of 04.03.2021
and Values
we make their lives better by helping their
IS O R MISSION dreams and aspirations come true.
A D VALUES
I am We are Everything
a leader a team for the client
5+
and I care about what is colleagues, working to achieve in the client and I am friendly
happening around the common goal and tactful with the client
Leading position in the banking market mn of active retail clients against The ban of choice every 2nd small business mn corporate clients
mn as of December 2017, + 10% opens an account with Sber
Sber is an example of the fastest digitalization in the 00 thsd new active clients over years
financial industry. Sber an the number of active Market shares in mortgage loans, My usiness” service is available in the
277 thsd self-employed persons
retail clients approached million in retail loans in retail deposits country's perimeter
Every third SME client has a loan with
Young people are the fastest-growing customer .2% in sales of consumer loans through 32. credit market share
SberBank
segment, the share of which exceeded 70% digital channels against (December 2017)
Faster service saved time for clients
11% part of remote business registration via
SberBank Online is among the top 3 mobile in sales of mortgage loans through
Payments in sec 24/7 Sber service
applications by monthly audience in Russia digital channels against 1 (December
2017) Large and medium-sized businesses o in the foreign trade market
Sber transformed the cashless lifestyle in Russia the
of short-term loans are provided within 1 share of the Russian foreign trade
largest networ of POS terminals in Russia new MA Digital (App Web SMS)
minutes turnover market
functionality 7 mln people against .2 mn people
as of December 2017 Small and micro businesses of loans mn users use Sber usiness online
proprietary SberPay wallet technology for merchant
are extended online and it takes from platform every month
and Internet acquiring DA of the mobile application reached
minutes
mn people (as of December 2020) 1 mn users work with mobile app
contactless payments with a smartphone
against 1 mn people (as of December 2017) We act as a partner on digitalization of the Sber usiness
The largest ecosystem for P2P remittances in Russia state at the regional and federal levels
DA MA was 100 new Sber usinessAPI integrations
Sber introduced a system for fare payment in 1000 transactions with Ecosystem
DA MA digital—4 as of December 11 ecosystem products and services
transport with a card or a smartphone. More than products
was (as of December 2017) for corporate clients
1 cities use transport acquiring from Sber
1 digitalization pro ects at the federal and
Since 201 in the world and in
Sber restructured the development of investment regional levels
Europe among the largest acquirers in
products available to both mass-market and wealthy
the transport acquiring market ( ilson report) The best bank for payments and collection
clients
and the most innovative ban in Central and ESG
umber of active debit cards 123.1 mn
Eastern Europe according to Global Finance
(as of December 2020) against 102.4 mn Served 0,000 companies with limited
(as of December 2017), + 1 % Top mobile ban s for business and best executive capabilities
digital service for large business according
umber of ecosystem partners that The adapted version of Sber usiness for the
to Mar webb
participate in transfers to and/or from Blind won the Banking Technology Award in
Sber an across Russia reached 14 the category Excellence in ensuring equal
rights and inclusion"
mn retail brokerage accounts
mn individual investment accounts
Client assets on brokerage and individual
investment accounts increased over year
from R tn to R tn
Three years ago, Sber initiated a large-scale The audience of non nancial services YouDrive (car sharing), CityMobil (taxi), 2GIS
transformation aimed at developing is more than mln er month (online maps), etc.
non-banking services and has already met a
SberLogistics
A new brand–Sber–has been launched: it The ecosystem is represented by set DomClick (real estate transactions), SovTekh
symbolizes the transition from a purely financial of services, including: (real estate maintenance)
business to creation of an ecosystem–a wide
Bi.Zone (cybersecurity), VisionLabs (computer
range of offers that best meet the needs of our
SberMarket (food delivery from stores), vision and machine learning), SberCloud
clients
DeliveryClub (food delivery from restaurants), (cloud storage), SberDisk (pocket cloud for
Samokat (food delivery within 15 minutes), files) STC (Speech Technology Center),
SberPrime subscription gives an easy access
Level Kitchen and Performance Food Cognitive Pilot (artificial intelligence), etc.
to all products and online services of the
ecosystem (ready-made healthy meals), etc.
SberHealth (online doctor consultations),
Access to SberPrime is gained via Sber SberEapteka (online pharmacy with delivery)
ID a single entry point for all services of Sber
and partners Okko (online cinema), SberSound (streaming
service), Rambler
We launched the Digital Platform and started There was a 7-fold increase in the speed to We continue to enhance employee journey In 2019, Sber was ranked first in Universum
the mass migration of key services and market for new products through new skills, hiring IT- and data 2019, the international ranking of the most
development of new applications experts, developing employees and flexible attractive employers among students, in the
We reduced the amount of the new code
work formats Banks category and fifth in the IT category
Over the 3 years of our strategy when developing products by more than 50%
implementation, the load on and the thanks to the refuse of technological The employee composition is shifting towards We digitalized more than 80% of all HR
performance of our IT systems have increased components strategic development of ecosystem. In 2020, processes and services
significantly we increased number of IT-engineers to
Investments in technology already account for We introduced electronic payroll document
6,400 from 5,450 in 2019; 14 thsd employees
We created SberWorks, an integrated about 20% of Sber’s profits flow (178 thsd employees switched to online
joined ecosystem companies.
development environment, Synapse, labor track record), which helped to reduce
The average cost of a transaction has been
a next-generation integration platform, We focus on development of tech skills at our paper usage in HR by 23%.
reduced by more than 2 times
and BootCamp, an IT training center employees. We invest in digital skills of our
89% of our employees are satisfied with HR
We created our own internal cloud used to team, over 72 thsd employees were trained
We created Data Factory—a corporate services
provide more than 90% of the infrastructure modern technologies.
analytics and AI platform; data were
to all our developers The employee engagement index is stable at
centralized Our educational content is available on
the level of the world’s most successful
The utilization of existing equipment rose various platforms (“Puls”, Okko, YouTube, VK
We created Christofari—a supercomputer for companies–75%
fourfold (>1 mn views since may 2020).
processing big data and developing AI
We launched development of own
initiatives We were the first in the world to launch Upskilling and reskilling programs are aimed
HR-platform, uniting all HR services available
a whole family of Salut virtual assistants, at developing talents internally in Sber and
We launched 12 laboratories to develop and to the whole team. Number of users reached
each having its own character and behavior matching positions with requirements for rare
implement new technologies in Sber’s 50mn in December 2020.
skills by internal candidates. Employees are
products and services We started to create smart devices specially
equipped with automated career service 84% of employees say they are proud to work
for our virtual assistants: SberBox set-top box
tools. 125 thsd of employees already have at Sber
and SberPortal smart display
priority career tracks.
We completed the largest agile
We launched SmartMarket—a smart
We keep on increasing efficiency of our transformation in the world that led to 100%
application store
processes via AI models. of employees of the Central Head Office and
many subsidiaries being transferred to
Agile. As a result of this transition, the
product development time reduced 7-fold.
The speed of introduction into commercial
operation increased 4-fold
Labor productivity increased by 20%.
STRATEGY 2020
OUR RESULTS GOAL
1,055 BN RUB
over 3 years
50 >17 % >12.5 %
We continue to implement numerous
a trusted assistant and navigator in a changing economic growth: social and environmental initiatives
world: for people, businesses, and the state. to contribute to the advance of living %
by contributing to people s wealth standards, small and medium-sized
Herman Gref
businesses in our country. Dividend payout ROE Basic CET 1 CAR
developing SMEs
CEO, Chairman of the Executive adequacy
Board of Sberbank advancing digitization We support marketplaces and tools that Common Equity Tier 1
are beneficial to both corporate and
transforming industries retail clients. E-commerce will be one
backing education and science of those platforms.
benefiting the environment, and ESG To create a new business model, we will
development continue to invest in the development
of technology and the development
of our people
For business
For people
employees, to new conditions, launch new formats of products and services,
making life easier for our customers. This inspires our team to do
and shareholders! even more in the next three years.
Sber is an assistant and navigator
helping optimize funds, time, and
energy.
Overview
74 Non-Financial Business
Retail Business
CLIENTS
Sber seeks to offer each client the most suitable Sber continues to improve the client journey as far In 2020, Sber introduced a family of its own voice assistants
as retirement is concerned. Now, senior clients receive who interact with customers both via the bank's mobile
banking and non-banking products, provide the
useful information about the new soon-to-retire status five application and via SberBox and SberPortal. At the end
best service and guarantee maximum security.
98.9
years before the retirement: they find out what benefits of 2020, 89 information and reference bank scenarios
The key direction of the bank’s development they are entitled to and how those benefits can be received, and 20 integration scenarios were assigned to the
as well as how to get the funded component of their assistants. The most popular requests include a transfer MN
is ensuring seamless experience for the client
pension before retirement. Pensioners can now easily to a Sberbank client by phone number, a request for a card
as they change their status in life.
transfer their pension to Sberbank without additional visits balance and payment of mobile bills. active retail clients
to the Pension Fund of Russia not only through SberBank
Online, but also at Sber's offices using a new service The chatbot makes it possible to automatically address the
Sber continues to expand its retail client base, with a focus
of electronic pension transfer. customer's issue in 65% of cases. It is available to clients
on the younger generation. Over the year, the number
through three channels: the mobile application and the
of clients in this segment increased by 6%. At the end
Sber continues to expand the line of public sector services. web version of Sberbank Online, the bank's website.
of 2020, 784 thsd students were receiving study allowances
In 2020, integration was carried out with the Digital Profile The bot is based on the AI technology for recognizing
through Sber.
service of the Gosuslugi portal, allowing non-salary clients the topic of a client question to run the suitable
to confirm their income via the web version of SberBank service scenario.
In 2020, it was especially important to provide clients with
Online using an electronic statement from the Pension
the opportunity to receive all banking services online
>75%
Fund of Russia without visiting the offices and paper
in order to reduce personal contacts in the pandemic.
certificates. Also, early repayment of restructured loans
And now via SberBank Online, both the web version
(mortgages, consumer loans, credit cards) and the insurance
and mobile application, one can get almost all the services SberProfile is a single repository of client data
designer for the selection of insurance products tailored
that are provided in offices. enabling to aggregate all available data from all
to the client’s needs are available via digital channels. of salary contracts are made
systems that go far beyond the financial profile. electronically, and clients can access
In 2020, all corporate clients and individual entrepreneurs
In 2020, new services were offered–push notifications Based on this information, artificial intelligence them within a minute after the
were able to remotely join the payroll card program
of new traffic police fines and a repeated reminder of the execution
via SberBusiness Online, with applications registered models the client's preferences at each stage
discount the day before its expiry. This way, users receive
automatically in one minute. of their journey and issues an optimal offer
timely notifications of new fines and do not miss a 50%
discount on paying the fines. The bank also introduced of a product from the Sber ecosystem (Next
Sber offered retail clients a tool allowing them to connect
a subscription to push notifications of a vehicle Best Action).
their current card to the employer's payroll card program
impoundment in Moscow, informing about the fact of the
using the SberBank Online mobile application, without
car impoundment, where and how to get it and pay the
issuing a new card. The card is given the salary status Such personalized offers and an individual
impoundment fee with a 25% discount.
as soon as the first amount of money is credited to the card approach to each client boosted Sber’s sales
account from the employer. This service was in particularly
in 2020, set to bring RUB 75 bn over
high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
the product life.
CLIENTS CHANNELS
The Bank continues to maintain high standards of quality and speed of dealing with Sberbank Online has a web version and is also
client issues through automation: more than half of complaints are considered in two available as a mobile application. The audience
days and over in five days. of the mobile application significantly increased
during the year, with 32 million people using
An important aspect of SberBank’s work is the The efforts made by the Sberbank team to support the it every day.
improvement of service quality. Over the year, Sber population during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the
implemented 350 measures to eliminate the root causes implementation of measures to improve services and products
of client complaints, which reduced the number of queries for customers, contributed to the maintenance of customer
by 20%. In just a year, thanks to various improvements, the satisfaction scores at a high level in 2020.
total number of complaints related to the digital platform
Sberbank Online mobile
decreased by ~28% to 42.1 thousand queries by the end application:
of the year and the total number of consultations by ~32%
to 57 thousand by the end of the year.
Sber's customers evaluate the quality of wor of branch 9.5 9.5 65 MN +19% 32 MN +31%
employees, the call center, chat, direct sales specialists,
as well as key bank products, including cards, loans, NPS–willingness Customer Satisfaction Inde MAU DAU
payments and transfers etc Over the year, the bank to recommend SberBank (CSI) 2019: 9.5
received 4.6 million responses with feedbac from clients. to friends and acquaintances
CHANNELS
The Sberbank Online mobile application is a key driver of growth in the digital audience of SberBank.
Shares of audiences of various SberBank digital channels
Clients get increasingly attracted by the Sberbank Online mobile application as the functionality expands
and services become more convenient. The ratio of daily active users to monthly active users (DAU/MAU)
2nd place
increased by 4.5 pps to 49.6%.
The Sberban Online mobile application The rating of the application in app
4.76 applications for retail clients
was #3 in the App Annie rating among stores remains consistently high:
Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI)
mobile applications by the number Google Play– stars, App Store–4.8 for the SberBank Online mobile
of active users per month. stars. application and web version
CHANNELS
SberMobile
mobile service 149
VIP offices
SberMarket
food delivery
Following the global trends, Sber launched
its subscription service SberPrime having
more than 407 thousand active users at the
end of .
Citymobil
taxi
103
cities
For half of the clients who bought the
subscription, SberPrime became the entry SberDisk
point to the Sber ecosystem, as they had
cloud service
not previously used the ecosystem services.
Samokat
express food delivery
88 K
clients
SberEapteka
delivery of medicines and cosmetics
PRODUCTS
Loans Mortgages
Retail loan portfolio, Sber Group, IFRS, RUB billion
In 2020, the time for making a decision on a mortgage Thanks to the new technology Transaction Factory and the
Lending technologies application significantly reduced–to an average of 2.5 hours. around-the-clock operation, the bank managed to maintain
80% of clients receive a decision on their application within a high level of client service, despite the pandemic
10 minutes. The time for approving a property reduced and lockdown measures.
threefold to two days. The waiting time for the answer
Sber’s lending process is among the most
technologically sophisticated globally. Currently,
42.3 % ×5 to the client’s call decreased to 10 minutes.
the bank already issues 94% loans without Sber is the leader of the retail Through the Credit Potential
any certificates, and 97% applications for loans lending market service, 537 thousand loans
are considered in a fully automated mode within were issued for a total
of RUB136 bn in 2020,
two minutes. which is 5 times higher than
in 2019.
SberBank continues to develop the Credit Potential service,
which allows the client to learn available credit limits for Sber
products online before submitting a loan application. In 2020,
the service added the calculation of limits on mortgages and
online purchases in addition to calculations related to consumer
loans, refinancing, credit cards and Cetelem Bank car loans.
PRODUCTS
Currently, over 90% of transactions are made using Stable interest rates, incentives, improved In 2020, numerous services were implemented:
the Electronic Registration and Secure Settlement product terms and conditions and service
Service services enabling to register a transaction development helped the ban significantly possibility of issuing loans to a new segment–the
self-employed
remotely, without visiting a multifunctional service increase the issuance and reach a high growth
center, and carry out settlements between the rate of the loan portfolio. products/services launched in Sberbank Online:
parties to the transaction. consumer loan for refinancing the client can receive
a loan without certificates and visiting the offices. After
launch, the number of applications for the product
The audience of the DomClick magazine, where articles During the year, the bank conducted a number of campaigns
increased 10x
and news about real estate are posted, exceeded 1 million users offering reduced rates following the decrease in the key rate.
per month. For instance, the interest rate on the Educational Loan with change of a deposit/card account from which the loan
state support decreased to 3%, and the term increased from is repaid
In DomClic offered its clients new opportunities, 10 to 15 years. Versus the previous year, the number of issued
partial prepayment of a loan with a change in the loan
including banner advertising filing an application for the use educational loans grew threefold.
term or payment amount
in Russia by the number of advertisements of maternal capital which became possible after the integration
for the sale of apartments in the secondary of DomClick and the Pension Fund of Russia systems the first change of the monthly payment date to a more
2. ×3
market free service in Russia for shooting a 360° panorama for sale convenient one
and rental advertisements. Real estate items are approved with
TN RUB the service of skipping the first payment on new loans
the assistance of a robot lawyer taking just several minutes.
top 3 2 MN 50 % 900 K
is among the top 3 real has a monthly audience of mortgage applications thousand calls are made
Credit cards
estate platforms in Russia of 12 million users in Russia are submitted to the sellers of properties
(a growth) online via the DomClick per month (4x increase) Sberbank holds a leading position in the credit card Choosing a credit card in the SberBank Online mobile
platform with subsequent market. Over the year, the loan debt related application has become easier thanks to a special model that
communication analyzes the client's profile and offers the most suitable
to Sberban credit cards grew by 3.6%. In 2020, product. The client knows exactly when they can submit their
Sber was focused on launching a single product line next application if the previous one was rejected.
and developing digital services.
can be issued via Sberbank Online within a minute, and one can share of Sberbank in the active credit cards
make a deposit to their card account from other cards Russian credit card market
and accounts.
The bank is actively developing POS lending SberBank Online continues to improve the payment
through the Buy with Sber service. During the Share of non-cash retail transactions, % 50.8 58.7 64.0 68.0 71.0 process. My Operations service, which helps pay
period of restrictive measures in 2020, an innovative for regular services without re-entering payment
process of lending through POS terminals was details, is gaining popularity: 1.5 times more
launched, with more than 10 thousand companies payments were made through Sberbank Online
Sberbank continues to pursue the strategy Sberbank continues to develop social projects. Payment y-o-y in December.
already being partners of the program.
for development of cashless payments and actively for travel on preferential terms using a bank card is available
implements projects in this area. in cities aliningrad was the first region to introduce the
innovative and socially significant product Social Account
The bank continues to develop lending for purchases in online The bank card has become the most popular payment allowing residents entitled to benefits to make cashless
stores. SberBank Online has added a new section Installment tool in public transport in Russian regions–today more payments for certain goods in the region's retail chains at the
Purchases, which contains unique offers from partner stores than half of passengers in the cities where Sber's expense of funds received to the Social Account in the form Public services at multifunctional service
transport acquiring has been introduced pay for travel of social aid from the state. Thus, the region’s government
allowing clients to purchase goods and services without a down centers are paid for through the cashless
payment and overpayment. The list of such offers is constantly with a bank card, and this share doubled over 2020. is able to monitor the targeted use of Social Account funds.
In the future, it is planned to expand the number payment service of Sberbank
expanding. Over 13 thousand partners have entered into
a cooperation agreement with the bank. of participating regions. The cash advance service with in Russian cities.
a simultaneous purchase has become available in 5.2 thousand
retail and service outlets. The service is especially relevant
Payment by bank card in public transport is already in remote regions.
available in 1 cities
SberBank continues to develop the service of cashless
Car loans payment of duties in multifunctional service centers
immediately at the time of issuing documents.
The bank actively promoted car loan sales International payments became more convenient with the
Exchange transactions
via Sberban Online. option of cashless top-ups for mobile phones for 1 mobile
operators in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan a a hstan and
yrgyzstan via SberBank Online and self-service terminals.
During the lockdown period due to COVID-19, special links 2020 saw the use of batch exchange rates for card-to-card transfers advance in the
to Car Loans via SberBank Online were posted on the
Sber an Online mobile application offering clients more attractive rates versus cash
websites of dealerships and automakers, using which the
client could receive a decision on a loan application remotely. transactions in offices.
In addition, in order to facilitate the procedure for considering WORLD'S BEST DIGITAL AWARDS 2020
the application in dealerships, QR codes with pre-filled loan SberBank Online is gradually implementing Sberbank's payment and transfer services
85
parameters were placed on cars. For some brands, a new differentiated rates depending on a transaction amount. are the best in the world in the Best Bill
procedure for remote issuance of a loan was launched with the Visualization of the information about the rates in the Payment&Presentment nomination from
subsequent registration of the pledge by the client in mobile application was improved with the rates % +5 p. p. Global Finance
SberBank Online. To promote its ESG approach in 2020, the displayed for 11 currencies in which one can open
bank launched a special product with a reduced rate a savings account. This made the cashless purchase share of non-cash conversion
for electric vehicles of currency in SberBank Online more convenient and transactions of individuals A ING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
attractive for clients. The new model of billing for transfers was
recognized as the best IT solution in retail
banking in the Best Use of IT in Retail
Banking nomination
TRANSACTION BUSINESS
Transfers Acquiring
Sberbank completed the transition to a new fee among the largest acquirers globally SberBank actively develops “QR Pay”
according to the ilson Report for 2019
model for transfers within the bank. At the end service. At the end of 2020, over
(#6 in 2017 and #5 in 2018)
of the new fees helped significantly 27 thousand retail and service outlets
reduce the number of clients having to deal accepted SberBank QR-payments.
with a transfer commission as almost
of clients made transfers of no more than The client can transfer money abroad 2017 2018 2019 2020 “QR Pay” allows to accept payments through mobile
to a card by phone number to nearest applications of SberBank and Tinkoff Entrepreneurs
R thousand per month a monthly free
countries: who are clients of SberBank can start using the service
limit. Active users appreciated the convenience umber of active 931 1,162 1,339 1,425
through Sber usiness without a visit to the Bank.
Armenia retail and service
of a new subscription service for transfers outlets thousand
o additional equipment is required, while fees charged
in SberBank Online. Azerbai an on QR service are lower than fees for traditional
acquiring Also the client s R-code scenario became
Ta i istan umber of POS 1,381 1,683 1,956 2,187 available to partners.
terminals¹ in the
Uzbekistan
acquiring network,
The largest retail chains such as Lenta O EY Globus
yrgy stan thousand
and Spar, are already accepting payment by scanning
In about million clients too elarus the customer's QR code from the Sberbank Online
mobile application. In addition, all owners of Evotor
advantage of the subscriptions to make a a hstan smart card can connect the service of accepting
transfers. Customized tariffs than s to e ible Transnistria payment using R At the end of 2020 more than
In 2020 Sber launched an innovative service for
subscriptions made all transfers within the bank 1 thousand smart cash registers could accept
online payments SberPay. The key advantage of the payment by reading the R of the buyer or by providing
for any amounts free of charge
Instant transfers are also being advanced within Russia service is speed of payment which is completed QR on the screen of a smart cash register.
2020 saw new partners including Home Credit Bank, in three touches
Since 2020, any client can track their SWIFT transfer MTS-Bank (ATMs) and Alfa- an oin the system. Sber launched Take&Go” service alongside ISA and
via Sberban Online and contact a foreign ban for free The total number of instant transfer partners of Sber A bu a usa shopping without tellers and queues
There is no need to specify card details, nor code from a text A customer needs to launch Take&Go” application and
to as for the status details or cancel the transfer through in Russia reached 14.
message or chec if there is enough funds to complete link a card of any ban use the shopping application
the mobile application interface. This innovation resulted a purchase An outstanding balance and purchase amount
in a 10% reduction in the number of client requests relating In May 2020, the P2P service of individuals transfers “Take&Go”, scan QR-code at a turnstile select goods
can be seen via the SberBank Online application. SberPay and leave Intellectual computer vision system
to the search for or confirmation of an overseas payment. through the uic Payments System became available
allows clients to choose a card with enough funds or bonuses constantly monitors goods at shelves to collect to
to Sberbank clients.
to complete the transaction. This is aimed at simplifying a virtual cart all selected products and automatically
During new partners oined the Sberban s system payment transaction and improving client e perience.
of instant international transfers for individuals with their debit customer s account
The ma ority of companies of Sber ecosystem accept
total number reaching payments through SberPay.
>2.2 MN
constituted the audience of active users
of SberPay at the end of the year
1 POS terminals are hardware, with the exception of QR labels, smart cash desks,
Internet acquiring, biometrics, etc.
TRANSACTION BUSINESS
16.6 K 4.2 MN
Sberbank Online mobile application
allow beginners and experienced investors to invest educational videos in Russian sign language: customers learn on financial and digital literacy
people participating in financial and
on their own. about special services for people with hearing disabilities, were implemented digital training
safety rules how to use Sberbank Online and the features for pensioners in .
A convenient tool for selecting investment products of the ban s main products.
and solutions according to the parameters specified by the
client is also available on the bank's website: it is enough
to enter the amount investment period and currency to get To make it easier for a blind client to learn how to use SberBank
the most relevant decisions. In addition, the service allows site Online via screen access, the bank has released audio and video
users to find information about investment and savings products tutorials demonstrating how the application works to a blind user.
that are available in the Sberbank ecosystem faster and easier.
Smart search allows the user to display the entire range
of investment solutions in one click.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made adjustments to many aspects During the products promoting, opportunities to purchase Additionally, in August the bank launched alternative program
of human life. In this difficult year Sber was actively supporting through remote channels were offered to our customers. of payment holidays that enables the client to temporarily
its clients. For a number of products, new customer pathways were lined decrease the size of payment (by 2.5 times) and still perform
up with remote purchase options. For example, regular Digital debit operations. This is the first credit card debt restructuring
Starting from April 2020, Sber was distributing social payments credit card campaigns with full processing without an office visit program implemented at Sberbank.
within the framework of COVID-19 measures: were launched.
For all credit card holders, the mandatory payment was
reduced: customers could pay 25% less each month to repay the
children's benefits–a record was set for the whole country principal.
in terms of the volume of enrollment and tight deadlines: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, retiree customers
all enrollments were made within 10 hours; began to use remote channels more. The share of the
Other customer support measures during COVID-19:
payments to employees of medical and social organizations bank's products processed online increased
working with COVID-19 patients; by 2.7 times (from 6.3% to 17.4%). The number
card retention periods at offices were increased from
payments via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to people who of service transactions in Sberbank Online increased 3 to 4 months;
turned out to be abroad; by 69% (from 48 million in December 2019
early re-issue fees for debit and credit cards were cancelled;
payments to small and medium businesses. to 81 million in November 2020).
charges for replenishing Sberbank cards with cards of other
banks in Sberbank Online mobile application and on the
Bank's website were cancelled;
During COVID-19, Sberbank supported businesses affected By a large-scale of digital services training campaign, launched
by COVID-19 by providing free payroll loans to clients who in spring 2020, 20 million retirees in Russia learned about possibility to use an expired card to withdraw cash from ATMs
received a 0% payroll credit from the Russian Government. Sber's online services aimed to help with self-isolation. and pay for purchases in retail outlets was implemented;
marketing campaigns about the opportunity to activate a new
To support those who stayed at home during the lockout To support our customers during COVID-19 for term deposits
card in the Sberbank Online mobile app were held for expired
(#saveyourself) more than 480 million communications were (which the end date of the deposit agreement fell
cards.
sent. Customers received instructions on the availability on 30.03-05.05.2020), the deposit term was extended until
of popular transactions without visiting the office (card 06.05.2020 with the interest rate on the deposit retained.
reissuance, payments and transfers), as well as offers to take
advantage of relevant products from the Sber ecosystem. In order to support the Bank's clients during the pandemic, During COVID-19, customers also showed increased interest
payment holidays were launched in second quarter. Also, in ”Card Activation without Getting Plastic” service, launched
a solution that allows to expose accumulated interest in the in 2019. The service allows customers to activate the card in the
form of annuity payments when the client exits the payment Sberbank Online mobile app remotely and use it for making
holidays period was introduced and implemented. purchases online and at retail outlets using a smartphone.
The service is very popular among customers–in the first days of
the quarantine the number of activations doubled compared to
the period before the quarantine. During the whole period
of the service's operation more than 3.2 million cards have
been activated.
27.8
26.3
24.4 23.1 22.9 21.8 22.1
12.7 14.1
6.6
3.3 3.4
1 Life insurance 5 Investment life 1 Savings life 1 Personal property 1 Asset management 1 OEMF/IMF market 1 Mandatory pension 6 Non-state pension
market insurance market insurance market insurance market market (open-end and insurance market scheme (NSPS)
interval mutual market
funds)
Clients
19 7
Risk insurance: life insurance, property insurance, bank
01 card insurance, accident insurance, liability insurance,
MN +27% y/y MN
medical insurance
214 >2.3
Investment products: trust management, investment
02 and savings life insurance, mutual investment funds
K +45% y/y MN +54% y/y
8.7 1.7
Pension products: individual pension plans, corporate
03 pension programs
MN MN +1,3% y/y
RISK INSURANCE
RISK INSURANCE
Mortgage Real Estate Insurance Sberban Online launched a new line Green Vacations
The list of covered items was e panded and the of voluntary life and health insurance Cover for a ob loss was introduced for all newly
insurance cover option for interior decoration, products for borrowers of consumer loans issued mortgages The program provides
engineering equipment and civil liability insurance protection for 12 most common ob loss
was added scenarios The client is insured in case
The client can configure the product at their discretion of downsi ing company liquidation being unfit
by choosing from four ris pac ages The insurance product for the position failing the probation period,
has become more attractive to the client in terms of the quitting upon mutual agreement
cost of insurance and the amount of insurance coverage of the parties etc
Save Your Funds Besides, the fourth risk category has been added–salary
protection of bank card funds reduction insurance–an unparalleled product in the
Russian insurance market.
Options were added for insurance of ris s
of unforeseen legal e penses insurance against
theft of funds and personal belongings as a result
of robbery or an attac when withdrawing cash
from an ATM
Travel Insurance
According to Federal Law o 3, the
The insurance program can now cover a period
possibility of early contract termination with
from one day the age limit was increased
to years the E treme Sports ris was added the return of a portion of the unused premium
when repaying a mortgage loan was added
to all mortgage products new restrictions
as to the year of construction of housing were
added Insurance Rules o were approved
containing comprehensive changes in insurance
against structural defects movable property
insurance, reduction in the number
of exceptions and limits on payment
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
A trust management strategy First Hedge Fund was The line of investment life insurance products was
Four mutual funds entered the top 1 in terms introduced exclusively for SberFirst clients. For the first expanded with conservative products, specifically,
1 of raised funds from investors: Balanced, Money, time, Sberbank's clients are offered a trust a new strategy Anti-Crisis Company Basket was
an exchange-traded fund MOEX Russian management strategy that enables to hedge the risk included in the Coupon Smartpolicy program. The
Sber is the largest broker Government Bond and Dollar-Denominated Bonds of loss in value of securities. A feature of the strategy strategy is characterized by a transparent yield structure
in ussia is ris hedging to limit portfolio losses using for clients enabling to get an annual coupon
mathematical algorithms. of up to 6.8% with 1 capital protection.
Three funds reached the top 1 as highest yielding A special line of long-term trust management strategies The process of accepting paperless documents under
YTD (among funds with NAV of over RUB 1 bn): (Target Date Strategies) My Capital was also launched. investment and universal life insurance contracts was
The new strategies allow the client to save money initiated. An online assistant for claim settlement under
by a certain date–retirement, children becoming of the investment and universal life insurance policies was
Consumer Sector ( 76%) full legal age, etc. The strategies are designed for introduced.
Global Internet ( . ) a period of to years
The conditions of universal life insurance in the mass
iotechnology ( 97%) To meet increased demand from clients for foreign segment under the Ticket to the Future and Future
Sber was the rst in Russia exchange investments, a savings solution Double Capital programs were improved: the insurance period
to launch exchange-traded enefit was offered, which distributes the client's funds was expanded to 3 years, the guaranteed insurance
mutual funds At the end of the year, the bank’s integrated indicator in equal shares between a currency deposit and amount for the Survival risk was increased due to the
of asset management quality was 1.17 versus top peer a foreign exchange trust management strategy cancellation of additional investment income.
companies. implemented by Sber Asset Management.
An exchange-traded fund for responsible investments The key objective of the company is to develop
Sber–Responsible Investments was launched, which invests a platform of closed real estate funds as a tool
in companies complying with the ESG principles for long-term investments for individuals
(Environmental, Social and Governance). and institutional investors, as well as protection
of private capital and its inheritance.
The main driver of business growth is the transition In 2020, the geography of Sber Private Banking expanded
to cover 5 regions of Russia–Moscow, St. Petersburg,
campaign for the mandatory pension insurance
Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Samara. As part of the
product: the receipts of over RUB 8.8 bn (including investment advisory service, assets under management
+7.8 +3.9
receipts based on urgent applications of 2015) and doubled over the year. The share of investment products
revenues of over RUB 10.7 bn for products of the in the Sber Private Banking portfolio exceeded 50% at the
% K +21% end of the year.
non-state pension coverage (successful launch
pension funds of Sberbank Private of sales through Sberbank Online and Premier, clients
Pension Fund in 2020 streamlining operations with a portfolio of
individual pension plans).
In 2020, several unique transactions were made,
In the first half of 2020, the yield of the PFR (Pension Fund including the largest repo transaction in the
85
of Russia) pension portfolio under the management of Sber history of Sber with the participation of
Asset Management hit 11.24% per annum, the best result both an individual, the first private securities
%
10.5
among private management companies and versus performance financing transaction, the first ever direct repo
of the government management company. At the same time,
MN the portfolio yield for 3 years amounted to 9.48% per annum. NPS, a consumer loyalty index transaction on the Sberbank platform
(remained at the level of 2019) with individuals.
total number of clients exceeds Non-state pension products are going online. While 2019 saw
online sales of individual pension plans (IPPs) account for only
15% of the total sales, in 2020 the IPPs were deployed in the
Sberbank Online mobile application, resulting in the number The bank expanded investment opportunities for clients
of online contracts increasing almost sixfold. Over 12 thousand by launching evening trading and new orders, adding
new clients joined Sber through Sberbank Online. The size an investment advisory service without opening
730 BN RUB
of the initial payment for an IPP also increased, from
RUB 3,000 in March to RUB 10,700 at the year-end. In total,
during this period, clients brought more than RUB 200 mln
1.3 TN RUB +42%
a brokerage account, as well as a fee based on a change
in portfolio value.
through the digital platforms. Sber Private Banking is the only bank in Russia that
assets under management client funds in Sber Private Banking
provides the service of consolidated reporting on assets
A new individual pension plan Active Capital launched placed in different private banks around the world.
in the autumn of 2020 was one of the key driving forces. This
plan is intended for SberPremier clients and has a guaranteed A new Visa Infinite Privilege card was introduced into the
minimum amount of pension payments. When making line of bank cards–a card of the highest category among
a contract, the client himself/herself determines the minimum Visa cards, as well as among all other bank cards in Russia.
amount of payments he/she would like to receive after being The card offers a unique set of features and privileges and
awarded a pension. Sberbank Private Pension Fund calculates is only available to Sber Private Banking clients
the amount of contributions necessary to achieve the goal. in Russia. At the end of 2020, the multicurrency account
The client can choose the frequency of contributions or pay option was added to the package.
the entire amount for a year on a lump-sum basis.
The minimum level of pension payments is guaranteed, but
it may be higher than expected due to reliable
investment strategies.
Smartphone insurance against theft and damage Clients are given the repayment holiday option on: As far as universal life insurance products are concerned, the The bank made a decision to return the premium paid under
is included in the subscription fee of the premium line on-site issue of policies was organized during the lockdown travel insurance contracts to the clients who refused to travel
of SberMobile tariffs restrictions; Sber First client could also benefit from a free due to the pandemic. Sberbank Insurance returned
on-site MEDO service with an online GP consultation based an insurance premium for a total of about RUB 2 mln to more
multi-year life and health insurance contracts with
Insurance of EVOTOR smart terminals against all risks on the results of the examinations. than 1000 clients.
a mortgage borrower
is included in the Rent product. Contracts for insurance
of property, forwarder and third-party liability have been mortgage insurance contracts for property made Sberbank also launched a promo with an integrated offer It was decided to extend insurance policies of clients who
made with SberLogistics. for any term of the Insurance (Strakhovoy) deposit and universal life were not able to return to Russia due to border closures.
insurance provided through branches and Sberbank Premier. The term of insurance cover for those clients whose travel
collateral property insurance contracts with
In 2020, 20 million trips were insured; Citymobil drivers The autopayment option was introduced for the convenience insurance was included in the service packages was extended:
corporate clients
and passengers are insured against accidents with a liability of clients to make regular payments via automatic direct debit. from 90 days to 180 days for the Sberbank First and Sberbank
limit of RUB 2 million per each insured. As part of the bank’s communication policy, the welcome Premier packages, from 30 to 90 days from the time
Universal life insurance clients with temporary SMS service was launched with navigation to the information of crossing the border for the Golden/Salary + package.
At the end of 2020, the Tax Deduction service was launched financial difficulties are given the opportunity to get page and video about a product, aimed at increasing clients’
as part of the premium service packages Sber Premier, Sber an additional grace period of up to 6 months knowledge about their insurance programs and available
First and Sber Private Banking. Campaigns were carried for regular payments. Insurance cover under all services.
out to provide the service for free when replenishing such contracts with this option continues to be fully valid.
wealth products from Sberbank Private Pension Fund, as IIAs
and IPPS delivering a response rate of 10K customers. To support clients during the coronavirus pandemic,
Sberbank Private Pension Fund began to make early
Smartphone insurance against theft and damage payments of insurance pensions.
is included in the subscription fee of the premium line
of SberMobile tariffs Sberbank Private Pension Fund and the SberMarket
service for delivery of products and essential goods
provided social support to senior clients of the fund
living in Moscow.
20 MN
In 2020, the client base of Sber’s corporate and investment Improving knowledge about clients and using a variety of data Throughout 2020, the transfer of key financial and non-financial
business increased by more than 200k clients, mainly thanks sources in financial models increases the accuracy of forecasts products to “digital” continued: now all of them are available
to provision of a wide range of financial and non-financial when calculating pre-approved loan offer limits. To accumulate in the Sberbusiness Internet bank. The ability to interact with
solutions to clients to satisfy the majority of their business information on corporate clients, Sber has created the Data the bank online during the April lockdown and self-isolation
>2.7
needs and free them from routine operations. Platform that now contains 95 terabyte of data both from turned out to be critically important for the majority
external and internal sources, including the Federal Tax Service, of entrepreneurs.
MN +200 k Dealing with major, large, and medium-sized corporate the Bank of Russia, zakupki.gov.ru, bo.nalog.ru, etc.
clients, Sber uses an industry-specific approach that helped The sources of data are constantly replenished–10 new sources Sber provides more opportunities for settlements on weekends
active corporate clients the Bank to respond quickly to negative changes in the of external data were added in 2020 (GIRBO (financial and holidays:
economy in the context of the pandemic. To date, statements filed with the Federal Tax Service of Russia),
17 industry teams have been formed that in 2020 added bo.nalog.ru, ISOGDMOSRU, the Federal Customs Service payments are made under documents from the queue of
such sectors as shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, of Russia, etc.). those unpaid in time, including the bank fee (if there are
and health care. money on the account and the payment is a permitted
The corporate loan portfolio increased by 13.2% to RUB 15.7 bn one);
78
Sber regularly analyzes feedback from corporate clients over the year (excluding the foreign currency revaluation,
and improves its survey tools. In 2020, a sensitive voicebot the growth was 9.3%). In 2020, corporate clients received transfers to accounts of individuals are made 24/7.
% was introduced, able to have a dialog with the client, ask RUB 13.5 trn, which is 4% more than a year ago. As a result,
to repeat the client’s questions, and record numerical and despite a decline in economic activity in Q2 and Q3,
The CSI showing client satisfaction with text values. Thanks to this technology, the feedback Sber retained a 32% share in the lending market.
the Bank’s products and services received from respondents doubled. Based on this feedback,
the identified deficiencies were corrected through the client
support hotline.
>2.3 MN +180 k
The level of satisfaction with the Bank has been modeled
for each client based on internal behavioral data. The Bank’s Throughout 2020, the transfer of key financial
monthly users of SberBusiness
29.4
processes use DataCSI. This approach has been scaled and non-financial products to “digital”
to the process of retaining clients prone to leave the Bank, continued: now all of them are available in the
K -22% to the process of compensating clients for poor quality
Sberbusiness Internet bank. The ability
services, etc.
complaints were received from to interact with the bank online during the April
corporate clients in 4Q 2020 lockdown and self-isolation turned out
to be critically important for the majority
>77 %
of entrepreneurs.
+3 p.p.
For ruble payments, pre-calculated fees were visualized, In 2020, the Center for Corporate Solutions processed 12.9 mn
and this halved the frequency of client requests submitted client requests (+7% yoy) and initiated 7.6 mln outgoing Combating COVID-19
through the call center. The transfer of more than 140 user communications (+30% yoy). Around 15% of all requests
scenarios to the chatbot facilitated the automation of the most (+10 pp yoy) were closed through automated services and the
Sber stood by its clients during the pandemic and actively For small business clients during the first wave to simplify the
popular day-to-day operations in SberBusiness. And the process overall request processing time was reduced by 15%.
participated in a large-scale program to support Russian transition to working online, some services became available
of sending and tracking foreign currency payments was
business. for free: service fee for terminals and cash registers, commission
simplified thanks to the SWIFT GPI Tracker widget that makes
on all packages of services, if there is no movement on the
it possible to determine where the funds are and notify the
The Bank has become one of the largest operators of business account. CRM24 customer relationship management service
client of their successful delivery.
86% of all structured documents are processed by support programs initiated by the state, accounting for 30% was launched free of charge for 60 days, “My Trade” product
to 50% of the market for various programs (“0% Loan to Pay management system free of charge for 60 days, dating of online
Now not only the company’s director but also its authorized computer vision, while digital authentication of
Wages”, “2% Loan”, “Support for Systemically Important advertising campaigns, free access to online services from
representative can make changes to the legal case within his/her clients has made the authentication process Enterprises”). In total, Sber has provided support worth about Megafon, free placement of vacancies on Rabota.ru, free
authority–60% of changes were made online in Q1. 11 types
instantaneous (previously it took up to 2 minutes). RUB400 bn to about 200k corporate clients under state consultations on coronavirus from SberZdorovye, connection
of remote changes are made automatically, so the time
and own support programs и carried out restructuring in the to Delivery Club service with zero commission till the end
to process the relevant application and introduce the changes
amount of more than RUB 2 trn starting from March 2020. of June.
has reduced from 8 hours to 5 minutes.The individual project
“Bank Support for Contractors of the Moscow Capital Repairs
The bank's website offered an opportunity to open an anti-crisis
Fund” was launched for participants of the regional capital
Thanks in large part to the ecosystem companies, Sber account for businesses (from 0 rubles: if you connect to any
repairs program. For a fee, the Bank exercises automatic control
Development of the ecosystem launched a range of specialized products and solutions package of services, a ruble current account will be opened
over prohibited operations on the contractor’s account based
for corporate clients and government agencies, including: for free and without visiting the bank), to learn operational
on contractual terms and provides a monthly report
Sber's key goal is to become partner No.1 for the client. That information about the bank's work, and special offers
to the Fund.
is why the line of financial and non-financial services that help were launched.
Control of compliance with the self-isolation regime using
businesses find areas for growth, improve efficiency, simplify
The mobile application Sber Inkassacia (Sber Collection) biometrics (Speech Technology Center (hereinafter STC)
strategic and tactical management, understand their target Training courses on managing remote teams and enhancing
was launched to manage cash-in-transit (CIT) services online
audience and much more is being actively expanded. Arranging a visit to a doctor and getting answers to questions business skills and Business in the Remote Mode, a talk show,
24/7 without calling the bank: to submit and cancel requests
In addition, we provide a seamless customer experience within on COVID-19 with the help of a virtual operator (STC) were also launched. Channels were organized to exchange life
for CIT services and delivery of change, to track the status
the ecosystem with the help of enablers, which have been hacks and stories on how to arrange work and retain clients.
of requests and security bags in transit, to look through the A comprehensive telehealth solution to monitor and control
implemented in 39 companies in the ecosystem by the end
service schedule, to order the delivery of security bags, the patient’s condition, which allowed reducing the risk
of 2020. Regular information and analytical solutions were built for state
and to prepare supporting documents in electronic form, of infection for medical personnel (SberHealth)
authorities to monitor the economic activity of businesses
without printing them out on paper.
Primary analysis of CT scans for changes in lungs in case and the consumer sector. For example, an analytical panel
of viral pneumonia (SberMedII) on cash flows broken down by industry and region of the
Russian Federation for the Department of Entrepreneurship
HR hotline (organization of remote work, support for foreign
and Innovative Development of Moscow was launched
119
nationals) and IT assessment of readiness for remote work
on SberAnalytics platform.
(SberSolutions)
+56
Free access to the electronic document management service
that was used by >6k corporate clients (SberCorus)
products and services available
1
to corporate clients Anti-crisis online workshops for regional authorities (Business
Environment)
SEC dSign–a free service to issue an enhanced qualified electronic
signature for individuals in a contactless manner (Business
Environment)
Best Bank for Payments payments available 24/7 The following companies provide the main services and products
and Collections and Most A system for holding remote meetings of creditors as part
Innovative Bank in Central Factoring LLC, Sberbank-AST JSC (SberA), Intercomp JSC of bankruptcy procedures for procurement participants
and Eastern Europe (SberSolutions), Korus Consulting CIS LLC (SberKorus), Business (SberA)
Environment (Delovaya Sreda) JSC, Technologies of Industry
Transformation (Tekhnologii Otraslevoy Transformatsii) LLC
(SberAnalytics), Strategy Partners Group JSC, Cognitive Robotics LLC
(Cognitive Pilot).
Small businesses remain a priority segment In 2020, a number of improvements were introduced
to loans and bank guarantees for small and micro The range of affordable services for small and micro Development of the website for small businesses and the
for Sber.
businesses, including: businesses was expanded in 2020: self-employed continues:
>6
in 2020. of lawyers and actual OKVED codes of peer companies
11 % +7 p. p.
K A system to prevent operational defects included
in AI Russia, the library of best Russian AI projects
In Sber usiness was considerably improved The marketplace of the current version of Sber usiness gained
momentum due to the application of AI technologies The Among other things the mobile app now offers
and updated which allowed it to make transaction
selection Popular among companies similar to yours based
and credit operations faster and more convenient an opportunity to file a loan application
on AI models gives recommendations for products already
a marketplace with ban ing and non-ban ing
>1
for customers bought by users with the similar profile consisting of more than
1 characteristics The efficiency of this placement increased services connection to which is arranged via
The time for filing applications to obtain a business card and in it brought the an more than transactions MN k
stories with smart targeting in a manner similar
has been optimized due to an option of data recognition for an overall amount of over RUB 11 mn
to the web version of Sber usiness and
based on scanned passport after integration of AI technology The number of active monthly users
into the process of business card issuing The line of business sers now have an opportunity to propose their own ideas connection to the loyalty program of the mobile app Sber usiness
cards was supplemented with an instant business credit card concerning Sber usiness development due to the respective for customers with business cards usiness
Moreover business cards became digital allowing to make option in the Help section Cashbac
payments via Apple Pay and Google Pay
Now the an has a cloud service for enhanced encrypted
An important step in customer acquisition was the launch
of account commitment via a special website-so-called
pre-login” zone of Sber usiness Due to that now
non-certified digital signature regularly used by
customers to sign payment orders The advantages of such
signature are simple procedure used to obtain it usability,
46 % +1 %
it is possible to become Sber s corporate client in the remote security an opportunity to sign documents without cellular
mode: relationship managers come to clients and execute communication it s enough to be connected to the Internet The share of users of the mobile
everything at a time convenient for them version increased from %
Sber usinessAPI (formerly intech API) allows the an
to integrate with partners and exchange data directly from
customers accounting systems the seamless authori ation
via Sber usiness ID is also provided and there are over mn
SberBusiness awards State support programs for small and medium-sized businesses with Sber’s involvement
In 2020, Sber actively worked with 10 state support The most actively developing program is the
programs for small and medium-sized business, Program of preferential loans at 8.5% from the
including: Ministry of Economic Development (MED-2019):
in it provided loans for the amount
of R bn and Sber’s share is over
1. Program of preferential loans, Ministry
of Agriculture
est web bank in Central and Eastern Winner in Diversity & Inclusion est web bank for SME in Central
Europe. Excellence Product—Sber usiness and Eastern Europe. 2. 8.5% program, Ministry of Economic
for visually impaired people.
Development
est platform of bank ecosystem Top-5 of best mobile banks Golden award in Financial Management
6. Program to support residential property
services for SME. for business Product—Sber usiness Solution Product—Sber usiness.
mobile app. developers, Ministry of Construction,
Housing and tilities
As early as in 2019, Sber launched the Sber is actively developing its collaboration with In 2020, Sber approved financing of the construction of a bridge Some reference projects included:
over the Lena River in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which
My usiness service package and added the the government, which moved beyond lending
will increase the level of all-year transport accessibility for the
registration option for self-employed people as part and mediation in state support. Capacity of Sber’s The GOSTECH pilot to implement digital services for federal
population of Yakutia from 20.9% to 70%, and a bridge over the
agencies on Sber platform
of the support of the Russian Government’s technological platform make it possible to use Vistula Lagoon.
e periment in introducing a special tax regime it in the digital transformation of federal roadmaps for implementation of government services
In 2020, most of the Central Ring Road (CRR)—one of the on Sber’s digital platform with >10 regions . At the same time,
for self-employed people. It is now possible and regional public sector.
largest infrastructure projects in modern Russia—was open the backbone region to create socially important services
to register yourself as a self-employed person in the for traffic The project has been implemented with Sberbank’s for people was Tatarstan, where six digital services to support
country's perimeter, which opens wide participation and support since 2015. During this period, the private farm holdings were implemented during the year,
opportunities for development of this segment. bank provided a wide range of banking products and services and 0 services to support individuals and businesses
as part of construction phases 1.3 and 4 (CRR-1, CRR-3, are planned (regional super-service “My Subsidies”);
and CRR-4, respectively) In the course of project
based on Sber’s cloud platform and supercomputer, the bank
implementation, Sberbank repeatedly provided unique
has created the lesvostok.rf service aimed at creating the
In 2020, Sber made a positive performance guarantees, as well as advance payment
conditions for sustainable development of forestry and wood
When customers register themselves as self-employed persons guarantees for concessionaries and contractors taking part
in the SberOnline app, which is done just in a couple of minutes, decision concerning debt in the road construction. Moreover, Sber took part
processing industry, generating open public data and
financing of 47 concession a procedure for making forest plots available for use,
they gain access to a free service package, including a digital in syndication of several loans with the total limit of over
introducing a mechanism for stock trading, and preparing the
card, work with invoices, cash payments, training in the projects in 36 regions of Russia R bn (R 11 bn in 2020), which allowed providing the
infrastructure for developing the public market
messenger from the Delovaya Sreda company, online booking for the amount of RUB 21 bn. project with sources of financing to the full extent.
for transactions with timber.
service, document designer, and a wide range of financial and
non-financial services. As part of developing the public infrastructure, Sber provides biometric services of Sber ecosystem companies, including
acquiring services for social welfare institutions, transport deployment of the VisionLabs biometric access control system
The “Self-Employed” section on the bank’s website outlines all companies, and multipurpose centers. At year end 2020, Sber (ACS) in some Russian universities and schools and use
nuances of tax regime in layman's terms (including animated served 12.5 thsd acquiring points (without transport equipment) of Voice2Med voice services in more than 100 medical
materials), and gives detailed descriptions of services and became the main acquirer of the federal resource DOM.RF. facilities to fill in medical documents with voice.
and instructions how to use them. Moreover, Sber arranges The ban affords an opportunity to pay for traveling by public
deployment pilot of Nestor.Provosudie (STC) in the
information campaigns on the Internet on a regular basis, transport with a bank card in 140 cities and towns of Russia.
Directorate for provision of meeting minutes to justice courts
and posts articles and videos with lifehacks for and from
self-employed people on a special resource–sberbusiness.live. In 2020, Sber signed over one thousand agreements with courses for project works in IT and development of digital
Financing of concession projects, RUB bn government agencies and institutions for ecosystem products, skills for federal and regional authorities from the Sber’s
including biometric face recognition, photo/video recording, Corporate University.
voice operators, voice filling of medical and other documents,
logging financial outsourcing, cashless payment at schools
277
and in transport, counterparty check services, smart bus stops,
12.6 integrated telemedicine solution.
K Housing
g and utilities
ut 5.9
sector (35 projects)
p Solid municipa
municipal waste
self-employed people registered (4 pr
projects)
rojects)
ojects)
their businesses via the
My usiness platform
2.1
Schools (2 p
projects)
ojects)
Other (6 projects)
p
SERVICE MODEL FOR HOLDING COMPANIES SBER’S CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SECTORS OF RUSSIAN ECONOMY
In 2020, Sber continued to develop a new service model Sber is continuing to develop the industry expertise
for holding companies, which now assesses all counterparties and has already formed 17 industry teams. The industry
based on their economic perimeter. As of today, the customer approach helped Sber to enable fast response to negative
Agribusiness Regional tourism
base includes as many as 14.2 thsd holding companies and 1 mn changes in economy caused by the pandemic. Agribusiness remains one of top priority areas for Sber. In 2020, Based on the big data analytics on the SberAnalytics platform,
unique INNs within their economic perimeter, including small the Bank actively provided financing as part of the program Sber has developed an out-of-the-box solution to analyze the
business. The composition of holdings is continuously updated Customer groups were structured to make decisions of preferential loans to farmers, including for seasonal field tourist flow by launching the Tourism Index. This latest practice
due to ML models, which also take part in the integrated risk for support of affected industries, while cross-block industry works, and initiated legislative changes aimed at supporting allows quick tracking of the travel industry dynamics for 6 key
assessment for granting loans to holding companies. teams provided the analytical support to the Government agribusiness during the pandemic. As part of the program indicators and may become a part of strategy to maximize the
of the Russian Federation to develop anti-crisis measures of preferential loans from the Ministry of Agriculture, it has tourist potential of federal entities, cities and towns.
Sber offers four solutions for such extended perimeter for industry support: been allowed to prolong preferential short-term loans for
of customers: banking contract follow-up, loan in a basket up to one year, the transfer of principal and interest payment Sber took part in the government program for promotion
(service for synchronizing the bank services and the work was provided (for smallholder farms), the areas of target use of affordable domestic tourist trips through compensation
of IT infrastructure of holding companies), factoring, over 85 proposals of anti-crisis measures for industry
have been supplemented with paying wages to employees, for a part of payments for tourist services to MIR cards.
and partner program. support have been generated,
paying for power and POL, and the maximum size of short-term A considerable part of the program amounts passed through
8 programs for anti-crisis support of business have been loan has been increased. Sber cards, and we are planning that the incentive program
These product solutions are aimed at providing leverage launched, including a program for support of legal entities will be continued in 2021.
to customers’ counterparties, developing transactional services and individual entrepreneurs aimed at business resumption Moreover, the study of industry digitization was conducted
and simplifying interaction with the Bank via the (Loan at 2%) and a program for support of systemic and two partners for ecosystem expansion were
customers’ channels. companies selected—Geomir and Mustang Feeding Technologies,
and a pilot was launched in the territory of Russia
12 amendments have been made in Federal laws
for unmanned installations (Cognitive Pilot).
proposals have been prepared to sectoral support measures
for 11 affected industries as part of the national plan
Financing of housing construction with
14.2
of actions
2 programs for support of individual industries have been
escrow accounts
K +1,5 k
implemented:
In 2020, Sber extended a product line for housing developers
holding companies with breakdown for residential property (Government Resolution dated for initial construction stages, including a 2 in 1 product
by companies from all segments 30 April 2020 No. 629 “On approval of Rules to finance housing construction projects - from the initial stage
is stored and continuously updated. for compensation to credit institutions for lost earnings Fishing industry to commissioning, and bank guarantees for purchase of land
from loans granted with a view to implement housing allowing developers not to raise equity to pay for land.
In 2020, Sber actively financed the development of fishing
projects”;
industry, including as part of the program of crab harvesting
Projects with escrow accounts account for over 70%
for automotive industry (Government Resolution dated quotas for investment purposes. The bank’s customers won
of Sberbank’s loan portfolio of housing developers, while this
11 July 2020 No.1035 “On approval of Rules for granting 17 of 35 lots at the auction arranged in late 2019, and obtained
portfolio increased by 94% during the year and exceeded
subsidies from the federal budget to Russian financial the respective financing for the amount of USD 1.4 bn to pay
RUB850 bn.
institutions for compensation for lost earnings under loan for lots and build the crab fleet later. The general bank’s share
or factoring agreements concluded in 2020 with a view in the industry lending market is over 70%.
Moreover, the Bank is actively developing online interaction
to perform automotive equipment supply agreements”;
with developers: in particular, now they have access to the
Personal Profile service, where they can conduct the electronic
document flow upon request and control the stages
of transaction consideration. Every second application
for project financing in housing is submitted via the service.
575
foreign currencies per month
on a host-to-host solution, which significantly precious metals of 577 credit
Sber also provided first-line support for digital transformation improved the client experience. institutions
of the largest player of the automotive retail, Rolf GC. Sber
quickly adjusted the settlement scheme according to the needs
of the clients who made a decision to transfer sales to online
due to closure of dealerships in the spring of 2020. As a result,
Sber Group’s banks have 575 Nostro
the company was able to ensure uninterrupted sales of cars
and spare parts in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 379 +39 >945 accounts in 36 currencies
in 40 countries worldwide.
24.2 TN RUB +0.8 tn rub
GLOBAL MARKETS
In 2020, amidst the pandemic, the foreign trade In December, exporters were offered easy digital access
Commodity markets business turnover of Sberbank’s clients slowed to government services, such as transport and exhibition
subsidies, confirmation of 0% VAT rate, customs declaration
down. However, the turnover of Sberbank’s clients
In 2020, Sber continued to expand its transactions in the
commodity markets. A new subsidiary, Sber Trading Swiss AG
(STS) Switzerland founded in 2019, focuses on advance and
decreased less than in the entire market.
in the system of Russian Export Center. 11 Federal Executive
Authorities took part in creation of the services, while Sber
acted as an arranger and a developer. The project has been
116 BN USD
Sber has launched the Foreign Trade without Borders service implemented for 8 months, which is the best result in creation
post payments, and also monetization of commodity stocks of public services. volume of client foreign trade
package which is attractive for clients using the services
(commodity repurchase) in physical commodity transactions. business serviced by Sber
of currency control, cross-border money transfers, and foreign
The company founded in European jurisdiction helped the bank From 16 April to 31 August, Sber canceled a fee for the VAT
currency sale/purchase. Over 2,800 clients have signed up for
enter new markets and increase the scale and diversification and Excise Tax Refund service; 1,038 electronic bank guarantees
the package, of which 70% are new clients of the Bank.
of commodity transactions. In 2020, Sber has completed were issued for RUB 150 bln.
transactions in such sectors as oil, gas, coal, base and precious
metals, agricultural goods, and fertilizers. Our development In May, the new online Business Mission service was offered In August, small and micro business clients were offered the
was based on hedging amid volatile commodity markets. on Bankofpartners.com so as to replace industry-specific fairs service of express refund of VAT and excise taxes, which made
and exhibitions canceled due to the pandemic. Russian it possible to reduce the tax refunding time for businesses from
16.9
manufacturers present their products to foreign buyers, 72 to 7 days without visiting tax authorities.
and each business mission is organized for a particular product
in a particular country. 16 online business missions have been The Bank heavily applies AI technology. Any documents that % +2 p.p.
made with China, India, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, come from clients as part of international payments processing
and Hungary. In total, over 650 companies from Russia are handled by neural network models of computer vision and share of the Russian foreign trade
Interest rate derivatives, counterparty risk and abroad were involved. machine word processing. This significantly increases the turnover serviced by Sber
and market risk management document processing rate and reduces the human factor.
In September, SberBusiness introduced a new product, Export
Amid growing volumes of floating rate lending, the demand Contract Insurance. This product is aimed at supporting Russian
for interest rate hedging of the Bank of Russia’s key rate SME exporters and has been launched jointly with Exiar Export Since 2020, the Bank has applied
continues to grow. The trading turnover of key rate Insurance Agency. The product covers commercial
and political risks. AI recommendations of banking products
derivatives has increased to RUB 2.5 trn. As a result,
to clients. The product offerings to each exporter
the total turnover of interest rate derivatives exceeded
RUB 4 trn, while Sber’s share in interest rate derivatives Since October, large and medium business clients have and importer are generated according to over
and currency options in the market has stepped over 50%. been offered an electronic bank guarantee against customs 300 parameters and sent to different points
Sber has introduced market making of interest-rate swaps payments, that is the guarantee to fulfill the corporate
obligations to the Federal Customs Service. You may apply of contact with clients, revealing even hidden
on the standardized derivative contracts section
for the guarantee at SberBusiness, with a minimum set of needs of clients.
of Moscow Exchange.
documents attached. The bank itself will send the guarantee
to the customs service, and the company will not have
to withdraw its own funds from circulation or take out a loan.
Sber has strengthened its leading position in the The number of transactions involving this instrument more than
Major awards Russian escrow account market. In 2020, a new doubled. This was facilitated by the development of simple
Sberban (Swit erland) AG oined omgo
and comprehensible bo solutions for clients and sales of the
product system for escrow accounts was introduced product through CLM-presentation and in the partner channel. an international bloc chain trade finance
on the Bank's target IT platform, which made platform. The platform allows participants
it possible to open an escrow account in the Sberban Sberbank, with the support of the professional banking to quic ly and safely e change information
Online Mobile App. The introduction of the service and business community is wor ing e tensively with the an
and also accelerates the conclusion
of Russia and the Russian Government on an initiative to use
of remote opening of escrow accounts reduced the letters of credit and escrow accounts in public procurements. of contracts using trade finance instruments
time needed to conclude transactions from several The proposed solution will make it possible to eliminate the
days to several seconds. The service problem of late payments in public procurement and finance
Digital Communication Awards: Gold Website was implemented by integrating the ban s systems companies' working capital.
Bankofpartners.com is the Silver Bankofpartners.com: with builders internal systems through
medalist of the European Sberbank, with the support of the professional banking
international competition 2nd in the City Portal for SberBusinessAPI. and business community is wor ing e tensively with the an
in the category of websites Entrepreneurs category of Russia and the Russian Government on an initiative to use
letters of credit and escrow accounts in public procurements.
All transactions with corporate clients involving letters of credit
The proposed solution will make it possible to eliminate the
are completed electronically through a personal account
problem of late payments in public procurement and finance
in Sber usiness After redesigning the process the time
companies' working capital. Service of remote opening
required to issue letters of credit was reduced to 10 minutes.
of letters of credit for individuals in mobile turned out
Unique box solutions enable to issue certain types of letters
to be especially in demand during the pandemic The number
of credit fully online in a few seconds Sber was the first in the
of transactions doubled over the year and reached
market to simplify the fees as much as possible, which made the
thousand etters of credit are used to purchase real
product more transparent and understandable to the customer.
estate, shares, stakes in businesses, art objects, payment est an for Trade inance in Eastern
for services etc Europe according to the international
In 2020, international transactions were signed using trade
3rd in the Business and Investment Best Social Projects in Russia: speciali ed publication Global
finance instruments with companies and counterparties from
Support Website category Sber s e port accelerator on the In Sberban (Swit erland) AG increased its Commodity Trade Review
more than countries Trade finance products are available
Bankofpartners.com platform won Trade Finance business by 1.6 times. CTF products enable
in countries of Sberban Group presence including European
the Small and Medium Business clients to raise financing against a pledge of e ported goods
and CIS countries. Over the past year, there was a three-fold
Support category with subsequent repayment of the loan from the proceeds.
increase in the volume of intra-group transactions between
Sberban (Swit erland) AG financed more than mln tons
Group members which confirmed that the an offers one
of goods including oil products metals and more than
of the best services for servicing cross-border trade ows to its
of Russian grain e ports The new ban ing system Avaloq was
clients, and letters of credit in the small and micro-business
implemented, reducing operational risks and supporting the
client segment were significantly developed
scale of business, taking into account the requirements
of the regulator
4 72
Time of Innovations: Online Regional Development. Best
business missions for Russia oreign Economic
on an ofpartners com won the Partnership Development Tribe BN RUB %
Project of the Year award in the with all products won the Small
Finance and Consulting category Business Support and is the volume of transactions growth of the volume of
Development category in trade finance transactions in Russian domestic
and documentary business trade increased
DEPOSITORY
The quality of Depository’s services is confirmed with The infrastructure has been prepared for securitization
consistently high ratings from the reputable magazine of electronic mortgages and maintenance of mortgage
Global Custodian, generated according to the feedback security. We have made the pilot transactions
of international clients. According to the 2020 research, on securitization of Sberbank’s electronic mortgages
40
We have implemented the custody service for trading
in Eurobonds with minimum lots, with an external broker.
Development
The pandemic showed a high demand for the
network and made adjustments Sales network development
to its operation.
Against the rapidly changing world,
we have begun to implement a new 3.7 mln customers purchased 4 mln ecosystem
The physical network remains one of Sber’s During the spring wave, Sber’s branches were operating
as usual against continued demand for physical service. products in 2020.
concept of traditional bank branches,
important competitive advantages. Its potential Adaptive management of office hours and maintaining
Sber. For Life.
in Sber is developed by the independent unit the required headcount have reduced the waiting time
on the days of massive payments The customer ow was
Ecosystem services are available in more
Sales Network. distributed across different waiting areas for minimal E-commerce, sophisticated finance, online and more cities. 57% of all purchases
services, and smart devices significantly of ecosystem products were those in the Okko
contact between people. Branches were switched over
simplify human life and are available in Sales online cinema. Sales Network also promoted
to a universal format and became to serve not only
In 2020, the digital branch, the partner channel and the financial delivery were Network, where the employees train, explain the products and services of SberLogistics,
individuals, but also legal entities.
added to traditional areas managed by Sales Network, such as branches, and show the modern ways of consumption SberMobile, Delivery Club, CityMobil,
self-service terminals, rural agent network, external distribution, to customers. By expanding the formats, SberMarket, and other ecosystem companies.
Sber did everything to protect its customers
and distribution of payroll projects. customizing the service and expanding the
and employees as much as possible. Employee health
range of services offered by non-financial In November, Sber launched the SberPrime
is monitored daily, temperature is measured,
Against the development of digital tools and transfer of daily banking facilities, Sber creates a unique customer subscription combining several ecosystem
and employees are regularly tested for COVID.
transactions (payments, transfers, registration of banking products) to remote experience. services. Over 130,000 customers have
The employees are provided with medical masks
service channels, the customer ow in branches decreased by 13%. Below 1% purchased the product in branches for two
and sanitizers. Pregnant women, people of over 65 years
of Sber’s branches have been closed throughout Russia in 2020. months.
old, employees with chronic diseases, and the
management team that is not attached to its workplace,
The sales network allows Sber to offer However, product launch and introduction
have been transferred to remote work.
a complete customer journey, especially to the market are not the only steps in the
ecosystem development. The most important
Since early March, amidst the pandemic, we have put into in new areas, such as e-commerce. issue is to instruct customers in the benefits
effect the special plan for the ATM network, due to which
The network is being optimized by changing of new services. To this end, Sber began
its technical accessibility has risen by 0.5 pp to 96.9%
its formats and developing partner to develop a new consulting technology,
in
and agent distribution schemes. Edutainment, i.e. education through
Physical network in Russia In almost 100 Russian cities, pensioners and people with
entertainment. The target of the technology
is to e plain and teach the capabilities
disabilities were able to get their cards at home (a total
of ecosystem products to customers in a simple
of 12,000 bank cards issued), and in 400 cities, 17,000
and understandable form.
home deliveries of pensions and benefits were made
in the amount of over RUB 420 mln. Sales managers
2017 2018 2019 2020
organized on-site signing of mortgage agreements
and other documents Over 4,000 online seminars were
Regional banks 14 12 11 11 held for payroll customers to improve their financial It is not easy for every person to master new technology; such people need help
literacy. The scheme has been implemented to cancel
any loan debts of healthcare professionals who died when to understand and learn. In addition, customers not only in Sber, but all over the
Branches 14,389 14,263 14,244 14,162 fighting COVID (11 queries were made in the amount world, still prefer to discuss important financial issues in person in ban
of R 1 mln) branches, which is due to the human psychology specifics That s why people
Branches for corporate 779 2,060 2,514 2,529 continue to come to branches, and face-to-face communication with customers
clients
remains one of the key areas of network development for Sber. Sber will do
everything to make your stay in the service offices as comfortable as possible.
NETWORK OPERATION AMIDST THE PANDEMIC NEW SERVICE MODEL INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
IN C IEN SERVICE
Branch 2020 New formats In 2020, Sber has introduced a new service model Inspired by world technical leaders, Sber
in 4,700 branches, by replacing the familiar implements the best innovative
Keeping the current branch network, Sber consulting function with two new roles: developments and creates own
No barriers, no glasses.
develops new light network formats which can developments, and then introduces clients to
Branch 2020 is not just a place where people come be e ibly transformed according to the client new technology and services in its sales
to withdraw cash, deposit money, take out a loan or get features, and locations. In 2020, the
advice; this is a key component of client engagement in 01 network.
first—SberStore, SberMicro and SberPoint
the ecosystem. You can come here to test SberBo get
a parcel through SberLogistics, subscribe to SberPrime, (Food), have been opened. All channels of Sales Network actively apply new
make an appointment or work in a coworking space, and technology and implement AI into them. The largest
take some coffee A customer and an employee can SberStore is a corner where you can get banking services number of implementations takes place in bank
interact with each other in any part of a branch, using and facilities of the ecosystem, have a look at the interface branches and self-service terminals. Biometrics service
the employee’s mobile device. This is especially in of new ATMs, test the OKKO online cinema, buy movie Service Consultant— is available in 100% of branches and 38%
demand by young people who generate new traffic to tickets boo a ta i at a discount, register a SberMobile of self-service terminals. This means that a client,
the network. SIM card, or just have fresh coffee All the latest has a tablet and works on the branch oor, instead of presenting a passport, can be identified
ecosystem innovations first appear here. i e supports clients resolving service issues, instructs by face, provided that he/she has submitted the
on new ecosystem services, gives recommendations on biometric data in advance.
SberPoint (Food) has been opened in Vladivostok how to use banking products more conveniently and
in a shopping center where guests may concurrently profitably in everyday life. We have implemented the system of IP telephony
and seamlessly access McDonald’s and Sber’s key and speech analytics, which allows recording
In 2021, it is planned to reformat and recognizing calls from client managers to clients
products.
to branches per regional center, i.e. about SmartBage is being tested to record face-to-face
1,000 branches, and since 2022, new branches According to the big data on the client profile geolocation meetings with clients, together with Computer Vision
and types of purchases in retail networ s and online stores
02 systems. They allow us to improve the quality of the
will appear in small cities as well.
using AI models we have calculated a new distribution service provided to clients and make it more
network until 2023. The deployment will start in H1 2021. customized.
In response to the pandemic restrictions, in 2020 Sber New technology is first tested in Branch 2020 and then
launched a pilot remote client service in a physical format, deployed throughout the network. In 2020, SberEYE¹
Digital Branch. The format allows the bank clients to
Mobile Sales Manager— computer vision technology has been tested
consult an employee via video or audio calls or chats with and deployed in 500 branches. An AR-tour for a new
consults and serves a customer at any point branch format was created to show the amenities
an employee’s screen sharing and registration of products
of a branch, and, using the SBOL.PRO mobile of a new branch, ATMs, and the ecosystem.
in the SBOL PRO system integrated with a client, where it
application on a tablet based on the lead generation AI technologies allow us to form an individual approach
is also possible to remotely e ecute a number of
technology can offer the very service that the client even to new clients, search for new channels
documents Sber plans to deploy the technology in 2021.
needs or has not known about before. This allows us to and increase the depth of interaction with clients.
relieve the queue and save the customers time.
In 2020, we also introduced a new format of distribution,
Financial Delivery that included off-site document
delivery and signing at a client’s preliminary request, for
e ample delivery of bank cards and other banking
products client about financial deliveries
were made
SELF-SERVICE TERMINALS
Sber began to change the technology of customer service Sber continues to develop its product line
in rural branches. In 2020, we started to deploy a new model for Clients in the high-income segment.
which provided villagers with the required services, including SberPremier is one of such services.
ecosystem services which had been previously available only
in cities.
The Sales Network unit takes part in the Bank of Russia’s working
group to improve the accessibility and quality of financial services
to consumers in remote, sparsely populated and hard-to-reach areas.
To increase the availability of banking services in rural areas, Sber
2,759 1.8
implements the partner scheme for withdrawing cash to the
population through bank paying agents, i.e. small business
representatives that provide services in rural areas.
MN
client managers clients
AGENTS AND PARTNERS
2.4 9.6
2018 2019 2020
IMS has become the main management tool The share of Teal branches rose to 27%. Confidence
of the sales network, covering all leads to increased employee engagement. Teal 2018 2019 2020
management positions of service offices. branches show fewer complaints and higher
customer satisfaction. Teal branches, pcs 441 1,382 1,634
9.5 9.7
of service, hard selling, denial of service office hours,
Hard selling 16
and slow service. Sber regularly examines any complaints
and low estimates, and implements predictive AI models
to change the processes for the better. Extremely toxic Office hours (mainly complaints about quarantine closures 1
complaints are considered in assessment of executives. and the ris of infection in branches)
In order to correct the processes and reduce the number for branches for direct sales channel
Denial of service (often related to legal requirements 11
of complaints, Sber has restarted the training system and anti-fraud bank procedures,
for branch employees on various topics, applies the results of passport validity verification)
predictive models to identify any employees in need
of special care in terms of a particular service, has
9.6 9.7
introduced additional control metrics of problem areas Slow service 10
(often related to reduced headcount due to sick leaves
in SMS and also provides additional information
of employees, and Sber’s compliance with the indoor service
to customers regarding frequent concerns. requirements of Rospotrebnadzor)
Non-Financial Business
In 2020, Sber strengthened its positions in some
business areas, including acquisition of the leading
geolocation service 2GIS, acquisition of the majority
stake in SberMarket, consolidation of Rambler
Group, launch of its own streaming service
In 2020, Sberbank was transformed into Sber: the ecosystem of financial SberZvuk, etc.
and non-financial services for people and businesses united under a single
identifiable umbrella brand.
The Sber ecosystem is focused on meeting the ultimate needs Sber s non-financial services may be classified
of retail clients, corporations and the government as fast-growing industries with the focus on digital
as accurately and timely as possible, and on remaining open experience. They turned out to be very sought-after during 2020 year-end performance
to cooperation with any market players and to integration the 2020 pandemic, which dramatically strengthened
of services. customers’ digital habits. The most popular were services
in the field of food and consumer goods delivery, as well
as entertainment and media services.
>50 ~150 BN
Companies in Sber ecosystem by the end total investments in Sber eocosystem
of 2020 non-financial assets by the end of 0
Non-Financial Business
Sber s non- nancial business is represented in such basic segments
as e-commerce, entertainment, ood ech Mobilit , Health, and B2B services,
including the ollo ing set o services:
>60 MN
Non-Financial Business
BASIC EVENTS IN SBER’S NON-FINANCIAL BUSINESS IN 2020
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
explosive growth of business indicators for Sber and Yandex announce the distribution of assets Product online conference “SberConf”, where Sber: Sber acquires the ma ority stake in SberMarket
SberMarket, Delivery Club, Okko, SberLogistics (the transaction was closed in Q3): Sber sells 45%
announces its rebranding Sber consolidates 10 in Rambler Group which
affected by the pandemic in Yandex.Market to Yandex (sale profit R 19.8 bn)
also has 100% of the Khudozhestvenny Cinema
and consolidates 100% of Yandex.Money (YooMoney launches the family of virtual assistants Salut,
the call center of the telemedicine service DocDoc on its boo s
after rebranding) T set-top box SberBo smart display SberPortal
arranges free online consultations regarding
and other devices Sber and Mail ru Group invest in the Local Kitchen
COVID-19 for residents of Russia GIS a mapping service, becomes a part of the Sber
service (84.7% owned by O2O)
ecosystem (72% owned by Sber an by ) presents the SberPrime subscription with the
Rabota.ru launches a free job search service
access to Sber’s ecosystem services (films music, Eapteka becomes a part of the Sber ecosystem
“We are hiring” JV established by Sber and Mail ru Group ( )
food and drug delivery ta i mobile communication rebranded as SberEapteka
announces that it has acquired the food and
cloud storage)
homeware delivery service Samo at ( Sber increases its investments in Evotor up to the
owned by O O) Sber and Soyu multfilm establish a joint venture ma ority stake (69% owned by Sber)
to develop the animation industry
Sber launches the SberAuto marketplace to search Sber launches SberServices, a service to search
for and purchase cars Sber launches SberZvuk, a new audio streaming for and order professional services for emergency
service (based at the Zvooq company) and everyday works
SberKorus launches free electronic document ow
SberLogistics services become available to individual
SberLogistics extends its geographic reach
clients in the country's perimeter
to regions of Russia
Multifunctional medical service SberHealth
is launched (based at DocDoc)
Business Environment launches a federal marathon
to support entrepreneurs
Voice2Med, a speech recognition technology
developed by STC, is recognized as the best
in the world
Non-Financial Business
E-COMMERCE SEGMENT ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENT
SberMarket is an online service for delivery Sber ogistics provides the full range of logistic Samokat is a special grocery delivery service. In 2020, Sberbank consolidated The audio streaming service Sber vu
of food and essential commodities from services in 82 regional centers of Russia In the service coverage was extended of Rambler Group including the online was created on the basis of the Zvooq company.
people’s favorite shops; it works as a digital and neighboring localities The company has and now includes Moscow, Saint Petersburg, cinema O o ia Rambler Group Sberban The company rebranding and connection
marketplace for conventional retail chains. its own infrastructure and provides services a an and i hny ovgorod. At the year end, obtained non-controlling stakes in over to SberID—only 1.5 months helped to increase
of courier delivery and delivery to pic up points the cities covered by the service had popular media assets including enta ru the number of active users more than twofold,
In 2020, SberMarket showed record-breaking and lockers available in SberBank branches all warehouse stores (80 in 2019), while the Ga eta ru Afisha ru Rambler ru while the number of new application
figures in the growth of delivered orders, over the country as well as to pic up points of Samokat range included about 0 goods, installations increased by 54%. The number
service quality and geographic reach. At the the partner networ The customer base including over 340 store brands. The base The monthly audience of Rambler Media is over of monthly paying users as of the end of 020
outset of the pandemic in SberMarket of Sber ogistics mainly consists of online of Samo at s active users increased to 1 million, 64 million unique users At the same time, many amounted to million.
was scaled up and launched in the country's commerce companies. while the amount of orders increased by over assets set the audience records In total users
perimeter- in more than 1 Russian cities 1 times to 18 million. The service performs over spent 632 million hours on Rambler resources. The service united million songs from leading
and towns—from Kaliningrad In 2020, the service delivered over 7 million 80,000 deliveries per day. Samokat’s gross The highest audience growth (over 40%) was global rights holders on its platform, including
to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky including all parcels, which was partly due to integration revenue in increased shown by Championat com, taking into account niversal Music Group Sony Music
cities with a million-plus population with Sber an Online During the pandemic by times to R bn the cancellation of the UEFA European Football Entertainment and Warner Music Group local
SberMarket cooperates with 89 retailers with the service introduced a contactless delivery”. Championship, the Olympic Games and the and independent recording studios as well
the product line of over 500,000 items. Ice Hockey World Championship. as a collection of popular audio boo s
and podcasts.
The number of orders delivered by the service Online cinema OKKO is one of absolute leaders
in increased by 14.3 times to 5.9 million. in the industry, with 2.6 million of paying users
The service turnover (with VAT) in 2020 At the end of 2020, the revenues increased
increased by 11.2 times to RUB20.72 bn, which by 57%. Okko was the first in Russia and one
makes SberMarket one of the leading players of the first in the world to launch the screening
in the Russian e-grocery segment. of films in 8K on OTT platforms and during the
lockdown it launched the free subscription
In 2020, SberMarket launched new formats for the whole family When We are at Home”
such as delivery of non-food goods and fast with the access to tours and performances
Sber and Soyu multfilm have established a joint
delivery (clic -to-eat minutes) (Art Online) broadcasting of rock and pop
venture to develop the Russian animation
a self-pic up option and connected the first concerts (Show ON!), online workouts
industry This cooperation will involve creating
food market—Food City. (#FitnessAgainst irus) a collection of The
unique content, primarily children’s animation,
Best is for Children” and Bedtime Stories”
and releasing new projects of the studio such
shows a culinary collection (Coo ing at Home)
as TV shows for children of pre-school and
and a collection of films about travelling
school ages and feature-length films for the
(The Whole World at Home)
family audience. The studio will interact actively
with various companies within the Sberbank
ecosystem animated elements may be used
in modern technology solutions in such fields
as education medicine smart spacing.
Non-Financial Business
FOODTECH&MOBILITY SEGMENT (SBER AND MAIL.RU GROUP JV (O2O)) HEALTH SEGMENT
The restaurant food delivery service Delivery The food delivery service Local Kitchen works Citymobil is the second largest player in the The company started its operations in 2012 In March 2020, the call center of the service
Club remains the leader in the growing Food in the format of homemade food cooking only Russian taxi market with a growing market as the first Russian service for selection started to arrange free online consultations
Tech industry. As of the end of 2020, Delivery for delivery and controlled 45 kitchens share. Against the background of traveling of doctors based on patient reviews and in 2017 regarding CO ID- for residents of Russia.
Club worked in 299 Russian localities, and in Moscow as of the end of 2020 (as compared restrictions during the pandemic, the company it was included in the Sber Ecosystem and then Moreover, during the year, SberHealth piloted
39,000 restaurants were connected to the to 29 in January 2020). The amount of orders has managed to transform its business model was transformed into SberHealth, the monitoring of chronic patients
service, which is 2.8 times more than a year in increased by 3.4 times to 5.2 million, by offering a dispatch delivery service a marketplace of medical services. The unique and observation over patients with CO ID-19
before. The service is developing fast and while the service revenues increased in C C and segments customer experience covering all key stages in regions and transferred it to the
special delivery of food and goods from food by times to R bn The service for end users at SberHealth is created by over development stage in 5 regions. The “house
chains in more than 100 cities and towns is planning to e tend its reach in Moscow In Citymobil had 185 million trips and the 220,000 medical practitioners, 87 areas, over call” pro ect was launched in Moscow.
of Russia In December, the own logistic service and to e pand to other cities and towns in 2021. turnover of RUB46 bn. The market share 4,000 connected private healthcare facilities, The offering is being e panded in the field
of Delivery Club delivered 59% of the total in some regions amounted to 30%. The platform 314,000 reviews, 40 medical specialties. Since of a healthy lifestyle and HI products.
number of orders. At the same time, the service improved the traffic control and cost calculation its creation, the service has been used
is actively involving Citymobil drivers in its food algorithms, which allowed it to increase the by 6 people At the end of 2020, the number of medical
delivery In the number of Delivery Club percentage of executed orders, to distribute appointment bookings increased by 46%
orders increased by 2.2 times and exceeded drivers in a more efficient way and to reduce the to 000, while the number of telemedicine
million while the service revenues increased waiting time. Citymobil has launched a fuel consultations increased almost fivefold
by 2.3 times—to RUB 10 bn. platform for drivers, allowing them to refuel to 0,000. The number of active users of the
at special prices and pay directly in the service exceeded 1.8 million. The annual
application Moreover, the company continued revenues increased by 40%.
to develop the market of luxury transport
services. Together with SberLeasing, Citymobil
has launched a privileged leasing program
for ta i depots and Citymobil is still being
integrated with GIS maps as part of the
program to improve the navigation schemes.
Non-Financial Business
B2B SERVICES SEGMENT
SberCloud is a cloud-based platform of Sber The leader among platforms conducting SberSolutions (Intercomp) is a hi-tech provider SberKorus is a developer and provider of cloud In 2020, Business Environment, a platform
and a marketplace with IT solutions for the electronic trade procedures according to - of outsourcing services for companies in any services for automation of B2B processes of nowledge and services for businesses,
Bank, Ecosystem companies and external ( -FZ) and 223- ( - ) In industry. The company has been working in the for supply chain management and mutual offered the service Anti-crisis Aid
clients. The company rents out the cloud it introduced service improvements, which market for 25 years and has 6 service centers settlements. Its clients are chain stores to Entrepreneurs”, the special project for letters
infrastructure for small, medium and large ensured the seamless remote procurement in Russia and a a hstan. and their suppliers logistic and telecom of credit Settlements without Risk”, and
businesses. One of the company’s most activities for clients, and created a mobile operators, banks, providers of utility services, the course Crash Course on 115- (115-FZ)”.
significant projects is Christofari, the only application for the Situation Center for Project During the year, the number of its clients etc. In 2020, the company was included in the
Russian supercomputer designed specifically Management. Based on SberCloud and its own increased by to while the number list of backbone IT and telecom companies Together with the Ministry of Economic
to work with AI algorithms. In 2020, SberCloud facilities, Sber A created a cluster for a database of users in the field of online accounting by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Development of the Russian Federation,
marketed an advanced platform of IaaS and of geo-distributed infrastructure of the for individual entrepreneurs and tax deductions Media and the Government of the Russian it has launched the pro ect Regional usiness
PaaS services for developers automated platform system. The number increased by more than 10,000. Federation. Monthly EDE traffic School” with online workshops for development
(SberCloud.Advanced) and was awarded of ban guarantees issued via the platform via SberBusiness online-bank was 1.3 mln of regional teams and the federal marathon
by C ews as the Platform Service-2020”. increased by 70% to 28,000, while their amount In 2020, the company launched new digital documents by the end of 2020, and the number for support of entrepreneurs # ( DO)
The company also marketed a product for increased threefold to RUB 16.5 bn. solutions: Accounting for Individual of users of the Document Flow service grew (1, 00 programs were implemented
the full cycle of work with AI in the cloud Entrepreneurs for the simplified ta system by 0+% during the pandemic. The company in 0 regions with 60,000 participants). In April,
(M Space). At the year end 2020, the cloud (6%) without employees, the new release of is actively developing several IT solutions the platform launched the project That Makes
technologies showed the revenue growth My Accounting Outsourcing Compliance as part of state-sponsored projects on the Sense”, on which nine workshops were held
by more than 20 times—to RUB 3.3 bn and the Assistant and Preparation of Tax Deductions”. Sber’s platform. for 10,000 participants. The customer
positive EBITDA. The company offered 10 new services, including satisfaction index was 78%.
preparation of consolidated statements
and consultations on information security. At the same time, all SberBank branches have
been connected to the Business Registration &
Remote Account Opening service. During the
pandemic, Business Environment was actively
used for business registration: the market share
for registrations was 15%. Moreover, it has
launched the new service for individuals—dSign,
allowing them to create electronic signatures
BI.ZONE serves clients in as many The company provides smart online cash In 2020, the company installed 30,000
and issue them via a mobile app
as 1 countries of the world, and its revenues registers and a system of services for business next-generation SMART-POS terminals focused
on smartphones.
amounted to RUB10 bn; over 70% of these automation. The network includes 700,000 on small and micro business demands,
revenues are provided by foreign clients. smart terminals, while its market share is 71%. and presented Evotor Power, a new device
For more details about BI.ZONE, see the The app store has over 500 cloud-based for entering the middle and large segment.
cybersecurity section¹. business management services. In the company’s revenues
increased threefold.
Non-Financial Business
B2B SERVICES SEGMENT OTHER NON-FINANCIAL SERVICES
Classified Communications
DomClick—a real estate marketplace ( or more SberServices—a service or ordering Sbertelecom is a mobile virtual net ork operator
Speech Technology Center (STC) specializes 2GIS is a mapping compan , one o the leaders in
details about the service see the Retail and per orming ever da orks (SberMobile brand) hose services are represented
in speech/ ace s nthesis and recognition, anal sis the geoin ormation market. A ter becoming a part
Business section). b sel -emplo ed people. A customer selects in more than 68 regions o Russia. As o the end
o audio and video in ormation, voice and o the Sber ecos stem in 2020, the compan
a service, place, time, speci c contractor, o 2020, it had about 900,000 retail clients.
multimodal biometrics. Based on the S C is activel integrating its technologies into
Rabota.ru—a service or ob search and speci es order details, hile the service nds Moreover, the compan serves as a cellular
technologies, Sber is building a single identi cation ecos stem companies.
recruitment. he portal has over 17 million CVs, the nearest contractors. All contractors communication service provider or Sber
plat orm aimed at improving the service ualit or
550,000 registered emplo ers, 8,000 pa ing are checked b the bank using their SberID, and ecos stem companies. Sbertelecom orks mainl
ecos stem clients. he compan also implements 2GIS as the rst in Russia and one o the rst in
customers per month, and the monthl pa ments are made online and receipts ith small business companies (over 10,000 active
state-level digitali ation pro ects and cooperates the orld to release a navigator or Android Auto.
audience o over 5 million users. are issued. he service o ers about 100 services clients ith over 30,000 SIM cards).
ith large companies in retail, healthcare, po er he compan has launched the Store ront sho ing
(examples: cleaning, dog alking, tutoring
industr , transport and education. companies goods and services in their cards both
Its ke pro ects include the ree service services, massage) in almost 80 cities In 2020, SberMobile launched the virtual SIM card
in the application and on the 2GIS ebsite. he
Reliable Emplo er ( ob seekers get the and to ns o Russia. eSIM in the mobile version o Sberbank Online, a ne
he audio stream segmentation (diari ation) compan s reight navigator as launched in
assessment o nancial indicators and ne s line o attractive tari s or small businesses, as ell
and speech recognition technolog developed b summer 2020 and alread covers 100 cities and
about an compan ), Internships or students as convenient sel -service via SberBusinessID.
the S C group o companies has on the top honors to ns o Russia. he monthl audience o the
and oung pro essionals, Auto-selection o In 2020, it created its o n Autotelematics plat orm
at the CHiME Speech Separation navigator increased b 14% to 7 million in 2020,
CVs to accelerate the headhunting process. to manage the car eet; it has over 40,000
and Recognition Challenge. hile the number o alking route users in high
In 2020, together ith the Rambler portal, connected cars. he plat orm is alread used
season as more than 5 million (+25% o ).
it launched the special service engine b SberBank, SberLeasing, SberAutopark, Cit mobil,
rabota.rambler.ru that connected about SberAuto. In 2020, Sbertelecom s revenues
In 2020, the revenues rom advertising increased
65 million users o the Rambler portal ith increased t o old.
b 5% o , hich exceeds the orecast gro th rates
emplo ers represented at the service.
or both the advertising market as a hole (-6%)
and the online advertising market (+2%).
In 2020, Rabota.ru became a leader among the
he revenues rom selling content products
increased b 40% in 2020.
most do nloaded mobile apps in the ob Consumer electronics
Search categor (594,000 installations).
VisionLabs operates in the area o computer vision
MA increased b 1.5 times to 5.3 million.
and machine learning and speciali es in developing SberDevices as established in 2019 to manu acture
he brand a areness increased to 11%.
solutions or ace and ob ect recognition. smart devices, including B2B and B2C devices or the
VisionLabs clients are large companies in the Sber ecos stem ith the use o voice technologies
nancial sector and retail, and state-o ned and a virtual assistant rom the Salut amil . he
companies. In 2020, its geographic reach as devices provide access to the Sber vuk, Smotreshka
extended to the AE region. he compan has and Okko content, and to the CloudGaming plat orm
created a ne area related to thermal-imaging
hard are and so t are s stems and sold rst In 2020, the compan launched the sales
devices o its o n design. ogether ith S C, o Smartbox/ SberBox / SberPortal devices and
it implemented a number o Sa e Cit pro ects; the SberBox Prime subscription on sberdevices.ru
ace and gesture recognition as integrated into and through Sber s retail net ork channels
SberPortal, hile ace recognition, identi cation and concluded contracts ith main ecos stem
and biometric pa ments ere integrated into the companies or distribution o services
ac uiring process and operation o Sberbank A Ms. via SberDevices sur aces.
In 2020, the compan s revenues increased
t o old.
Technological
Platform
TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF PLATFORM V 01 03 04
1 https://www.sberbank.com/ru/compliance/im
Data, Infrastructure,
Cloud Services
DATA AND AI NEW TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTS SBERCLOUD CLOUD BUSINESS
Most of Sber s strategic initiatives are based on deep In addition to internal technological services, Sber has started Russian companies and government organi ations
understanding of our customers As part of developing the to market new technological products and there were two has started to change over from their own data
corporate analytics and AI platform “Data Factory”, time of reasons to do that.
gaining access to data on a subscri tion basis in the
centers to cloud solutions, as Sber had already done
Sber’s AI Cloud has been
self service mode has been decreased considerably - now it’s by building its own private cloud. recogni ed as the best new
no more than one hour. An e ternal reason is related to the general digital
product of the year in the field
transformation, which became the main factor of social
of artificial intelligence
o enable fast and easy working with AI models, Sber development: the business is striving for ma imum digiti ation
Such solutions are much more efficient reliable and cheaper (IT World Awards).
has implemented a single wor place for internal data handling and customers are changing their habits The pandemic
and related restrictions only accelerated this trend. An internal and make the market launch for new products much faster.
specialists which includes all the necessary tools for creating
and training models As a result models are launched into reason is that Sber s IT landscape has also changed in the
course of transformation into IT company: a wide range Sber offers cloud services for everyone—from individual
the runtime environment in no more than four hours developers to large business and government.
of first-class technological solutions was created and the best
Moreover, an important focus in development is the cost of big of them will be offered in the market.
The SberCloud subsidiary serves as the basis for developing A special part in the line of Sber’s cloud services is played
data storage. Sber has planned a number of initiatives that will a cloud platform providing its services to companies for efficient by AI Cloud It is a whole group of products helping to solve
help to cut data storage costs up to fourfold over the ne t business development. In this case, companies do not spend AI-related problems. Today, nearly all of Sber’s solutions
three years resources to create their own IT infrastructure, but focus are more or less driven by AI algorithms
on their core activities.
While initially training of AI models too many months,
According to the Strategy Sber is pursuing an ambitious now it takes days or even minutes. It was largely made possible
goal to offer technological solutions at the federal by the Christofari, the Russia’s most powerful supercomputer.
and regional levels particularly with the focus on digital Its capacity is also available to customers from SberCloud.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY industry solutions for transport, social sector, security, energy
efficiency and other areas. AI Cloud covers the entire range of needs from creation
Increase in infrastructure efficiency is one of the main IT issues As a rule, various infrastructure elements have underutili ed to implementation of machine learning models and lowers
for Sber. Over the past few years, Sber has taken solid steps resources: computation capacity, storage etc which the entry barrier for all consumers, not necessarily professional
in this area. significantly decreases the equipment efficiency while wor ing data scientists.
with large volumes. Upon introduction of the new approach,
Sber has created its own internal cloud, where developers have Sber will bring the equipment utili ation to the level of global The broad range of highly mature products result in the rapid
growth of SberCloud popularity among customers In 0,
>60
over 90% of their infrastructure. It has not only dramatically leaders. It is important, because each additional percentage
accelerated the provision of capacity from several weeks to just point of increased utili ation yields billions of rubles in savings it is growing eight times faster than Russia’s broader cloud
five minutes but also changed the whole user e perience. market, which e pands by per year on average.
One more important part of infrastructure is related to the
Sber has implemented a tariff based I management model, remote access for em loyees The pandemic posed a new SberCloud offers more than
which makes our costs as transparent as possible including challenge for Sber to transfer employees to work from home products, from basic infrastructure
infrastructure costs, and covers more than 80% of all and to arrange remote interaction between teams as fast to ready-made business applications.
IT-related costs. as possible Sber has adapted production process tools
specifically for its development teams As a result, tens
The ne t performance step-up is the adoption of the of thousands of IT employees are wor ing efficiently from home.
Software De ned Everything a roach. If needed, Sber can transfer the whole technology team
to remote mode.
SberCloud has been recogni ed as the
best platform service of the year
(CNews AWARDS ).
Virtual assistants are unique in that they The capabilities of the Salut family are much wider SmartMarket becomes a new entry point to Sber
than those of conventional mobile applications. ecosystem . It’s for the first time that Sber has opened Sber now employs more than 40,000 IT engineers
are almost omnipresent: from your kitchen of various specialties: analysts, developers, architects
By connecting the services of the Sberbank ecosystem its channels for external business : entrepreneurs,
to bedroom, from a stationary set to Salut, Salut will become a part of the customers’ startups, small -, medium- and large businesses . The and designers. Sber recruits thousands of engineers
of speakers to headphones for jogging. daily life. With it, you can turn on a movie or music, platform is convenient for not only for experts - many annually and thousands more receive continuous
order food, make an appointment with a doctor skills can be obtained without coding. The platform also training at the workplace in Sber.
and talk about various topics. Salut perceives voice, offers a range of templates and design tools for those
text, touch and even gestures. reluctant or unable to code. SmartMarket enables any
It means that assistants help people in various areas company can obtain new skills, test them , adjust and
of their life and create a brand new experience Sber began to create smart devices especially launch
of interaction with services. The largest IT companies for virtual assistants. Released SberBox TV Box
develop virtual assistants to get the incredible array and SberPortal Smart Display. These devices enhance
of consumer information being a source of competitive the interaction with the assistant. If in the Sberbank
40
advantages and revenues. The market of virtual Online mobile application the Salut assistant By opening the virtual shelf of SmartMarket
assistants is continuing to grow rapidly, and Sber is optimized for working with finances, then SberBox applications to all partners, Sberbank gave them access
is becoming its most active player. and SberPortal will be more convenient for viewing
recipes, learning languages, games and much more.
to more than 100 million customers in its ecosystem. K
In September 2020, Sberbank released a virtual Sber also plans to integrate the assistant into The partnership between developers and Sberbank is
assistant “Salut” with three characters with different partner devices. beneficial to both parties and is based on the revenue
personalities. Clients can choose an assistant IT engineers work for Sber
share model.
according to their spirit and change it at any time.
“SberBox” “SberPortal”
>160
1. Virtual and augmented reality, gamification,
human-machine interaction and interfaces
5.
6.
Smart city and smart transport
Biomedical technologies
37
academic papers and articles
7. Cloud technologies have been published
47
8. Neurosciences and human behavior
9. Internet of things
Innovations
A trading platform for renewable Disinfector robot Self-driving car AI for humanities ruGPT-3
energy certi cates (REC)
In early the Robotics Lab created a prototype In December SberAutoTech started to test RuGPT- is a unique open-source solution for Russian
The first REC trading transaction in Russia has been of robot for automatic indoor disinfection with absolute motorcar-based autonomous vehicles in the streets language developed by Sber’s research team and able
closed on Sber’s own cloud blockchain platform Parties safety for people Roboti ation of sanitary treatment of Moscow In the nearest future such vehicles will to generate very comple meaningful te ts based
to the transaction were the bank’s key partners Solar e tends the boundaries of disinfection while previously allow us to cut the transport costs considerably with on only one query in human language For e ample
Systems and KuibyshevAzot The Sber’s blockchain the UV treatment was mainly used in medicine now the concurrent decrease in the number it can help to write a code based on the query make
platform guarantees that the energy was from it can be used to disinfect any types of premises offices of road accidents a website for my online store” conceive a business idea
renewable sources and ensures the transparency schools and other public institutions for new startups write new popular scientific articles
of all operations with REC for our customers and propose solutions for socially important problems
Accelerators
In 2020, Sber continued its active
engagement in the development SCHOOL ACCELERATOR SBERZ
of technology entrepreneurship in Russia Along with its programs to design and develop projects
and broadened the target audience in this for established market startups and emerging startups of the
ecosystem employees Sber's portfolio has a program
area ot only new users of Sber targeted, on the one hand, at development of entrepreneurial
technology entrepreneurship programs, skills, and, on the other, skills of the 21st century among high
school students—SberZ, an accelerator for students
but also partners—corporations, of to 1 grades In its pilot wave in collaboration with
investment funds, business angels, Department of Education and Science of Moscow was
completed. The accelerator helps students begin a ourney
universities and ministries—joined to build through the full cycle of establishing their own first
a startup ecosystem. business—from idea to company launch
The program of Sber500, the only and first ever joint 2020 was also marked by the completion of the third wave
Russian-American accelerator established by Sber of Sber#up – a corporate accelerator for employees of Sber
in partnership with 500 Startups, investment fund ranked ecosystem. Its finalists, who came only with an idea
second overall globally, is still underway. The accelerator or prototype of the product, made their first sales with
demonstrates the highest performance in Russia: its up to RUB 1 million monthly turnover in 6 months and attracted
218 792
graduates have attracted 3 times more investment external investment.
and implemented 5 times more pilot projects/signed
contracts compared to other accelerators. Over the past The finalists of the first two waves continued to develop their
year, the Sber500 graduates from RPA, fintech, legaltech, projects in 2020, helping people find such important
AR and Adtech industries have concluded 20 contracts with and essential components of successful life as job and love.
Sber ecosystem, which is 50+ pilot projects; 90+ pilot As a case in point, startup “Assessment of a Business Idea"
projects are under discussion of launch. Also, the hypotheses tested by meetings with clients and (formerly called Start-up@Check-up), a graduate of the first
accelerator participants have attracted RUB 200 million startups funds wave, has drawn up more than 9,000 automated business plans
of investment from Sber and RUB 400 million from for people who want to start their own business;
external investors. and SberDating (formerly VanLav), a second wave graduate,
which relying on knowledge about Sber ecosystem employees
In the 2020 wave, Sber provided an opportunity for not and the AI, kept finding interesting acquaintances
only Russian startups, but also for startups from Israel, and contributed to building couples—several of them even
Kazakhstan, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to join gained family happiness and got married.
the accelerator, and increased the number of participants
from 25 to 500 in order to give a chance for development In December 2020, the fourth wave of SberUp was launched,
154 >50
and investment to a wider audience. which, in addition to traditional acceleration program, provided
an opportunity to undergo training on the basics steps
The global pandemic has exhibited a beneficial effect of building a startup for each employee of Sber ecosystem.
on the program: a shift to online training enabled
entrepreneurs from any corner of the world to take part
in the accelerator. The best of them will have the contracts with high-profile corporations and venture
opportunity to attract investment from Fort Ross Seed clients funds joined accelerator
Fund and a dozen partner funds to the program, as well as partners
as build integration with more than 60 companies in Sber
ecosystem and Sber500 partners.
Corporate
Governance
90 Corporate Governance 119 Executive Bodies
Corporate
Governance
The corporate governance system at Sberbank is the system of interrelations among
the shareholders (owners), the Supervisory Board, management and other
stakeholders, which sets out the rules and procedures for making corporate
decisions and ensures due management and control over Sberbank's activities.
Highlights
of the 2020 Corporate Year
1 2
Change of majority shareholder The Shareholder Agreement
On 10 April 2020, the controlling shareholder of PJSC Sberbank On 30 April 2020, the Shareholder Agreement was made At the same time, the Agreement defines a list of matters
changed in accordance with Federal Law of 18 March 2020 between the Bank of Russia and the Russian Government on which state representatives must vote as directed
o - On the Acquisition by the Government of the Russian represented by the Ministry of Finance to guarantee the rights by the Government:
Federation of Common Shares of PJSC Sberbank from the and legitimate interests of participants in corporate relations,
Central Bank of the Russian Federation and Invalidation primarily minority shareholders of Sberbank, as well
Approval of the agenda of Sberbank’s General Meeting
of Certain Provisions of Legislative Acts of the as maintaining the continuity of corporate governance and the
of Shareholders
Russian Federation. Sberbank Development Strategy.
Election (re-election) of the Chairman of the Supervisory
The Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Finance According to the Agreement, government employees Board of Sberbank
of the Russian Federation (the Ministry of Finance) acquired and persons who are members of the Supervisory Board of PJSC
Formation of Sberbank’s sole executive body and early
11,293,474,000 common registered shares of PJSC Sberbank Sberbank pursuant to the Agreement on Representing the
termination of its powers
( of the charter capital or of the total number Interests of the Russian Government are independent in making
of voting shares of Sberbank) from the Russian Central Bank decisions and voting on issues on the agenda of meetings of the Recommended dividend amount and a procedure for dividend
(the Bank of Russia). Supervisory Board. payment, as well as approval of the bank’s dividend policy
Highlights
of the 2020 Corporate Year
3 4
Approval of the new Updates to Sberbank’s Corporate Governance Code
Strategy and Dividend 13 10
Policy OCTO ER O EM ER
On December 2020, the Supervisory Board The updated version of the Code re ects the
approved a new version of the Corporate following: change of the bank’s controlling
Governance Code of P SC Sberban The first shareholder e panding the remit of the
As part of the preparation of the new Sber meeting of the Superviso
Supervisory Board The Supervisory Board
Boa approved Sber's
version of the Code prepared ta ing into Supervisory Board with powers to elect the
Development Strategy up to 2023, the considered macroe
macroeconomic new Development St Strategy for the
account the recommendations of the Corporate Chief E ecutive Officer Chairman of the
representatives of the Sber team responsible prerequisites and the main areas period of which was later
Governance Code of the an of Russia was E ecutive Board implementation of procedures
for the development of the Strategy worked of Strategy 2023. presented by the ban s top managers
approved by the Supervisory Board in 01 for ensuring succession of the Supervisory
closely in stages with the members of the as part of Sber's two-day Investor Day,
Board members formalized approaches
Supervisory Board of SberBank. held on ovember 30—December 1,
Since 201 regulatory requirements have to managing controlled companies digital
2020
changed the ban has improved its corporate transformation of corporate governance
In September and October individual
governance procedures and practices, created processes adherence to international
meetings of the Strategy development team At its meeting on ovember 10, 2020,
the Sber ecosystem combining the ban and sustainable development standards and ESG
with members of the Supervisory Board too the Supervisory Board also approved
place, as well as subsequent analysis 27 a new version of the dividend policy,
companies of its group and offering financial
non-financial and innovative technological
principles changes related to the
transformation of the bank into a technology
and processing of the feedbac received OCTO ER which for the first time in the history
products to customers, sustainable company and building an ecosystem changing
of Sber, stated the ban s intention
development and ESG matters have become the regulatory requirements developing
to maintain a dividend payout ratio
The Strategy was ppresented to the focus of Sberbank’s attention, the new international and national corporate
of of the I RS net profit of the
Strategic Planning and Su
Sustainable Development Strategy has been adopted governance practices.
Sber Group.
Development Committee ultimately leading to the need to revise
for preliminary consideration. the Code The key benefit of the updated Code
This rule has already been applied when
in comparison with its previous version is the
paying dividends at the end of 19.
elaboration of eleven principles of Sberbank’s
Sber paid a record dividend of 422.4
corporate governance.
billion rubles (50% of net pro t
to shareholders. Over 200 billion
was aid to the ma ority shareholder
(the state and was directed to the
budget of the Russian Federation.
No com any has ever before added
such a large sum to the
ussian budget.
To catch on Sber 2023 Development Strategy see the See Sber’ Dividend policy : The updated Corporate Governance Code of PJSC Sberbank is available on its corporate website at
link: sberbank.com/investorday https://www.sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/nor https://www.sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/code_of_corporate_governance_of_sberbank_ru.pdf
mative_docs/dividend-policy-2020-new-en.pdf
Sber Annual Report 2020 92
Corporate Governance Characteristics of the corporate governance system
Listing of depositary receipts London Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange Code of Ethics sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/
sberbank_code_of_corporate_ethics.pdf
National Corporate Governance Rating 8+ for Advanced Corporate sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_doc
Governance Practices s/rating_of_corporate_governance.pdf Anti-corruption policy sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/
sberbank_code_of_corporate_ethics.pdf
Supervisory Board sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/corporate-governance/su
pervisory_board Information policy sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/
informatsionnaya_politika_rus.pdf
Collective Executive Body sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/corporate-governance/sb
(the Executive Board) erbank-executive-board/president IFRS financial statements sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/reports-and-publications/
ifrs
Sole Executive Body
Non-financial reporting sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/reports-and-publications/ifrs
Board)
Audit Commission
Curator for ESG on the Supervisory Board sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/corporate-governance/
supervisory_board/nadya-wells
Corporate Secretary sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/corporate-governance/sb
erbank-corporate-secretary/tsvetkov
Curator for ESG on the Executive Board sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/corporate-governance/
sberbank-executive-board/vedyakhin
Sberbank’s 01 02 03
Corporate
Governance Unconditional observance of rights
and interests of shareholders
Delineation of powers and
accountability between the
management and executive bodies
Effective operation of the
Supervisory Board
04 05 06
Sberbank’s 07 08 09
Corporate
Governance High standards of corporate culture
and business ethics
Well-balanced and effective internal
control and risk management
systems
Creation of appropriate corporate
governance mechanisms
in controlled companies
10 11
Elements
of the Corporate
General Meeting of Shareholders
APPOINTS The Russian Federation holds the controlling stake in Sberbank (52.32% of voting shares)
External
auditor
System Domestic investors account for 6.5% (private investors: 4.23%, resident legal
entities: 2.27%)
Corporate Secretary
VERTICAL OF EXTERNAL
A D I TER A CONTROL
Compliance with
the Corporate Governance 100%
Risk Management and
93%
Code of the Bank of Russia internal control
Material corporate
actions
100%
Corporate Secretary
96%
Board of Directors
100%
Remuneration system
97%
Information disclosure
98%
See Sberbank’s report on compliance with the Corporate Governance Code
of the Bank of Russia on page 179 Shareholders’ rights
1/2
General Meeting
of Shareholders
The General Meeting
Total number of In 2020, one General Meeting of Sberbank Shareholders was held.
of Shareholders is a superior Sberbank shareholders
management body of the bank, 615 974
which takes decisions on the core 336 949
TYPE OF THE MEETING Annual General
issues of its activity.
DATE OF THE MEETING September 0
×2,4 2018
110 575
2019
134 794
2020
Distribution of profits and payment of dividends for 2019
Appointment of an audit organization
Election to the Supervisory Board
Approval of an interested-party transaction
In the number of Sberban Common shareholders
shareholders increased more than 2.4x Amendments to the Charter
Preferred shareholders
Russian federation represented by the Ministry of Finance Total number of votes corporate website at sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/disclosure/regulative-documents
2/2
General Meeting
of Shareholders
Given the pandemic in 2020, Sberbank
Electronic voting
continued to place a focus on the Sber Shareholder mobile application
development of electronic interaction 7000
channels with its shareholders introducing The Sber Shareholder mobile application 6000
popular and user-friendly online services: provides users with complete and diverse
5000
information about Sberbank Group: press
releases, reports, announcements of 4000
During the year, the Sber Shareholder mobile analytics from Sberbank CIB, Sberbank TV 1000
01 application developed based on a modern concept videos, useful articles from the Investment
with significantly e panded functionality was for Dummies service
modified including ta ing into account feedback 2018 2019 2020
(https://dokhodchivo.ru/).
received from bank shareholders. In 2020, the
online one-click access to the materials of the Shareholders who voted online
General Meeting of Shareholders and electronic Moreover, you can track the performance of Sberbank
shares and view thematic sections, for example, Total shareholders who attended the GSM
voting services was implemented, which allowed
the bank's shareholders to participate in the on sustainable development and ESG issues.
meeting from anywhere in the world.
The number of shareholders who took part in the meeting
The application news feed can be customized, with the
remotely, including through the use of SberID identification
shareholder's calendar timely reminding shareholders
tools and electronic voting services, such as the Shareholder
of important events in the corporate life of Sberbank.
Online Account and E-voting developed by the National
The Shareholder Online Account mobile application
Settlement Depository, rose 2.4x y-o-y (or by 142.6%). The total
02 developed by the registrar JSC Status upon the
number of Sberbank shareholders who took part in the meeting
bank’s request and providing full access for the
also more than doubled (or increased by 111.64%).
bank’s shareholders to the Shareholder Online
Account was supplemented with an electronic
voting service.
Supervisory
Board
The Supervisory Board performs overall
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES AND ELECTION SUPERVISORY BOARD CHECK LIST
management of Sberbank OF SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
and is accountable to the General
GRI 102-24 Nominating and selecting the highest governance body
Meeting of Shareholders.
Number of members 14
Candidates are selected, and the effective and professional The HR and Remuneration Committee prepares a list Number of independent directors 7
team of the Supervisory Board is formed by the bank of potential candidates for the Supervisory Board,
in accordance with the Supervisory Board Succession Policy and evaluates candidates nominated by shareholders Number of women 2
In 2020, in a survey conducted to identify
enabling to plan the succession of Board members in the short as members of the Board. Number of committees 5
the potential of the Supervisory Board (up to one year) and medium (up to three years) term.
and opportunities to enhance Shareholders holding at least two percent of the voting shares Annual election Yes
its effectiveness, the interviewed sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_ in aggregate shall be entitled to nominate candidates for the Continuity policy for Board members Yes
directors and top managers of the bank docs/succession_policy-2020.pdf Supervisory Board within 75 days after the end of the reporting
year, the number of which may not exceed the total number Independent Chairman No
supported the practice of independent Common selection criteria for all candidates include impeccable of members of the Board. Pursuant to the bank's Charter, the Senior Independent Director Yes
directors having at least 50% of seats business and personal reputation, knowledge, skills and Supervisory Board has 14 members.
Curator for ESG Yes
on the Board and also emphasized the expertise in areas relevant to the key activities of the bank,
need to increase the share as well as availability for the full performance of their duties. Supervisory Board members are elected once a year at the Annual evaluation of the independence of directors Yes
A mandatory condition is that a Board member cannot serve Annual General Meeting of Shareholders by cumulative voting.
of women directors. on the Board of Directors of more than four other In cumulative voting, the number of votes held by each Annual performance assessment of the Supervisory Yes
Board and its committees
public companies. shareholder shall be multiplied by the number of persons
to be elected to the Supervisory Board. A shareholder may give Annual individual performance assessment of No
Candidates applying for the status of an independent director all of their resulting votes to one candidate or distribute them directors
are additionally required to be available for and interested among two or more candidates. The candidates who receive the
Independent directors may hold meetings without Yes
in work on the Supervisory Board for a period of at least 3 years. largest number of votes are elected to the Board. participation of other members of the Supervisory
They shall strive to avoid conflicts of interest, nor shall they Boards
have any affiliations with the bank, government, key Supervisory Board members may be removed from office before
shareholder or competitor of the bank. Also, they shall be able their term ends. Early termination of powers shall cover all Members of the Collective Executive Body (the Yes
Executive Board) may not simultaneously hold the
to form their own position, independent of the influence of the members of the Supervisory Board at the same time.
post of the Supervisory Board Chairman
executive bodies, individual groups of shareholders or other The General Meeting of Shareholders decides on the early
stakeholders. The number of independent directors on the termination of powers of the Supervisory Board members. Director liability insurance Yes
Board is determined in a way ensuring that an objective and
The Audit Committee is composed entirely of No
good-faith position on issues under consideration is formed independent directors
taking into account a wide range of opinions.
% of independent directors on the Committee 80%
In order to maintain continuity and effectiveness of the The HR and Remuneration Committee is composed No
Supervisory Board activities, the annual simultaneous rotation entirely of independent directors
The activities of the Supervisory Board are governed by the Regulation of Board members shall not affect more than a third
of the members. % of independent directors on the Committee 60%
on the Supervisory Board of PJSC Sberbank approved by the General
Meeting of Shareholders. The Regulation can be found on the bank's Remuneration and compensation policy for Yes
corporate website: members of the Supervisory Board
sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/ Non-monetary remuneration of members of the No
observant_advice_regulations240519.pdf Supervisory Board, including in the form of shares
(or share-based)
Number of Supervisory Board meetings in 2020 47
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. SUPERVISORY BOARD COMMITTEES Committee. Competency Matrix HR and Remuneration Committee. Strategic Planning and Sustainable
Competency Matrix Development Committee. Competency
GRI 102-18 Governance structure
Matrix
The Supervisory Board is a collective The Supervisory Board forms committees from among
governing body of the bank, whose its members for preliminary consideration of matters within the
competence of the Supervisory Board. It has five such
competence is determined by the legislation committees. They operate on the basis of the Regulations
of the Russian Federation and the bank’s on the Committees of the Supervisory Board approved by the
Charter. Matters assigned to the authority Supervisory Board.
of the Supervisory Board may not sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/
be delegated to an executive body regulations_on_the_committees_of_the_supervisory_board_301220
20_ru.pdf
of the bank.
COMPOSITION OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD Rotation of directors Geography Industry s eci c experience and other skills of Supervisory Board members¹
GRI 102-22 Composition of the highest governance body and its committees
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
4 2
ECONOMICS, FINANCE,
New directors
EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES
Europe
SECURITIES MARKET,
AUDIT, CONSULTING,
EXPERIENCE IN CIVIL
Independent, non-executive (external, non-employees of the elected
bank) and executive directors (management) are elected to the
OF WORK IN SB
INVESTMENTS
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONS
Supervisory Board.
CORPORATE
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
TEACHING
BANKING
SERVICE
LENGTH
LAW
ESG
IT
A Senior Independent Director shall be elected from among the independent
directors. 12
10 Russia Anton Siluanov 1
From among the members of the Supervisory Board, a Curator for ESG Retained
membership
and Sustainable Development shall be appointed. Sergey Ignatiev 21
in the Board
Gennady Melikyan 7
Membership of the Supervisory Board by types of directors Composition of the Supervisory Durability in o ce Esko Tapani Aho 5
Board by age
Leonid Boguslavsky 4
50% 36% 14%
3 3 2
51–60 years 35–50 years Herman Gref 16
Over 7 years
Vladimir Kolychev 1
Gender composition
7
5 1–3 years
Nikolay Kudryavtsev 2
4–7 years
3 5
86% 14% 61-70 years Older than Aleksander Kuleshov 3
70 years
Maksim Oreshkin 4
Nadya Christina 7
Wells
CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS ON ACTIVITIES OF THE SUPERVISORY Issues considered by the Supervisory Board
BOARD BOARD IN 2020 in 2020
GRI 102-23 Chair of the highest governance body
The representation of independent directors in the GRI 102-31 Review of economic, environmental, and social topics
overall membership of Sberbank’s Supervisory
The Supervisory Board shall be headed by a Chairman Board is in full compliance with the Listing Rules All necessary conditions have been created for the effective work Control, compliance, audit 19
elected from among the members of the Supervisory Board of the Supervisory Board in the bank, including the use
of Moscow Exchange and recommendations of the
by a majority vote of the Board. of state-of-the-art technological solutions. Members of the Preparations for the Annual General
Corporate Governance Code of the Bank of Russia. Supervisory Board may participate in Board meetings remotely voting Meeting of Shareholders
18
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall not have via the Senate automated system, a decision-making platform. It
an executive role (they cannot be simultaneously the CEO, According to the results of the independence assessment is also possible to vote via the SberBoard mobile application, which, Risk management 16
Chairman of the Executive Board or a member of the carried out in September 2020, five directors—Esko Tapani Aho, apart from this option, has a wide range of other features (stories,
Executive Board of the bank). Gennady Melikyan, Alexander Kuleshov, Leonid Boguslavsky, Sberbank and media news, a library of useful links and documents,
Corporate governance 15
Nadya Christina Wells—were recognized as fully complying with surveys and questionnaires, feedback service, push notifications,
The Chairman directs the work of the Supervisory Board the independence criteria set forth by the Corporate compliance rules, work contacts).
and organizes the development of a plan of this work, Strategy, priority lines of business,
Governance Code of the Bank of Russia and Listing Rules 14
ecosystem
approves the agenda of Board meetings and has the right of Moscow Exchange. With regard to two directors Nikolay In 2020, the Supervisory Board held 47 meetings, 11 of which took
to convene a meeting of the Supervisory Board at their Kudryavtsev and Mikhail Kovalchuk, a decision was made place in person, and 36 in the form of absentee voting. In total,
Interested-party transactions 11
discretion, presides over the General Meeting to recognize them as independent directors, notwithstanding 114 issues were considered at the meetings.
of Shareholders. the fact that they meet the formal criteria of association with
the state and a significant shareholder of the bank One of the main issues considered by the Supervisory Board in 2020 Financial performance 7
During the meetings, the Chairman ensures free discussion (the Russian Federation). was the approval of the new Sber Strategy 2023 taking into account
of agenda items, contributes to informed decision-making, ESG goals. Overall, during the year, ESG matters became an integral
Approval of regulatory documents 3
while supporting a constructive and friendly atmosphere Such decision was made by the Supervisory Board since the part of the agenda of the Supervisory Board meetings. One of the
of the meetings. association according to the above criteria is not substantial most important decisions taken by the Board in this regard was the
and does not affect their ability to act in good faith appointment of the Curator for ESG and Sustainable Development Issue of securities 3
and reasonably in the interests of Sberbank from among the Board members.
and its shareholders, to form objective and independent ESG 3
opinions and judgments. In 2020, the Supervisory Board also considered matters related to the
priority areas of the bank's activities: business (SME lending, retail
In December 2020, the Supervisory Board assessed the business and wealth management projects, development Corporate culture 2
independence of Gennady Melikyan in connection with the of corporate and investment business, international business, etc.),
formal criterion of his association with a material counterparty risk and capital management, internal control, compliance and audit,
termination of powers and appointment of new members of the Executive bodies 2
of the bank. The Supervisory Board decided to recognize
Melikyan G.G. as an independent director, taking into account bank's Executive Board. Management reports on the bank’s financial
that the association according to the above criterion is not performance and on the approval of related-party transactions Cybersecurity 1
substantial and does not affect his ability to act in good faith were heard.
and reasonably in the interests of Sberbank and
its shareholders, to form objective and independent opinions The Supervisory Board placed a significant focus on corporate
and judgments. governance issues, including the preparations for the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders amid pandemic and the need to promptly
The decisions of the Supervisory Board on the recognition of the respond to the decisions taken by the Bank of Russia, the
directors as independent can be found on the bank's Government and the President of the Russian Federation.
corporate website.
A landmark event of 2020 was the approval by the Supervisory Board
of a new version of Sberbank’s Corporate Governance Code reflecting
the large-scale changes taking place at Sberbank, the variety
of corporate governance procedures and practices used in managing
the bank and ecosystem companies, digitalization of many areas
of corporate life and the beginning of ESG transformation
Decision of the Supervisory Board dated 25 September 2020
of the bank.
sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/zasedanie_
250519.pdf
LIABILITY INSURANCE Participation of Supervisory Board members in in-person Board meetings and committee meetings in 2020
NUMBER OF STRATEGIC
NUMBER OF PLANNING AND
The liability of all members of the Supervisory Board SUPERVISORY BOARD NUMBER OF HR AND SUSTAINABLE NUMBER OF RISK NUMBER OF
in connection with the performance of their duties is insured IN-PERSON MEETINGS NUMBER OF AUDIT REMUNERATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
under the Directors Officers and Companies Liability Insurance. ATTENDED COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The D&O Liability Insurance is a damage insurance against (out of the 11 meetings ATTENDED ATTENDED ATTENDED ATTENDED ATTENDED
wrong actions of the responsible persons in order to cover losses held) (out of 7 held) (out of 7 held) (out of 7 held) (out of 14 held) (out of 4 held)
that may be caused to the organization by their
erroneous actions. Anton Siluanov¹ 4
Sergey Ignatiev 11 4 4
Leonid Boguslavsky 11 6 7 4
Insurer JSC SOGAZ
Herman Gref 10 6
Coverage period July 2018—June 2020
Bella Zlatkis 11
Insurance premium RUB 74 mn
Mikhail Kovalchuk¹ 3 2 2
Amount of coverage RUB 6 bn
Vladimir Kolychev¹ 4 2 4 4
Additional amount of RUB 30 mn
coverage for an RUB 150 mn in aggregate Nikolay Kudryavtsev 11 7 4 4
independent director
Aleksander Kuleshov 11 7 12 4
Maksim Oreshkin 9 2
Insurer JSC SOGAZ
MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD WHOSE POWERS TERMINATED FROM 25 SEPTEMBER 2020:
Amount of coverage RUB 6 bn
Valery Goreglyad 6 5 3
Additional amount RUB 30 mn
of coverage RUB 150 mn in aggregate Sergey Shvetsov 7 4 6
for an independent director
Nadezhda Ivanova 5 2 1
Olga Skorobogatova 5 3
Sber Annual Report 2020 1 Members the Supervisory Board since 25 September 2020 104
Corporate Governance Supervisory Board
Until 1 February 2021, the Global Climate Initiative, Russia was called Russian Chapter
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Information on Supervisory Board members’ shareholdings in Sberbank and their share transactions in 2020
GRI 102-25 Conflicts of interest
EQUITY INTEREST IN
THE CHARTER CAPITAL SHARE OF OWNED TRANSACTIONS IN SBERBANK SHARES
MEMBER NAME OF SBERBANK, % COMMON SHARES, % IN 2020
The Bank has introduced and operates a conflict of interest
management system, which is an integral part of fighting corruption.
Anton Siluanov¹ – – No transactions
In the event of a conflict of interest, a Board member shall immediately Herman Gref 0.0045 0.0044 On 10 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank. Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.0031%, the
notify the Chairman of the Supervisory Board through the Corporate percentage of common shares was 0.003%.
Secretary of the bank or report the conflict of interest orally On 18 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank. Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00399%,
the percentage of common shares was 0.0039%.
at a Supervisory Board meeting before discussing the relevant issue.
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall at the beginning Bella Zlatkis 0.0004 0.0005 No transactions
of an in-person meeting announce the stated conflicts of interest
or their absence. Information on conflicts of interest, including interest Mikhail Kovalchuk¹ – – No transactions
in a particular transaction, shall be included in the materials
of a Supervisory Board meeting and recorded in the minutes
of the meeting. Vladimir Kolychev¹ – – No transactions
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, in the event that the nature Nikolay Kudryavtsev – – No transactions
of the issue under discussion or the specifics of the conflict of interest
so require, shall have the right to ask a Board member having a conflict
Aleksander Kuleshov – – No transactions
of interest not to attend the discussion of such issue at a meeting.
Information on each Board member’s membership in the boards Maksim Oreshkin – – No transactions
of directors of other companies and ownership of shares shall be
disclosed by the bank on a quarterly basis as part of the Securities Nadya Christina Wells – – No transactions
Issuer's Report.
Dmitry Chernyshenko¹ – – No transactions
On a quarterly basis, the bank also discloses the List of Affiliates
of the bank.
MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD WHOSE POWERS TERMINATED FROM 25 SEPTEMBER 2020:
The Conflict of Interest Management Policy of Sberbank Group Valery Goreglyad – – No transactions
approved by the Supervisory Board is available on the bank's website:
sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/conflict Sergey Shvetsov No transactions
– –
_of_interest_management_policy_ru.pdf
The issuer's reports are available on the bank's website:
sberbank.com/ru/investor-relations/disclosure/quarterly-reports Nadezhda Ivanova – – No transactions
Anton Siluanov Sergey Ignatiev Gennady Melikyan Esko Tapani Aho Leonid Boguslavsky
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Chairman of the Supervisory Board Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Senior Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director
DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH:
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK
(POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION):
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Russia Currently holds no positions. Senior Advisor, East Office of Finnish Currently holds no positions.
Industries
Herman Gref Bella Zlatkis Mikhail Kovalchuk Vladimir Kolychev Nikolay Kudryavtsev
Member of the Supervisory Board, Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board
Executive Director Executive Director Independent Director Non-Executive Director Independent Director
DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH:
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK
(POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION):
President, Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board President of National Research Center Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Rector of Moscow Institute of Physics
of SberBank of SberBank Kurchatov Institut Federation and Technology (National Research
University)
Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board
Independent Director Non-Executive Director Independent Director Non-Executive Director
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK
(POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION):
President of S ol ovo Institute Aide to the President of the Russian Current place of wor (position) Independent Deputy Chairman of the Government of the
of Science and Technology Federation Investment and Corporate Governance Russian Federation
Advisor
1970 — Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2004 — Master’s degree in Economics from 1993 — Master’s degree from Oxford 1992 — Moscow State Technological University
major and/or specialization: Mathematics Higher School of Economics, major University (with honors), major in Modern STANKIN, major in Automated Design
in Economics History and Modern Languages Systems
1977 — PhD in Technical Sciences
2000 — INSEAD Business School (France), 2009 — Moscow Institute Touro, MBA
1987 — Doctoral degree in Technical Sciences MBA
MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES:
1989 — Professor degree
No membership in Committees
2008 — Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES:
MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES:
2011 — Academician of the Russian Academy Chairman of the Audit Committee, member
of Sciences of the Strategic Planning Committee Chairman of the Strategic Planning and
and Sustainable Development, member Sustainable Development Committee,
of the Ris Management Committee member of the HR and Remuneration
MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES: Committee, member of the Technology
Committee
Chairman of the Technology Committee,
member of the Audit Committee, member
of the Ris Management Committee
Members of the supervisory Valery Goreglyad Nadezhda Ivanova Olga Skorobogatova Sergei Shetsov
board whose powers
terminated from 25.09.2020 Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Member of the Supervisory Board Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK (POSITION): CURRENT PLACE OF WORK (POSITION): CURRENT PLACE OF WORK (POSITION): CURRENT PLACE OF WORK (POSITION):
Chief Auditor of the Bank of Russia Head of the Main Directorate of the Bank First Deputy Governor of the Bank First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia
of Russia in the Central Federal District of Russia
EDUCATION:
EDUCATION: EDUCATION:
1981 — S. Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation EDUCATION:
Institute, major in Aircraft Manufacturing 1990 — Plekhanov Moscow Institute 1993 — Lomonosov Moscow State University,
1975 — Moscow Financial Institute, major of ational Economy (with honors) major in Economic Cybernetics
1996 — PhD in Economics in inance and Credit
1995 — California State University (USA),
2003 — Doctoral degree in Economics MBA in Management and Economics
MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES:
Supervisory Board
Committees
Five committees have been set up by the
STRUCTURE OF COMMITTEES OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
Supervisory Board for prior consideration
GRI 102-24 Nominating and selecting the highest governance body
of the most important issues within the
competence of the Supervisory Board
and for the preparation
of recommendations
for decision-ma ing on such issues.
01 02 03 04 05
5 5 8 5 5
Number
of members
Committee meetings are usually held in person 4 80% 3 60% 4 50% 4 80% 4 80%
(joint attendance, telephone or videoconference) Independent directors
with the following frequency:
COMMITTEE Most of the members of the Audit Committee are independent Within its remit, the Audit Committee considered the following
directors. The Chair of the Audit Committee is an independent director. issues in 020:
The Audit Committee has been created by the Supervisory Board
During 2020, the following changes occurred in the composition of the
for preliminary review of items related to control over the bank’s Results of inspections carried out by the Internal Audit Service
committee: two members Valery Goreglyad and Nadezhda Ivanova
of Sberban in 2019
financial and economic activities. (non-executive directors) resigned from the Supervisory Board and the
committee (were not elected at the Annual General Meeting Assessment of the performance and independence of the Internal
of Shareholders held on 25 September 2020). The new members joined Audit Service Performance assessment of the head of the Internal
the committee: Mikhail Kovalchuk (independent director) and Vladimir Audit Service
Kolychev (non-executive director). The number of committee members
Consolidated financial statements of PJSC Sberbank under IFRS
remained the same (5 members).
Review of the audit opinion on the annual financial statements
The rotation rate of the Audit Committee in 2020 was 40%. of PJSC Sberbank for 2019
The main objectives
Opinion prepared by the Internal Audit Service of Sberbank for 2019
Distribution of profit of PJSC Sberbank and the recommended amount
The main objectives of the Audit Committee are to enhance of dividends payable for 2019
internal control, risk management and corporate governance
Results of inspections carried out by the Internal Audit Service
systems; support the Supervisory Board in its administration
of Sberban for 12020
and control of the functioning of these systems; ensure the Attendance of Audit Committee meetings
accuracy of financial statements; monitor the performance of the Review of the principles of non-audit services provided to the bank
external auditor and the Internal Audit Service. by the auditor
Distribution of profit of PJSC Sberbank and the recommended amount
As part of the selection of an audit firm the Audit Committee
of dividends payable for 2019
7
assesses the independence of the audit organization and the
absence of con icts of interest, evaluates the criteria for the Results of inspections carried out by the Internal Audit Service
selection of such organization and candidates, prepares MEETINGS of Sberban for H12020
recommendations to the Supervisory Board on the selection
Metrics applied by the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board
of an audit firm for approval by the General Meeting of
of the Audit Committee were for the performance assessment of the Internal Audit Service based
Shareholders and the terms of the agreement made with the firm
held in 2020 on the results of a reporting year
The functions of the Audit Committee also include reviewing the Results of inspections carried out by the Internal Audit Service
bank's Annual Report and making recommendations to the of Sberban for the nine months of 2020
Supervisory Board on its preliminary approval.
Approval of the Work Plan of the Internal Audit Service for 2021
Results of work of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit
7 and recommendations related to the results of the audit for 2019
in-person Key issues of external audit for 2020 and draft audit opinions on the
meetings ban s annual financial statements under RAS and the bank's
consolidated statements under IFRS for 2020
Independence Policy for External Auditors
Approval of the Work Plan of the Supervisory Board’s Audit
Committee for 2020–2021
Other issues
HR AND REMUNERATION
COMPOSITION OF THE HR AND ACTIVITIES OF THE HR AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
GRI 102-22 Composition of the highest governance body and its committees
COMMITTEE IN 2020
Within its remit, the HR and Remuneration Committee considered the
following issues in 2020:
Most of the members of the HR and Remuneration Committee
are independent directors. The Chair of the HR and Remuneration
The HR and Remuneration Committee under the Supervisory Committee is an independent director. Discussion of Supervisory Board nominations received from Sberbank
Board is tasked with creating an effective remuneration system, shareholders for election at the Annual General Meeting
planning succession and ensuring the professional level of the In 2020, the following changes occurred in the composition of the of Shareholders of Sberbank for 2019
committee: committee member Valery Goreglyad (non-executive
members of the Supervisory Board, executive bodies and other director) resigned from the Supervisory Board and the committee
Procedure for paying remuneration to Sberban employees taking
key executives of the bank. risks in the 2019–2020 cycle; launch of the next cycle of the
(was not elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held
Long-term Remuneration Program for risk-taking employees
on September ) Sergey Ignatiev (non-executive director)
of Sberban keeping in force the current version of internal
was appointed to the committee.
regulatory documents governing the employee compensation system
Additionally, the number of committee members increased from three Amendments to the decision of the Supervisory Board on the inclusion
to five people as two more new members joined—Nikolay Kudryavtsev of candidates for the Supervisory Board in the list to be voted
(independent director) and Dmitry Chernyshenko on at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
(non-executive director).
Changes in the composition of the ban ’s Executive Board
The main objectives
Thus, the new joiners constituted 60% of the Corporate governance system of Sberbank
The main objectives of the HR and Remuneration Committee committee s membershi .
Self-assessment of the performance of the Supervisory Board and
are to strengthen the staffing structure and increase the
its committees in 2020
effectiveness of the Supervisory Board to prepare proposals
on development of an effective remuneration system for members Preservation of the existing terms of employment contracts of the
of the Supervisory Board, executive bodies and other key
Attendance of HR and Remuneration CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board and members of the Executive
executives of the bank. Committee meetings Board of Sberbank
Implementation of a long-term incentive program for key personnel
The functions of the committee include the creation of programs
for adaptation and professional development of Supervisory Board
Other issues
7
members, tailored to their individual needs, as well as monitoring
the practical implementation of these programs.
MEETINGS
The HR and Remuneration Committee regularly evaluates the
performance of members of the bank's executive bodies, including of the HR and Remuneration
against ESG metrics, and also recommends nominees for the post Committee were held in 2020
of Curator for ESG and Sustainable Development from the (si in person and one in absentia)
Supervisory Board.
6
in person
meetings
1
in absentia
meetings
COMMITTEE
of the committee is a non-e ecutive director
Development of Sberbank’s corporate culture
In 2020, the following changes occurred in the composition of the
committee two non-e ecutive directors Sergey Shvetsov and Olga ESG development
S orobogatova resigned from the Supervisory oard and the committee Report on the implementation of PIs in SME lending
(were not elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held
on September ) Ma sim Oresh in (non-e ecutive director) Progress of corporate and investment business development pro ects
re-elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at Sberbank
In 2020, the committee was renamed as the Strategic Planning
on September also left the committee Ecosystem metrics
and Sustainable Development Committee as the scope
of matters addressed by the committee was e panded to cover Three new members (non-e ecutive directors) oined the committee A new version of the Regulation on the Dividend Policy of P SC
Sberbank
ESG and sustainable development issues including the an s Dmitry Chernyshen o Sergey Ignatiev ladimir olychev
strategic development in the field of sustainable development International business of Sberbank
The rotation rate of the Strategic Planning and Sustainable
Development Committee in 2020 was 38%. Approval of the Wor Plan of the Supervisory oard s Strategic
Planning and Sustainable Development Committee for 2020–2021
The Sber Development Strategy
Progress of retail business pro ects at Sberban
Attendance of Strategic Planning and Sustainable
Progress of the implementation of the information policy and
The main objectives Development Committee meetings prospects of the marketing function at Sberbank
The main ob ective of the committee is to prepare and submit Other issues
recommendations (opinions) to the Supervisory oard on issues
of the ban s business strategy and policy in the field
7
of sustainable development that are within the competence of the
Supervisory oard or are considered by the Supervisory oard
MEETINGS
in order to monitor the activities of the ban s e ecutive bodies
The functions of the Strategic Planning and Sustainable of the Strategic Planning and
Development Committee include the development of guidance Sustainable Development
for the Supervisory oard regarding the strategic goals Committee were held in 2020
and directions in sustainable development including ESG goals
the goals to monitor the implementation of the ban s
Development Strategy and develop measures for its refinement
together with the ban s e ecutive bodies as well
as other matters
5
in person
meetings
2
in absentia
meetings
4
in person
meetings
gs
10
in absenti
absentia
meetings
The key objective of the Technology Committee is to prepare of the Technology Committee
and submit recommendations to the Supervisory Board on the were held in 2020
implementation, use, development and management
of technologies The functions of the Technology Committee
include oversight of monitoring processes and appropriate
responses to changes in technologies, including taking into
account their potential, assessing their possible impact on the
bank's activities and its Development Strategy, as well as creating
new opportunities for further strategic development of the bank; 3
consideration, together with the Risk Management Committee, in person
of issues related to technology risk management. meetings
1
in absentia
meeting
Development
the engagement of the bank's shareholders The SberBoard mobile application, a personal Developed on the AS SCS (Sberbank Corporate of notices of material facts was launched
in the corporate governance processes account of a member of the Supervisory Board Structure) platform:
(the EasyStoks Run games were upgraded, with a wide range of functions, was developed Tools for monitoring the tax function
thematic quizzes held, an interactive map and launched
Trends
of Sberbank Group
of the GSM created, a mobile application The summer training session, the autumn
for the GSM upgraded, voice tools introduced A single communication space for Sberbank
training session and the traditional introductory Development and support of legislative initiatives
in interaction with shareholders (robot Group (online communication between
course for newly elected members of the in the field of corporate governance
assistant, voice activities, etc.) Sberbank and Group companies, including
Supervisory Board were organized in order collection of information for other Sberbank
The level of trust in the corporate governance to promote the development of the A new version of Sberbank’s Corporate
automated systems that accumulate
system was monitored on the basis of feedback competencies of Supervisory Board members Governance Code was approved
information about the Group, routine intragroup
2020 saw the following key trends (questionnaires of users of electronic services,
online surveys, offline meetings and
Self-assessment of the Supervisory Board interaction, monitoring of response times, Regulatory initiatives in the field of corporate
performance for 2019 was carried out publication of the Group’s news) governance were proposed and supported
in the development of the bank’s consultations)
The Supervisory Board’s Work Plan A cycle of automation of major transaction
corporate governance system: support The upgraded GSM mobile applications
migrated to the bank's target platforms
for 2020–2021 was prepared with due account and related-party transaction support, including
for sustainability matters (ESG factors) the identification of such transactions in the
for the activities of the Supervisory bank's systems, was implemented
Board; ensuring the rights and legitimate
interests of shareholders; introduction
of electronic procedures to corporate
governance processes; implementation
of ESG principles. Broad areas for improvement of corporate governance practices of the bank in 2021
Securing the rights of shareholders and creating Supervisory Board and its committees Development of corporate governance practices Disclosure of information
conditions for their exercise in Sberbank Group companies
Development of the competency matrix Completion of the project to automate
Development of electronic services to facilitate of candidates for the Supervisory Board based Definition and implementation of the taxonomy disclosures in the form of notices of material
the exercise of shareholders’ rights: on the proposals received of Sberbank Group’s corporate governance facts
concepts, elements and practices, preparation
Development of the Sber Shareholder mobile Inclusion in the agenda of Board meetings
and cascading down of group-wide corporate
application as a key source of information, a key of the issues identified by Board members Integration of the ESG and sustainable
governance standards and recommendations
tool for communication and interaction with as focus areas development agenda into bank practices
for their differentiated introduction to the
shareholders, development of new Implementation of training programs corporate governance systems of Group
functionalities to develop competences and professional companies Consistent integration of sustainable
Improving customer experience and increasing knowledge of Board members in the announced development activities into the Supervisory
Development and implementation of the
the availability of GSM e-voting services areas (ecosystem, digital development, Board’s practices, including boosting the
Corporate Governance Rating for the Group's
(one-click access from other automated strategic planning, sustainable development engagement of Board members in
companies as part of the ESG agenda
systems of the bank for stakeholders, such and ESG, technologies) implementing the ESG agenda through
as SberInvestor, etc.) Formalization of rules and procedures for the membership in the ESG Committee of the bank
Development of digital services for Board
selection of independent directors to the and Russian Chapter
Noticeable improvement of the bank's members
boards of directors of ecosystem companies,
interaction with shareholders, including Development and approval of the ESG policy
portfolio companies and subsidiary
responses to requests, including via integration
and affiliated companies Legal audit of the bank's corporate documents
of Sber Shareholder and Retail CRM, and the
for compliance with ESG standards, best
creation of Shareholder Profile Development of the AS SCS functionality.
corporate governance practices and regulatory
Customer journey improvement
Updating the bank's Charter and Regulation requirements
on the General Meeting of Shareholders
Support for research of ESG practices applied
to formalize the possibility of holding general
by Russian companies
meetings of the bank in electronic form.
Executive Board
From 1 January to 31 December 2020, the following changes occurred in the
Board composition:
1. Herman Gref Pursuant to the resolution of the Supervisory Board dated 11 February 2020,
CEO, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Olga Golodets was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board
(the actual date of appointment is 21 February 2020).
Pursuant to the resolution of the Supervisory Board dated 12 November 2019,
2. Alexander Vedyakhin
Alexander Morozov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, was removed
FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board of the bank is a collective from the Executive Board with effect from 1 July 2020.
executive governing body headed by the CEO Pursuant to the resolution of the Supervisory Board dated 13 October 2020:
3. Lev Khasis
and the Chairman of the Executive Board, which FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Svetlana Kirsanova, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, was removed from
the Executive Board due to her dismissal with effect from 16 October 2020
is responsible for the general management
Oleg Ganeev, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, was removed from the
of the ban s ongoing activities 4. Olga Golodets
Executive Board and appointed Senior Vice President with effect from 16
October 2020
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
At least once a year, the Executive Board provides to the Kirill Tsarev was appointed to the Executive Board as Deputy Chairman of the
Supervisory Board a report on the progress of the bank's strategy Executive Board (the actual date of appointment is 9 November 2020)
and the implementation of resolutions approved by the Supervisory Sergey Maltsev was appointed to the Executive Board as Deputy Chairman
Board and General Meeting of Shareholders, and, on a quarterly
5. Bella Zlatkis of the Executive Board (the actual date of appointment is 9 November 2020)
basis, delivers a report on the ban s financial and economic DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Alexandra Buriko was appointed to the Executive Board as Senior Vice President
performance and the level of risks assumed by the bank. Board and CFO (the actual date of appointment is 13 October 2020)
members are appointed and dismissed by resolutions of the
Supervisory Board. 6. Stanislav Kuznetsov Natalya Alymova was appointed to the Executive Board as Senior Vice
President—Head of Wealth Management Block (the actual date
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD of appointment is ovember 2020).
The CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of the bank heads
the Executive Board and manages its activities, manages the
operations of the bank, enforces the resolutions of the Supervisory 7. Sergey Maltsev
Board and General Meeting of Shareholders, organizes the work
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
of the Executive Board, allocates responsibilities among the
members of the Executive Board and chairs the Executive Board’s
meetings. CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board is elected by the
8. Anatoly Popov
Supervisory Board for 4 years.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board is responsible
for organizing the system for preparation of and ensuring reliability
of the ban s financial statements, the timely disclosure 9. Kirill Tsarev
of information and providing its shareholders, the bank's clients DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
and other stakeholders, with information about the
ban s activities
10. Natalya Alymova
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board Herman Gref 0,0045 0,0044 On 10 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.0031%, the percentage of common shares was 0.003%.
On 18 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00399%, the percentage of common shares was 0.0039%.
First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Alexander Vedyakhin 0,000027 0,000029 No transactions
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Bella Zlatkis 0,0004 0,0005 No transactions
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Stanislav Kuznetsov 0,00125 0,00131 On 10 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00059%, the percentage of common shares was 0.0006%.
On 20 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00081%, the percentage of common shares was 0.00085%.
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Sergey Maltsev 0,000062 0,000033 No transactions
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Anatoly Popov 0,00053 0,00055 On 30 January 2019¹, he sold common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00024%, the percentage of common shares was 0.00025%.
On 3 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0%, the percentage of common shares was 0%.
On 19 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.00029%, the percentage of common shares was 0.00030%.
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Kirill Tsarev 0,00019 0,00021 No transactions
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Oleg Ganeev 0,0017 0,0009 On 14 June 2019², he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.0012%, the percentage of common shares was 0.00053%.
On 11 March 2020, he acquired common and preferred shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transactions, his share in the charter capital was 0.0014%, the percentage of common shares was 0.00073%.
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Alexander Morozov 0,0025 0,0014 On 10 March 2020, he acquired common shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.0017%, the percentage of common shares was 0.001%.
On 18 March 2020, he acquired preferred shares of Sberbank.
Prior to the transaction, his share in the charter capital was 0.0021%, the percentage of common shares was 0.0014%.
1 Information on the transaction was provided to Sberbank on 5 March 2020 2 Information on the transaction was provided to Sberbank on 30 September 2020
Sber Annual Report 2020 120
Corporate Governance Executive Bodies Executive Board
Herman Gref Alexander Vedyakhin Lev Khasis Olga Golodets Bella Zlatkis
DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH:
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK
(POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION):
President, Chairman of the Executive Board First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board
of SberBank of SberBank of SberBank of SberBank of SberBank
1990 — F. M. Dostoevsky Omsk State University, 1999 — Volgograd State Technical University 1989 — Korolev Kuibyshev Aviation Institute of the 1984 — Lomonosov Moscow State University, major 1970 — Moscow Financial Institute, major in Finance
major in Law (with honors) ma or in Global Economics Order of the Red Banner of Labor, major in Aircraft in Political Economy and Credit
Engineering
1993 — St. Petersburg State University, 2001 — PhD in Economics 1990 — PhD in Economics 1978 — All-Union Correspondence Institute
postgraduate program, Law department 1995 — Institute of Retraining and Advanced of inance and Economy, postgraduate program,
2010 — Academy of National Economy under the Training in Finance and Banking of the Financial PhD in Economics
2011 — PhD in Economics Government of the Russian Federation, MBA Academy under the Government of the Russian
an s program Federation, major in Banking
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE
2001 — St. Petersburg University of the Ministry BOARD IN: BOARD IN:
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, major 2020 2005
BOARD IN:
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE in Law
BOARD IN:
2007 2007 — Institute for Systems Analysis of Russian
2018
Academy of Sciences, Doctoral degree in Economics
Stanislav Kuznetsov Sergey Maltsev Anatoly Popov Kirill Tsarev Natalya Alymova
DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH:
CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK CURRENT PLACE OF WORK
(POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION): (POSITION):
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Member of the Executive Board Senior ice
of SberBank of SberBank of SberBank of SberBank President – Head of Wealth Management
Block
1984 — Military Institute with a Military 1995 — Perm State Technical University ma or 1995 — Novosibirs State niversity ma or 2000 — St. Petersburg State Marine Technical 2001 — Financial Academy under the Government
and Political Specialization including the study in Economics and Enterprise Management in Applied Mathematics and Informatics University ma or in Economics and Machine of the Russian Federation ma or in Finance and
of foreign languages (German and Czech) Building Enterprise Management Credit
2017 — Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997 — Novosibirs State niversity ma or
2002 — Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal (USA) advanced training in Economics and Enterprise Management 2003 — St. Petersburg State Marine Technical 2015 — INSEAD European Institute of Business
Affairs ma or in Law University ma or in Law Management (France) advanced training
2019 — Stanford University (USA) advanced
2005 — PhD in Law training 2015 — Stanford University (USA) advanced
training
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD IN: BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE
2015 — International Institute for Management
2018 BOARD IN:
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE Development (Switzerland) advanced training
2020
BOARD IN: BOARD IN:
2008 2020
Ale andra uriko Members of the executive board Oleg Ganeev Svetlana irsanova Ale ander Morozov
whose powers terminated in :
C RRE T PLACE O WOR C RRENT PLACE O WOR CURRENT PLACE O WOR CURRENT PLACE O WOR (POSITION)
(POSITIO ) (POSITIO ) (POSITION)
Member of the Executive oard Senior ice Deputy Chairman of the Executive oard Deputy Chairman of the Executive oard Deputy Chairman of the Executive oard
President and CFO of Sber ank of Sber ank of Sber ank
1998 Lomonosov Moscow State niversity, 1995 fa State Aviation Technical niversity, 8 Russian State Social niversity ma or 1995 Lomonosov Moscow State niversity ma or
ma or in Mathematical Methods in Economics ma or in Automated Design Engineering System in inance and Credit in Economic Theory
1 Canadian Institute of Chartered 1997 ash ir State niversity ma or in Economic 4 Harvard usiness School M A
Accountants (Alberta) and Social Planning
icensed as a Certified Public 1 Academy of ational Economy under the ECAME A MEM ER O THE E EC TI E
Accountant (CPA) by the Maine State oard Government of the Russian Federation M A OARD I
of Accountanc program at Strategic Management and Marketing 18 ECAME A MEM ER O THE E EC TI E
14 London usiness School Management OARD I
and inance for ankers 8
ECAME A MEM ER O THE E EC TI E
OARD I
Secretary
to enhance the bank’s corporate governance system
and practices
to interact with shareholders to ensure compliance with
corporate procedures and to protect their rights
and legitimate interests
The position of Corporate Secretary has been to ensure interaction of the bank's shareholders with the
established by the bank to ensure the compliance Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Senior
Independent Director
Oleg Tsvetkov
by the governing bodies and officers of the bank to participate in the preparations for and holding of General Managing Director, Head of the Corporate
with corporate governance procedures, the Meetings of Shareholders Secretary Service
current law, the Charter, Corporate Governance to help organize the work of the Supervisory Board, including:
Code and internal regulatory documents of the creation of modern working conditions in terms
DATE OF BIRTH:
bank that guarantee the rights and legitimate of technology and organization for Supervisory
01.12.1973
The activities of the Corporate Secretary are governed by the Regulation on the Corporate Secretary
approved by the Supervisory Board:
sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/polcorsec.pdf
System
bank who are not organized into a separate
structural unit and whose duties include the identification and monitoring of regulatory risk
performance of functions defined by the keeping record of regulatory ris events determining the
Regulation on the Internal Control Service. likelihood of their occurrence and quantifying the possible
consequences Larisa alomi hina
providing recommendations on regulatory ris management Head of the Internal Control Service
to the heads of structural divisions and governing bodies of Sberban Senior Managing Director—Director
Employees of various structural divisions of the ban may of the bank of the Compliance Division
also perform certain functions of the Internal Control
coordination of and participation in the development of a set
Service, if their job descriptions provide for the fulfillment DATE OF BIRTH:
of measures to mitigate regulatory risks
of tasks and functions related to internal control
and regulatory ris management informing ban employees about issues related to regulatory 4. 1.1973
ris management
The Internal Control Service reports to the CEO Chairman
identification of con icts of interest in the activities of the
of the Executive Board of the bank. CAREER:
ban and its employees, participation in the development
of internal documents aimed at their minimi ation
The Internal Control Service is guided by the principles December 14 to present:
of independence impartiality, objectivity and professional participation in the development of internal documents and Director of the Compliance Division
competence, non-involvement in illegal activities timely implementation of measures to comply with the rules
submission of information to state authorities and the Bank of corporate conduct, professional ethics to fight commercial
of Russia in accordance with the legislation of the bribery and corruption
Russian Federation.
participation in the bank's interaction with regulatory EDUCATION:
authorities, self-regulatory organizations, associations
1996 Moscow Institute of Physics
and financial market participants and Technology (MIPT) ma oring in Applied
Mathematics and Physics engineer,
mathematician
System
in achieving their goals and ensuring the results of the reviews to ensure that the level of identified ris s
efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. is reduced.
The Service operates in accordance with the principles As part of the reports of the Service to the Supervisory Board
of continuity independence impartiality, integrity, of the ban the Head of the Service informs about the Oleg Chistyakov
objectivity and professional competence. In its work, the implementation of the wor plan of the Service approved
Service applies best practices in the area of internal audit, by the Supervisory Board, about the identified shortcomings Head of the Internal Audit Service; Senior
including the international framewor for professional in the functioning of the system of internal control, the system Managing Director—Director of the Internal
Audit Division
internal audit practices. of risk management and corporate governance, and the actions
taken to eliminate them.
The Internal Audit Service reports to the Supervisory Board In 2020, based on the results of the audits performed by the DATE OF BIRTH
of the ban and is administratively subordinate to the CEO, bank’s management, more than 1,300 instructions were given
22.10.1964
Chairman of the Executive Board. to solve problems in the ban s processes. As a result of the
instructions performed by the business, 378 processes were
The head of the Service is appointed and dismissed by the improved.
Supervisory Board of the bank. CAREER:
In 2020, the Internal Audit Service increased its focus on January 201 to present:
The bank takes the necessary measures to ensure the ESG issues which were included in the programs of more than PJSC Sberbank, Senior Managing Director,
independence and impartiality of the Internal Audit Service 150 audits. The Service pays special attention to checking the Director of the Internal Audit Division
and creates the conditions for the smooth and efficient security of client data, identifying fraudulent schemes, as well
performance of its functions. as issues of compliance by ban employees with the code
of ethics and fraudulent sales.
EDUCATION:
is represented by the Risks Division; development of preventive and remedial actions to maintain
capital adequacy and prevent/reduce losses in stress scenarios
reports to the Supervisory Board, the CEO, the Chairman CAREER:
of the Executive Board and the Executive Board of the ban ; providing information on material ris s and capital adequacy
With Sberban Group since 2008; Senior Vice
provides reports to the Supervisory Board of the ensuring a common understanding of ris s at the Group level President Chief Ris Officer of Sberban
ban at least once a quarter, to the executive developing risk culture and risk management competencies Group since June 2018
bodies at least once a month. using best global practices
Member of the oards of Directors
and Supervisory Boards of subsidiary banks
and subsidiaries of Sberban
EDUCATION:
System
under Russian and international standards, of the Sberbank auditor’s group
Sberbank employs an independent audit
organization.
PAYMENTS, RUB MN, EXCLUDING VAT
2019 2020
Sberbank holds an open tender for selecting the auditing
organization that will be entitled to provide audit services.
Tender documentation for the open tender is approved by the Audit of annual report (including 152.6 267.4
audit of regular reporting
tender commission and published in line with the Russian law.
and I RS statements)
The auditing organization selected following the open tender
is approved by the Executive Board, Audit Committee of the
Supervisory Board, and Supervisory Board and appointed by the Interim audits and reviews 60.0 65.8
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Sberbank.
Tax consulting services 26.2 20.8
AO PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit was the auditing
organization for Sberbank for 2019 and 2020. In 2020,
AO PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit performed the Other non-tax consulting 178.4 108.8
following tas s services
Remuneration
System
REMUNERATION OF THE SUPERVISORY
BOA D E E S
Additional remuneration
Additional remuneration for Additional remuneration
for performing the duties
performing the duties of the for performing the duties of the
of a member of any Supervisory
Chairman of any Supervisory Board Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Board Committee
Committee and the Senior
Independent Director
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
EXECUTIVE BOARD
According to Sberbank’s policy on remuneration of the Executive Board members, their FIXED VARIABLE LONG-TERM
remuneration depends on the results of the Bank’s operations and each member’s personal REMUNERATION REMUNERATION REMUNERATION
contribution to the achievement of such results measured using regular performance
assessment tools through a system of balanced performance indicators. Remuneration paid to the 1.2 2.7 2.1
members of the Executive Board
in 2020, RUB bn¹
The remuneration structure includes a fixed and a variable The respective liabilities are included in other financial
component. Variable remuneration directly depends liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position Total: RUB 6.0 bn
on whether a number of key performance indicators (individual before the payment is made.
and team, financial and non-financial) have been achieved Goal Competitive incentive package Achieving personal and team Aligning the interests of the
and exceeded. The basic elements of the variable component Liabilities for long-term share-based remuneration to attract and retain highly performance indicators Bank’s management and
of remuneration are quarterly bonuses and a year-end bonus. as at 31 December 2020 amounted to RUB 3.7 billion. qualified managers shareholders; long-term
sustainable value growth
In 2015, the Bank also adopted a long-term cash incentive There were no early payments of long-term remuneration
program for key executive staff based on the value of the upon dismissal in 2020. There were no cases of non-payment
Description Fixed remuneration paid. Variable remuneration includes Remuneration paid in the
Bank’s shares. The program was based on the risk-oriented or withholding of long-term remuneration due Includes salaries, vacation quarterly bonuses and year-end reporting year
remuneration concept and is fully compliant with the to adjustments based on the risks accepted in 2020. payments, business trips bonuses accrued in 2020.
requirements of the Bank of Russia for remuneration No severance payments were made to members of the compensation.
payment systems in Russian credit institutions. Executive Board in 2020. Directly depends on
Set based on the professional achievement of a number of key
experience, the role in managing performance indicators
Sber, and the level of (individual and team, financial
remuneration in the labor and non-financial)
market
01 02
40% of the variable part of the annual remuneration payments to the program participants depend
is deferred and paid in the future in three annual on the Bank’s positive performance. The long-term
payments remuneration may be adjusted (up to complete
cancellation) taking into consideration the
responsibility of the employee participating in the
long-term remuneration program for making
decisions that have led to the realization of risks. 1 Amounts of remuneration for 2020 are in line with Issuer’s Quarterly Report of Sberbank
of Russia (under RAS)
Compliance
In order to detect, identify and respond to compliance risks, Sber
COMPLIANCE RISK MANAGEMENT IN 2020
uses a “Compliance Hotline”, which ensures anonymity
and confidentiality of the reported information transmitted through The COVID situation did not affect the results More than 280,000 employees were trained in compliance.
various channels: by phone, through Sber’s website, by e-mail, of compliance control in Sber and all relevant procedures Awareness-raising campaigns (digests, screensavers,
were performed in a timely manner. posters, videos) to promote compliance were conducted.
by postal mail.
Sber confirmed that its compliance management system In 2020, Sber continued to introduce machine learning tools
conforms to international standards ISO/IEC 19600:2014 into compliance processes and use artificial intelligence
“Compliance function management” and ISO/IEC for big data processing. A chatbot is actively used to advise
37001:2016 “Anti-bribery management systems”. Sber’s employees on compliance issues.
Main documents regulating compliance activities:
About 200 checks were performed in accordance with the Ongoing compliance activities included anti-corruption
approved work plans, including subject-matter checks expert assessment of internal regulations, conflict
for compliance with Russian securities laws, and monitoring of interest checks on employees and divisions,
Code of Corporate Ethics of Sberbank Group¹ Website: Policy on Implementation of the United States Foreign investigations to identify cases of pseudo-trust and cooperation with state control bodies and law
Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) management of clients’ assets and combat the misuse enforcement agencies to combat corruption and manage
Compliance Risk Management Policy of Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank Internal Control Rules for Prevention, Detection, of insider information and market manipulation. conflicts of interest.
Anti-Corruption Policy of Sberbank²
and Suppression of Illegitimate Use of Insider Information
Conflict of Interest Management Policy of Sberbank Group³ and Market Manipulation (approved in 2020)
Sberbank Policy on Combating the Misuse of Insider Procedure for Disclosing Insider Information of Sberbank
Information and Market Manipulation⁴ not Included in the Standard List of Insider Information
Approved by the Bank of Russia (approved in 2020)
Sberbank Rules of Making Transactions with Financial
Instruments To reveal, identify, and respond to compliance risks, Sber
has implemented a Compliance Hotline for anonymous
List of Insider Information of Sberbank (hereinafter, the List)
and confidential reporting of information through various
approved by the Order of the CEO, Chairman of the
channels: telephone, Sber website, e-mail, post.
Executive Board5
Rules of internal control to counteract money laundering, Compliance risk fines and non-financial sanctions
financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.
Website:
1 sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/sberbank_code_of_corporate_ethics.pdf
2 sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/harmony_society/anticorruptionpolicyrus.pdf
3 sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/conflict_of_interest_management_policy_ru.pdf
4 sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/normative_docs/pd_insiders_info.pdf
5 sberbank.com/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/insider_perechen_140218.pdf
COMPLIANCE TRAINING
Sber has developed training materials summarizing Training events in 2020 Sber encourages its partners, counterparties, and clients
During 2020, Sber conducted large-scale awareness-raising to adhere to its ethical standards and takes into account the
the main requirements of laws and internal
provisions of the Code when assessing and promoting
regulations for each area of compliance. “Combating Corruption” advanced training program attended campaigns for all employees on compliance with the Code
employees.
by more than 4,300 employees whose job or functional duties of Corporate Ethics and the rules on gifts, use of the
include fighting corruption
Compliance Hotline, conflicts of interest control, and the If there are relevant legal grounds, employees who fail
“Combating Corruption and Managing Conflicts of Interest” Bank’s automated compliance services (in the form to comply with the Code may be subject to disciplinary
The target audience for each training course is determined intra-bank course attended by 114,000 employees action in accordance with labor laws. Non-compliance with
based on employees’ job duties, while a number of screensavers, posters, and news digests). An online
legislative requirements related to combating corruption,
of compliance courses are mandatory for all employees An online training course on misuse of insider information information resource—the Compliance Community—was misuse of insider information, violation of bank secrecy
of the Bank. for employees categorized as insiders. More than 17,000
created. The Bank’s employees can find here the most and other requirements entails liability including
employees were trained in 2020
up-to-date news and materials on compliance issues, criminal liability.
All new employees of Sber learn about the main “Compliance” professional development program for the
provisions of the Code of Corporate Ethics as part of their ask questions, and receive expert answers.
Bank’s middle and line management attended by more than
compliance induction course. 3,900 employees. The program has been successfully certified
by EFMD EOCCS (European Foundation for Management
The Compliance Department has developed short Development Online Course Certification System)
educational videos with ethical dilemmas that employees
need to solve based on the values set forth in the Code. “Introduction to Compliance for Top Executives”
and “Introductory Course in Compliance Risk Management
for New Employees” e-courses where 14 senior managers
and more than 24,700 employees were trained
Two in-person training sessions on protection of insider
information for employees of the Finance Block and the
IT Department of the Corporate and Investment Block.
About 400 people were trained
95
An in-person session entitled “Compliance Risk Management.
Practical Issues” for members of Sber’s Supervisory Board.
The session focused on the main issues of compliance with
anti-corruption laws and conflict of interest control %
of Sber’s target audience successfully
completed compliance training.
Run compliance training courses Develop awareness of the compliance Participate in compliance-related
for Sber’s target audience on combating function for Sber’s external and professional associations
corruption and protecting internal counterparties
insider information
Share
Capital
SHARE CAPITAL STRUCTURE Share capital structure with a breakdown by share types as of 31 December 2020
Sberbank has been operating on the Russian financial market The total number of Sberban shareholders as of August STATE REGISTRATIO M ER
as a oint stoc company since 1991. In this period, 13 share 2020 (the record date) was 61 including ,200 private T PE O SHARES O THE SHARE ISS E OMI A VA E M ER O ISS ED SHARES
issues have taken place with Russian and foreign investors being individuals and 7 legal entities The shares in the
the shareholders The charter capital of the ban is R 67.8¹ Sberban s charter capital are divided between the Russia
Common shares 10301481 R 3 21 586 948 000
bn and includes common and preferred shares. In 2019, the size Federation (represented by the Russian Ministry of inance)
of the ban s charter capital did not change. as a strategic investor legal entities and private investors.
Preferred shares 20301481 R 3 1 000 000 000
Share capital structure with a breakdown by shareholder types as at the record date² Share capital structure with a breakdown by shareholder types as at the record date
(31 August 2020)
CHA GE
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020/2019
1 For IFRS reporting purposes, the charter capital was inflated in accordance 2 The date of preparation of the list of persons entitled to take part in the Annual
with IAS 29 General Meeting of Shareholders (2020: 31 August 2020)
INFORMATION ON SECURITIES
Currently, Sber is a public company whose securities are traded on the Moscow, London and Frankfurt Analyst recommendations as at 31 December 2020, % Sber shares remain one of the most
liquid assets in the Russian market.
exchanges, as well as on the US OTC market. Sberbank is the issuer of various types of securities.
The volume of trading in common
The bank's common and preferred shares are included in the Since the beginning of November, global markets have seen and preferred shares on the Moscow
quotation list of the first (top) level by the Moscow Stock a strong recovery in demand for risk assets driven by data on the Exchange exceeded RUB4 trn in 020,
Exchange. effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines, as well as resolved 14 a yoy increase of 6%, accounting
political uncertainty in the United States. As a result, Sber's Buy
for more than 20% of all trading
Sber's securities continued to rally at the start of 2020, shares were re-rated first on expectations from and then based
however, at the end of Q1, with the global economy experiencing on the results of the Investor Day where the Group's on the stock exchange.
two shocks simultaneously—the COVID-19 epidemic and a sharp Development Strategy 2023 was presented. During this period,
decline in oil prices significant sell-offs were seen in the Sber's securities rose 40% in value hitting a historic high
world’s stock markets. The Russian market lost about 30% and continuing the rally in early 2021. 2
(MOEX Russia Index) as trading volumes increased. Hold
Sber’s shares remain on the list of top priority securities
Concurrently with the gradual removal of restrictive measures for investments: out of 16 analysts providing coverage
from mid-May, the markets also began to recover, which lasted for Sberban 14 recommended buying the bank’s securities
until mid-August. At that time, the quotes of the MOEX Russia and two holding them as at 31 December 2020.
Index and Sber shares returned to the levels of mid-December
2019. However, further growth stalled amid a worsening
geopolitical situation, as well as an increase in the number
of cases of coronavirus infection in Russia and around the world,
18.7
raising the risks of repeated restrictive measures. At the end
of record dividends for 2019 boosted the performance of
Sber share performance and volumes of trading in 2020
Sber’s shares (the dividend amounted to RUB1 8.7 per share,
the cut-off date was October)
RUB
400 800
300 600
2 0 00
200 400
1 0 300
100 200
0 100
Target price dynamics (left Performance of Sberbank’s common Performance of Sberbank’s and trading
vertical axis, RUB) shares (left vertical axis, RUB) volumes in 2020 (right vertical axis,
RUB bn)
American Depositary Receipts (ADR) for common shares JPMorgan Chase an .A. is the depository ban In 2020 the ban s long-term and short-term ratings assigned Also in the reporting year Analytical Credit Rating Agency
of Sberban are quoted on the London and Fran furt stoc for depositary receipts of Sberban One American depositary by the international rating agencies Moody s and itch Ratings (ACRA) confirmed Sberban s AAA(RU) rating.
exchanges and has been accepted for trading on the S receipt is equivalent to four common shares of the ban . remained unchanged. The ratings by international rating
OTC mar et since June 2011. agencies are capped by the country rating. The high ratings given by the agencies are e plained by
the ban s systemic importance to the Russian economy
and high level of its creditworthiness.
20
Fitch Ratings
5
Moody s
Shareholder
Relations Sber
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
The mechanism for making a decision on the Conditions affecting the amount of Sberbank’s dividends The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Sberbank on 25 September
payment of dividends, determining the amount, 2020 approved record dividends for 2019 of RUB1 per common and preferred
procedure and timing of their payment is set out share In total R bn was allocated for the payment of dividends on all
in the Dividend Policy shares of all categories, or 50% of the net profit for the last reporting period
Presence and size of net profit determined on the
basis of consolidated financial statements of the
The Supervisory Board of Sberbank considers and approves the
bank and its subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS
Dividend Policy for the medium term, valid for at least three
years, depending on external and internal economic factors
affecting business development
History of dividend payments
Capital required for the implementation of the
At the end of 2020, the Supervisory Board approved
bank's Development Strategy
and introduced a new version of the Dividend Policy taking
into account the provisions of Sberbank’s Development YEAR OF PAYMENT 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Strategy This document re ects the ban s intention
to maintain the share of dividend payments at the level of 50% For the year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
of IFRS net profit of Sberban Group if certain conditions
Maintaining the target level of the Group’s IFRS
affecting the size of the dividend are met (including those
Common Equity Tier 1 adequacy, including Common shares, RUB per share 97 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
regarding maintaining the required capital adequacy ratios,
a ma imum premium of for the ban s
maintaining the target level of the Group’s IFRS Common
systemic importance set by the Bank of Russia,
Equity Tier 1 adequacy at least at 1 with a ma imum Par value of common share, 3 3 3 3 3
over the medium-term horizon
premium of for the ban s systemic importance set RUB
by the an of Russia)
Preferred shares, RUB per 97 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Economic conditions, other internal and external share
changes having or potentially having a significant
negative impact on the bank's future operations
Par value of preferred share, 3 3 3 3 3
RUB
RESULTS OF IR ACTIVITIES
2020 was a challenge for IR. Deterioration In Sber s investor base e panded with while the share
of the investing dividend funds on the rise we also saw the
of environment required anti-crisis communication,
increased interest from funds focused on responsible
while traditional communication channels were investments (ESG) and investing in the technology sector.
not available otwithstanding these difficulties
Sber IR team ad usted to digital formats of Due to the pandemic investor relations were digitalized In 2020, we launched the Sberban Emerging EMEA Executive Team 2020,
ma ing possible to maintain the high quality
communication and ensured trustful relationship Shareholder mobile app e panding the Financials
of our communications. opportunities for shareholders to receive
with investors.
the up-to-date information on Sber.
Committee for Minority Shareholder From April to September 020, in order to receive
#1 Best IR program
Relations feedbac from Sber shareholders and study their opinion
on the level of satisfaction with the e ercise of their rights,
25
an online survey of shareholders was organized
An advisory body established to maintain on the Group's website in the Sber Shareholder mobile #1 Best IR team
constructive and effective relations with Sberban app and by sending SMS messages. A total
minority shareholders and to increase the Bank’s of shareholders and investors took part in the
investor conferences
investment attractiveness With its activities the survey The survey results and detailed respondents' #1 Best IR professional
Committee serves to help protecting the rights comments were analysed by the Minority Shareholders' Anastasia Belyanina
and legitimate interests of the participating Committee ointly with the Corporate Secretary Corporate
shareholders through comprehensive assistance Secretary Service and the Investor Relations Center. #1 Best CFO
in e ercising those rights and interests.
Ale ander Morozov
>300
A total of 9 9 shareholders and investors took part
in the survey The survey results and detailed respondents'
In 2020, the Committee met times of those meetings were comments were analysed by the Minority Shareholders'
held as digital conferences which enabled Sber to maintain Committee ointly with the Corporate Secretary Corporate #1 Best ESG metrics
effective communications with our minority shareholders amid Secretary Service and the Investor Relations Center.
the pandemic. At the end of 2020, the Committee organized
meetings
the traditional annual meeting with a senior independent The results of the survey showed that over of the
member of the Supervisory Board this time it was Gennady respondents were fully satisfaction with the level #1 Best Investor day
Melikyan, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. of implementation of their rights of access to information Analyst Day 2019
about Sberban s activities, and over support the
dividend policy. In addition, over support Uber's
5
strategy, that it will go beyond the traditional banking
business and building a digital ecosystem to meet customer
needs.
RESULTS OF IR ACTIVITIES
Investor Day
12 >6 1.3 MN
Speakers from Sber Hours of presentations Total audience including TV
top-management and A and YouTube viewers
Major Related-Party
Transactions Transactions
During 2020, PJSC Sberbank did not make During 2020, Sberbank carried out
any transactions recognized in accordance 1 transactions deemed related-party
with the Federal Law “On Joint Stock transactions in line with the Federal Law
Companies” as major transactions, as well On Joint-Stock Companies.
as other transactions that, pursuant to the
Charter of Sberbank, are subject to the
procedure for approving major transactions.
The full list of the transactions and the basic information about them are
available in the appendix, Report on Sberbank’s Related-Party
Transactions Made in 2020.
Financial
Results
145 Dynamics of Major Performance Indicators of Sber under
IFRS for Five Years
2020 2019 ∆, % 2018 2017 1 2016 2 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 ∆, % 31.12.2018 1.01.2018 3 31.12.2016 2
Operating income before credit loss allowance charge and 2,193.0 2,022.2 8.4 1,865.3 1,796.4 1,703.8 Loans and advances to customers, net 23,386 20,364 14.8 19,585 16,663 17,361
revaluation of loans at fair value due to change in credit quality
from continuing operations
Loans and advances to customers before provision for loan 25,009 21,749 15.0 21,082 18,096 18,665
impairment
Credit loss allowance charge for debt financial assets (412.0) (92.6) 344.9 (96.8) (263.8) (342.4)
Due to individuals and corporate customers 25,766 21,574 19.4 20,897 18,123 18,685
Staff and administrative expenses (759.8) (724.6) 4.9 (657.6) (623.4) (677.6)
2 disclosed under IAS 39, DenizBank consolidated (on 31 July 2019 the Group closed the deal on disposal of DenizBank, the former subsidiary bank operating in Turkey)
2020 2019 ∆, % 2018 2017 1 2016 2 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 ∆, % 31.12.2018 01.01.2018 3 31.12.2016 2
Basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share 34.36 38.55 -10.9 38.16 34.58 25.00 Common equity Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio 13.8 14.5 -0.7 p.p. 11.8 11.2 10.2
(Basel 3.5 / Basel 3) 5
Basic and diluted earnings from continuing 33.96 41.80 -18.7 38.13 33.04 -
operations per ordinary share Total capital adequacy ratio (Tier I and Tier II) 14.7 14.8 -0.1 p.p. 12.4 12.8 12
(Basel 3.5 / Basel 3) 5
Net assets per ordinary share 234.72 208.7 12.5 179.3 156.6 3 131.2
Leverage 5 12.9 13.9 -1.0 p.p. 11.3 11.3 0
Profitability ratios
Asset quality ratios
Return on assets (ROA) 2.3 3.1 -0.8 p.p. 3.2 2.7 2.1
Non-performing loans to total loans 4.3 4.3 - 3.8 4.5 4.4
outstanding (NPL ratio)
Return on equity (ROE) 16.1 20.5 -4.4 p.p. 23.1 24.2 2 20.8
Share of Stage 3 and POCI loans in total 6.6 7.5 -0.9 p.p. 8.1 8.8 6 -
Net interest margin (net interest income to average 5.5 5.4 0.1 p.p. 5.9 62 5.7 loans at amortized cost
earning assets) - based on methodology applied
from 2019 4
Credit loss allowance to total gross loans to 6.8 6.7 0.1 p.p. 7.3 7.8 7.0
customers at amortized cost
Operating expenses to operating income before 34.6 35.8 -1.2 p.p. 35.2 34.7 39.7
allowances (CIR)
Net loans and advances to customers to current 90.7 94.2 -3.5 p.p. 93.1 90.1 3 90.6
accounts and term deposits of individuals and
corporate customers and savings sertificates (net
loans-to-deposits ratio)
2 disclosed under IAS 39, DenizBank consolidated (on 31 July 2019 the Group closed the deal on disposal of DenizBank, the former subsidiary bank operating in Turkey)
4 starting from 2019 the denominator for calculating NIM was clarified adjusting the volume of Stage 3 loans to the amount of provisions created against them; in calculation of
NIM for 2017 and 2016 methodology used before 2019 is applied
5 2020 and 2019 figures are calculated according to the requirements of Basel 3.5
6 Denizbank consolidated
The net profit of Sber Group under IFRS in 2020 comprised In 2020, net credit loss allowance charge for debt financial RUB BN 2019 2020 ∆, %
RUB 760.3 billion, which is 10.0% lower than in 2019. The assets increased by 344.9% to RUB 412.0 billion against RUB
Group’s operating income from continuing operations before 92.6 billion in 2019. Staff and administrative expenses growth
Net interest income 1,415.5 1,608.2 13.6
credit loss allowance charge for debt financial assets and credit slowed down in 2020 and comprised 4.9% y-o-y.
related commitments and revaluation of loans at fair value due
to changes in credit quality in 2020 increased by 8.4% to RUB Interest income 2,396.0 2,399.3 0.1
2,193.0 billion, primarily due to net interest income and net fee
and commission income.
Interest expenses (including deposit insurance expenses) -980.5 -791.1 -19.3
RUB BN 2019 2020 ∆, % The Group’s net interest income increased by 13.6% in 2020 Interest expenses including deposit insurance expenses
to RUB 1,608.2 billion. Interest income of the Group remained decreased by 19.3% in 2020 compared to 2019 and comprised
almost the same as for 2019. Mostly this trend was caused by RUB 791.1 billion. This dercrease was supported by the decrease
Profit for the year 845.0 760.3 -10.0
the decrease in yield on corporate loans from 7.8% in 4Q 2019 to in cost of interest-bearing liabilities during 2020 on the back
6.3% in 4Q 2020. However decrease in yield was compensated of market interest rates descending dynamics as well as by the
Profit from continuing operations 914.8 751.8 -17.8 by the growth in volumes of loan portfolio. At the same time effect of reduction in deposit insurance contributions. Thus,
the increase in interest income on loans to individuals comprised the cost of retail term deposits decreased from 5.1% in 4Q
12.6%, backed by the growth in volumes of retail lending (by 2019 to 3.7% in 4Q 2020. At the same time interest expenses
Operating income before credit loss allowance charge, including charge 2,022.2 2,193.0 8.4
for credit related commitments and revaluation of loans at fair value due 18.1% in 2020). on amounts due to individuals which are the key source of
to change in credit quality financing for the Group, continues to be the main component of
total interest expenses. The share of these expenses comprised
59.6% in the total amount of interest expenses compared
Staff and administrative expenses -724.6 -759.8 4.9 to 58.0% for 2019. Cost of corporate term deposits was also
decreasing throughout 2020 from 4.3% in 4Q 2019 to 2.7% in
Credit loss allowance charge for debt financial assets -92.6 -412 344.9 4Q 2020, being the driver for the reduction of interest expenses
on amounts due to corporate customers.
Loans to corporate 12,852.7 1,114.7 8.7 14,167.4 1,027.5 7.3 Due to individuals 13,646.5 (568.5) -4.2 15,240.6 (471.4) -3.1
customers 1
Due to corporate 8,038.8 (288.6) -3.6 8,558.5 (196.1) -2.3
Loans to individuals 1 7,058.5 891.7 12.6 8,144.1 1,004.2 12.3 customers
Correspondent 2,321.8 108.3 4.7 2,065.3 59.9 2.9 Subordinated debt 649.6 (39.1) -6.0 597.1 (36.5) -6.1
accounts, overnight
placements and
other placements Other borrowed 40.5 (0.5) -1.2 30.9 (0.6) -1.9
with banks funds
Debt securities 4,085.7 281.3 6.9 5,015.0 307.7 6.1 Debt securities in 724.4 (43.4) -6.0 821.2 (49.1) -6.0
issue
CHANGE IN INTEREST
RUB BN CHANGES IN VOLUME CHANGES IN RATES INCOME/EXPENSES
ASSETS
ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВА
1 расчет с учетом корректировки по кредитам Стадии 3 на сумму резервов, созданных против данных кредитов
Changes in net interest margin in 2020 1 Yield on interest earning assets and cost of funds, quarterly, %
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Retail term deposits 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.7 Yield on corporate loans (Q) 8.0 8.6 8.1 7.8 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.3
Corporate term deposits 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.7 Yield on retail loans (Q) 12.0 12.2 12.1 12.5 12.1 11.9 11.8 11.6
Current/settlement accounts 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 Total yield on loans (Q) 9.3 9.8 9.5 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.3
1 the denominator for calculating NIM was clarified adjusting the volume of Stage 3 loans to the amount of provisions created against them 2 net interest margin is calculated using methodology 2019: starting from 2019 the denominator for calculating NIM was clarified adjusting the volume of Stage 3 loans to the
amount of provisions created against them
In 2020, the commission income of the Group increased RUB BN 2019 2020 RUB BN %
by 12.5% to RUB 775.3 billion. Net fee and commission
income of the Group increased by 11.0% - to RUB 552.6
Operations with banking cards, including: 354.6 386.2 31.6 8.9
billion. The main driver of commission income growth was
commission income from cash and settlement transactions
with individuals and legal entities. These commissions - Acquiring, commissions of payment systems and other similar commissions 285.4 312.2 26.8 9.4
increased by 13.2% in 2020 to RUB 251.6 billion. Their share
in commission income comprised 32.5% (32.3% for 2019).
- Service fees 63.6 67.3 3.7 5.8
Commission income from acquiring also demonstrated an
increase (growth by 9.4% for the year to RUB 312.2 billion).
Total commission income from operations with banking - Other 5.6 6.7 1.1 19.6
cards grew by 8.9% in 2020 and comprised RUB 386.2
billion. The share of this income in the Group’s commission Cash and settlements transactions 222.2 251.6 29.4 13.2
income made 49.8% compared to 51.5% for 2019. Growth in
commissions on brokerage operations was also observed, for
66.7% y-o-y to RUB 16.0 billion. Client operations with foreign currencies and precious metals 52.0 57.0 5.0 9.6
Securities and commodities brokerage, custodian and investment banking (including syndications) commissions 9.6 16.0 6.4 66.7
Commission expense on operations with banking cards (177.2) (203.2) (26.0) 14.7
Other net operating income (less revaluation of loans at In 2020, the credit loss allowance charge for loan portfolio
fair value due to changes in credit quality) which include at amortized cost increased by 307.5% from RUB 98.7 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
net income / expenses from operations with securities, billion in 2019 to RUB 402.2 billion in 2020. The largest
derivative financial instruments, foreign currency, net contributions to credit loss allowances were observed in Credit loss allowance charge for loans at amortized cost(rub bln) 22.1 7.7 31.8 37.1 134.6 123.1 62.5 82
income / expenses from insurance and pension fund the first half of 2020, the period of difficult macroeconomic
operations, charges for other provisions, allowances situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second
and impairment of assets amounted to RUB 35.1 billion half of 2020, the rate of credit loss allowance charges Cost of risk (based on credit loss allowance for loans at amortized cost) 44 15 63 72 251 224 111 139
(quarterly) (bp)
in 2020 showing a 64.7% decrease compared to 2019 slowed down due to the gradual recovery of the economy. In
(RUB 99.4 billion). accordance with IFRS 9, a part of loan portfolio is accounted
for in the financial statements at fair value through profit Negative revaluation of loans at fair value due to change in credit quality 28.2 -0.4 23.4 5.7 29.1 6.4 22.4 23.9
The most significant effect on the reduction of other net or loss. Negative revaluation due to change in credit quality (rub bln)
operating income was due to an increase in net losses for amount of RUB 81.8 billion was recorded for loans at fair
arising on initial recognition and modification of financial value in 2020. Combined cost of risk (including revaluation of loans at fair value) 96 14 106 80 292 225 143 171
instruments measured at amortized cost related to (quarterly) (bp)
restructurings caused by COVID-19 pandemic (RUB 45.7 The cost of credit risk based on credit loss allowance against
billion for 2020 compared to RUB 2.4 billion for 2019) as loans at amortized cost increased by 131 b.p. during 2020
well as impairment of non-financial assets (RUB 23.9 billion from 49 b.p. in 2019 to 180 b.p. in 2020. Taking into account
for 2020 compared to RUB 1.9 billion for 2019). negative revaluation of loans at fair value combined cost of
risk increased by 132 b.p. during 2020 from 74 b.p. in 2019 to
206 b.p. in 2020.
In 2020, a moderate growth in the Group’s staff and RUB BN 2019 2020 ∆, ∆, %
administrative expenses was observed, facilitated by the
launched in 2020 efficiency enhancement program in the
Staff costs 449.7 465.9 16.2 3.6
COVID-19 environment; the growth for 2020 amounted
to 4.9%. Staff costs - the main component of operating
expenses - increased by 3.6% in 2020. Administrative Depreciation of premises and equipment 74.1 82.8 8.7 11.7
expenses decreased by 12.1%, while depreciation charge of
premises and equipment increased by 11.7% and expenses
Repairs and maintenance of premises and equipment 36.3 49.0 12.7 35.0
related to repairs and maintenance of premises and
equipment - by 35.0%. The ratio of operating expenses
to operating income before credit loss allowance charge Administrative expenses 41.4 36.4 (5.0) -12.1
decreased to 34.6% at the end of 2020 compared to 35.8%
at the end of 2019, showing a 1.2 p.p. decrease. Taxes other than on income 32.4 32.0 (0.4) -1.2
Short-term, low value and variable lease expenses 9.1 6.4 (2.7) -29.7
Analysis
of the Assets Structure
In 2020, the Group’s assets increased by 20.2% - to RUB 36.0 Corporate loans (at amortized cost and at fair value) increased Retail loan portfolio expanded by 18.1% in 2020 to RUB 9.3
trillion - compared to RR 30.0 trillion as at December 31, 2019. by 13.2% in 2020, in real terms (adjusted for FX revaluation trillion. The share of retail loans in the total loan portfolio
The growth was influenced mainly by the increase of the loan as per management accounts) they showed growth by 9.3%. increased to 37.2% compared to 36.2% in 2019. The main driver
portfolio, which showed a positive trend from the second half The share of corporate loans in the total loan portfolio slightly of growth was the mortgage loan portfolio, which grew by
of 2020, and securities portfolio, as well as by revaluation of decreased and comprised 62.8% (2019: 63.8%). One of the 21.6% in 2020, supported by high demand for government
foreign currency assets during the year. Loans and advances to factors contributing to the portfolio growth in 2020 were own and own subsidized lending programs. Development of digital
customers remain the largest category of assets: their share and state business financing programs. channel of loan origination, real-estate platform DomClick,
at the end of 2020 amounted to 64.9% of total assets. The makes a substantial contribution to the increase of the
total loan portfolio of the Group before credit loss allowance mortgage lending; the DomClick monthly audience increased
increased by 15.0% - to RUB 25.0 trillion. The proportion of 2.6 times during 2020 to exceed 11 million users. Consumer
liquid assets, including cash and cash equivalents, due from loans to individuals also showed significant growth in 2020
banks, securities portfolio including securities pledged under (by 16.9% in 2020), including due to the continued growth of
repo transactions comprised 28.2%. In 2020 the securities online sales via digital channels; the share of consumer loans
portfolio increased by 50.7% to RUB 6.6 trillion. issuance via digital channels approached 70.0% at the end of
the reporting period against 56.0% at the end of the last year.
Liquid and other assets breakedown, % Loans at amortized cost and fair value, %
Loans and Advances to Customers at amortized cost and fair value Loans and Advances to Customers at amortized cost
Commercial loans to legal entities 11,564.8 53.2 12,239.7 49.0 Commercial loans to legal entities 11,378.0 54.7 12,084.0 50.5
Project finance loans to legal entities 2,300.6 10.6 3,460.7 13.8 Project finance loans to legal entities 1,561.3 7.5 2,545.7 10.7
Mortgage loans to individuals 4,291.2 19.7 5,219.3 20.9 Mortgage loans to individuals 4,291.2 20.6 5,219.3 21.9
Consumer and other loans to individuals 2,658.2 12.2 3,108.0 12.4 Consumer and other loans to individuals 2,631.6 12.7 3,055.1 12.8
Credit cards and overdrafts 794.0 3.7 828.7 3.3 Credit cards and overdrafts 794.0 3.8 828.7 3.5
Car loans to individuals 140.6 0.6 152.2 0.6 Car loans to individuals 140.6 0.7 152.2 0.6
Total loans and advances to customers before provision for loan impairment 21,749.4 100.0 25,008.6 100.0 Total loans and advances to customers at amortized cost before provision for 20,796.7 100.0 23,885.0 100.0
loan impairment
31.12.2019 31.12.2020
RUB BN % RUB BN %
Total loans and advances to customers at fair value 952.7 100.0 1,123.6 100.0
The credit quality of the loan portfolio improved in the 4Q The Group’s securities portfolio increased in 2020 by 31.12.2019 31.12.2020
2020. Thus, by the end of 2020, the share of NPL90+ (non- 50.7% to RUB 6.6 trillion. The Group’s securities portfolio
performing loans with interest payments and/or principal is represented mainly by debt instruments (96.2%) with
RUB BN % RUB BN %
overdue more than 90 days) in the Group’s total loan high quality risk-profile and is used primarily for liquidity
portfolio remained at the same level as that at the end of management. The growth of the securities portfolio in 2020
2019, 4.3%. The share of Stage 3 and POCI («purchased was mainly driven by purchases of Russian federal loan Russian federal loan bonds (OFZ bonds) 1,923.5 44.2 3,880.3 59.2
or originated credit-impaired») loans in loan portfolio at bonds (OFZ bonds) with floating coupon aimed at forming
amortized cost came down by 0.9 p.p. in 2020 to 6.6%. At a liquidity buffer with no impact on capital adequacy and Corporate bonds 1,389.7 31.9 1,556.2 23.7
the same time total provision coverage of Stage 3 and POCI negligible impact on interest rate risk. The share of OFZ
loans comprised 102.8% as at the end of 2020 (89.3% as at bonds in the portfolio increased in 2020 from 44.2% as at
the end of 2019). the end of 2019 to 59.2% as at the end of 2020. Therefore, Foreign government and municipal bonds 119.7 2.8 214.5 3.3
81.8
97.6
1.9
6,308.9
185.0
96.2
2.8
Group’s assets Group’s securities portJolio Group’s liabilities increase in bonds issued on the local market
Investments in mutual funds 20.0 0.5 63.5 1.0
3Z,0
The Group’s liabilities structure is dominated by amounts due
трлнcustomers,
to individuals and corporate ₽ +2_,^%
total amount of which
comprised RUB 25.8 trillion as at 31 December 2020, or 83.2%
+36,Z %
Amounts due to customers increased by 19.4% to RUB 25.8
trillion in 2020. Amounts due to individuals increased by 17.1%
to RUB 16.6 trillion (+11.8% adjusted for FX revaluation as per
31.12.2019
RUB BLN %
31.12.2020
RUB BLN %
обязательства
of liabilities. Группы
The Group’s total liabilities reached RUB 31.0 увеличение объемов
management accounts) облигаций, выпущенных
with significant increase, by 61.6%,
trillion with a 21.6% increase y-o-y. на внутреннемbyрынке
demonstrated current accounts of individuals; their share
comprised 37.6% in the total structure of due to individuals. The DUE TO INDIVIDUALS
share of term deposits in the total amount of due to individuals
in 2020 decreased from 72.8% to 62.4%. In 2020, the share of
- Current/demand accounts 3,869.5 18.0 6,253.0 24.3
due to individuals in the total structure of the Group’s liabilities
decreased, from 55.8% to 53.7%. Nevertheless, amounts due
to individuals continue to remain the main source of financing - Term deposits and repo agreements 10,340.1 47.9 10,388.0 40.3
3Z0 +36Z %
for the Group accounting for the largest share in the total
Group’s liabilities. In 2020, amounts due to corporate customers Total due to individuals 14,209.6 65.9 16,641.0 64.6
Tn ₽ +2_$^% demonstrated significant increase by 23.9% to RUB 9.1
trillion (+8.7% adjusted for FX revaluation as per management
accounts). Their share in the total structure of the Group’s DUE TO CORPORATE CUSTOMERS
Group’s liabilities increase inincreased
liabilities bonds issued
from on the local
28.9% market
to 29.5%.
- Current/settlement accounts 2,684.6 12.4 3,265.1 12.7
The volume of debt securities in issue increased by 21.2% The Group’s equity increased by 12.5% to RUB 5.0 trillion
in 2020. This growth was supported by increase in bonds in 2020. The growth is attributed primarily to the Group’s
3Z0 +36Z %
issued on the local market (by 36.1%) due to attraction of profit earned for the year. Also, the growth of equity
financing by Sberbank in 2020 on the Russian market under was supported by the increase in fair value reserve for
the programme of exchange-traded
Tn ₽ bonds denominated
+2_$^% debt instruments measured at fair value through other
in Russian Roubles and through the issues of structured comprehensive income due to positive revaluation of these
principal protected bonds, as well as revaluation of loan securities in 2020. The increase in equity was also affected
Group’s liabilities increase in bonds issued on the local market
participation notes issued under the MTN programme of by perpetual subordinated loan attracted from the Ministry
Sberbank and denominated in US dollars. of Finance of the Russian Federation which was classificated
as equity financial instrument based on the terms of the
agreement and included in the Group’s equity.
31.12.2019 31.12.2020 ∆ ∆, %
Share capital and share premium 320.3 320.3 - 0.0
Loan participation notes issued under the MTN programme of Sberbank 142.2 171.7 29.5 20.7
Treasury shares (21.5) (14.4) 7.1 -33.0
Liabilities reserve for buyout of non-controlling interest (2.2) (11.2) (9.0) 409.1
Reserve for other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures - 0.5 0.5 n.a.
Total equity attributable to shareholders of the Bank 4,478.3 5,044.8 566.5 12.6
Fair value reserve for debt instruments 88.2 127.1 Credit risk 25,628.4 29,253.9
measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Operational risk 3,486.8 3,664.3
Reserve for other comprehensive - 0.5 Common equity Tier 1 capital adequacy 14.5 13.8
income of associates and joint ventures ratio (Common equity Tier 1 capital to
Total RWA), %
THE GROUP HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING REPORTABLE SEGMENTS The Group has identified the following
reportable segments
In the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 The presentation of segment reporting by the Group is based The Banking business segment includes provision of lending
December 2020, the Group has introduced for the first time on the main business lines that have their own development products to corporate clients and individuals; issuance and
a segment information based on business segments since strategies, separate management procedures, as well as product maintenance of banking cards; operations with derivative
segment reporting based on business segments provides a more and geographical specialization, and the results of which are financial instruments, foreign currencies, precious metals,
complete and detailed view of the Group’s activities, product regularly reviewed by the management for making management commodities and securities; debt and capital markets funding
structure and financial performance. decisions. services and custody services; documentary operations; deposit
and corporate structured products; other commission services.
1 Non-financial business Gross Profit does not include Yandex Market data and financial information on disposal of Yandex Market.
Information on associates or joint ventures are included into the metrics on a pro-rata basis to the Group’s interest in respective companies during the reporting period
Risk
Report
162 Risk Management Strategy
Risk Management
Strategy
The rst line of defense
Sber's risk management system is based on the Sberbank is responsible for daily internal control (identification
assessment and control of risks during daily activities).
Group Risk and Capital Strategy, as well as individual risk
management policies.
The risk management system is developed in accordance with The second line of defense
Russian laws and regulations of the Bank of Russia, takes into
account the recommendations of the Basel Committee on develops and implements internal control rules and
Banking Supervision and the European Union, is in line with procedures (definition of ris management standards,
principles, limits and restrictions, risk level
global best practices and aimed at ensuring the sustainable monitoring, reporting verification of ris level
development of Sber as part of the Strategy. The system is, compliance with risk appetite, consulting, modeling
among other things, based on internal capital adequacy and aggregation of the risk profile)
assessment procedures.
In order to ensure effective planning and control of accepted risks, the risk
management functions are distributed among the Supervisory Board,
executive bodies, collegial working bodies accountable to the bank's
Executive Board, the head of the Risks Division (head of the bank's Risk The third line of defense
Management Service), units of the Risks Division and other divisions of the
bank. conducts an independent assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control and risk management
systems (assessment of the effectiveness of internal
Sber’s internal control system uses the three lines of defense model. control systems, development of recommendations for
its improvement).
AUDIT COMMITTEE Distribute Group ris management functions among the ban s
collegial operating bodies and structural units
Increasing risk management
efficiency Manage Group risks, the management of which was not assigned to any
other collegial operating body
2nd line of defense
Enforcement of executive and RISKS DIVISION
supervisory functions of the
Supervisory Board in connection with Integrated risk management, retail
the functioning of the ris and corporate business risks, corporate
MARKET RISK COMMITTEE
management system and investment business risks, operational
SUPERVISORY BOARD Market ris s in financial markets risks, validation, underwriting
Implementation of Group Risk and EXECUTIVE BOARD Credit ris s of financial institutions
Capital Management Strategy Approval of the bank’s organizational LEGAL DEPARTMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES To the extent of transactions with financial institutions–
Setting up risk appetite and AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE structure selected groups of risk managed by superior committees, within
SECURITY DEPARTMENT
target risk levels of the Group and the Approval of the Group’s Business powers delegated by superior committees.
bank Plan STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Risk management system efficiency STRATEGIC PLANNING Approval of the Group and bank Risk PR DEPARTMENT
assessment COMMITTEE and Capital Management Strategy ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Approval of stress-testing scenarios Approval of the establishment of Manage liquidity risk, banking book interest rate and currency risks, and AFFILIATES AND
Approval of the Long-Term Incentive collegiate operating banking book market credit spread risk. SUBSIDIARIES MANAGEMENT CENTER
Program for key risk-takers RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
bodies, stipulation of their powers
and authorities Manage the bank’s and the Group s capital structure and
GR DIVISION
Risk reports review Comprehensive study of capital adequacy.
Review of the ICAAP
risk management issues Manage the bank’s balance sheet and net interest income, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
reports including Ris s Report
Development and presentation of including decision-ma ing on internal transfer pricing.
TAX-PLANNING
recommendations to the Supervisory DIVISION
Board on risk management issues
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Reviewing risk reports
DEPARTMENT
COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
CORPORATE CULTURE DEPARTMENT
Compliance risk management and enforcement of the Group and
ban activities’ compliance with laws, regulations and best practices.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE
Integrated risk management and capital adequacy Development of risk culture and risk behaviors Risks of the Group in 2020
management The Group implements a set of risk culture development measures aimed at
The Group's integrated risk management system includes procedures for ensuring the sustainable and effective functioning of the ris management
Credit risk
identifying risks and assessing their materiality. They are performed on an system The development of ris culture means that employees who are not
CREDIT
annual basis and are completed before the start of the annual business planning formally associated with the risk management function understand their role in RISK
Securiti ation risk
cycle In case of significant changes in the e ternal environment and/or within dealing with ris s and a high level of responsibility when fulfilling the functions
Country risk
the Group that may affect the level of its ris s an unscheduled ris of the first line of defense.
identification and assessment of ris materiality may be conducted. To foster a risk culture the ban employs an in uence model assuming that the
risk-oriented attitudes of employees are formed via three main channels a
Trading book – market risk
For each risk type the Group/Group Member shall determine an approach to personal e ample set by a divisional manager ban -wide communications and
training. MARKET an ing book – currency risk
the assessment of capital requirements after which the aggregate level of ris RISK
and the corresponding amount of capital charges for all risk types are an ing book – interest rate risk
determined as part of the capital requirement aggregation. Special focus is placed on psychological safety i e creation of an environment
where it is possible to openly admit mistakes report problems criticize the Liquidity risk of debt securities
In order to limit e posure to ris s the Group has approved a Ris Appetite status quo as questions and propose ideas. For these purposes the ban has
Market credit spread risk
which represents a system of indicators characterizing the aggregate ma imum created the Compliance Hotline ethics@sberbank.ru and the Hotline with the
level of ris acceptable in the process of achieving the Group’s established Management where employees can openly report any issues to the bank’s Stoc market risk
strategic goals. The aggregate ris level of the Group is assessed at least once a management All requests receive proper attention.
Commodity risk
quarter including
Regular information campaigns promoting the target principles of aware
In accordance with the Group s Ris and Capital Strategy and Capital Adequacy behavior are held in bank-wide communication channels on a regular basis I Say
Management Policy the purpose of Sberban Group's capital adequacy When I See I Correct As I Hear Ma ing the an etter.
LIQUIDITY
management is to ensure the ability of the bank and the Group as a whole to RISK
Liquidity risk
meet their strategic asset growth ob ectives while fully complying with the Ris management training programs are available to all levels of management
capital adequacy requirements both under current operating conditions and and ran -and-file employees in order to improve their understanding of risk and
under stress. its impact on the ban s activities
Operational risk
The following tools are used to manage capital adequacy at the bank and Group OPERATIONAL Legal risk
level business planning and capital adequacy management plan dividend and RISK
capitali ation planning in subsidiaries system of limits for capital adequacy Compliance risk
indicators and capital adequacy management plan in case of crisis.
Regulatory risk
The following methods are used to assess the level of capital adequacy Technology risk
forecasting capital adequacy ratios a system of red ags for a capital decrease
Cybersecurity risk
stress testing of capital adequacy.
Conduct risk
Forecasting of capital adequacy ratios is performed at least once a month over a
horizon of at least one year and takes into account current assumptions about
changes affecting capital adequacy ratios (e. g. increasing assets attracting Strategic risk
capital sources paying dividends investing in subsidiaries changing regulatory
BUSINESS RISKS Ris of participation and forced support
requirements). The forecast of the capital adequacy ratios capital amount and
target structure helps Sber proactively detect violations of standards and make Ris of legislation changes
timely management decisions.
Model risk
OTHER Insurance risk
RISKS
Reputational risk
Social and environmental risk
Ta risk
Real estate risk
Investment risk
Commercial credit risk
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Credit Risk The risk of losses occurring due to a failure to perform, a delay in Policy: Key credit risk management methods:
performance, or an incomplete performance of
contractual financial obligations by a counterparty. Credit Risk Management Policy prevent credit risk by identifying, analyzing, and assessing potential risks;
Loan Product Security Policy project credit risk level by assessing the level of expected losses;
contain credit risk by imposing risk limits and/or restrictions;
Risk Management Committee:
create loan loss provisions;
Credit and Investment Committee manage transaction security;
Market Risk Committee monitor and control the level of credit risk.
The risk level is assessed using statistical models for credit The risk level is assessed using statistical models for credit risk quantification—PD, LGD,
risk quantification—PD, LGD, or EAD. or EAD.
Assessment of credit risks of the Group’s counterparties for transactions that carry credit
risks is made depending on the type of counterparty:
corporate clients – based on a credit rating system depending on the counterparty’s risk
segment, as well as by building projected cash flow models;
individuals—based on an assessment of the counterparty’s solvency, an express
assessment, behavior data and information from external sources available to Sberbank.
A multi-level limit system, including Group risk appetite limits, is used to contain credit
risk.
Trading Book Market Risk Risk of losses or reduction of profit associated with adverse Policy: The basis for the management system is risk identification, assessment and further
changes in the value of financial instruments, as well as foreign management. The key management tool is to set market risk limits at the portfolio
exchange rates and precious metal prices. Policy for Managing Market and Credit Risks Arising from level. Market risk limits are imposed on four levels of portfolio hierarchy, from the
Financial Markets Transactions aggregated level to limits of the level of individual sub-portfolios or strategies.
Risk Management Committee: Top-level limits constitute Group risk appetite metrics. Value at Risk (VaR) is the key market
risk assessment metric. The bank assesses VaR using the historic modeling methodology
with a confident probability level of 99 % at a 10-day horizon.
Market Risk Committee
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Banking Book Interest Rate and Currency Interest rate risk in the banking book is a risk of losses or a Policy: Management of banking book interest rate and currency risks (BBIRCR) is performed in a
Ris decrease in profit, capital or capital adequacy due to an adverse centralized manner, taking into account the principles of position consolidation and the
change in interest rates of financial instruments in the banking Banking Book Interest Rate and Currency Three Lines of Defense.
book and/or market interest rates affecting the value of the
banking book financial instruments. Risk Management Policy
The key procedures for BBIRCR management include:
The banking book currency risk is a risk of financial losses or a Risk Management Committee:
decrease in capital or capital adequacy as a result of changes in BBIRCR identification and assessment;
foreign exchange rates or precious metal prices in banking book Assets and Liabilities Management Committee BBIRCR mitigation by establishing a limit system;
positions.
management of banking book interest rate and currency positions;
BBIRCR stress testing;
control of BBIRCR levels and compliance with established limits;
BBIRCR reporting;
validation of models used for quantitative assessment of BBIRCR;
assessment of the quality and efficiency (internal audit) of the BBIRCR management
system.
A multi-level limit system, including Group risk appetite limits, is used to contain BBIRCR.
Banking Book Credit Market Spread Risk The risk of losses or a decrease in capital because of a decline in Policy: Key methods for banking book market credit spread risk (BBMCSR) management:
market prices of securities in the banking book acquired under
the ‘receipt of contractual cash flows’ or ‘receipt of contractual Banking Book Market Credit Spread BBMCSR identification and assessment, including economic capital assessment;
cash flows and sale’ business models and carried at fair value as a Risk Management Policy
result of an adverse change in market credit spreads. BBMCSR mitigation (by establishing a system of limits);
To assess BBMCSR, the Value-at-Risk (VaR) metric is used, which is an estimate of the
maximum loss in the fair value of securities in the banking book as a result of changes in
market credit spreads over a given period of time with a given probability (confidence
level). A multi-level limit system, including Group risk appetite limits, is used to contain
credit spread risk.
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Liquidity Risk Liquidity risk is a risk of inability to finance own activities, i.e. to Policy: Key liquidity risk management methods:
ensure the growth of assets and/or perform obligations as they
become due, or of violation of regulators’ requirements relating to Liquidity Risk Management Policy business planning and preparation of a Funding Plan;
liquidity risk.
a system of limits and trigger limits for risk metrics containing liquidity risk;
Risk Management Committee:
product pricing;
Assets and Liabilities Management Committee transfer pricing;
approval of new product terms and conditions;
approval of large transactions;
maintenance of a liquidity buffer;
development of an action plan for restoration of financial stability in a liquidity crisis.
A multi-level limit system, including Group risk appetite limits, is used to contain liquidity
risk.
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Operational Risk The risk of the Group incurring losses as a result of any Policy: Key management methods:
deficiencies in its internal processes, operation of information
systems, unauthorized / illegal actions or errors committed by Operational Risk Management Policy comprehensive regulation of business processes and procedures;
employees, or due to external events.
division of powers;
Risk Management Committee:
In accordance with Basel II, it includes the following categories of internal control of compliance with the established procedures for executing operations
events: and transactions and the limits discipline;
Group Risk Committee
a set of measures aimed at ensuring information security and continuous operations;
external fraud; Operational Risk Steering Committee
improvement of audit procedures and quality control of automated systems and hardware
internal fraud; operation;
HR policy and workplace safety; property and asset insurance.
clients, products, and business practices;
damage to tangible assets; Key risk identification methods:
business interruptions or system failures; daily analysis of data on realized operational risk events and any damage incurred as
execution, service provision and process management. a result;
analysis of information on operational risks provided by structural units in the course of
self-assessment and as a result of quarterly and annual scenario-based analysis;
business process analysis.
scenario analysis;
stress testing.
Loss limits have been set within the Group risk appetite to contain operational risk.
Country risk Risk of loss associated with the inability or unwillingness of Policies: To manage country risk, the bank has developed limits and red flag values that limit the
sovereign counterparties of a certain country and the inability of overall concentration of transactions associated with country risk across the bank, as well
the other counterparties of that country or counterparties to Country Risk Management Policy as across individual countries.
operations with final risk in that country (if that country provides
a source for repayment of the counterparty’s obligations) to Risk management Committee: Since 2019, country risk has been accounted for in credit risk rather than as part of a
fulfill their obligations for reasons other than standard risks. separate model for calculating economic capital. The existing credit risk model covers the
assessment of losses from country-risk events.
Group Risk Committee
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Cybersecurity risk Risk of Group losses, lack of liquidity, negative impact on the Policy: The Group takes a process-oriented approach to cyber risk management. As part of the risk
Group's business reputation or regulatory sanctions resulting management, a context is defined, with a cyber risk assessed and then processed according
from malicious actions of third parties¹ using information Cybersecurity Risk Management Policy of Sberbank Group to an adopted plan.
technology.
Risk management Committee: Before deciding what should be done to reduce the risk to an acceptable level and when,
forecast is made as to what may happen and what the possible consequences may be.
Group Risk Committee
Steering Committee for Cybersecurity Risks
Model risk Risk of adverse consequences arising from inaccuracy (errors) of Policy: Responsibility for model risk management by the functional units of a Group member credit
models and/or incorrect application of models in bank (entity) institution is accepted in such a way as to ensure a clear division of responsibility between
processes. Model Risk Management Policy of Sberbank Group the three lines of defense. Model developers strive to minimize inaccuracies (errors) of a
model. Model owners make the final decision to introduce the model into the processes of
Risk management Committee: the bank or the Group, thus accepting the model risk created by these models. Model
owners are involved in the implementation of measures necessary to meet the established
limits on model risk.
Group Risk Committee
The Validation Department maintains a methodological framework for assessing model
risk, validates models, evaluates model risk, reports on the level of model risk, advises
developers, owners and users on model risk assessment. Audit services conduct an
independent assessment of the effectiveness of the model risk management system and its
compliance with internal and external requirements.
Risk of participation and forced financial Risk of losses of the bank or a member of the Group due to
support unfavorable change in the financial position/market value of
investments in equity securities that give control or significant
influence over an issuer/the charter capital of an entity¹, and due
to the bank’s forced provision of financial aid to entities that are
not taken into account in calculating the capital adequacy ratios
of the Group.
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RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK DEFINITION RISK DESCRIPTION AND COMMITTEES AND ASSESMENT
Technology risk Risk of direct or indirect losses resulting from IT system Policy: Four lines of defense are used in technology risk management. The first line of defense is
inaccessibility, data quality and integrity issues, contractor and the owner of a technology risk inherent in an automated system and automated business
partner failures and IT system design and update errors. Technology Risk Management Policy. Tau agenda services of the Group. It develops a methodology and controls risk mitigation measures.
The second line supports goal-setting and risk management independently of the first line
Risk management Committee: of defense. The third line performs an independent assessment of the compliance of the
risk management system with internal and external requirements. Regulators, as well as
external auditors, represent the 4th line of defense and control.
Group Risk Committee
MAJOR REGULATORY CHANGES IN RISK SBERRISKTECH RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LOAN PORTFOLIO QUALITY IN 2020
MANAGEMENT IN 2020 DEVELOPMENT IN 2020
Sber's risk management is undergoing technology
transformation based on an artificial intelligence algorithm and The pandemic had a significant impact on the Group's risk Restructured loans
an increase in the number of models used. management. To quickly respond to the situation, a number
In June 2020, the requirements for an operational risk
of changes were made to the risk management system and the Primarily due to the pandemic, 2020 was characterized by a high
management system were established, including information
level of process automation was significantly increased. level of restructuring, both taking into account state support
security risk and information system risk, as well as
and based on the bank's own programs. The actual restructured
requirements for classification of such risk events and
To control the operational risks associated with significant loans amounted to RUB 2.4 trn for corporate clients and RUB
maintenance of an appropriate database, control over the
>1,300 changes in internal and external processes during the first 181 bn in retail. At the same time, the quality of our portfolio as
completeness of recording of direct losses in the database,
quarter of 2020 (closure of some offices, additional security a whole remains at a fairly high level, even despite the large
necessary to calculate the level of operational risk which is
measures during remote operation, more technically volume of restructuring.
included in the capital adequacy ratios according to the Basel III
standardized assessment approach. Pursuant to this document, complicated launch of new services), a specialized ANTICOV
Today, Sber has more than 1,300 headquarters was created. The Operational Risk Steering
credit institutions are to bring their databases of operational
models in place, with 80% of the Committee developed and agreed with business units a work
risk events and the procedure for accounting for such events in
models for retail and corporate and plan for conduct risk.
line with the Basel III requirements by early 2022. Cost of risk
investment clients monitored
automatically. In terms of credit policy and monitoring, the necessary The Bank allocated significant provisions in the first half of 2020
In April, the Bank of Russia issued Instruction No. 5442-U On
Amending Regulation of the Bank of Russia dated 6 August adaptation measures for management in a critical situation were as a result of the global distress from COVID-19. In the second
2015 No. 483-P “On the Procedure for Calculating the Level of implemented. Risk profiling of the state support program was half of the year, provision charge was reduced on the back of
Credit Risk Based on Internal Ratings.” It relaxed the carried out. signs of economic recovery. The combined provision charge for
requirements by reducing some of the credit risk assessment 2020 amounted to 493.8 bn RUB, and the cost of risk came in
The capacity and reliability of a scalable technology platform at 206 b.p.
parameters pursuant to Basel 3.5 (alpha and LGD) and
Sberbank Lending Factory allows Sber to deal with peak loads
introduced a condition for the non-application of IRB if credit
of up to 1 million applications per day.
risk relates to equity interests, provided that a bank has
transitioned to the finalized standardized approach.
The application of neural networks to transactions and other RWA density development
Sber data has significantly increased the accuracy of risk
ECOSYSTEM RISK
In September, the Bank of Russia issued Instruction No. 5521-U
assessment models when issuing loans to individuals and made MANAGEMENT Launch of new IRB models, transition to Basel 3.5 (for IRB and
On Amending Bank of Russia Instruction No. 199-I dated standardized approaches) and reduction of macro add-on for
it possible to more accurately separate customer segments and
29 November 2019 “On Mandatory Ratios and Extra Capital retail loans led to a significant decrease in the RWA density
determine individual conditions for them. The concept of ecosystem risk management is broken down by
Charges for Banks with a Universal License.” As part of the to 90.3%.
companies, technology platforms and products. The Ecosystem
finalized approach, banks were offered an alternative
The focus is placed on convenience, speed and quality Risk Division as a central unit is responsible for maintaining
methodology for assessing credit risk related to mortgage
of customer service. In 2020, the client only had to complete common standards, methodological and operational support.
transactions, developed by the regulator in accordance with
a short questionnaire (a total of 11 fields) to receive a retail loan, At the same time, each ecosystem company builds its own
Basel 3.5. The new methodology is more risk sensitive,
with the questionnaire already pre-filled for Sber clients. internal risk management processes taking into account the
as it involves a wider set of risk weights depending on the main
As decisions are made without human involvement, the client specifics of their business, size and stage of development. Each
parameters of a transaction. In addition, the Bank of Russia
receives a response in 90 seconds. This has already been company has appointed a risk coordinator to align with Group
clarified some provisions regarding the use of the finalized
implemented in 97.5% of applications. The online restructuring processes. Despite the wide variety of activities carried out by
approach to assess capital adequacy ratios (e. g. the algorithm
launched in 2020 allowed Sber to make a loan decision ecosystem companies, risk management there is based on the
for classifying banks and the use of a risk weight for borrowers
in 20 minutes on 45% applications. basic principles with special focus on risks material to the
classified as “investment grade”).
Group.
45% of short term loans to medium and large businesses are
approved by technology Loan in 7 minutes. Unified technology platforms are managed based on the
coherence of approaches and are adapted to avoid scaling local
Sber created one of the largest client connection graphs with risk incidents throughout the ecosystem. At the same time, new
120 million nodes and about 6.5 billion connections updated communication channels and new powers are being built by all
daily. This graph improves the accuracy and speed of decisions participants to provide a quick response.
and is actively used to determine guarantors, assess the impact
of related companies on a counterparty rating and include In 2020, risk management in the companies was systematized
clients in a group of related borrowers. and streamlined, and the companies were integrated into the
risk management framework of Sber Group.
ESG Risk
In based on the decision of the Group s Ris Management Work on creating an ESG ris management system was launched
Committee, wor was carried out on: with the following initiatives implemented as part of it:
Management
Developing the main sections of the ESG ris management Assessment of an unacceptably high ESG ris was
policy. incorporated into the lending process
Approaches to assessing ESG ris s were defined a process for Approaches to considering the ESG risk in industry-specific
determining the approach to incorporation of ESG ris s into lending strategies were determined
borrower assessment procedures was established and a
A prototype for the ESG ris assessment tool was developed
In implementing responsible finance roadmap was approved.
(its incorporation into the lending process is planned as the
practices S ER faces various The Concept for Developing the ESG Ris Management
System at the Group was approved.
prototype is automated)
challenges including the reali ation of Key tools for determining the level of ESG ris s within the
Developed stress testing methods for climate and
environmental ris s
the ESG risk through the supply chain lending process were developed and there are plans to
A stress test was conducted to assess the impact of
and unfair business practices. implement those tools following the automation of the ESG
data use.
cross-border carbon regulation and national environmental
regulation
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REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
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since the crisis of 2009. The commodity orientation of the 2019 2020 of the Republic of Kazakhstan, according to the international
economy increased the negative effect, with the contraction of Randstad employee brand research 2020
external demand accompanied by a sharp drop in export prices Sberbank Online Kazakhstan ranked 2nd in the annual rating
Assets, RUB bn 358 556
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BRANCHES production. The introduction of strict lockdown measures
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enabling to slightly limit the decline in the economy. In 2020, New retail products and services were introduced: online sales
GDP shrank by 2.6%, the mining industry fell by 3.7%, retail of credit cards, online car loans with partners, P2P transfers
turnover by 4.1%, the transport industry by 17.2%, and the ROE, % 33.0 22.7 by telephone number between Kazakhstan and PJSC
service sector by 5.6%. Sberbank, fast payment service to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
ROA, % 3.4 2.3 Kyrgyzstan, MIR card acquiring, E2E online onboarding of
Throughout the year, increased volatility persisted in the foreign retail clients
REGIONAL BRANCHES exchange market. In March, the USD/KZT exchange rate hit
historic highs, after which tenge began to gradually strengthen CIR, % 30.2 30.6 Ecosystem services were launched, including Okko
and ended the year at KZT 421 per US dollar against KZT 381 at subscriptions, non-bank services from SberSolutions
the beginning of 2020, registering a c. 9% decline. (accounting, HR services)
Headcount, ‘000 4.0 4.1
New corporate products and services were introduced:
During the peak of turbulence in financial markets, the National SoftPOS technology (POS terminal in a smartphone), E2E
ACTIVE CLIENTS Bank decided to sharply increase the rate (from 9.25% to 12%). online loans for individual entrepreneurs, B2B payments using
Policy tightening turned out to be short-term, less than a a QR code (together with SmartSatu), integration with the
month later the rate was reduced to 9.5%. The low rates, e-Gov portal to ensure online onboarding of individual
combined with a mortgage subsidy program, fueled demand for entrepreneurs
housing loans, the issuance of which exceeded the average level MARKET POSITION
68 K
of 2019 by 70%+ at the end of the year.
1,2 MN
In 2020, the assets of the banking system of Kazakhstan rose by
16%, the loan portfolio by 5.5%, deposits with deposit
organizations by 16%. The total profit of banks decreased by
The best credit rating among the 5 largest banks: Fitch BBB-,
with a Stable outlook
Leading position in state mortgage lending programs with a
Digital channel sales and services
E-commerce and ecosystem development
9.5% over the year.
RETAIL CLIENTS share of 52% (Baspana Hit and 7-20-25) IT and AI transformation
ESG agenda
BPS-SBERBANK OJSC
REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
53
Winner in the categories Most Responsive Bank, Internet
(management reporting)¹
Unlike other countries, Belarus faced both economic and Bank, Mobile Bank for Android Devices; 2nd place in the
political shocks at the same time in 2020. The limited financial category People's Rating; 3rd place in the category Mobile
capacity to support the economy amid the pandemic prompted Bank for iOS Devices of the Customer Experience competition
2019 2020
the country's leadership to abandon the introduction of severe from infobank.by
quarantine restrictions. This strategy, together with traditional Leader in the nomination Innovation Bank No. 1, winner of
BRANCHES Assets, RUB bn 136 138
tools to support domestic demand through public sector awards: Bank of the Year – Best among Large Banks,
enterprises, limited the depth of the recession. Even despite the Contribution to Science, Bank with Foreign Participation as
suspension of oil supplies at the beginning of the year, the GDP Equity, RUB bn 19 20 part of the Bank of the Year award
fall was 0.9% at the end of 2020. Industrial production shrank
by 0.7%, capital investments decreased by 6.8%, freight New retail products and services were introduced: P2P
turnover lost 5.9%. Retail turnover went up by 1.8% due to a Net profit, RUB bn 2.6 1.3 transfers by phone number between BPS and PJSC Sberbank,
ACTIVE CLIENTS 8.2% salary growth y-o-y (January–November 2020). MIR card acquiring, E2E online onboarding of retail clients,
partner program with Lamoda, cobranding DanaCard, sales of
ROE, % 12.6 6.3
External and internal shocks led to a surge in demand for COVID insurance
foreign currency in the domestic market. In 2020, the Ecosystem services were launched: Okko subscriptions,
39
population bought cash and non-cash currency in the amount of ROA, % 1.9 0.9
SberPrime
USD 2 billion, corporates USD 1 billion net.
K Alesya, a voice assistant, migrated to a new solution based on
CIR, % 66 62
The political crisis caused serious turbulence in the banking the neural network
CORPORATE CLIENTS system. Against the backdrop of rapidly growing expectations New corporate products and services were launched: self-cash
for the weakening of the Belorussian ruble, the National Bank Headcount, ‘000 3.7 3.5
collection service without using a card, Counterparty Check
of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) had to limit liquidity service for legal entities
operations. Interest rates in the credit and deposit market rose,
The transport project was expanded: Apple Express instant
621
lending in many segments almost stopped.
payment service in the underground, payment for transport
K The Belorussian ruble depreciated by 18% in 2020, with its fall trips using the Tap To Phone technology
significantly constrained by large-scale NBRB interventions, MARKET POSITION
RETAIL CLIENTS leading to the gold and foreign exchange reserves for the year
contracting by USD 1.9 billion (20.5%) to USD 7.5 billion. The 5th place in the banking market by assets with a market share
weakening of the national currency, together with rising global of 5.6% (6.2% as of 31 December 2019)
food prices, put upward pressures on inflation. Price growth in STRATEGY PRIORITIES 2023
Belarus gradually accelerated reaching 7.4% y-o-y in December 4th place by corporate loans² with a market share of 5.6%
(a record high in the last 4 years). (6.5% as at 31 December 2019)
Development of Retail Business (with focus on unsecured
4th place by retail loans³ with a market share of 6.9% (8.3% lending) and the Small and Micro Businesses segment
In 2020, the assets of the banking sector of Belarus grew by as of 31 December 2019)
16% (by 5% without revaluation), the loan portfolio rose by 21% Digital channel sales and services
and deposits by 5%. The total profit of banks decreased by 13% Partnership and ecosystem development
over the year.
IT and AI transformation
ESG agenda
1 Excluding funded participation transactions
SBERBANK JSC
UKRAINE
73
2020
78
The bank recorded the largest profit in its history
Record net commission income for the last 4 years
Client funds are fully secured with liquid assets
European country to introduce a lockdown, which helped avoid Mandatory regulatory ratios significantly exceed the
BRANCHES
the severe first wave of the pandemic. The services sector established minimum requirements
(trade, food services, transport, etc.) was hit the hardest. Equity, RUB bn 22 25
Second, the export prices and external demand dropped. And New retail products and services were introduced: new design
third, the amount of money transfers from people working of Sberbank Online, sale of insurance against COVID-19,
Net profit, RUB bn 1.1 2.5 Shake to Pay transfers, QR-code payments, authorization on
abroad dropped.
public services sites by Bank ID (identical to Sber ID),
ACTIVE CLIENTS At the end of 2020, GDP fell 4.4%, industrial production 5.2% ROE, % 6.0 10.7 cross-border P2P transfers between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
y-o-y, freight turnover 14.3% y-o-y. The country responded to and Kazakhstan
the challenges by creating an anti-crisis fund from which all Ecosystem development: online healthcare services, legal
ROA, % 1.6 3.2
expenses related to the current crisis were financed. Those advice
12
expenses mostly pertain to infrastructure construction (roads,
etc.). Weak domestic demand and extremely limited budget CIR, % 48¹ 60¹
K support for the economy prompted the regulator to quickly
lower the refinancing rate. From the beginning of the year, the
Headcount, ‘000 1.4 1.2
CORPORATE CLIENTS rate was revised four times, with an aggregate reduction
of 7.5 pp to 6%. Inflation in December amounted to 5% y-o-y,
accelerating from 2.4% y-o-y as of mid-2020. Falling global
STRATEGY PRIORITIES 2023
energy prices, as well as declining demand for essential goods
Maintaining operating profitability
107
and services, contained price increases during the pandemic.
K The new program of cooperation with IMF helped maintain the MARKET POSITION Non-credit income growth
level of gold and foreign exchange reserves during large-scale Recovery of distressed assets
RETAIL CLIENTS payments to meet foreign exchange obligations and
interventions in the foreign exchange market. At the end of Market-leading liquidity and capital adequacy ratios
December 2020, the international reserves amounted to USD 29 IBI-Rating confirmed Sberbank JSC’s bank deposit reliability
billion (+15%) against USD 25 billion at the beginning of the rating at 5+ and credit rating at uaAA+
year. The Ukrainian hryvnia weakened over the year by 16% to
UAH 28.3 per US dollar. The international rating agency Moody's Investors Service
raised the bank’s long-term rating of foreign currency
deposits from Caa1 to B3 with a Stable outlook. The current
rating of the bank corresponds to the level of Ukraine’s
sovereign rating (which was also raised by one notch from
Caa1 to B3) and is the maximum possible value for a Ukrainian
bank
1 CIR is provided excluding real estate revaluation. Taking into account the revaluation,
CIR 2019 = 54, CIR 2020 = 60.3%
Sber Annual Report 2020 176
Foreign Subsidiary Banks Sberbank Europe AG
Sberbank Europe AG
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
187
(management reporting)
The eurozone economy contracted 6.6% in 2020 amid the New products and services were introduced: payment through
coronavirus pandemic and restrictive measures that suppressed a mobile application using a QR code (Serbia); biometrics
economic activity. Austria’s economy fell 6.6% versus an (Croatia); 24/7 self-service areas, self-cash collection function
2019 2020
increase of 1.4% in 2019. The services sector was hit the hardest for small and micro businesses (Banja Luka); the technology of
by the crisis, while industrial production and construction did pre-approved loans (the Czech Republic); exclusive agreement
BRANCHES Assets, RUB bn 838 1,174 on loans to clients of dental clinics (Germany)
not suffer that much. The economy of Slovenia shrank by 5.5%
in 2020. 2019 saw Slovenia's GDP growth reach 3.2%. The In 2018, an online lending project was launched in Germany. In
unemployment rate in Austria rose to 5.3% in 2020, in Slovenia Equity, RUB bn 104 133 2020, the amount of online retail loans in Germany increased
to 4.9% (compared to 4.5% аnd 4.4% in 2019). According to from EUR 167 million to EUR 404 million (x2.4)
Inflation in Austria and Slovenia in 2020 was 1.4% and -0.3%
(against 1.5% and 1.7% in 2019, respectively). The slowdown in Net profit, RUB bn 2.9 –1.1 The international rating agency Fitch Ratings affirmed
ACTIVE CLIENTS price growth is primarily due to lower energy prices, as well as Sberbank Europe AG's (SBEU) Long Term Issuer Rating (IDR)
weak demand. at BBB- with a Stable outlook.
ROE, % 2.7 –0.9
75
slightly less than in the eurozone. The Czech GDP decreased by ROA, % 0.4 –0.1
5.6%, the GDP of Hungary by 5.0%. The recession in CEE
K countries was more associated with a drop in external demand. CIR, % 77 83
Significant support for domestic demand was provided by state STRATEGY PRIORITIES 2023
CORPORATE CLIENTS aid measures aimed, in particular, at preserving jobs. The
unemployment rate in Hungary in 2020 amounted to 4.1% Headcount, ‘000 4.0 3.9
Development of online retail lending in Germany
(2019: 3.3%), in the Czech Republic to 2.6% (2019: 2%). Inflation
in the Czech Republic was 3.3% accelerating compared to 2019 Building a digital business (Digital Bank)
698
(2.6%). Hungary's inflation rate was 3.4% in 2020, which is Improving operational efficiency of Sberbank Europe AG
comparable to 2019. Group
K
In 2020, Serbia's economy declined moderately by 1.0% due to a MARKET POSITION
RETAIL CLIENTS relatively short period of strict restrictive measures and
significant state support aimed at mitigating the effects of the Sberbank Europe AG Group is represented by universal
crisis. Inflation at the end of 2020 was 1.8%. Croatia's economy subsidiary banks in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia,
shrank by 8.4% in 2020 amid falling domestic and external Serbia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika
demand, including a sharp decline in tourism. It recorded a GDP Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka), a branch in
growth of 2.9% in 2019. Inflation slowed to 0% in 2020 (2019: Germany.
0.8%), largely due to a fall in energy prices.
Appendices
1.1 The Company ensures equal and fair treatment of all the shareholders when they exercise their right to participate in the Company’s management.
1.1.1 The Company creates for its shareholders the most favorable conditions 1. There
is a publicly available internal document of the Company Compliance
possible for participating in a general meeting, working out an evidence- approved by the general meeting of shareholders regulating the
based position on general meeting agenda items and coordinating their procedures for holding a general meeting.
activities, and opportunities to express their views on the issues under 2. The
Company provides an accessible way to communicate with the
consideration. Company, such as a hot line, email, or online forum, that allows
shareholders to express their opinions and send in questions regarding
the agenda during the preparation for holding a general meeting. Said
steps were taken by the Company before each general meeting held in
the reporting period.
1.1.2 The procedure for notifying about the holding of a general meeting 1. Notification
on the holding of a general meeting of shareholders is Compliance
and for providing materials to the general meeting helps shareholders posted (published) on the website no later than 30 days before the
properly prepare for participating in it. date of the general meeting.
2. The
notification on the holding of the meeting specifies its location
and the documents required for entering the building.
3. Shareholders
were provided access to information about who proposed
agenda items and nominees to the board of directors and audit
commission of the Company.
1.1.3 In the course of preparing and holding the general meeting, shareholders 1. During
the reporting period, shareholders were given the opportunity Compliance
were able to receive information about the meeting and its related to ask questions of the Company’s executive bodies and board of
materials freely and in a timely manner, ask questions of the Company’s directors before and during the annual general meeting.
executive bodies and members of its board of directors, and communicate 2. The
board of directors position (including special opinions recorded in
with each other. the minutes) on each agenda item of the general meetings conducted
in the reporting period was included in the materials for the general
meeting of shareholders.
3. The
Company provided the duly entitled shareholders with access
to the list of persons entitled to participate in the general meeting
starting from the date of its receipt by the Company for every general
meeting held in the reporting period.
1.1.4 The exercise of the shareholder right to demand convocation of a general 1. During
the reporting period, shareholders had the opportunity within Compliance
meeting, nominate candidates to management bodies, and propose items at least 60 days following the end of the respective calendar year
to be included in the general meeting agenda did not involve unjustified to propose items to be included in the agenda of the annual general
difficulties. meeting.
2. During
the reporting period, the Company did not reject any proposed
agenda items or candidates for the Company’s bodies due to typos or
other non-material flaws in the shareholder’s proposal.
1.1.5 Each shareholder was able to freely exercise their voting right in a way 1. The
Company’s internal document (internal policy) contains provisions, Compliance
that is the easiest and most convenient for them. which entitle every participant of a general meeting to request a copy
of their completed ballot certified by the counting commission before
the meeting concludes.
1.1.6 The general meeting procedures established by the Company provide 1. During
the general shareholders meetings held in the reporting period Compliance
equal opportunity to all persons attending the meeting to express their in the form of a meeting (collective attendance of shareholders),
opinions and ask any questions they want. sufficient time was provided for reports on agenda items and time to
discuss such items.
2. Candidates
for the Company›s governance and control bodies were
available to answer questions asked by shareholders at the meeting
where their nominations were voted upon.
3. The
board of directors, when making decisions related to the
preparation and holding of general meetings of shareholders, discussed
the use of telecommunications facilities to provide shareholders with
remote access for participation in the general meetings during the
reporting period.
1.2 Shareholders were given an equal and fair opportunity to participate in the Company’s profits by receiving dividends.
1.2.1 The Company has developed and implemented a transparent and clear 1. The
Company›s dividend policy has been developed, approved by the Compliance
mechanism for determining the amount of dividends and paying them. board of directors and disclosed.
2. If
the Company’s dividend policy uses indicators from the Company’s
reports to determine the amount of dividends, the relevant dividend
policy provisions factor in the consolidated indicators of financial
statements.
1.2.2 The Company does not take a decision to pay dividends if such a decision, 1. The
Company›s dividend policy explicitly refers to the financial/ Partial compliance In November 2020, the Supervisory Board approved a new version of the Bank’s Dividend Policy for 3
without constituting a formal violation of the restrictions imposed by law, economic circumstances, in which the Company should not pay years.
is economically unreasonable and may result in misconceptions about the dividends.
The new Dividend Policy established the Bank’s desire to maintain the share of dividend payments at the
Company’s activities. level of 50% of the Bank Group’s net profit under IFRS 3.
The Dividend Policy does not explicitly refer to the circumstances, in which Sberbank should not pay
dividends, however, it contains a list of internal and external conditions, which Sberbank should analyze
when taking a decision to pay (or not to pay) dividends:
• the availability and amount of net profit determined according to consolidated financial statements
of the Bank and its subsidiaries (hereinafter, “the Group”) under the International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) for the relevant period
• the Bank’s capital requirements in order to implement Sberbank Development Strategy taking into
account dividend payments while complying with both the existing and expected provisions of the
legislation of the Russian Federation and the requirements of the Bank of Russia and local regulators
in the countries of our presence, and Basel Committee recommendations, including the systemic
importance and the national counter-cyclical buffers of the Russian Federation added to capital
adequacy ratios, the Risk Appetite approved by the Bank’s Supervisory Board, and completion of a
stress testing procedure according to the Bank of Russia requirements for organization of internal
capital adequacy assessment procedures;
• the ability to the maintain the adequacy of the Group’s Common Equity Tier 1 calculated under
Basel 3.5 based on consolidated IFRS financials of the Group over the medium-term horizon, given a
conservative forecast of the Group’s business development in the next reporting period, at a level of
at least 12.5% after a Bank of Russia mandated systemic importance buffer of no more than 1%
• the macroeconomic environment, other internal and external developments that have or may have
a significant negative impact on the Group’s operations in the future, and any force majeure events,
including natural disasters or wars
• maintaining the balance of interests of the Group, Sberbank and its shareholders with due regard for
the need to increase the Bank’s investment appeal and observe shareholders’ rights.
In practice, Sberbank is profitable and it adheres to the policy of regular dividend payments on shares.
Since Sberbank went public (in 1991), it has been paying dividends to its shareholders annually: in 1991-
1993 and 1996-2020 – with money; in 1994 and 1995 – with capitalization of due dividends into new
shares.
Taking into account the profitable nature of the Bank’s activities, the Bank’s commitment to the
unconditional exercise of the shareholders’ right to fair participation in its profits, the Bank’s decisions
to allocate 50% of the Bank Group’s net profit under IFRS, established in the Dividend Policy, for the
payment of dividends; the approach regarding compliance with this criterion over the next three years
will not be revised.
1.2.3 The Company does not let the dividend rights of existing shareholders 1. During
the reporting period, the Company did not take any action Сompliance
deteriorate. leading to deterioration of the dividend rights of existing shareholders.
1.2.4 The Company is committed to excluding shareholders’ use of other ways 1. For
the purpose of excluding shareholders› use of other ways to earn Сompliance
to make profit (income) at the expense of the Company besides dividends profit (income) at the expense of the Company besides dividends
and liquidation value. and liquidation value, the Company’s internal documents establish
control mechanisms that ensure timely identification and procedure
for approval of transactions with persons affiliated (associated) with
substantial shareholders (persons entitled to dispose of votes from
voting shares) in cases where the law does not formally recognize such
transactions as related party transactions.
1.3 The corporate governance system and its practices ensure equal conditions for all shareholders holding shares of one category (type), including
minority (small) shareholders and foreign shareholders, as well as their equal treatment by the Company.
1.3.1 The Company has created conditions for fair treatment of each 1. During
the reporting period, the procedures for managing potential Сompliance
shareholder by the Company’s management and control bodies, including conflicts of interest with substantial shareholders were effective, and
conditions that prevent major shareholders from abusing minority the conflicts between shareholders, if any, were given due attention by
shareholders. the board of directors.
1.3.2 The Company takes no action that leads or may lead to an artificial 1. Quasi-treasury
shares are absent or did not vote during the reporting Сompliance
redistribution of corporate control. period.
1.4 Shareholders are provided with reliable and effective methods of accounting for rights to shares, as well as with the possibility for free and unhindered disposal of the shares they hold.
1.4.1 Shareholders are provided with reliable and effective methods of 1. The
quality and reliability of the Company registrar’s activities to Сompliance
accounting for rights to shares, as well as with the possibility for free and maintain the register of securities holders meet the needs of the
unhindered disposal of the shares they hold. Company and its shareholders.
2.1 The board of directors carries out the Company’s strategic management, defines the basic principles and approaches to the Company’s risk management and
internal control system, controls operations of the Company’s executive bodies, and exercises other key functions.
2.1.1 The board of directors is responsible for making decisions related to 1. The
board of directors has statutory powers to appoint to and release Сompliance
appointment to and release from executive body offices, inter alia, due from office, and also to define the contract terms for executive body
to a failure of such bodies to perform their duties properly. The board of members.
directors also supervises to ensure that the Company’s executive bodies 2. The
board of directors has reviewed the report(s) of the sole executive
act in accordance with the approved development strategy and main lines body and the members of the collegial executive body on the
of the Company’s activity. Company’s strategy implementation.
2.1.2 The board of directors establishes the basic guidelines for the company’s 1. During
the reporting period, the board of directors meetings discussed Partial compliance In general, Sberbank complies with the principle in item 2.1.2 by all the specified criteria. However,
activities in the long term, evaluates and approves key performance issues related to the strategy implementation and actualization status, approval of Sberbank’s business plan and budget and monitoring their implementation are in the
indicators and core business objectives of the Company, and evaluates the approval of the Company’s financial and economic plan (budget), purview of the Executive Board. This has been a natural distribution of powers as Sberbank is a
and approves the strategy and business plans for the Company’s core and the consideration of criteria and indicators (including interim ones) credit institution with multiple branches and its general business plan and budget are developed by
activities. of the Company’s strategy and business plan implementation. consolidating the business plans and budgets of Sberbank’s branches (operating activities) subject
to mandatory presentation and defense before the Executive Board of Sberbank. Furthermore, the
Executive Board subsequently monitors business plan and budget implementation, in particular using
regular reports of heads of Sberbank branches. These functions are assigned to the Executive Board in
Sberbank’s internal regulatory document Regulation on the Executive Board. The Supervisory Board,
on the other hand, regularly receives information about interim implementation metrics of Sberbank’s
Strategy, business plan and budget for supervision purposes.
2.1.3 The board of directors determines the principles of and approaches to the 1. The
board of directors has determined the principles of and approaches Сompliance
organization of the risk management and internal control system of the to the organization of the risk management and internal control system
Company. of the Company.
2. The
board of directors has assessed the risk management and internal
control system of the Company during the reporting period.
2.1.4 The board of directors determines the Company’s policy on remuneration 1. The
Company has developed and implemented a policy (policies) Сompliance
and/or expense reimbursement (compensations) for members of the board approved by the board of directors on remuneration and/or expense
of directors, executive bodies, and other key executives of the Company. reimbursement (compensations) for members of the board of directors,
executive bodies, and other key executives of the Company.
2. The
issues related to such policy (policies) were examined during the
reporting period at the board of directors meetings.
2.1.5 The board of directors plays a key role in prevention, detection and 1. The
board of directors plays a key role in prevention, detection and Сompliance
resolution of internal conflicts between its bodies, shareholders and resolution of internal conflicts.
employees. 2. The
Company has created a system for identifying transactions
associated with conflicts of interest and a system of measures aimed at
resolving such conflicts.
2.1.6 The board of directors plays a key role in ensuring the Company’s 1. The
board of directors has approved the regulation on information Сompliance
transparency, the timeliness and completeness of the Company’s policy.
disclosure of information, and unhindered shareholder access to the
Company’s documents.
2.1.7 The board of directors oversees the Company’s corporate governance 1. During
the reporting period, the board of directors reviewed the issue Сompliance
practice and plays a key role in the Company’s significant corporate of corporate governance practices in the Company.
events.
2.2.1 Information about the operations of the board of directors is disclosed 1. The
Company's annual report for the reporting period includes Сompliance
and submitted to shareholders. information on the attendance of board of directors and committee
meetings by individual directors.
2.2.2 The chairman of the board of directors is available for communication 1. The
Company has a transparent procedure for shareholders to submit Сompliance
with the Company's shareholders. questions and own opinions about them to the chairperson of the
board of directors.
2.3 The board of directors is an effective and professional management body of the Company capable of making objective independent judgments and
decisions in the interests of the Company and its shareholders.
2.3.1 Only people with impeccable business and personal reputation, as well 1. The
Company’s procedure for assessing the board of directors Сompliance
as the knowledge, skills and experience required to make decisions performance includes, inter alia, assessment of professional
within the competence of the board of directors and to ensure efficient qualifications of board of directors members.
performance of its functions shall be elected to the board of directors. 2. During
the reporting period, the board of directors (or its nomination
committee) assessed candidates for the board of directors from the
perspective of whether or not they had the requisite experience,
knowledge, business reputation, as well as conflicts of interest, etc.
2.3.2 The members of the board of directors are elected using a transparent 1. In
all cases of holding a general shareholders meeting in the reporting Сompliance
procedure that allows shareholders to receive candidate-related period where the agenda included the issue of board of directors
information sufficient to provide insight into their personal and elections, the Company submitted to shareholders biographical data
professional qualities. on all candidates to the board of directors, results of the assessment of
the candidates conducted by the board of directors (or the nomination
committee), information on a candidate’s compliance with the criteria
of independence, in accordance with recommendations 102107 of the
Code, and the written consent of the candidates for election to the
board of directors.
2.3.3 The board of directors composition is balanced, inter alia, in terms of the 1. In
the course of its performance assessment held in the reporting Сompliance
qualifications of its members, their experience, knowledge and business period, the board of directors analyzed own needs related to
qualities, and enjoys the trust of shareholders. professional qualifications, experience and business skills.
2.4.2 Candidates to the board of directors are assessed for compliance with 1. During
the reporting period, the board of directors (or its nomination Сompliance
independence criteria; independent members of the board of directors committee) formed an opinion on the independence of each candidate
are regularly assessed for compliance with independence criteria. When to the board of directors and provided shareholders with the
carrying out this assessment, substance shall take precedence over form. corresponding report.
2. During
the reporting period, the board of directors (or its nomination
committee) reviewed the independence of existing members of the
board of directors, whom the Company states in the annual report as
independent directors, at least once.
3. The
Company has developed procedures determining the necessary
actions of a member of the board of directors if he or she stops being
independent, including the obligation to promptly report the fact to
the board of directors.
2.4.4 Independent directors play a key role in preventing internal conflicts 1. Independent
directors (having no conflicts of interest) pre-evaluate Сompliance
in the Company and carrying out some of the Company’s significant significant corporate actions related to a possible conflict of
corporate actions. interest and provide the board of directors with the results of this
pre-evaluation.
2.5 The chairperson of the board of directors facilitates the most efficient fulfillment of the functions entrusted to the board of directors.
2.5.3 The chairperson of the board of directors takes the necessary steps to 1. The
Company’s internal documents establish the obligation of the Сompliance
provide the members of the board of directors in a timely manner with the chairperson of the board of directors to take steps to provide the
necessary information to adopt decisions on agenda items. board of directors in a timely manner with materials on the agenda
items of the meeting of the board of directors.
2.6 Members of the board of directors act in the interests of the Company and its shareholders reasonably and in good faith, with due care and discretion,
and based on sufficient information.
2.6.1 Members of the board of directors make decisions based on all the 1. The
Company’s internal documents require members of the board Сompliance
available information, having no conflicts of interest, demonstrating of directors to notify the board of directors if they have a conflict
equal treatment towards shareholders of the Company, and in line with of interest regarding any item on the agenda of a board of directors
usual business risks. meeting or a board of directors committee meeting before starting
discussion on the relevant agenda item.
2. The
Company’s internal documents require members of the board of
directors to abstain from voting on any issue where they have a conflict
of interest.
3. The
Company has established a procedure allowing the board of
directors to obtain professional advice on issues related to its
competence at the expense of the Company.
2.6.2 The Company’s internal documents clearly describe and set forth the 1. The
Company has adopted and released an internal document that Сompliance
rights and obligations of members of the board of directors. clearly defines the rights and obligations of members of the board of
directors.
2.6.3 Members of the board of directors have enough time to perform their 1. Individual
attendance of meetings of the board of directors and Сompliance
duties. its committees and the time allocated for preparing for attending
the meetings were taken into account in the board of directors
performance assessment in the reporting period.
2. The
Company’s internal documents require members of the board of
directors to notify the board of directors of their intention to become
a member of the management bodies of other entities (other than
the Company’s subsidiaries and dependent entities) and of such an
assignment.
2.6.4 All members of the board of directors have equal opportunities to access 1. The
Company’s internal documents allow members of the board Сompliance
the Company’s documents and information. Newly elected members of of directors to obtain access to documents and to make requests
the board of directors are provided with sufficient information about the concerning the Company and its subsidiaries; the executive bodies of
Company and the activities of the board of directors as soon as possible. the Company must provide the relevant information and documents.
2. The
Company has a formal induction program for newly elected
members of the board of directors.
2.7 Meetings of the board of directors as well as preparation for and participation in them of board of directors members ensure efficient operation of the board of directors.
2.7.1 Meetings of the board of directors are held as required, taking into 1. The board of directors held at least six meetings in the reporting year. Сompliance
account the scale of activities and the challenges the Company faces from
time to time.
2.7.2 The Company’s internal documents establish the procedure for preparing 1. The
Company has approved an internal document defining the Сompliance
and conducting meetings of the board of directors enabling members of procedure for preparing and conducting meetings of the board of
the board of directors to properly prepare for them. directors, which also establishes that notice of the meeting is given at
least five days before the date of the meeting.
2.7.3 The form of a board of directors meeting is determined based on the 1. The
Company’s charter or internal documents stipulate that the most Сompliance
importance of the agenda items. The most important items are reviewed important issues (according to the list provided in recommendation
at in-person meetings. 168 of the Code) must be considered at in-person board of directors
meetings.
2.7.4 Resolutions on the most important issues of the Company’s activities 1. The Company’s charter stipulates that resolutions on the most Сompliance
are adopted at a board of directors meeting by the qualified majority important issues stated in recommendation 170 of the Code must
or a majority of votes of all elected members of the board of directors. be adopted at a board of directors meeting by the qualified majority
(no less than three-quarters of the votes) or a majority of votes of all
elected members of the board of directors.
2.8 The board of directors establishes committees for preliminary consideration of the most important issues of the Company’s activities.
2.8.1 An audit committee consisting of independent directors has been 1. The board of directors has established an audit committee consisting Partial compliance 1. Partial compliance. Most members of the Audit Committee (four out of five) are Independent
created for preliminary consideration of issues related to control over the solely of independent directors. Directors. The Audit Committee is chaired by an Independent Director. The described practice is
Company’s financial and economic activities. consistent with the Moscow Exchange Listing Rules.
2. The Company’s internal documents determine the functions of the
audit committee, including those described in recommendation 172 of However, Sberbank’s full compliance with this recommendation largely depends on the majority
the Code. shareholder’s readiness to nominate and elect more Independent Directors to the Supervisory
3. At least one member of the audit committee, who is an independent Board of Sberbank as well as its consent in principle for replacing own representatives in the Audit
director, has experience and knowledge in the preparation, analysis, Committee with Independent Directors.
assessment and audit of accounting (financial) reports. 2. Compliance.
4. Meetings of the audit committee were held at least once a quarter 3. Compliance.
during the reporting period.
4. Compliance.
2.8.2 A remunerations committee consisting of independent directors and 1. The board of directors has established a remunerations committee Partial compliance Partial compliance with criteria 1-2. Under the Supervisory Board there is the HR and Remuneration
chaired by an independent director, who is not the chairperson of the consisting solely of independent directors. Committee, the functions of which are described in the Regulation on the Committees of the
board of directors, has been created for preliminary consideration Supervisory Board, in line with the Code recommendations. It is currently impossible to form the HR
2. The
chairperson of the remunerations committee is an independent
of issues related to the development of efficient and transparent and Remuneration Committee solely out of Independent Directors. Most members of the Committee
director who is not the chairman of the board of directors.
remuneration practices. (three out of five) are Independent Directors. The Committee is chaired by an Independent Director.
3. The Company’s internal documents determine the functions The described practice is consistent with the Moscow Exchange Listing Rules. However, Sberbank’s
of the remunerations committee, including those described in full compliance with this recommendation largely depends on the majority shareholder’s readiness to
recommendation 180 of the Code. nominate and elect more Independent Directors to the Supervisory Board of Sberbank as well as its
consent in principle for replacing own representatives in the HR and Remuneration Committee with
Independent Directors.
3. Compliance.
2.8.4 Given the scale of activities and the risk level, the Company’s board of 1. During
the reporting period, the Company’s board of directors Сompliance 6
The list of other Committees created under the Supervisory Board:
directors has ascertained that the composition of its committees is fully considered an issue of whether the composition of its committees
consistent with the Company's goals. Additional committees have been is consistent the board of directors objectives and the Company’s
• Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development Committee;
either created or deemed unnecessary (strategy committee, corporate goals. Additional committees have been either created or deemed • Risk Management Committee
management committee, ethics committee, risk management committee, unnecessary. • Technology Committee
budget committee, health, safety and environment committee, etc.).
2.8.5 The composition of the committees allows for a holistic discussion on pre- 1. The
committees of the board of directors are headed by independent Partial compliance 1. Partial compliance.
considered issues, taking into account different opinions. directors. Currently, four of the five Committees are chaired by independent directors - the Audit Committee,
2. The
Company’s internal documents (policies) include provisions, the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee, the Risk Management Committee and the
which allow persons who are not members of the audit committee, Technology Committee.
the nomination committee, or the remuneration committee to attend
The Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development Committee is chaired by a non-executive
committee meetings only if invited by the chairperson of the relevant
director. Sberbank is in favor of having more Independent Directors on the Supervisory Board,
committee.
however Sberbank’s full compliance with this recommendation largely depends on the majority
shareholder’s readiness to nominate and elect more Independent Directors to the Supervisory Board
of Sberbank.
2. Compliance
2.8.6 Committee chairpersons regularly inform the board of directors and its 1. During
the reporting period, the committee chairpersons regularly Сompliance
chairperson on the activities of their committees. report on the activities of their committees to the board of directors.
2.9 The board of directors provides for a performance quality assessment of the board of directors, its committees and members.
2.9.1 The performance quality assessment of the board of directors aims 1. The
self-assessment or external assessment of the board of directors Сompliance
to determine how efficient the board of directors, its committees conducted during the reporting period included a performance
and members are and whether their activities are consistent with the assessment of committees, individual members of the board of
Company’s developmental needs, intensify the work of the board of directors, and the board of directors as a whole.
directors, and identify areas for improvement.
3.1 The Company’s corporate secretary ensures efficient ongoing communication with shareholders, coordinates the Company’s activities to protect the
rights and interests of its shareholders, and supports efficient performance of the board of directors.
3.1.1 The corporate secretary has an impeccable reputation and sufficient 1. The
Company has adopted and disclosed an internal document, the Сompliance
knowledge, experience and qualifications to perform his/her duties and regulation on the corporate secretary.
enjoys the trust of shareholders. 2. The
Company’s website and annual report contain the biography of the
corporate secretary with the same level of detail as for members of the
board of directors and the executive management of the Company.
3.1.2 The corporate secretary has sufficient independence from the Company’s 1. The
board of directors approves the assignment, dismissal and Сompliance
executive bodies and has the powers and resources to perform his/her additional remuneration of the corporate secretary.
duties.
4.1 The amount of remuneration paid by the Company is sufficient to engage, motivate and retain persons with the competences and skills necessary for
the Company. Members of the board of directors, executive bodies, and other key executives of the Company are remunerated in accordance with the
Company’s remuneration policy.
4.1.1 The amount of remuneration paid by the Company to members of the 1. The
Company has adopted an internal document (documents), the Сompliance
board of directors, executive bodies and other key executives creates remuneration policy (policies), for members of the board of directors,
sufficient motivation for their efficient performance, thus allowing the executive bodies and other key executives, which clearly defines
Company to attract and retain competent and qualified specialists. At approaches to the remuneration of said officers.
the same time, the Company avoids excessive remuneration as well as
an unreasonably large gap between the remuneration amounts of said
officers and the employees of the Company.
4.1.2 The Company’s remuneration policy was developed by the remuneration 1. During
the reporting period, the remuneration committee reviewed the Сompliance
committee and approved by the board of directors. The board of directors remuneration policy (policies) and its (their) implementation practices
together with the remuneration committee, oversees the introduction and submitted appropriate recommendations to the board of directors
and implementation of the remuneration policy in the Company and, if where applicable.
needed, reviews and amends it.
4.1.4 The Company defines its expense reimbursement (compensation) policy 1. The
Company's remuneration policy (policies) or other internal Сompliance
specifying the list of expenses subject to compensation and the service documents establish expense compensation rules for members of the
level to which members of the board of directors, executive bodies, and board of directors, executive bodies, and other key executives of the
other key executives of the Company are entitled. This policy may be a Company.
part of the Company's remuneration policy.
4.2 The system for remunerating members of the board of directors ensures that financial interests of the directors are more aligned with long-term financial interests of the shareholders.
4.2.1 The Company pays fixed annual remuneration to the members of 1. Fixed
annual remuneration was the only monetary remuneration Сompliance
the board of directors. The Company does not pay remuneration for provided to members of the board of directors for their work during the
participation in individual meetings of the board of directors or its reporting period.
committees.
The Company does not use short-term or additional material incentives
with members of the board of directors.
4.2.3 The Company does not provide any additional payments or compensations 1. The
Company does not provide any additional payments or Сompliance
in cases where the powers of a member of the board of directors are compensations in cases where the powers of a member of the board
terminated early due to a change of control over the Company or other of directors are terminated early due to a change of control over the
circumstances. Company or other circumstances.
4.3 The system for remunerating members of executive bodies and other key executives of the Company makes remuneration dependent on the
performance results of the Company and their personal contribution to achieving these results.
4.3.1 Remuneration for members of executive bodies and other key executives 1. During
the reporting period, annual performance indicators approved Сompliance
is determined in such a way as to ensure a reasonable and justified ratio by the board of directors were used to determine the amount of
between the fixed part and the variable part of remuneration, which variable remuneration for members of executive bodies and other key
depends on the Company’s performance and the personal (individual) executives of the Company.
contribution of the employee to the final result. 2. In
the course of the latest assessment of the system for remunerating
members of executive bodies and other key executives, the board of
directors (remuneration committee) ascertained that the Company
used an efficient ratio between the fixed and the variable parts of
remuneration.
3. The
Company applies a procedure that enables it to return bonuses
wrongly obtained by members of executive bodies and other key
executives of the Company.
4.3.2 The Company has implemented a long-term incentive program for 1. The
Company has implemented a long-term incentive program for Сompliance
members of executive bodies and other key executives using Company members of executive bodies and other key executives using Company
shares (options or other derivative financial instruments whose underlying shares (financial instruments based on Company shares).
asset is Company shares). 2. The
long-term incentive program for members of executive bodies and
other key executives stipulates that the right to sell the shares or other
financial instruments used in the program may be exercised not sooner
than three years after the were provided. At the same time, the right
to sell them is contingent upon the Company›s achievement of certain
performance indicators.
4.3.3 The amount of compensation (golden parachute) paid by the Company 1. The
amount of compensation (golden parachute) paid by the Company Сompliance Compensation to members of executive bodies or key executives in the case of early termination of
to members of executive bodies or key executives in the case of early to members of executive bodies or key executives during the reporting their powers at the initiative of Sberbank, provided they have not committed any unethical acts, is not
termination of their powers at the initiative of the Company, provided period in the case of early termination of their powers at the initiative applicable. The cases set forth in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Russian LC) in relation to
the said officers have not committed any unethical acts, does not exceed of the Company, provided the said officers have not committed any the executives of a company and reflected in employment contracts with members of the Executive
double the amount of the fixed part of their annual remuneration. unethical acts, did not exceed double the amount of the fixed part of Board constitute an exception. These cases include: termination of employment contracts due to a
their annual remuneration. change of ownership of the bank (Art. 181 of the Russian LC) or due to a decision to terminate the
employment contract made by an authorized management body of the bank, provided the employee
has not committed any wrongdoings (Art. 279 of the Russian LC). In the said cases, the Russian LC
stipulates that the compensation constitutes at least triple the amount of the average monthly wage of
the employee. Employment contracts define the minimum possible size, which is triple the amount. In
the 2020 reporting year no such cases occurred.
5.1 The Company has established an efficient risk management and internal control system designed to ensure reasonable confidence in achieving the
objectives set before the Company.
5.1.1 The board of directors has defined principles and approaches to the 1. The
functions of the Company's various management bodies and units Сompliance
organization of the Company’s risk management and internal control in the risk management and internal control system have been clearly
system. defined in the internal documents/relevant policy approved by the
board of directors.
5.1.2 The Company’s management bodies ensure the creation and maintenance 1. The
Company’s management bodies have ensured the distribution of Сompliance
of an efficient risk management and internal control system in the functions and powers concerning risk management and internal control
Company. between subordinate managers (heads) of units and departments.
5.1.3 The Company’s risk management and internal control system ensures an 1. The Company has approved an anti-corruption policy. Сompliance
objective, fair and clear vision of the current condition and perspectives 2. The
Company has established an accessible means of informing the
of the Company, integral and transparent reporting, and reasonable and board of directors or its audit committee about violations of the law,
admissible risks accepted by the Company. internal procedures or the code of ethics of the Company.
5.1.4 The board of directors of the Company takes the measures necessary to 1. During
the reporting period, the board of directors or its audit Сompliance
ensure that the current risk management and internal control system committee assessed the efficiency of the Company’s risk management
complies with its organizational principles and approaches defined by the and internal control system. Information on the main results of the
board of directors and functions efficiently. assessment was included in the Company’s annual report.
5.2 In order to conduct a systematic independent assessment of the reliability and efficiency of the risk management and internal control system and
corporate governance practices, the Company arranges for internal auditing.
5.2.2 The internal audit unit assesses the efficiency of the internal control 1. During
the reporting period, an internal audit provided an assessment Сompliance
system, the risk management system, and the corporate governance of the efficiency of the internal control and risk management system.
system. The Company applies generally accepted internal auditing 2. The
Company uses generally accepted approaches to internal control
standards. and risk management.
6.1 The Company and its activities are transparent to its shareholders, investors and other stakeholders.
6.1.1 The Company has developed and introduced an information policy 1. The
Company’s board of directors has approved an information policy Сompliance
that ensures efficient exchange of information between the Company, based on the Code recommendations.
shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders. 2. The
board of directors (or one of its committees) has considered issues
related to the Company›s compliance with its information policy at
least once during the reporting period.
6.1.2 The Company discloses information on the system and practice of 1. The
Company discloses information on its corporate governance system Сompliance The memorandum will be published if prepared by the controlling person.
corporate governance, including details of compliance with the principles and general corporate governance principles applied in the Company,
and recommendations set forth in the Code. including on its website.
2. The
Company discloses information on the membership of executive
bodies and the board of directors, the independence of members of
the board and their membership in board of directors committees (as
defined in the Code).
3. If
there is a person who controls the Company, the latter publishes a
memorandum of the controlling person on the plans of such person
regarding corporate governance in the Company.
6.2 The Company discloses full, relevant and reliable information on the Company in a timely manner so that the Company’s shareholders and investors
can make informed decisions.
6.2.1 The Company discloses information in accordance with the principles 1. The
Company’s information policy sets out approaches and criteria for Сompliance
of regularity, consistency and promptness, as well as accessibility, identifying information that can significantly influence the assessment
reliability, fullness and comparability of disclosed data. of the Company and the cost of its securities, as well as procedures for
ensuring timely disclosure of such information.
2. If
the Company’s securities are traded in foreign organized markets,
material information is disclosed simultaneously and equivalently in
the Russian Federation and in such markets during the reporting year.
3. If
foreign shareholders hold a significant number of the Company›s
shares, during the reporting period information is disclosed both in
Russian and in one of the most widespread foreign languages.
6.2.2 The Company avoids a formal approach to information disclosure and 1. During
the reporting period, the Company disclosed annual and Сompliance
discloses material information on its activities, even if the disclosure of semiannual financial statements prepared under IFRS. The Company’s
such information is not stipulated by law. annual report for the reporting period includes annual financial
statements under IFRS, along with the auditor›s report.
2. The
Company discloses full information on the capital structure as per
recommendation 290 of the Code both in the annual report and on its
website.
6.2.3 The annual report, as one of the most important instruments of 1. The
annual report of the Company contains information about the key Сompliance
information exchange with shareholders and other stakeholders, contains aspects of its operating activities and financial results.
information that helps evaluate the Company’s performance during the 2. The
annual report of the Company contains information about
year. environmental and social aspects of its activities.
6.3 The Company provides information and documents at the request of shareholders in accordance with the principles of equal and easy access.
6.3.1 Information and documents are provided by the Company at the 1. The
Company's information policy sets out an easy procedure Сompliance
request of shareholders in accordance with the principles of equal and for providing shareholders with access to information, including
easy access. information about the Company’s controlled legal entities, at the
shareholders' request.
7.1 Actions which significantly impact or could significantly impact the charter capital structure and financial state of the Company and, consequently,
the position of the shareholders (significant corporate actions) are taken in a fair manner, ensuring the observation of the rights and interests of the
shareholders and other stakeholders.
7.1.1 Reorganizing the Company, acquiring 30 percent or more of its voting 1. The
Company’s articles of association contain a list of transactions or Partial compliance Partial compliance with criteria 1-2. Sberbank’s Charter does not contain a list of transactions or
shares (takeover), performing significant transactions, increasing other actions which are significant corporate actions and the criteria for actions that are significant nor the criteria for defining them. The list of significant corporate actions
or decreasing the Company’s charter capital, listing or delisting its defining them. Decision-making on significant corporate actions falls is defined in the Sberbank Corporate Governance Code. The following is considered as significant
shares, and other actions that could result in significant changes to the within the competence of the board of directors. In cases when such corporate actions: major transactions and transactions with interest; charter capital increase or
shareholders’ rights or violations of their interests are deemed significant corporate actions are expressly reserved by law to the general meeting reduction; listing and delisting of shares; reorganization of the bank; acquisition of 30 or more percent
corporate actions. The Company’s articles of association contains a list of shareholders, the board of directors provides shareholders with of voting shares by a single shareholder, and other actions that may result in a considerable change in
(criteria) of transactions or other actions which are significant corporate appropriate recommendations. shareholder rights and/or violation of their interests. Decision-making on significant corporate actions
actions and such matters are reserved to the Company’s board of 2. The
Company’s articles of association recognize at least the following is reserved by applicable law and by Sberbank’s Charter to the General Meeting of Shareholders or the
directors. as significant corporate actions: reorganizing the Company, acquiring Supervisory Board. If a matter is reserved to the competence of the Supervisory Board, the decision on
30 percent or more of its voting shares (takeover), performing the significant corporate actions under Sberbank’s Charter is made by the qualified majority of votes (at
significant transactions, increasing or decreasing the Company›s least three quarters of the votes). The applied approach is currently in line with the needs of the Bank
charter capital, and listing and delisting its shares. and changing it in the next several years is deemed unfeasible.
7.1.2 The board of directors plays a key role in making decisions or issuing 1. The
Company has a procedure for the independent directors to Сompliance The Supervisory Board plays an important role in making decisions on significant corporate actions.
recommendations on significant corporate actions; the board of directors declare their position on significant corporate actions before they are Sberbank’s Corporate Governance Code provides for the possibility to establish an ad hoc interim
relies on the position of the Company’s independent directors. approved. committee under the Supervisory Board for preliminary consideration of issues regarding significant
corporate actions.
7.2 The Company has a procedure for taking significant corporate actions that enables shareholders to obtain full information on such actions in a timely
manner and influence them and guarantees that in taking such actions their rights are observed and adequately protected.
7.2.1 Information on significant corporate actions is disclosed together with the 1. During
the reporting period, the Company promptly disclosed detailed Сompliance
reasons, conditions and results of such actions. information on its significant corporate actions, including their grounds
and timeframes.
7.2.2 Rules and procedures related to significant corporate actions taken by the 1. The
Company’s internal documents stipulate a procedure for engaging Сompliance
Company are defined in its internal documents. an independent appraiser to valuate property alienated or acquired
under a major transaction or a related party transaction.
2. The
Company’s internal documents stipulate a procedure for engaging
an independent appraiser to valuate share acquisition and repurchase.
3. The
Company›s internal documents stipulate an extended list of
grounds for deeming members of its board of directors and other
persons specified by law to be parties interested in the Company›s
transactions.
1 The status ‘compliance’ is indicated only if the Company meets all the criteria for assessing compliance with the corporate governance principle. Otherwise the status ‘partial compliance’ or ‘no
compliance’ is indicated.
2 Specified for each criterion for assessing compliance with corporate governance principles where the Company meets only some of the criteria or none of the criteria for assessing compliance with the
principle. If the Company indicates the status ‘compliance’, no explanation is required.
3 Adjusted for interest payments net of tax effects on equity instruments recorded in equity other than shares
4 Indicate which of the two alternative approaches permitted by the principle is implemented in the Company and explain why it was chosen.
5 If the nomination committee functions are performed by any other committee, please indicate its name.
SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (continued)
Year
ended 31 December Year
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ended 31 December
in billions of Russian Roubles 2020 2019
in billions of Russian Roubles 2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Interest income calculated using the effective interest method received 2,174.5 2,395.0 Cash flows from investing activities
Other interest income received 113.0 117.6 Proceeds from disposal of discontinued operations, net of cash and cash
Interest expense calculated using the effective interest method paid (736.9) (887.5) equivalents disposed of — (11.4)
Other interest expense paid (13.9) (20.7) Acquisition of premises, equipment and intangible assets (164.1) (205.8)
Deposit insurance expenses paid (68.1) (83.9) Proceeds from disposal of premises, equipment and intangible assets 44.6 20.0
Fees and commissions received 773.3 724.4 Acquisition of investment property — (0.1)
Fees and commissions paid (219.5) (206.7) Proceeds from disposal of investment property 1.1 2.5
Net gains received on non-derivative financial instruments at fair value Acquisition of associates and joint ventures (15.9) (65.3)
through profit or loss 4.1 4.0 Proceeds from disposal of associates and joint ventures 39.9 8.4
Net gains received from financial instruments at fair value through other Acquisition of subsidiaries net of cash and cash equivalents acquired (10.1) (3.0)
comprehensive income 21.3 9.3 Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries, net of cash and cash equivalents
Dividends received 5.6 2.5 disposed of 0.1 7.4
Net gains received on derivatives, trading in foreign currencies and
Net cash used in investing activities (104.4) (247.3)
operations with precious metals 42.6 72.6
Revenue received from non-core business activities 78.1 36.5 Cash flows from financing activities
Expenses paid on non-core business activities (79.8) (30.4) Funds received from subordinated debt issued or reissued 9.9 5.6
Insurance premiums received 159.8 210.3 Redemption of subordinated debt (21.9) (68.6)
Claims, benefits and acquisition costs on insurance operations paid (52.6) (41.5) Cash received from non-controlling shareholders 0.7 —
Pension fund premiums received 20.1 7.6 Acquisition of non-controlling interests in subsidiaries (3.0) (3.3)
Claims, benefits and acquisition costs on pension fund operations paid (9.7) (12.5) Purchase of treasury shares (203.1) (342.2)
Income received from operating lease of equipment 9.5 8.2 Proceeds from disposal of treasury shares 209.4 337.7
Expenses paid related to equipment leased out (0.3) (0.3) Cash outflow to settle principal amount of lease liabilities (16.1) (13.2)
Other net operating income received / (expenses paid) 25.6 (7.0) Dividends paid (421.2) (358.6)
Staff and administrative expenses paid (674.6) (651.6) Interest on perpetual subordinated loan paid (5.2) —
Income tax paid (175.6) (246.0)
Net cash used in financing activities (450.5) (442.6)
Cash flows from operating activities before changes in operating assets
and liabilities 1,396.5 1,399.9 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 184.6 (128.1)
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 293.6 (285.2)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Net increase in mandatory cash balances with central banks (35.4) (48.8) Cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations at the beginning
Net decrease in due from banks (81.4) 435.0 of the year — 269.6
Net increase in loans and advances to customers (2,637.8) (1,522.3) Cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations at the beginning of
Net increase in securities and financial instruments pledged under the year 2,083.2 2,098.8
repurchase agreements (1,886.2) (674.2)
Net decrease in derivative financial assets 0.4 0.2 Cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations at the end of the
Net (increase) / decrease in other assets (40.6) 3.0 year 2,376.8 2,083.2
Net increase / (decrease) in due to banks 745.6 (308.4)
Net increase in due to individuals 1,992.0 1,015.3
Net increase in due to corporate customers 922.7 328.6
Net increase / (decrease) in debt securities in issue 211.6 (44.7)
Net decrease in other borrowed funds 1.2 (46.8)
Net increase in obligations to deliver securities 23.5 2.3
Net increase / (decrease) in other liabilities 51.8 (6.3)
Net cash from operating activities 663.9 532.8
These summary consolidated financial statements of Sberbank of Russia and its subsidiaries (together – the “Group”) have been prepared by extraction, without any modification, of the
consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows from the audited consolidated financial statements o f the Group prepared
in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The summary consolidated financial statements do not contain all the disclosures presented in the audited consolidated financial These summary consolidated financial statements of Sberbank of Russia and its subsidiaries (together – the “Group”) have been prepared by extraction, without any modification, of the
statements of the Group. For a better understanding of the Group financial position, its financial performance and its cash flows the summary consolidated financial statements should be read in consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows from the audited consolidated financial statements o f the Group prepared
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements. in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The summary consolidated financial statements do not contain all the disclosures presented in the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Group. For a better understanding of the Group financial position, its financial performance and its cash flows the summary consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements.
The audited consolidated financial statements of the Group can be obtained from Sberbank of Russia and are available at the website www.sberbank.com. 5
The audited consolidated financial statements of the Group can be obtained from Sberbank of Russia and are available at the website www.sberbank.com. 6
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
5 Moscow Municipal Golf Club LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
22 Sberbank – Automated Trading System CJSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 24 SovTekh Sibir LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 49.00%
33 Settlement decisions JSC (Universal Electronic Card JSC) Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
35 Regional Unified Information and Settlement Centre JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 51.00%
36 Regional Information Centre of the Kirov Region JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 49.00%
37 Unified Information and Settlement Centre of the Kaluga Region JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 51.00%
38 NCO Settlement decisions LLC (NCO Universal Electronic Card LLC) Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
39 Universal Electronic Card of the Irkutsk Region JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 51.00%
40 Unified Settlement Centre of Mari El Republic JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 49.00%
43 Unified Billing and Processing Centre of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Russian Federation Russian Federation 74.90%
Okrug - Yugra JSC
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
SUBSIDIARIES 44 Regional Information and Settlement Centre JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 50.00%
AND AFFILIATES 45 Strategy Partners Group JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 98.99%
51 SB CIB Holding LLC (Bylinnye Bogatyry LLC) Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
52 SB Finance Holding LLC (SIB Financial Broker LLC) Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
56 Sberbank CIB (UK) Limited United Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain 100.00%
and Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland
59 Troika Capital Partners Limited (Cyprus) Republic of Cyprus Russian Federation 100.00%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
73 SB Prosperity LLC (Bogatyrskaya TROIKA LLC) Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
74 Sber Real Estate Funds LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
78 Insurance company Sberbank insurance life LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
81 SBERBANK A.D. BANJA LUKA Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.00%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 88 Sberbank Magyarorszag Zrt (MAGYARORSZAGI VOLKSBANK RT.) Hungary Hungary 98.93%
91 Pronam Nekretnine d.o.o. (Sberbank Nekretnine d.o.o.) Republic of Croatia Republic of Croatia 100.00%
95 Micro-credit company Vidayuchiesya kredity LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
102 Non-Banking Credit Institution YouMoney LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
104 SB Capital S.A. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 0.00%
105 Non‐state Pension Fund of Sberbank JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
106 Insurance company Sberbank insurance LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
107 Sberbank Insurance Broker LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 110 Sberbank Real Estate Centre LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
OF SBERBANK 111 Digital Technologies LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
128 Cognitive B.V. the Netherlands Russian Federation and other 30.00%
countries
129 Digital Platform Decisions LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 50.10%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 131 SBERDEVICES TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO LTD People's Republic of China People's Republic of China 100.00%
137 Rambler Internet Holding LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
147 Advertising Agency Index 20 LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
149 Express Parcel Service LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
150 Centre of Speech Technologies LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 51.00%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 153 CRT-Soft LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 12.75%
163 Technologies of Industry Transformation LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
169 DocDoc Territory of Health LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 82.56%
LIST OF THE MAIN № NAME COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION COUNTRY OF BUSINESS CUMULATIVE INTEREST
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE GROUP
AND AFFILIATES 175 Centre of bancruptcy technologies LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 60.00%
OF SBERBANK 176 Lending technologies LLC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
181 Manjerok All-Union Resort JSC Russian Federation Russian Federation 100.00%
184 Fortenova Group TopCO B.V. the Netherlands countries of Central Europe 40.62%
JURISDICTION OF SUBSIDIARY
INTERCOMPANY OPERATIONS
INTERCOMPANY OPERATIONS
TOTAL BEFORE EFFECT OF
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
AND CONSOLIDATION
CYPRUS AND OTHER
UNITED KINGDOM
CZECH REPUBLIC
NET EFFECT OF
JURISDICTIONS
ADJUSTMENTS
HERZEGOVINA
SWITZERLAND
KAZAKHSTAN
BOSNIA AND
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
IRELAND
CROATIA
AUSTRIA
SERBIA
TOTAL
USA
RUB BLN
Net interest income 1,572.5 1.8 5.4 3.0 2.9 3.2 4.9 - 2.6 2.5 (3.9) 21.3 2.6 2.4 4.6 - 1,625.8 (17.6) 1,608.2
Net provision charge for impairment of debt financial assets (412.6) 1.6 (2.0) (1.3) (0.9) (3.1) (1.6) - (1.0) (0.7) (0.9) (8.5) (1.3) (0.8) 1.0 - (432.1) 20.1 (412.0)
Net fee and comission income 582.2 0.4 4.7 1.3 0.7 (0.1) 0.9 0.5 1.3 1.8 - 7.6 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.1 604.7 (52.1) 552.6
Net other operating income 43.9 (2.9) 0.4 0.3 (0.5) (16.5) 0.4 2.8 1.8 - 5.5 1.4 0.1 - 0.4 0.2 37.1 (83.8) (46.7)
Operating income 1,786.0 0.9 8.5 3.3 2.2 (16.5) 4.6 3.3 4.7 3.6 0.7 21.8 2.6 2.6 7.2 0.3 1,835.5 (133.4) 1,702.1
Operating expenses (730.0) (6.4) (6.7) (2.8) (2.4) (0.9) (4.6) (2.8) (3.7) (3.8) (0.1) (9.9) (2.3) (2.5) (3.9) (0.1) (782.8) 23.0 (759.8)
Profit/(loss) before tax 1,056.0 (5.5) 1.8 0.5 (0.2) (17.4) - 0.5 1.0 (0.2) 0.6 11.9 0.3 0.1 3.3 0.2 1,052.7 (110.4) 942.3
Income tax expense (187.5) (0.2) (0.4) (0.2) (0.1) (1.1) - - - (0.1) (0.1) (2.2) - (0.1) - - (192.0) 1.5 (190.5)
Net profit/(loss) from continuing operations 868.5 (5.7) 1.4 0.3 (0.3) (18.5) - 0.5 1.0 (0.3) 0.5 9.7 0.3 (0.0) 3.3 0.2 860.7 (108.9) 751.8
Net profit/(loss) from discontinued operations 2.7 - - - - (7.9) - - (10.1) - - - - - - - (15.3) 23.8 8.5
Net profit/(loss) 871.2 (5.7) 1.4 0.3 (0.3) (26.4) - 0.5 (9.1) (0.3) 0.5 9.7 0.3 (0.0) 3.3 0.2 845.4 (85.1) 760.3
Capital expenditures 155.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 - 0.5 0.1 0.4 1.0 - 2.3 0.1 0.1 0.7 - 161.9 - 161.9
JURISDICTION OF SUBSIDIARY
INTERCOMPANY OPERATIONS
INTERCOMPANY OPERATIONS
TOTAL BEFORE EFFECT OF
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
AND CONSOLIDATION
CYPRUS AND OTHER
UNITED KINGDOM
CZECH REPUBLIC
NET EFFECT OF
JURISDICTIONS
ADJUSTMENTS
HERZEGOVINA
SWITZERLAND
KAZAKHSTAN
BOSNIA AND
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
BELARUS
UKRAINE
IRELAND
CROATIA
AUSTRIA
TURKEY
SERBIA
TOTAL
USA
RUB BLN
Net interest income 1,377.5 1.6 5.0 2.5 2.6 4.7 5.1 - 1.1 2.1 (4.3) 17.8 2.3 2.4 - 7.0 - 1,427.4 (11.9) 1,415.5
Net provision charge for impairment of debt financial assets (98.0) 0.2 0.1 (0.7) (0.3) 1.4 (0.9) - (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) (4.3) (0.8) (0.2) - (2.6) - (106.5) 13.9 (92.6)
Net fee and comission income 543.1 0.5 4.2 1.2 0.7 (0.2) 1.2 0.2 1.1 1.7 - 6.6 1.2 0.8 - 0.8 0.1 563.2 (65.3) 497.9
Net other operating income 52.2 1.3 (2.1) 0.1 (0.1) (17.9) 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.4 4.5 2.7 (0.5) - - (0.2) 0.3 46.3 (3.8) 42.5
Operating income 1,874.8 3.6 7.2 3.1 2.9 (12.0) 6.3 2.1 4.9 4.0 0.1 22.8 2.2 3.0 - 5.0 0.4 1,930.4 (67.1) 1,863.3
Operating expenses (682.9) (5.1) (7.2) (2.4) (2.0) (1.3) (4.3) (1.8) (2.6) (3.5) - (8.3) (2.0) (2.2) - (3.8) (0.3) (729.7) 5.1 (724.6)
Profit/(loss) before tax 1,191.9 (1.5) - 0.7 0.9 (13.3) 2.0 0.3 2.3 0.5 0.1 14.5 0.2 0.8 - 1.2 0.1 1,200.7 (62.0) 1,138.7
Income tax expense (224.1) - (0.5) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) (0.4) - - (0.1) - (2.8) 0.1 (0.2) - - - (228.5) 4.6 (223.9)
Net profit/(loss) from continuing operations 967.8 (1.5) (0.5) 0.6 0.7 (13.5) 1.6 0.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 11.7 0.3 0.6 - 1.2 0.1 972.2 (57.4) 914.8
Net profit/(loss) 967.8 (1.5) (0.5) 0.6 0.7 (13.5) 1.6 0.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 11.7 0.3 0.6 8.0 1.2 0.1 980.2 (135.2) 845.0
Capital expenditures 121.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.1 - 0.8 17.0 2.6 0.2 0.1 - 1.2 - 145.2 - 145.2
INFORMATION ON THE FINANSIAL
POSITION AND PERFORMANCE
OF THE REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
RUB BLN 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019
REVENUE 1 FROM:
- external customers 2,658.6 2,643.4 420.0 353.8 94.4 130.9 98.8 104.5 71.4 26.4 22.2 33.7 – – 3,365.4 3,292.7
Total revenue 2,699.3 2,680.6 420.0 353.8 99.5 133.9 98.8 104.5 71.4 26.4 22.2 33.7 (45.8) (40.2) 3,365.4 3,292.7
SEGMENT PERFORMANCE:
Operating income before credit losses allowance and other provisions 1,744.8 1,613.7 329.0 277.7 65.8 60.7 78.9 81.2 36.2 10.0 35.8 32.6 (29.5) (31.0) 2,261.0 2,044.9
Net (charge) / recovery of credit loss allowance and other provisions (534.8) (183.7) – – (1.1) – (0.2) – (0.4) (0.1) 3.6 – – – (532.9) (183.8)
Staff and administrative expenses (574.2) (552.1) (124.1) (122.7) (21.1) (18.6) (17.0) (15.9) (27.2) (11.4) (32.7) (34.2) 27.7 28.6 (768.6) (726.3)
Profit / (loss) before tax (segment result) 635.8 877.9 204.9 155.0 43.6 42.1 61.7 65.3 8.6 (1.5) 6.7 (1.6) (1.8) (2.4) 959.5 1,134.8
Segment assets 34,518.3 28,393.0 71.1 58.7 1,136.9 944.1 92.8 80.7 136.6 39.3 318.9 477.8 (84.6) (98.2) 36,190.0 29,895.4
Segment liabilities 30,305.8 24,655.8 18.9 9.2 652.7 683.4 79.9 69.2 64.9 15.5 74.5 39.5 (83.1) (97.1) 31,113.6 25,375.5
1 Revenue of the Non-financial business segment does not include Yandex Market data
REPORT ON NO.
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MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
TRANSACTIONS Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
As of the date of the transaction, S. Kirsanova was concurrently a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and the Chairman of the Board
ENTERED INTO
of Directors of Setelem Bank LLC
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (amount of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Cetelem Bank LLC: 0%
BY SBERBANK As of the date of the transaction, A. Morozov was concurrently a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Setelem Bank LLC
IN 2020
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0017%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.001%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (amount of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Cetelem Bank LLC: 0%
As of the date of the transaction, S. Kirsanova was concurrently a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Loyalty Programs Center Joint-Stock Company
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Loyalty Programs Center JSC: 0%
Acquisition by Digital Assets LLC of a 25% stake plus an interest at nominal value USD 19,7 mn 1 2
of RUB 1 in Yandex PS Yandex.Money LLC from Yandex N.V.
Sale to Yandex N.V. 10.0 million class B shares in Yandex.Market B.V. owned by RUB 42 billion 1 3
Digital Assets LLC
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MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
TRANSACTIONS Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
L. Khasis is concurrently a member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank L. and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SBERBANK JSC
ENTERED INTO BY
(Ukraine)
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SBERBANK JSC (Ukraine) 0%
SBERBANK Acquisition of ordinary registered shares of additional issue of SBERBANK JSC UAH 4.3 bn 1 4
IN 2020
(Ukraine) in the amount of 4.3 bn shares to be offered by placement during an
increase in the authorized capital of SBERBANK JSC
Stakeholders and the reasons why they were deemed interested in the transaction:
Kuznetsov is concurrently the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BiZone LLC
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.00125%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.00131%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of BIZone LLC: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Transtelecom JSC: 0%
Opening by Sberbank of a non-revolving credit line for BIZone LLC to finance RUB 4,05 bn plus the loan 1 5
costs under the contract for the purchase of complex works in the field interest amount
of information technology entered into by and between BIZone LLC and
Transtelecom JSC (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Entry into the Master agreement on forward transactions in financial markets RUB 1.55 bn 1 6
taking into account the non-deliverable forward transaction concluded between
Sberbank and BiZone LLC for the purpose of hedging currency risks arising while
performing the contract between Party B and Transtelecom JSC (Republic of
Kazakhstan)
Entry into a property rights pledge agreement between Sberbank (Pledgee) and RUB 13.35 bn 1 7
BiZone LLC (Pledgor) on the Pledgor pledging all its property rights (claims)
under the contract to the Pledgee
Entry into movable property pledge agreements to secure proper fulfilment of RUB 8.76 bn 1 8
the obligations of BiZone (Borrower) to Sberbank (Pledgee) to repay the funds
under the non-revolving credit line
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MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
RELATED-PARTY 5 Counterparty: Sberbank Corporate University, Autonomous Nonprofit Organization for continuing professional education
TRANSACTIONS Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
Herman Gref is concurrently the CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank and the Chairman of the Executive Board of
Sberbank Corporate University
ENTERED INTO BY
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0045%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0044%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
SBERBANK A. Vedyakhin is concurrently a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Corporate University ANO for CPE and a member of the Academic Council of Sberbank Corporate University
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.000027%
IN 2020
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.000029%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
L. Khasis is concurrently a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Corporate University ANO for CPE
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
S. Kuznetsov is concurrently a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Corporate University ANO for CPE
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.00125%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.00131%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
A. Popov is concurrently a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Corporate University ANO for CPE and a member of the Academic Council of Sberbank Corporate University
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.00053%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.00055%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
O. Ganeev is concurrently a member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank Corporate University and a member of
the Academic Council of Sberbank Corporate University
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0017%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0009%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
As of the date of the transaction, S. Kirsanova was concurrently a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive
Board of Sberbank Corporate University;
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
A. Morozov was concurrently a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Executive Board of Sberbank Corporate University at the time the transaction was
entered into
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0025%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0014%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank Corporate University: 0%
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MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
TRANSACTIONS Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
M. Oreshkin is concurrently a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank and a member of the Board of Directors of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company
ENTERED INTO BY
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Amount of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company: 0%
SBERBANK Provision of a guarantee to Rosneft for the obligations of Prime Shipping LLC
under a non-revolving credit facility agreement
RUB 13.6 bn 1 10
Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
S. Ignatiev, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
E.T. Aho, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
REPORT ON NO.
NO.
MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
RELATED-PARTY 7 M. Oreshkin, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
TRANSACTIONS N. Wells, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Sberbank: 0%
ENTERED INTO BY
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
SBERBANK Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
Herman Gref, the CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank is a beneficiary of the transaction.
IN 2020 Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0045%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0044%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
A. Vedyakhin, a member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.000027%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.000029%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
L. Khasis, a member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
O. Golodets, a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
B. Zlatkis, a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0004%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0005%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
S. Kuznetsov, a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.00125%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.00131%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
A. Popov, a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, is a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.00053%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.00055%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
As of the date of the transaction, O. Ganeev was a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0.0017%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0.0009%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
As of the date of the transaction, S. Kirsanova was a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a beneficiary of the transaction.
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of SOGAZ JSC: 0%
REPORT ON NO.
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MATERIAL TRANSACTION TERMS NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
IN THE SECTION
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF
TRANSACTIONS
RELATED-PARTY 7 Management liability insurance policy for the executives of Sberbank and Group
companies
Insurance premium: RUB 66 million
ENTERED INTO BY
million
SBERBANK million
IN 2020
8 Counterparty: Mail.Ru Group Limited
Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
L. Khasis is concurrently a member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and a member of the Board of Directors of Mail.Ru Group Limited
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of Mail.Ru Group Limited: 0%
Provision of a guarantee to Mail.Ru Group Limited for the obligations of Mail.Ru no more than RUB 30 bn plus the 1 12
LLC under the General Agreement for the Revolving Framework Credit Facility amount of loan interest
with differentiated interest rates
Stakeholder and the reasons why he/she was deemed interested in the transaction:
D. Chernyshenko is concurrently a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank and a member of the Board of Directors of PJSC Rostelecom
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital of Sberbank: 0%
Number of voting shares of Sberbank held by the stakeholder: 0%
Equity interest of the stakeholder in the charter capital (number of voting shares held by the stakeholder) of PJSC Rostelecom: 0%
Provision of a guarantee to PJSC Rostelecom for T2 Mobile’s obligations under a RUB 40 bn plus the loan interest 1 13
loan agreement amount
During 2020, the Supervisory Board also approved entry into one related-party transaction, the terms and conditions of which, as well as the parties and beneficiaries thereof, are not
disclosed in accordance with para. 6 of Article 30.1 of Federal Law No. 39-FZ dated 22/04/1996 “On the Securities Market”.
Contents
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GROUP PORTRAIT RESPONSIBILITY TO CUSTOMERS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY APPENDICES
220 ESG Strategy and Management System 244 Ensuring Accessibility 287 Financing of Socially Significant Projects 312 Sber’s Membership in Organizations and
of Financial and Non-Financial Services Associations
221 Responsibility to Customers 288 Sber Educational Projects
247 AI Implementation in Customer Services 314 Procedure for Identifying Material Topics
222 Special Bank 289 Development of Footprint Regions
250 Improving Financial Literacy and Assistance to Local Communities 316 SASB Content Index
223 Cybersecurity and Data Protection
252 Special Bank (Inclusive Solutions) 291 Charitable and Sponsorship Projects 317 GRI Content Index
224 People with New Skills in Effective Teams
254 Development of Socially Oriented Products 295 Response to the Coronavirus Epidemic 320 Glossary
225 Corporate Culture
257 Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Fraud
226 Social Responsibility Prevention
227 Environmental Impact Management 260 Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT
AND “GREEN” FINANCING
ESG Strategy n n ge en y e
determines strategic controls strategy integrates the ESG shapes policy implement initiatives implement initiatives
priorities and targets for implementation priorities into strategy
Mission coordinates activities provide sub ect-matter
sustainable development e pertise
and ESG shares e pertise
manages implementation
Sber s mission is to become a pioneer of the ESG principles
of sustainability and ESG in the industry
and in the country
International
initiatives Development of Sber’s sustainability and ESG agenda in 2020
Responsibility
to clients 7 Retail Finance award
people per month is the pensioners in Russia learned Public services at participated in a series
audience of Sber s non-financial about Sber’s online services multifunctional service centers of webinars on banking services
services as part of our digital services are paid for through the launched during the pandemic
training campaign cashless payment service
of Sberbank
CX World Awards
subscribers to SberKot chatbot of loans issued by Sberbank P2P money transfers abroad communications were arranged
under the state-supported using a phone number to support those people 3 World’s Best Digital Bank Awards
mortgage program are available who stayed at home during
the lockdown
Special
Bank
>6,200 . 28,931
The availability of all banking products CX World Awards
branches equipped for people ATMs accessible for blind
and services is one of the main principles Winner of the award for accessibility with disabilities clients
of Sber’s operations. Any person, of the bank’s digital services to people
with disabilities and accessibility
regardless of his/her health condition, guidelines as part of the Special Bank
should be able to use any of our products project
freely go to our office visit our website
or run our mobile application and receive the
necessary service without any limitations
46 % 56 %
UsabilityLab
30 %
Cybersecurity
and Data Protection
Cybersecurity and data protection are Sber’s priorities. Sber is one of the
2nd International Bi.Zone results
global leaders in cybersecurity. We are constantly improving our systems Cybersecurity Congress Part of the Sberbank ecosystem
to protect client data. Sber has established the Steering Committee
Hosted by Sberbank
for Cybersecurity Risks.
BI.ZONE accounts for a third
of the cybersecurity services
>2,700 65 market in Russia.
delegates countries
100 0
cybersecurity projects clients in 10 countries
0
The target for 2023 In 2020, not a single cyberattack
In the first ever RUB
is RUB 0 of losses
from cyber threats
98.6 % 4 on self-service terminals was
independent assurance of the recorded.
bank’s compliance with the of the bank’s employees phishing cyberdrills were held
requirements of SWIFT CSP of lost client money because completed the Cybersecurity in 2020, 99% of employees
was conducted by an external Agent special course completed them successfully
of DDoS attacks
audit company.
in e ec i e e 286 K
Sber Group Headcount as of the end of
The results of Strategy and especially the current year have shown that
people i e Sber s employees are critical to the Group s successful development Sber was ranked second in the 2020 Russian
The transformation of the Group s business model and its successful operations Employers Ran ing by HeadHunter Sber was
would not have been possible without our team the absolute leader in the an s category
300
293.8
285.6
281.6
Two companies from Sber s ecosystem also
250 100 % >230 K demonstrated great results GIS (won the
gold in the IT and Internet category)
and Rambler Group (won the silver in the Media
Sber an employees are Employees trained in
and Mar eting category) with GIS being the
200 covered by a collective
agreement winner among all medium-si ed companies
as well.
Total hours of training for the Group's employees, million hours Injury severity and frequency rates
15 14.3 Men
RATE FORMULA 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Women
9.98 Total In ury frequency Rf = I*1000/H 0.68 0.62 0.60 0.56 0.32
10
5 4.33
Total injury rate Rtotal = Rs*Rf 24.13 26.22 23.74 25.68 13.6
2020
culture
Corporate culture is a key element of
75 %
employee engagement
Sber’s business model and a source of the
company’s long-term competitive
advantage. Development of new business
models (agile, teal) and creation of the 84 %
ecosystem, a larger share of employees employees are proud to work in Sber
from Generation Y/Z and engineers Priorities of Corporate
expecting an open and democratic Culture 2.0:
environment and support for their
development and personal fulfillment from 73 %
the employer have necessitated a change
1
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MYSELF
employees recommend Sber as a place
in Sber's corporate culture. USE MY HEAD, TAKE THE INITIATIVE to wor
MAKE DECISIONS, REACH GOALS
GIVE AND ACCEPT FEEDBACK, IS TOLERANT
72
CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP AND BUILD MY CAREER
MANAGE MY ENERGY AND STRESS
%
2
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEAM
82
ACHIEVE AMBITIOUS GOALS AT THE LOWEST COST
CONSTANTLY RAISE THE BAR, INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE FOR RESULTS
DELEGATE AUTHORITY
%
ENCOURAGE INITIATIVE, EXPERIMENTATION, COLLABORATION
of employees consider Sber
RETAIN THE BEST, BREAK UP INEFFECTIVE
as a technological company
3
I CHANGE THE COUNTRY Activities and image of a manager are key driver
of employee engagement and willingness
USE AND PROMOTE ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTS
to recommend Sber as an employer
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION, ESG
DEVELOP IN SOCIAL ROLES - PARENT, VOLUNTEER
Social
responsibility
In 2020, the Group was announced the winner of the
Russian Best Social Projects Award in several
194 MN RUB >300 MN 200 categories. The following projects gained recognition:
was collected on SberVmeste Spasibo bonus points were donated events were organized and held by
platform to help doctors and by clients to help children, Contribution to the Future,
combat COVID-19 veterans, and doctors a charitable foundation
332 BN RUB
Sberbank
Environmental
impact management
Awards Achievements
Focus areas
40
Implementation
of environmental
initiatives %
Green
By 2025, Sberbank aims o ce
to increase the share of separate
waste collection to 40%
Efficient consumption Sustainable waste Greater energy Development of the Financing of renewable
of resources and use of management efficiency green office concept energy projects (green
materials projects)
Approach
The introduction of sustainable practices and ESG criteria With the aim of creating a uniform approach to managing Furthermore, an ESG curator was appointed to the
to Sber s activity at all levels adds to the stability of the sustainable development and ESG and of effectively Supervisory oard a Senior ice-President for the ESG
business This was one of the factors in maintaining Sber s implementing the ESG Strategy, the ESG Committee agenda was named on the Executive Board, while the
strong performance in 2020, despite the unfavorable and and the ESG Directorate were created in 2020. Strategic Planning Committee of the Supervisory Board
Sustainability
and ESG values and priorities help Sber find new ways of with best practices and covers all levels of management.
effectively interacting and wor ing together with sta eholders
to our mutual benefit
Organizational structure of management of sustainable development and ESG at Sber
and ESG Sber does not see to simply integrate the ESG agenda into its
strategy and effect an ESG transformation within the Company
Sber s mission is to become a pioneer in the field of sustainable
development and ESG in the industry and the country.
The Company aims to use its unique role and capabilities determines strategic priorities and targets for sustainable
SUPERVISORY BOARD
to create an advanced ESG agenda in Russia to shape and development and ESG
refine the regulatory environment for ESG as well as develop
and implement best practices. This concerns both responsible
financing and green financing being the areas that fit the
For the Company, its activity industry in which Sber operates and the ESG trends in their
on sustainability and ESG entirety.
EXECUTIVE BOARD controls strategy implementation
is not simply a response to a request In 2020, Sber continued to steadily develop its sustainable
from sta eholders such as investors business practices, implement ESG elements into its products
and services, improve its ESG performance to boost its
shareholders, and customers, but investment appeal and to successfully fulfill its role as
is a mandatory precondition a foundational element of the Russian economy y growing its
traditional initiatives and creating innovative new projects integrates the ESG priorities into strategy
for achieving the main goal of the aimed at social, economic, and environmental development,
ESG COMMITTEE
manages implementation of the ESG principles
business strategy to 2023—to become Sber has ascended to a new level, as the new ESG Strategy
for was developed and adopted in
a trusted assistant and navigator
in a fast-changing world helping
shapes policy
people, business, and the country ESG DIRECTORATE coordinates activities
to develop in a stable way shares expertise
Stages in developing Sber sustainability and ESG agenda in 2020 implement initiatives
ESG FUNCTIONS IN BUSINESS UNITS
provide sub ect-matter e pertise
1 For further details, please see 2020 Annual Report, Part 1, section
“Supervisory Board Committees” , on pp. 112–117
Approach
The ESG Committee includes senior To this end the ESG Directorate In addition to the internal management bodies, Sber
management and representatives of all performs a number of interrelated will consolidate the expert and business communities
to shape and implement the progressive ESG agenda
functional business units and regional head tasks: at the national level
to Managing
offices of Sber who meet regularly to
consider current topics in sustainability and In Sber plans to develop and adopt the
ESG Sustainability and ESG Policy that will set out Sber s
Sustainability
main approaches principles areas of activity and goals
in this field as well as enshrining its approach to
In the ESG Committee had working with stakeholders and the system for managing
speciali ed wor ing groups covering wor the ESG transformation Development of the Policy will
1 Government Relations
Shaping the Strategy’s goals and approaches involved analyzing increasing the share of recycled waste to 40% by 2023
standards and best practices, taking stock of and systematizing increasing the share of green energy to 30% by 2023
current sustainability and ESG initiatives, and discussing the
calculating and reducing the carbon footprint
Strategy with key management bodies and other stakeholders.
100% of purchases made using ESG criteria
The Strategy was approved on 10 September 2020 and was developing a regulatory framework to classify ESG risks and assess the environmental footprint
presented as part of the presentation on Strategy 2023
on Investor Days, 30 November–1 December 2020.
Social ensuring development, a comfortable work environment, and focus on health of employees and their families in regions of presence
ensuring flexible work formats for more than 20% of employees
keeping the employee engagement index at 75%
improving inclusion, adoption of an industry standard and solutions for special needs individuals
supporting volunteerism
shaping standards for caring for employees and social solutions at the national level
promoting national welfare through financial and investment services: 50% increase in the number of citizens with savings by 2023
improving accessibility of healthcare and development of the services SberHealth and SberPharmacy
developing educational technology
supporting small business and microbusiness and bringing Sber portfolio in this area up to RUB 950 bn
Governance developing an ESG Policy and establishing an ESG risk management system
improving stress-testing tools
launching ESG scoring by 2023
updating Sber management principles and structure, reflecting sustainability KPIs1 in incentives
maintaining leadership in ESG transformation in Russia
joining global ESG initiatives
Sber recognizes the significance of the 17 Sustainable The SDGs are important benchmarks in addressing the world’s
significant economic, social, and environmental problems. Sber
Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General
is helping to achieve the SDGs directly through its activity as a responsible
Assembly in 2015 and seeks to make a contribution company, with the help of special programs and projects in the field
to achieving these goals. of sustainable development, and also through the activity that it finances.
SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere increasing financial literacy Ensuring accessibility of financial and non-financial services
helping clients to best manage their personal finances, teaching bank clients about digital services and finance Improving financial literacy
developing service channels in villages and remote areas Development of socially oriented products
SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security improving financial literacy among Sber clients Ensuring accessibility of financial and non-financial services
and improved nutrition, and promote
proactive communication about social support measures Improving financial literacy
sustainable agriculture
implementing charitable projects Development of socially oriented products
Charitable and sponsorship projects
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote a program to care for employees and their children (SberTeam#100) Effective teams
well-being for all at all ages
supporting public health by providing life insurance services Response to the coronavirus pandemic
supporting health of all our employees through implementing a voluntary health insurance program
fundraising and providing humanitarian assistance to those in need during the pandemic
supporting research projects to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus infection, as well as
free consultations using the SberHealth service during the lockdown
joint projects with the state authorities to help Russian citizens during the lockdown
developing the SberHealth service
SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality Educational events held in 2020 Financing of socially significant projects
education and promote lifelong learning
Sber educational iniatives
opportunities for all
implementing charitable programs to support education, including through Sber’s Charity “Investment in the Future” Charitable and sponsorship projects
cooperating with universities
launching schools with the New Digital Skills Model
developing the SberClass project, personalized education in grades five through nine, developing a similar program for primary
school
developing the Teachers for Russia project, launching the Directors for Russia project
AI-dedicated educational projects
SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all balanced distribution of jobs Staff structure
women and girls
ensuring an equitable system of performance assessment and compensation
information support for employees on parental leave
re-adaptation program for employees returning after parental leave
providing opportunities for employees on parental leave to earn additional salary
creating equal working conditions and career opportunities
SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable financing waste-treatment infrastructure Green financing
management of water and sanitation for all
SDG 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, improving our energy efficiency Climate action and increasing energy efficiency
sustainable and modern energy for all
participating in renewable energy projects
SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable creating jobs in the regions of presence Development of footprint regions and assistance to local communities
economic growth, full and productive employment
and decent work for all providing financial services to business in the regions of presence
SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote developing green lending Green financing
inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation improving our energy efficiency AI-based environmental and climate action solutions
AI development Climate action and increasing energy efficiency
SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among providing support for people with disabilities in the regions of presence through charitable projects and creation of an inclusive Ensuring accessibility of financial and non-financial services
countries environment in the bank's offices and in the digital space
Special solutions (inclusive solutions)
creating an accessible environment for the elderly, children, and foreigners in Sber’s internal structural divisions
SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements developing infrastructure in the regions of presence Financing of socially significant projects
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
engaging people to become socially active through volunteerism, charity, tree planting Sber educational iniatives
Charitable and sponsorship projects
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption participating in projects related to renewable energy Green financing
and production patterns
sustainable recycling/production Climate action and increasing energy efficiency
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate developing and approving the ‘green loan’ concept Green financing
change and its impacts
reducing our carbon footprint Climate action and increasing energy efficiency
incentivizing environmentally conscious behavior
developing a carbon footprint compensation program
SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, facilitating fishery development
seas and marine resources for sustainable
development
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable implementing practical environmental programs Green financing
use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage
forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse issuing digital cards Material efficiency
land degradation and halt biodiversity loss reducing paper use Responsible waste management
incentivizing environmentally conscious behavior
creating sustainable Sber offices
SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for joining the UN Global Compact Membership in external initiatives and participation in ESG events in 2020
sustainable development, provide access to justice
for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive fighting corruption and fraud, money laundering, and the financing of terrorism Response to the coronavirus pandemic
institutions at all levels developing cybersecurity and data protection
participating in the process of improving the regulatory framework in the financial sector
SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation open and transparent interaction with stakeholders Stakeholder relations
and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable
development developing collection and provision of nonfinancial information Membership in external initiatives and participation in ESG events in 2020
working with the state authorities, including on ESG-related issues
Stakeholder
Relations
Sber builds open relationships of trust
CLIENTS PERSONNEL SOCIETY
with all stakeholders based on mutually
beneficial cooperation that serves the Sber clients are our priority enshrined in the Company’s values: Sber cares about its employees, their health, their psychological Sber has a significant effect on its regions of presence where
interests and needs of all parties “Everything for the Client”. state and provides opportunities for career growth and skills it creates jobs and pursues charitable projects to improve
development. One of Sber's key values is “We Are a Team” the quality of life
involved. The Company has assigned Sber seeks to exceed customer expectations by providing
responsibility for specific groups of products and services of the highest quality mailings charitable projects
stakeholders to the business untis that selling services through physical and digital channels
SberFriend corporate app daily media monitoring in the regions of presence and on the
Internet; preparing reports for senior management, including
primarily interact with them and works processing complaints and negative reviews
SberTV, a television channel for employees
reporting negative publications in the media and client
continuously to improve communications researching customer behavior to develop a value proposition
screens and media façades in offices contacts with the supervisory authorities
channels and feedback collection. monitoring customer relations through the Net Promoter
corporate events regular disclosure of information on the effect of the business
on the economy, the environment, and the social sphere
Score (NPS) and the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) engagement surveys
in accordance with international standards
monitoring social media customer feedback rabota.sber.ru, a career portal
media activity: press releases, interviews with speakers,
Sber Career social media accounts press tours
career events and special projects
Sber protects the interests of its shareholders and investors Sber is a strategic partner of the government and participates
and provides complete and accurate information on Sber activities in key development projects at the national and regional levels
in accordance with global best practices
participating in meetings with government authorities and the
General Meeting of Shareholders Bank of Russia on draft legislation
annual survey of investors’ perception of the bank, assessing sending proposals on improving legal regulation to the federal
the strengths and weaknesses of our investment background, authorities and the Bank of Russia
including in comparison with other companies in the financial
participating in social discussion of draft legislation
sector
monitoring legislative drafting by the government and the
discussing topics of interest to private shareholders
Bank of Russia; shaping the bank’s position regarding
at meetings of the Minority Shareholder Relations Committee
upcoming changes
meeting with investment funds and analysts to discuss
current trends and questions on the bank's activity
disclosing information in the Annual Report and the
ESG Report
in External Sber is the general partner of the Russian Chapter of the Global
Economic Forum Climate Initiative.
In January 2021, Sber became a signatory to the global ESG
initiative Principles for Responsible Banking.
In early 2021, Sber also joined the UN Global Compact, the
UN’s largest initiative in corporate social responsibility design
Initiatives
to get major companies involved in sustainable development
In 2020, Sber representatives took part in two events of Principles for Responsible Banking is a global United Nations activity.
the Russian Chapter. In September 2020, Nadya Wells, Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI: Principles
an independent member of the Sberbank Supervisory Board, for Responsible Banking). The goal of the principles Sber shared the ten principles of the UN Global Compact even
and Participation spoke about Sber’s ESG agenda at the roundtable on “Business
and Climate Change”. In December, a roundtable was held
on “The Leading Role of Central Banks in Climate Regulation
is to promote the sustainable development of the banking
sector. Signatories to the initiative include more than 190
banks, with aggregate assets of more than $50 trillion, or 40%
before joining it; among those principles are obligations
to respect human rights, not to allow forced or child labor,
to support a precautionary approach to environmental
in ESG Events
in the CIS”, at which Tatyana Zavyalova, Sberbank’s Senior of the global banking sector. challenges, to be responsible for the state of the environment,
Vice-President for ESG, spoke about the work of key and to fight corruption.
international organizations on exchanging advanced practices Access to UN expertise in this initiative gives Sber
in managing climate risks, and on the role of the Central Bank an opportunity to synchronize its own ESG agenda with global
in 2020 of Russia and Sber in this agenda. trends and to improve its sustainability reporting.
Sber pays significant attention Sber and leading global ESG ratings
to developing the ESG agenda
in Russia, including by representing
Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating
Russia on the global stage. To that end, The ESG Risk Rating of the Sustainalytics agency assesses the level of ESG risks defined as the gap between susceptibility to ESG risks
and the company’s measures to manage these risks. According to the assessment made in 2020, Sber shows Medium Risk and compares
Sber actively participates in sustainable favorably to other companies in the industry.
development and ESG measures,
and is also a member in related MSCI ESG Ratings
MSCI ESG Ratings also assesses the company’s resilience to long-term ESG risks that are material to the industry. Sber has consistently
organizations and initiatives. received a BB rating, which denotes a medium level of risk relative to other industry companies.
Sber Annual Report 2020 1 S&P Global CSA from February 2021 236
Sustainability and ESG: Strategy and Management System Responsible Financing
1 For further details, please see section “Managing ESG risks” on pp.
240–242
Sberban Private an ing (SP ) see s to offer To integrate ESG into its investment process Sberban To ma e ESG investments more popular SP launched a series
potential investors financial tools and services that Private an ing uses the ESG scoring mechanishm of special pro ects with orbes and SPEAR S maga ines has Responsible investment
organi ed online brea fasts with industry representatives
comply with global development goals and satisfy With this goal in mind a line of ESG inde es from Sberban on ESG and responsible investment issues and has also included
the demand for smart meaningful investing Private an ing was launched in They show an ESG ews section in its wee ly investment digest Sber Private an ing populari es the
a return that is higher than benchmar s and a ris for customers philosophies of ESG and responsible
Direct contact with investors allows SP to e tend the level measured in volatility of less (on average for
investment
philosophy of responsible investment to its clients who are three inde es since ) According to benchmar s SP
Special pro ects of Sberban Private an ing include
ma or owners of assets in Russia and worldwide inde es have performed better even in March and April
they had a smaller decline and less price volatility
during the pandemic-induced mar et downturn creating of a targeted fund to finance promising pro ects
and startups at a e ai al
In Sber Private an ing
Sustainable u ury creation of a store to sell eco-products
support for lu ury brands and Russian designers wor ing with continued its strategy of forming
recycled and environmentally friendly materials a leadership position in the area
promotion of ESG initiatives in investing on behalf of responsible investment
of endowment funds and ESG
Sberbank Private Banking ESG indexes mortgage registration service with home delivery
Management
of ESG Risks
Sber has developed and operates In 2020, we worked extensively to develop ESG risk
ESG risks in the Sber risk map management system for lending:
a unified ESG risk management system,
which is integrated into the overall risk We introduced assessment of unacceptably high ESG risk
RISK RISK LEVEL EFFECT OF ESG RISKS
management system. into our lending process and restricted lending
to corporate clients with unacceptably high ESG risks.
Credit risk High Deterioration in the credit quality of borrowers as a result of damage Examples of unacceptable ESG risks include
caused by the manifestation of ESG risks environmental risks, incidents of corruption, tax evasion,
use of slave and child labor, and involuntary resettlement.
The Group uses a taxonomy of ESG risks and approaches
to managing their subtypes. A plan was implemented in 2020 Regulatory risk High Risk of late adaptation to changes in national and international We defined approaches to accounting for ESG risks
to develop the ESG risk management system, which was legislation in industry credit strategies.
approved by the Risk Committee. Improvements were made
We developed a prototype tool to assess ESG risks
to the methodology of risk management tools, including stress
Reputation risk High Probability of loss of reputation in the event of a manifestation of ESG (to be integrated into the lending process once
testing. risks (both direct losses for the company itself, and indirect losses related it is automated and calibrated).
to projects and companies being financed)
ESG risk affects and is a component of a number Sber’s risks, We laid down approaches to stress testing of climate
with both high and medium risk levels. and environmental risks. We plan to increase the coverage
Operating risk Medium Probability of late and/or insufficient adaptation of process to all material of stress testing and financial assessment of climate risks
ESG factors
The ESG risk management practice is developed within the in 2021.
framework of the ESG Committee working groups for ESG Risk
We stress tested impact of cross-border carbon regulation
Management and ESG and Green Products, which include Conduct risk Medium Losses due to a failure to comply with good business practices
and national environmental regulation.
representatives from a wide range of business units. The
working groups pursue their own expert approaches to the We started assessing carbon intensity of our loan
Strategic risk Medium Losses due to changes in consumer models under the influence of ESG
integrated management of Sber's ESG risks; among other portfolio.
factors and inadequate adaptation measures
things, they develop tools to identify such risks, create an ESG
rating system, upgrade all processes by integrating ESG factors
into them, monitor ESG risks, and stress test for impact from Investment risk Medium Change in the value of assets due to ESG factors and a drop in investment While implementing the responsible financing practices,
ESG factors. return Sber faces various challenges, including ESG risk
manifestation through our supply chain, unfair business
Model risk Medium Insufficient implementation of ESG in current models; need to develop practices, and tax optimization in small businesses.
new models In 2021, Sber intends to address those challenges as part
of improving tools used to account for ESG risks, among
other things, to expand scope of ESG risk analysis to cover
Liquidity risk Medium Possibility of an outflow of liquidity due to a reaction to violations of the the entire supply chain; to conduct environmental due
principles of responsible financing, manifested in related risks
diligence for the largest transactions; to survey our
customers, and to label green and ESG transactions based
on our own ranking model using ESG indicators. By 2023,
Sberbank plans to extend ESG scoring to our entire
loan portfolio.
of ESG Risks
During its lending process, Sber accounts for environmental Definition and accounting of ESG ris s
STRATEGY
risks in valuations of pledged real estate. The environmental for the Group
ris e posure factors into loan commitments when determining
whether collateral is acceptable for using the internal
ratings based approach as well as in the subsequent collateral
monitoring.
Providing business processes with models
Our templates for loan agreements, bank guarantees, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
for assessing and accounting for ESG ris s
and mortgages provide for compliance with the requirements
and conditions of the legislation on environmental management
when using the collateral or instance such liability is covered
by loan agreement covenants and the ban is entitled
to demand early fulfillment of the obligation should the
borrower pledger violate any norms of environmental FORECASTING FINANCIAL nderstanding the e posure to ESG ris s
legislation. STRESS SCENARIO
METHODOLOGY MODELING for each Group client
monthly active users of SberBank monthly active users of Sber calls answers the Sber voice bot each level of customer satisfaction with
Online mobile app non-financial services month the quality of service
pensioners all over Russia learned of ATMs are accessible to visually of offices are wheelchair-accessible loans issued by Sberbank in
about Sber’s online services in challenged customers the state-supported mortgage
the training campaign for digital program
services, which can assist in lockdown
periods during the pandemic
AWARDS
World’s Best Digital Banking Technology CX World Awards Digital Leaders Runet Rating Innovation Time
Bank Awards Awards
The annual CX World Awards The mobile app SberBank Online SberBank Online was declared Services for individuals and legal
est integrated official website Best and most innovative solutions determines the most interesting was declared the winner of the a pri ewinner in the categories entities received 10 awards
in banking services and successful projects, initiatives Digital Leaders pri e in the “Finance and Business” and “Brand
Best solution in information
and strategies in the field category Mobile App of the Year App”.
security and fraud management
of customer e perience
Best solution for paying bills
Four Sberbank projects declared
winners in their categories
Seven services were awarded
a high rating
The large variety of channels for interacting with customers In September Sber opened its first office of the new
is a clear advantage of Sber In it was especially
format in Moscow a space in which visitors have a unique
important to provide our clients with the ability to access all
ban ing services online in order to reduce face-to-face Customer interaction channels user experience that combines the best practices of the
contact Sberban proved it was fully up to the tas virtually online and offline formats of wor ing with customers
all services that are provided in our offices could be obtained
through SberBank Online (both the web version and the
mobile app) Offices to serve individuals corporate clients
SER ICE
Mortgage ending Centers Personal Services New approach to providing banking services
O ICES
We are also developing our offline channels the country s Centers Self-Service Offices
largest branch networ This is a place to obtain non-digital In the new office clients will continue to be offered all previous
services as well as the opportunity to spea with clients financial services but they will be on a whole new level iometrics
in person plus one of the world s largest networ has made it possible to provide services without a passport ATMs
of self-service outlets combine modern design materials and technologies and intuitive
ergonomics Money can be withdrawn using a card or a smartphone
Sberbank web version and mobile app or contactless using a voice assistant or simply with
DIGITA
CHANNELS
Online Mobile an SMS service Sberban a smile a facial recognition system is available on the ATM
website service ecosystem This is a unique technology and Sber an is the first in the world
Sber is creating new non-ban ing online channels and now to implement it in ATMs
also smart devices or Sber these have become our
doorway to the home of our customers
SberPortal is a multimedia smart display equipped with ATMs with cash deposit/withdrawal A window into the Sber ecosystem
SE -SER ICE
a virtual assistant that can be controlled by sensors voice OUTLETS
functions payment terminals for cash
or cashless payments and other operations In the new Sber office you can send and receive parcels sign up
and gestures The device offers users access to view the for the O o multimedia service test the SberPortal smart display
content of the O o online movie theater games music get a special offer from Delivery Club and SberMar et buy tic ets
in the SberSound service and other content It is e pected for movies or concerts and order a ta i The number of products
that SberPortal will be able to interface with other and services will grow constantly The space of the new office can
Sberban devices be used for various inds of events master classes seminars
The SberBox multimedia T dongle will also offer the REGIO A Regional managers for work with and discussion clubs All of this can be combined ma ing a trip
ability to use O o watch T and listen to music through MA AGERS corporate clients to Sber as useful as possible
SberSound sers will be able to control the device with
voice commands
In 2020, the Bank continued to expand its service offering A new product for foreign customers was launched in 2020—the Sber offers a new contactless technology for receiving
in foreign languages. Presentations showing the advantages Foreigner’s Assistant package, which the customer can use payments using a smartphone for small and micro-business
of the Bank’s products became available at our offices for clients
in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese; these presentations
to obtain legal advice or telemedicine services in English, Azeri,
Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, or Uzbek.
+17 +80 % in all regions of Russia. The special Tap on Phone app makes
it possible to use any Android smartphone as a terminal
had previously been prepared in English, Tajik, and Uzbek. to accept cashless payments. This solution opens new
new communications increase in the number of trips
We want to remove the language barrier to using our services, opportunities for owners of businesses where the average bill
operators in the CIS were paid for by card
In all ATMs, three primary operations (cash withdrawal, account and for this reason we are systematically working to translate connected during 2020 is modest.
balance, and cellphone payment) are available in Tajik, Uzbek, our various service channels into foreign languages.
English, and other languages. Convenience in interacting with the bank is one of the main Tap on Phone technology makes merchant acquiring more
priorities of our work. We plan to continue to improve the accessible to small and micro-businesses, not only due to the
accessibility of our services, thanks to an expanded list
of languages in which they are offered.
77 77 % low cost but also thanks to the ease of connection and use.
In order to start accepting payments using this technology, all
that is needed is to download and install a special mobile app
cities across the country of housing and communal developed by Sberbank for the Android operating system. After
accept cashless payments for services can be paid through
signing a contract with the bank and activating the app, the
Government services at PSCs the new Sberbank services
through the Sberbank service at the end of 2020 partner can start to accept contactless payments by card,
following the simple on-screen instructions.
3.6
who had to face a transfer fee, since almost 90% of our The bank card has become the most popular payment arranging salary projects and loans, cash services,
customers make less than the free RUB50,000 of transfers instrument on public transit in the Russian regions. This option and other issues is available around the clock.
per month. And our active users appreciated the convenience
of our new transfer subscription service in SberBank Online. MN is available in 140 cities. The number of trips paid for by card
rose 80% in 2020.
Starting from 2020, any client can track their SWIFT transfer Sberbank continues to develop its service of cashless payment
in SberBank Online, as well as contact a foreign bank free In 2020, about 3.6 million customers took
advantage of flexible transfer subscriptions of services at Public Service Centers, to pay duties at the same
of charge to clarify the transfer status and details or cancel time documents are arranged. Government services at PSCs
it through the mobile application interface. This innovation enabling them to customize our tariffs and
make all transfers within the Bank without can be paid via the Sberbank cashless service in 77 cities across
has reduced the number of requests from our customers the country.
to search for funds and confirm the debiting of funds any fees, whatever the amount.
to accounts abroad by 10%. In November 2020, we launched new services aimed at
simplifying residents’ payment of utilities fees. As of the end
Sberbank connected 23 new partners to the instant of 2020, a service that allows amounts due to be provided
international transfer system for individuals in 2020, to the Bank through offline payments is available for 77%
vtheir total number reaching 29. of services.
The ecosystem for instant transfers within Russia also continues
to develop. New partners joined the ecosystem in 2020; among
them Home Credit Bank, MTS-Bank (ATMs), and Alfa-Bank.
The total number of partners in the ecosystem participating
in transfers to and/or from Sberbank in Russia reached 14.
AI Implementation
in Customer Services
We believe that virtual assistants will create Sber seeks to provide a unique user experience by actively
a new vmost comfortable and convenient customer implementing modern information technology, including AI IN SBER SERVICES
technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine
experience in various areas learning, in our activities. Our goal is to ensure that in using
our services, clients quickly complete their tasks and are happy
with the results.
AI in retail contact centers AI in the business contact center
The automated system of smart quality management Sber has improved the speed of servicing of entrepreneurs in the
Awards implemented at Sber an s retail contact centers has learned Corporate Solutions Center (CSC) a contact center for legal
to analy e the wor of call center operators identify errors entities that uses artificial intelligence The nified Operator s
and help to correct them Previously this was done manually Des ( OD) system integrates the OD Assistant
by special ban employees who managed to listen to only service a natural language processing ( P) model that
of dialogues with customers but by the end of this transcribes the caller s words in real time analy es
figure was raised to and classifies the call finds the necessary information
and suggests to the operator how to correctly advise the client
Gold Silver Silver The smart quality management system combines the
nowledge of highly qualified specialists in client service Entrepreneurs contact the CSC on a wide range of issues there
and Data Science with the leading technologies and algorithms are more than a thousand different topics The operator must
The telemar eting robot won Best Use of Customer Insight Contact Centre the an s of artificial intelligence It identifies cases where the operator attentively listen to the client, immediately understand the crux
Gold in the category Best Use & Feedback for the contact center in Stavropol was impolite interrupted the customer didn t understand the of the question and quic ly find all necessary information The
of Digital. implementation of AI technology for pro ects to improve the substance of the question, or was unable to help in a critical OD Assistant ma es this tas much easier doing all the hard
in retail customer support. quality of customer service using situation The system also ma es it possible to identify errors wor for the operator who can now focus on tal ing with the
AI technology that lead to incorrect solutions, and to correct such situations customer.
before they affect the client
In Sber plans to e pand the number of topics covered
In addition using a machine-learning (M ) model the system by OD Assistant This will ma e it possible to speed up the
calculates how well the employee will work in the coming two solution to question by on average saving almost
months, and assigns a reliability score that makes it possible seconds on each call
to assess how many manual chec s will be needed and in what
areas.
Sber Voice Bot for contact centers Salut family of virtual assistants Sber Businessbot helps to reduce the load and expense on companies’ contact centers
Sber has expanded the capabilities of its voice bot, Sber Salut is the world’s first family of virtual Sber has developed a unique chatbot platform for legal entities. The Sber Businessbot cloud service lets
which advises clients when they call the contact assistants with different characters, habits, and companies cut their expenses and the number of lost clients thanks to the fast, simple, and inexpensive
center. About 60% of all customer outlooks. Each user can choose the assistant closest creation of chatbots (virtual digital assistants) to service clients on the company’s website or messenger app.
questions—and those number 11‒12 million calls to them in spirit. The customer can speak with the automatic assistant in chat the same way as with a real person: to ask
each month on the average—can be resolved using whether a particular product is in stock, inquire about the terms of delivery and returns, and so forth.
the voice bot. Bank operators are available to help
We were the first in the world to create not just one assistant,
customers to address more complex questions. The platform already has readymade service scenarios in action Since the start of the pandemic, our clients have begun
but a whole family of Salut AI assistants, to give users the
for various business sectors. For example, for online shops, to actively seek out opportunities to optimize expenses, with
chance to select who they feel most comfortable talking
answers have been prepared for questions about delivery, how many of them seeing the load on their remote channels going
Thanks to modern technology, in a third of cases we to at any given moment. The assistants of the Salut family
to order, how to pay for or return goods, contact information up several times over. Sber Businessbot helps clients to cope
immediately know what question the customer is calling to ask, are distinguished by high emotional intelligence: thanks
and addresses of stores; for travel agencies, the bot can tell with these challenges. Use of the service can reduce the load
even before the customer has asked it, and we can instantly to an advanced dialogue platform, each assistant is able to carry
about the rules for getting visas, booking tours, and organizing on contact-center operators by 20–30%. Expenses go down
provide high-quality service. Speaking with the bot means zero on a dialogue in a way unique to them.
trips. Any company can select readymade scenarios or create accordingly, while the quality of client service goes up: unlike
time spent waiting and the maximum benefit; the bot makes
their own. a human being, the bot can answer customer queries instantly
it possible to answer the most common questions addressed Assistants are able not only to carry on a conversation and find
and around the clock, never gets tired, and is never
to the bank at any time of day or night. answers to questions, but also to order food, make
in a bad mood.
an appointment with a doctor or a beauty salon, transfer money
The robot can successfully replace the operator if the customer to relatives, or pay the cellphone bill. All assistants have the
needs the following: same, identical set of capabilities, and for this reason when
choosing one or the other or switching between them, the user
will in any case have access to all that the technological
to find out the balance on a card/deposit or the annual cost
platform and ecosystem of Sber has to offer. AI-based company due diligence
of servicing a card
to block a card In autumn 2020, Sber for the first time opened up the platform Sber created and patented Russia’s first system for due diligence of legal entities
SmartMarket to external partners, giving everyone from
to connect to the mobile bank for legal capacity using artificial intelligence.
beginning businesspeople to major companies the ability
to find out the delivery status of a card to teach new skills to the Salut family of virtual assistants.
Over the course of 2020, more than 2.5 million legal opinions The robot checks up on counterparties by recognizing
to check the amount of debt on a loan or a credit card were prepared with the assistance of a robot lawyer developed and extracting legally significant information from documents.
SmartMarket gives business the opportunity, free of charge,
to obtain a statement to develop skills for the Salut family, to promote their by the Sberbank Legal Department. The robot can significantly It checks for information on bankruptcies, liquidation
products and seek out new clients by interacting with the more speed up business processes and prevent errors in the manual and reorganization of legal entities, the accuracy of information
to find a bank branch processing of large masses of data and review of information contained in statements from the official corporate register
than one hundred million users of the Sber ecosystem. For those
partners who decide to earn income from their services on counterparties. The process of analyzing a legal entity takes (EGRUL), the authorities of signatories to conclude
and connect to their service payments, Sber has added seven minutes on average. transactions, and many other parameters. The system analyzes
information from more than ten documents.
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The Bank regularly a revenue-sharing program.
introduces new skills that
MN
expand the abilities of the
voice bot.
More than 20 million calls
are taken by the Sber voice
bot each month
Artificial intelligence ecosystem for the Completion of medical documentation The STC Group (part of the Sber ecosystem), together with the
needs of medicine by voice Moscow Bank of Sberbank and the Moscow Metro team, have
introduced a chatbot for passengers. During focus-group
In December 2020, Sber and the Skolkovo Institute of Science Today, with healthcare under tremendous pressure, modern testing, the virtual text assistant automated 75% of queries
and Technology announced the signing of a deal to create technology and AI-based products come to the rescue. The STC without resorting to an operator. In full-scale operation, the
an ecosystem to develop the use of artificial intelligence in the (Speech Technology Center) Group of companies, part of the virtual assistant has shown an automation level of 88%.
Russian healthcare system. The operator is the company Sber ecosystem, optimizes the work of medical institutions The bot is available in the Moscow Metro app.
SberMedAI, founded in summer 2020. The ecosystem would in various areas, including radiology, with the help of smart
combine the innovative developments of SkolTech’s research voice technologies.
teams with Sber’s cloud engineering infrastructure and would
become the technological foundation to create healthcare The basis of the solution is Voice2med, a product based on
services. Developers would gain access to new opportunities artificial intelligence, created by the STC Group from scratch.
to work with algorithms, an exclusive set of structured medical Voice2med makes it possible to dictate information for charts,
data, and a set of tools to process them.
The use of modern technology in healthcare is a defining factor Voice2med relieves the daily graft pressure on medical workers,
for the quality of medical assistance and its accessibility saves more than 20% of time by filling out protocols, improves
and serves the interests of both doctors and patients. protocol quality and, most importantly, allows healthcare
professionals to concentrate on examining and treating
patients.
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of children s homes and salaried clients and to develop financial education students from more than institutions
Our initiatives help to foster in the Russian ederation or that In the app continued developing A series countrywide attended the lectures in honor
a responsible attitude to personal purpose Sber closely cooperates with MN
of videos was created in the Sber ids application of Students Day
finance in society the an of Russia the Ministries ( users) with placement on O o a special
of inance and Education as well More than million pensioners in Russia pro ect with auchPo was launched on the STS ids The an considers programs aimed at teaching socially
as with the ational Center learned about Sber s online services during channel and ouTube and seen by million people vulnerable groups to be especially important
for inancial iteracy and other a campaign to teach digital services which help or children living in orphanages the Investment in the
institutions for financial edification those who must self-isolate during the pandemic The Sberban Charity Investment in the uture uture oundation has developed a financial literacy
has developed a financial educational game program and a series of educational courses that
Investment for school-age children in which they are given by trained volunteers from Sber an
learn to plan a budget ma e decisions thin critically The program aims to teach listeners how to reasonably
and evaluate the profitability of investments under handle money safe financial conduct and also
AWARDS conditions resembling real life to develop financial s ills that can grow into automatic
habits when wor ing with accounts and using
In Sber continued active development of the ban cards
SberCat pro ect a channel for youth in the onta te
social networ and the Sber an Online mobile app
The SberCat channel in onta te and the Sber an
13.9
Online mobile app continued to instruct users
in financial literacy posting memes and useful advice
for its audience on how to save and how to spend MN
how to get an education now and pay later how to use
Award for the set of educational initiatives The ury gave a high rating to the pro ect The winner is the program inancial SberSpasibo bonuses how to use piggy ban s etc subscribers to the SberCat chatbot
implemented through the Sber an Online to teach financial literacy to youth aged literacy from Sber an
mobile app through the SberCat chatbot
Improving
Financial Literacy
FINANCIAL LITERACY IN A PANDEMIC FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR PEOPLE FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR EMPLOYEES FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR BUSINESS
WITH DISABILITY
Mandatory lockdown changed people’s lives substantially In 2020, Sberbank launched the #EasyFinance Events of the Financial Literacy Week for employees, as well Sber and the educational Internet portal for lawyers
in 2020, including in terms of personal finances. More and more, (#FinansyDostupno) social project, which helps to make banking as courses “ABC of Finance”, the Welfare Academy, webinars “LF Academy” have launched a joint product
financial operations are moving to remote channels, which not services equally understandable for everyone, including people in the “Dialogues with Experts” series, the Cybersecurity “Academy.Sberbank”. The Academy.Sberbank section hosts
only opens up new possibilities for users, but also creates with disabilities. The deaf bank employees participated course, etc. video lectures by specialists of the Department of Distressed
certain challenges for some of them, especially those in older in a series of five videos on finance in Russian sign language. Assets of Sberbank, covering current issues of bankruptcy
age groups. They told about SberBank’s special services for people with and enforced recovery, and work with bad debt in general.
hearing impairments, gave advice on safely managing personal
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Another grave danger is the increasing activity of various finances, shared safety rules and tips on how to work with the Another initiative was launched by Sber together with Google
fraudsters, using both digital technology and social engineering SberBank Online app. and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives—a free training course
to gain access to confidential financial information. Under these “Become an Entrepreneur: Business Z Style” for youths from
conditions, Sber made every effort to protect its clients, 14 to 25 years old. It will be of use to those who are taking their
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and training webinars on financial security conducted by the first steps in the world of business or are even just considering
practicing specialists of Sberbank became an important link the project coverage whether to start their own business. The course will be part
in this protection. of the “Business Class” business skills development program
for Financial Literacy (NCFL) “Pandemic and Crisis: Let’s From November, we offer a new express course
Protect Our Finances”, Sber gave 25 online lectures aimed for entrepreneurs “Everything about ‘Blocking’ Accounts”,
the project coverage FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR EVERYONE
at various categories of listeners. The bank’s employees talked which consists of seven modules with theory, useful links,
about ways to protect personal data, methods to safely perform practical assignments, case studies, and a final test.
financial operations via remote channels, tricks for fighting For visually impaired customers and their loved ones, the bank Educating the people to use online services safely
cyberfraud, and also other current issues of protecting savings has prepared audio and video tutorials on how to use the and effectively, teaching them cybersecurity rules, strategies Together with Google and the Federal Agency for Tourism,
in changing social and economic conditions. Sberbank Online mobile app using screen readers. They explain for accumulation, investments, and use of loyalty programs we presented a new anti-crisis Business Class for the travel
step by step how to make a transfer to another bank client, pay are regularly offered thorugh Sber's own channels, such industry “Tourism: How to Start Your Business and Sail through
for housing and utility services, top up the phone balance as sberbank.ru, the SberbankOnline app (“Beware of the Storm”. The program unravels the situation in the travel
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and perform other popular operations. The work of the scammers!” option), Easy.Investments (Investitsii.Dokhodchivo), industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and builds on the
application is demonstrated by the bank's blind expert. Academy of the First etc. rising interest in business training. The new course will help
The coverage is 15 million people. entrepreneurs who are developing the tourism potential
Starting from October 2020, we have been running the of Russia to create an effective business model and turn their
SberInvestments channel in Telegram for retail investors, both love for the hospitality industry and travel into their life’s work,
the beginners and the experienced ones. It is based even in such a challenging time.
Between April and October 2020, more than on investment analytics on the Russian market from the
two million people saw the talks given by the SberCIB Investment Research team.
Bank’s experts using the popular social
network Odnoklassniki.
(Inclusive Solutions) For us, it is important that each customer All information on special services is available in the Special
an section of the website Our website offers office and ATM
in Sber an branches feels comfortable and safe
accessibility filters for special customers When planning to visit
We try to ma e our Sberban offices and ATMs a Sberban office customers can now find out in advance
accessible to everyone ta ing the needs of senior whether it is equipped with a ramp or has an ATM with voice
citi ens and people with disabilities into account menus for visually challenged customers Clients can find this
Ensuring that all ban ing products and information through the chat feature and by calling the
number
services are accessible is one of Sber’s
fundamental operating principles In order to promote inclusivity in corporate business,
we collected analytics on corporate clients where people with
disabilities hold managerial positions Currently the an
56 46
We are very attentive of people’s needs, and we do all that serves such legal entity clients and wor s to adapt
we can to see that everything is comfortable convenient our services for them
% %
30
and understandable to every client This means that every
person regardless of the state of their health should have the For instance, the primary SberBusiness operations, such
ability to freely use any of our products to go into an office % as ma ing payments to counterparties ordering statements
go onto our website or use our mobile app and find the services managing accounts and searching through the system were
of ban clients answer yes of ATMs are designed of o ces are accessible
they need without any limitations adapted to suit the blind clients The adapted version
to the question Do you thin that to be accessible to blind to clients in wheelchairs
of Sber usiness for the blind won the prestigious international
Sberbank cares about its clients and visually challenged
The wor to create an accessible environment starts with the an ing Tech award in the Diversity Inclusion E cellence
with disabilities?” customers
receipt of feedback on the special needs of people with category
disabilities which can be communicated through the Sber an
Online internet ban ing system and in the ban s offices We equip our offices with ramps induction loops¹, and video Sber plans to develop a uniform procedure for processing
magnifiers Many branches have a remote sign language corporate products for clients with special health needs ased
interpretation service for people with hearing loss and people on this nowledge our clients will receive quality service
with communication needs More and more ATMs are being through any channel that is convenient for them
modified to service blind and visually challenged people
To enhance our inclusive culture a new training format
for serving customers with disabilities has been introduced
among employees office employees have been offered quests
This gamification method ma es it possible to involve
employees in interactive wor with the office s instructions
AWARDS
Barrier-free environment
2017 2018 2019 2020
umber of service points modified for wheelchair users² 5,494 5,630 5,705 6,200
Winner of the prize for accessibility The pro ect to adapt Sber usiness Ratings leader in research into the
umber of ATMs modified for visually impaired users 3,000 9,484 23,000 28,931
of digital ban ing services for people corporate internet ban ing for visually accessibility of ban ing apps for people
with disabilities and guidelines impaired users received an award with disabilities
on accessibility as part of the Special in the category Diversity Inclusion
an pro ect E cellence
1 A device that improves the quality of sound for people with hearing aids.
2 People who have limited possibilities to perform personal daily activities in society due to physical, mental, sensory or psychological disabilities. This indicator refers to people with
disabilities who are capable of independently managing their personal finances.
Special Bank
(Inclusive Solutions)
MODIFIED WEBSITES TRAINING FOR CUSTOMERS JOB SEARCH SERVICE
AND APPLICATIONS
Thanks to the TalkBack program for Android and the VoiceOver On International Day of People with Disabilities 2020,
The Bank strives to make its remote channels fully accessible program for iOS, which narrate everything on the telephone Sberbank, together with the Jobs.ru service, launched a new
to people with disabilities. Ensuring an inclusive online screen that might be of interest to the user, visually challenged section with ob offers for people with disabilities Already at
environment is one of our priorities when developing new customers can freely use SberBank Online. Sber issued tutorial the launch, more than 5,000 vacancies across Russia were
applications and websites. Interface accessibility is a guiding videos in autumn 2020 to help our visually challenged available to job seekers, including those with remote
principle in the work of the Bank’s managers, designers, customers to use the SberBank Online mobile app. employment. Vacancies for job seekers with disabilities
and developers. are also available in a special Sber service that helps find obs
The tutorial instructional videos cover the key service blocks: in ecosystem companies.
In 2020, the web-based version of SberBank Online was moved registration in the application, utilities payments, transfers from
to a new platform that supports screen readers, has enhanced user accounts to bank clients, the search function, etc. The As part of the initiative, vacancies suitable for people with
contrast features, and harmonizes the customer journeys in the application is explained by a visually challenged expert with disabilities have been selected in different regions of Russia
web-based and app-based versions. first-hand nowledge of all the nuances of using the ban ing The new section of the Jobs.ru service includes vacancies
services. in which employers have put a special note that they
The SberBank Online app is updated regularly, and each update are considering candidates with disabilities for a given position.
provides blind and visually challenged customers with a high Another Sber initiative was timed to coincide with the When searching for suitable offers ob see ers can filter them
level of accessibility. Visually challenged employees participate International Week of the Deaf. A series of educational videos by industry and company specialization, required work
in the design of the interfaces, help to develop new application on Russian sign language were issued. The videos included e perience offered salary schedule and location
interaction scenarios, and test them. subtitles and an offscreen narrator so that the family and
friends of people with hearing loss can learn the material along
Visually challenged users have access to all functionality in the with them. The presenters and experts are SberBank employees
SberBank Online mobile app. It supports the VoiceOver and customers with hearing impairments.
and TalkBack screen readers, which narrate the visual content
on the screen, has a user-friendly interface, and transitions Viewers can learn about Sber’s special services for people with EMPLOYEE TRAINING
predictably between elements of the SberBank Online app, impaired hearing, get advice on how to use the SberBank Online IN SERVICE SKILLS
allowing a visually challenged customer to quickly take advantage mobile app, and familiarize themselves with the fundamentals
of banking services without encountering additional barriers. of safe financial management from the videos The videos also
talk in detail about how the employees at SberBank branches SberBank improved the servicing of visually challenged
Sber’s inclusive solutions for blind and visually challenged and offices can organi e video calls with a sign language customers in 2020. Branch employees underwent specialized
people are not confined to the ban ing sphere In Sber interpreter on their business tablets for customers with hearing training for proper interaction with visitors to the bank branch
continued the Art.Aloud initiative in partnership with the loss at any time. This free service is available at 6,000 SberBank who use service dogs. This initiative was introduced under the
Golden Mask festival. This project enables blind and visually offices “We Welcome Service Dogs” program, which the bank joined in
impaired people to become part of the festival thanks to the 2019 to establish a barrier-free environment at its branches.
unique Art.Aloud mobile application designed by Sberbank
together with OS-film The Srednerussky Bank of SberBank initiated cooperation with
the Educational Dog Training Center. This partnership resulted
in the organization of remote and in-person training of
employees and the creation of a training route for service dogs
at one of Sber an s offices
Development PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND STATUS
Products
and develop banking products courses.
for people of all ages and status. We also created the SberKids mobile app where
children can receive their first plastic card save We are improving our online customer service
We offer mortgages on special terms savings up for their goals with the help of their parents, because we believe that banking products
programs and insurance services to young and learn how to manage their finances and should be available at any time.
parents. Customers up to the age of 25 can take control their spending.
advantage of the Youth Card with low service
fees.
MORTGAGES
“Young Family” Under this program, a mortgage loan is provided to young families, where one of the spouses is younger than
years old (inclusive) at a discount of percentage points off the base interest rate
CX World Awards “Own Business”—2nd place in the Best B2C Customer
Experience category
“Mortgage Plus Maternity (Family) Capital” A mortgage loan under this program stipulates the possibility to use the funds of maternity (family) capital
as a down payment
Best social projects of Russia The winners and laureates were: “Special Bank”,
“Social Account”, “Ladoshki”, “Strelka”, “BRIS Utilities “Military Mortgage” Military mortgage is a loan for the purchase of completed housing or housing under construction with state
Billing Platform”, the export accelerator based on the subsidies for military personnel.
platform Bank of Business Partners by Sberbank, Loans worth 12 bn RUB were issued in 2020
and “Financial Literacy by Sberbank”
Regional Housing Programs A mortgage loan for participants in regional social housing programs as part of the bank’s basic line
of mortgage products at a single, reduced interest rate.
Innovation Time SberSovetnik was the winner of the “Service Solution
Loans worth 41 bn RUB were issued in 2020
of the Year” in the category “Support and Development
of Small Business”. This is a mobile app for clients with
small and medium-sized enterprises, which allows CONSUMER LOANS
entrepreneurs to receive up-to-date information
on their business performance indicators, the market
as a whole or a targeted industry with one click “Student Loan” A student loan gives the recipient money to pay for education in his or her dream higher education institution
at only 3% per annum. The loan will only have to be paid back starting nine months after the student
completes his or her education—only interest will have to be paid while he or she is still at university.
SberBank works with 543 colleges and universities
9,400 students received loans in 2020
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND STATUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
Over 1 million parents in Russia have used the Child Subsidy Calculator
Socially oriented products by Sber
This service was launched in 2019 and The Bank continues to develop a special
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION became even more essential during the service with recommendations for parents.
coronavirus pandemic when special payments Helpful information is regularly published
Deposits to support families with children were for customers depending on the age of their
started. The calculator helps the general children in the form of stories on the
public receive all the required information SberBank Online mobile app: from the
“Pension Plus” Deposit Available to depositors who are eligible for a pension based on the legislation of the Russian Federation or quickly and easily. advice of a clinical psychologist to a
who have reached pension age. Debit operations can be performed on the deposit without losing interest collection of suitable banking products and
income, and all interest income is retained in case of the early withdrawal of the deposit funds. There are currently 18 federal and more than non-banking services of the Sberbank
160 regional child subsidies that cover more ecosystem. More than 15 million parents
than different real-life situations Parents regularly receive these stories. The Happy
“Gift of Life” Deposit This deposit is available to all clients. are often unaware of all the payments on Parent information channel in the Dialogues
0.3% of the deposit per annum is transferred to the Gift of Life Charitable Foundation for children with offer Sber solved this problem by creating section of the SberBank Online mobile app
hemato-oncological and other serious diseases. the Child Subsidy Calculator where you can continues working as well. Life hacks for
Portfolio as at 31 December 2020: 4.5 bn RUB find all the necessary information in one organizing home schooling and games with
Clients as at 31 December 2020: 25,700 people place: not only the subsidies for which you children are published here. There were
are eligible, but also the documents needed 82,000 subscribers in 2020.
“Social” Deposit This deposit is intended for accumulation of the social payments received by an orphan child until he or she to receive them and how to complete them,
comes of age, as well as for World War II veterans. All interest income is retained in case of the early and where the money will be deposited.
withdrawal of the deposit funds.
Portfolio as at 31 December 2020:10 bn RUB
Clients as at 31 December 2020: 57,300 people
Special terms under the deposits “Maintain”, “Maintain Online”, Customers who have reached 55 years of age (for women) and 60 years of age (for men) or those eligible
“Add Funds” and “Add Funds Online” for a pension at a younger age are given the maximum interest rate on this deposit.
Portfolio as at 31 December 2020: 1.8 tn RUB
Clients as at 31 December 2020: 5.2 million people
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES JOB SEARCH SERVICES AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR SMALL
FOR PENSIONERS AND MICRO-BUSINESSES²
In 2020, Rabota.ru worked together with the Rambler web The mortgage program with state support that began at the
portal (part of the Sberbank ecosystem) to launch a separate end of April 2020 was extended for 2021 by a decree of the
We continue to improve our customer journey prior About 277,000 self-employed people have registered
vertical search engine on Rambler where ob see ers can find Russian Government. Sberbank actively strives to improve the
to and after retirement. current vacancies. The project unites the nearly 65 million users accessibility of mortgage loans to Russian citizens. Under this in Sber’s “Your Business” (Svoyo Delo) service.
of the Rambler web portal with employers from the Rabota.ru program, the interest rate of a mortgage loan at Sberbank
Our senior customers now receive helpful information on the service throughout Russia. starts from 6.1% per annum if the transaction is registered Any resident of the country can register as a self-employed
newly instituted status of a pre-pensioner during the five years electronically. person in the SberBank Online mobile app in just a couple
preceding their pension customers learn which benefits they ust a few clic s in the new service and you can find suitable of minutes, without having to visit the tax authorities or the bank.
are eligible for and how to apply for them, as well as how they vacancies and immediately respond to them. Those users who We had an active hand in the development of the program and Once registered, he or she will have access to a free set
can receive the funded component once they retire. do not have a ready resume can create one as part of their feel that it is one of the key elements of public support during of services that will not only make it easy to draw up online checks
response to the vacancy. The user-friendly search function the coronavirus pandemic. It was mortgage loans on preferential and to pay self-employment tax online but also includes a wide
Pensioners can now easily transfer their pensions to Sberbank ma es it possible to filter offers from employers by salary terms that played the most important role in the revival of variety of important services for self-employed people.
without having to make another visit to the Pension Fund of region, work experience, working hours and by the most recent lending in the summer and fall of 2020. It is important that Registration as self-employed is available in all Russian regions,
Russia with the help of a new service, that is electronic wire vacancies. The possibility to select work based on company mortgage loans with state support have an integral therapeutic which is why we can develop this segment nationwide.
transfer of pensions, using the SberBank Online internet bank sector and metro station will soon appear. effect on the country s economy
or by visiting a Sber office Sberban introduced a new online financial consulting and
On 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities , Sber Sberbank also participates actively in all state programs performance assessment service for business ideas in 2020
The SberBank Online mobile app now has an Investment launched a new section with ob offers for people with health to improve mortgage loan affordability for Russian citi ens called Business Idea Evaluation. The service allows beginning
and Pension section where the client can order a statement issues together with the Rabota.ru service. There were already including the Rural Mortgage program. A key change was the entrepreneurs or customers who would like to open a new line
from the Pension und of Russia find out his or her length more than 5,000 vacancies available to aspiring workers possibility to use maternity (family) capital as a down payment. of business to calculate the amount of investment needed to
of employment and the amount of accumulated pension credits, throughout Russia, including remote work opportunities, at the Starting from 2021, in order to take out a mortgage loan in start and to receive information on monthly income and
and calculate the amount of the insurance pension due time of project launch. Vacancies for candidates with health a rural area you do not even have to hold the title to the land expenses, the payback period and other key performance
to him or her. issues can also be found on a special Sber service, which can a lease agreement will be sufficient indicators. This free service is available to all Sberbank clients
be used to find obs at companies in the ecosystem in the upgraded web-based version of SberBank Online, on the
From 2020, the families of children with disabilities can apply bank’s website, and in the SberSovetnik mobile app.
For this initiative, job vacancies suitable for people with health for and receive a SberBank mortgage loan under the “Mortgage
issues were selected in various regions of the country. Vacancies loan with state support for families with children” preferential
that employers have specially marked as positions for which lending program to buy an apartment in a new building
they are considering candidates with disabilities come up development. Lower mortgage interest rates will help such
As part of our ESG agenda, we continued developing social
in the new section on the Rabota.ru service. When searching families to save on housing and redirect those resources for the
solutions for small and micro-businesses continued:
vsuitable offers ob see ers can filter the results by industry child’s needs. A mortgage loan at an interest rate of 0.1% per
company, specialization, work experience, salary, working hours, annum can be applied for and received through the DomClick.ru
and work location. remote service. Preferential mortgage loan interest rates are platforms for training entrepreneurs and
also available to families who had a second or subsequent child self-employed, such as Sber Business Live with
In April 2020, Rabota.ru launched a recruiting service for born between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2022. audience of 1.3 million people, “Business
startups together with the Sberbank Accelerator called Environment” reaching out to 700,000
Sberbank and Rabota.ru introduced an easy-to-use job search Startup.rabota.ru, the purpose of which was to unite talented entrepreneurs, “Business is Easy” (130,000),
tool for senior citizens in 2020. A search is conducted among applicants with the country’s best startups. Startup.rabota.ru is “BusinessClass” (800,000 beginner entrepreneurs)
the vacancies on the Rabota.ru website that employers have the first nationwide solution for the recruitment of staff for
marked as positions for which they are considering candidates innovative IT teams. Its creators attribute the launch of the
aged 50+. solution to the abrupt increase in the digitalization of the
471
economy that took place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of supporting small businesses,
The service was placed on the “Active Seniors” portal, and the rapid growth in the importance of innovation. we successfully launched the SberIsNear
Sberbank’s online magazine for senior citizens. At present,
the portal has more than ten thousand vacancies from The first users of the service were startups of the Sber BN (SberRyadom) pro ect together with Mastercard
107,000 entrepreneurs became its participants,
more than 500 employers. accelerators, residents of the Skolkovo Technopark, while 549,000 customers supported small
and portfolio companies of the Internet Initiatives enterprises by connecting “SberNear”
In addition to the ob search function the service also offers Development Fund (IIDF). Sberbank issued in loans
resume constructor that can be used to build a quality onlina e under the mortgage program
resume in line with best practices and advice from leading with state support
HR specialists.
Cybersecurity,
Data Protection and Fraud
Prevention
The cloud business and cybersecurity
MEASURES TO ENHANCE SBER’S CYBERSECURITY
are important components of the
service package for legal entities.
Sber’s cybersecurity system is constantly evolving and being Several measures were taken in 2020 to protect the SberBank Online To protect against fraud during payment through payment terminals
Sber is a world leader refined In internal regulatory documents and mobile app, aimed at: and ATMs, Sber has:
in cybersecurity. processes touching upon various areas and functions, including
preventing attacks from compromised communications channels revised the threat model in connection with the identification
wor with employees IT architecture inter-ban security
(MiTM sniffing) data spoofing during the transfer of data using of new threats to the NFC protocol;
system access management, data management etc., were
TLS, SSLPinning;
developed and augmented as part of a comprehensive program transferred all device administrators to remote work with
to improve the level of cybersecurity. ensuring the safe storage of sensitive information (PI ) and randomized passwords;
product characteristics in secure storage at the level of the iOS restricted access to self-service machines from all non-core hosts
and Android platforms;
The Cybersecurity Risk Management Committee has been and monitors connections daily;
set up and is in operation at the Bank. protecting against viruses payment detail spoofing interception introduced an online operating system event audit for
of passwords and other attacks using the KavSDk embedded all self-service machines with data transfer to the
anti-virus library for Android
The upgrade of system security performed in 2020 with cybersecurity systems.
the help of solutions from Arbor Networks has made it possible
to defend against DDOS attac s of up to Gb sec
The security of the SberBank Online mobile app is regularly
The goal for 2023 is 0 RUB in losses (a fourfold increase year-over-year)
tested to exclude storage of sensitive information in source
from cyberthreats
code In addition to counter methods of social engineering the
mobile app has been integrated with a fraud monitoring system. ot a single cyberattac on self-service
machines was recorded during 2020.
1 Federal Law #479-FZ dated 29 December 2020 “On amending certain legislative
acts of the Russian Federation”
Sber Annual Report 2020 258
Responsibility to Customers Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Fraud Prevention
TRAINING EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS IN CYBERSECURITY ISSUES COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
Sber s Code of Corporate Ethics regulates observance of the Cybersecurity training is also performed through other channels, or the fourth year in a row Sber confirms its compliance with
confidentiality of the information used in employees wor including: international requirements on monitoring and preventing
cyberthreats ISO/IEC 27001:2013. Three of Sber s products were awarded Cyber Security
The ban is constantly improving its regulatory framewor E cellence Awards
concerning cybersecurity ine new internal cybersecurity postal mailings and announcements on SberChat with training
materials The first independent assessment of the an s compliance with
documents were developed and eight e isting documents The anti-fraud system won gold in the Fraud Prevention category
were updated in 2020. holding of anti-phishing e ercises the requirements of the SWIFT CSP standard was performed
by an outside audit firm in The intelligent cyber threat management system operating at the
a cycle of webinars and social networ campaigns on new methods Sberban Cyber Defense Center won silver in the Advanced Threat
Employee training is a continuous process. Sber has a special of fraud (more million views) Intelligence category
training course for employees called Cybersecurity Agent The an s POS applications for payment terminals were
in Sberban online the eware of scammers channel Cyber Security Hub cyber security services in the Sber an Online
( subscribers) the othing Personal channel (over certified under the requirements of the PA DSS standard
mobile app too second place in the Security Product and Service
subscribers) the Don t fall for it section (MA of ) for the first time in
for inance and an ing nomination
transactions of disabled customers senior citi ens and orphans
have been placed under additional control through fraud The ban performs a regular assessment of compliance with the
98.6
monitoring information security requirements of the an of Russia The
ban also holds licenses from the S for encryption activity
since mid-2020, the form where customers can report fraud
and from Russia s ederal Service for Technical and E port
%
and chec telephone numbers has been among the top most
visited pages on sberban ru Controls ( STEC) for technical protection of confidential
information.
fraud monitoring is performed at Sber branches.
4
I O E is a company of the Sber ecosystem and the largest
Russian provider of cybersecurity offering clients more than
services It develops oint services for customers together MDR ThreatHunting a preemptive search for attac s on
with other companies in the ecosystem. The company has information systems at the preparation stage, prior to the actual
attac
implemented around pro ects for more than clients
phishing cyber-e ercises SecureSD-WA an iron-clad solution that allows clients
in ten countries around the world
to quic ly rollout secure networ s of any level of comple ity
including in places where there are no specialists (remote offices
service points mini-stores)
1/3 SD CaaS analysis of the security of client applications at the
development stage, which accelerates product issue without
critical vulnerabilities
of the mar et is held by i O E
I O E raud Detection preventing fraudulent actions
in financial services and e-commerce systems
1 MAU (monthly active users) means monthly audience, i. e. the number of unique
users visiting channel or section at least once a month. The year 2020 fundamentally changed the requirements
on cybersecurity due to the soaring level of digitali ation
The listed services are unique offerings for the Russian mar et
of businesses and the transition to remote wor of hundreds
I O E proposes a payment-by-results model This sets
of thousands of people during the pandemic Difficulties
it apart from similar products that must be purchased first
included the vague information perimeters of companies,
then independently rolled out and used.
cost-benefit requirements and the strengthening of state
regulation over data circulation and the security
In I O E established its SberCloud product created
requirements for critical infrastructure.
a service to protect the digital profiles of Sber insurance
customers and a client personal account data lea monitoring
In this situation I O E adapted faster than other players and
service together with nited Credit ureau
promptly offered its clients a e ible service model with tariffs
tailored to any budget The company quic ly received the status
of a Russian manufacturer and certified its services
with Russian regulators.
Sber Annual Report 2020 259
Responsibility to Customers Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pandemic
non-financial services such as information on how to
on face mas requirements apply for and receive passes in Moscow, how to return faced with the need to develop a response to the
tickets due to COVID-19, how to receive a child emerging threat.
Sber decided to intensify its public awareness work in the allowance and other relevant topics.
fall of 2020, when another increase in COVID-19 cases was Client support measures of Sber during the COVID-19
seen, by launching the campaign “Thank you for wearing pandemic
During the pandemic, our employees a mask”. Its goal was to encourage customers who comply
with the face mask mandate out of concern for their health
thought about how to help clients and the health of those around them. During the “Thank loan payment holidays were implemented in accordance with
the requirements of ederal aw o
and all other residents of the country you for wearing a mask” campaign, every customer who
wore a mas in a ban office was given a special promocode the Bank’s own loan payment holidays were implemented
to survive this trying time. with immediate discounts on several services
in the Sber ecosystem. the effective terms of time deposits were e tended with the
All our efforts were concentrated on providing assistance retention of interest rates
to those in need, developing new technological solutions commission fees for the early reissue of debit cards were
to fight the virus and overcoming the pandemic consequences canceled
In addition, Sber plans to pay particular attention
to work with higher education institutions and schools, commission fees for replenishing SberBank cards from cards
to enable children and young people to acquire the s ills with other banks in the SberBank Online mobile app and the
that are needed in the modern world and business and bank’s website were canceled
to find obs even in the post-CO ID labor mar et
>480 MN
the possibility to use an expired card to withdraw cash from
When promoting products to clients, emphasis was an ATM and to pay for purchases at retail stores was
placed first and foremost on the possibility to acquire introduced
Awards them through remote channels ew customer ourneys the internet acquiring interest rate for enterprises selling
with the possibility for remote purchase were created essential goods and services through the internet was lowered
Prizes for certain products. For example, regular campaigns
messages in support of those were launched for Digital credit cards with all the interest rate on all types of acquiring was reduced
who stayed home during formalities handled without an office visit for medical institutions
the lockdown period the payment for servicing of online cash registers
and acquiring terminals was canceled
the receipt of payday loans at 0% interest for sole proprietors
The service “Business Mission Online” was the SberB2B service allowed suppliers to participate in all
the winner of the Pro ect of the ear in the procurements free of charge during the period of remote work
“Finance and Consulting” category. This the payment for the use of the remote tax return service
service replaces the specialized industry We provided communication support to our clients. More
was canceled
fairs, expositions and business missions than 480 million messages were sent in support of those who
canceled due to the pandemic stayed home during the lockdown period. Clients received
instructions on how to access popular operations without an
office visit such as reissue of cards payments and transfers
For more information on Sber efforts to protect clients from COVID-19, please see section 1 National Center for Financial Literacy, a partner of the Russian Ministry 2 Federal Law #106-FZ dated 3 April 2020 “On Amending the Federal Law ‘On the
Best Client Experience and Ecosystem in Management Report on pp. 38–80 and section of Finance Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)’ and certain legislative
Responsibility to Employees / Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic on pp. 284–286 acts of the Russian Federation regarding the specifics of changing the terms
of a credit facility agreement, a loan agreement”
Our clients were granted loan payment holidays in Starting from April Sber an began Numerous new services were introduced In April Sber and the ob search and staff
recruitment service Rabota.ru launched
accordance with the requirements of Federal Law crediting social benefits to the general public throughout 2020 that enjoyed considerable
eremnarabotu ru a free rapid ob search service
o to support them during the CO ID- as a matter of priority as part support among the general public during It helped companies to redistribute labor resources
pandemic. of CO ID- measures the period of CO ID- during the crisis, while job seekers could quickly
find new wor
Sber also launched an alternative loan payment holiday banking The list of such social benefits included new payments for Including:
program that enables a client to temporarily reduce the amount To support companies engaged in international
children; payments to employees of medical and social
of loan payments on credit cards by 60% while continuing cooperation we launched usiness Mission Online
organi ations wor ing with CO ID- patients payments to
to perform debit operations. issue of loans to self-employed people This service replaces the industry fairs, expositions
small and medium-si ed enterprises All relevant
and business missions that were canceled due to the
transactions were performed in record time. the following were made available on Sber an Online
In addition, the minimum payment was lowered for all credit pandemic and gives Russian manufacturers the
card holders: customers can now pay 25% less funds towards a consumer loan for refinancing a client can receive opportunity to present their goods to foreign buyers
their principal debt. The commission fee for the early reissue a loan without references or an office visit online. More than 600 Russian and foreign companies
of cards was canceled, and we will lower the minimum payment used the service in 2020.
a change in the deposit account or card used to repay
on the card to 3%. aloan
INFORMATIONAL SERVICES
Sberbank also implemented an assistance program for those FOR BUSINESS o partial early repayment of a loan with a change
corporate clients whose business was most affected by the in the loan period or the amount of the payment
pandemic The industries that suffered the most included a change in the date of monthly payment to a more
transport, real estate, manufacture of construction materials, usiness was faced with serious problems during convenient date
retail and wholesale trade in consumer discretionary goods, the crisis period of 2020. In the spring of 2020,
education, sport, cultural and art institutions. Sberbank further the first month with no payment on new loans
usiness Environment , with the participation
supported the affected enterprises during CO ID- by giving home delivery of mortgage papers for closing
those of them them had been granted the right to receive of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
payday loans at 0% interest by the Russian Government launched a federal marathon of support for
an opportunity to deposit the wages free of charge. entrepreneurs. During the pandemic courier delivery services became one
of the most socially significant services allowing people
to comply with the lockdown order. For this reason,
Webinars were held on the project’s online platform, giving SberLogistics introduced contactless delivery technology
entrepreneurs the chance to analyze their business, to receive and a twenty-four-hour contact center Another initiative
crisis recovery strategies, and to learn how to transform their was implemented by the Sberban on-State Pension und
business model, optimize a niche during the crisis, and reorient and the SberMarket grocery and essential goods delivery
their team on new lines of business, and to retain employees. service for social support of the elderly Pension-age clients
of the fund living in Moscow could take advantage of the
We united the best business mentors on the Russian market SberMarket grocery delivery service with free collection x
on one platform and established the SberUnity project to provide to delivery of an order Moreover Sberban on-State
anti-crisis support to small and medium-si ed enterprises The Pension und compensated part of the cost of purchase
goal of the project is to help entrepreneurs search for new of the products.
solutions and to transform their businesses from offline
to online Sber nity for small and medium-si ed enterprises During the pandemic the ban provided secure home
is the first online platform on which entrepreneurs from various delivery of cash pensions and cards to elderly clients aged
industries from all regions of Russia can receive consultations 65+ on request.
from professional business mentors or independently find new
solutions for their business During the crisis mentors shared The medical service DocDoc (SberHealth) which is part
their knowledge and experience for free. Entrepreneurs could of the Sber ecosystem, launched a free service during the
also find free educational materials on the online pandemic to support senior citizens. Through this service,
transformation of business on the project website. seniors could organize the delivery of products and
medicines, get in touch with doctors, receive psychological
counselling, and learn to use the handy digital services
of Sber.
1 Part of the Sber ecosystem
275 HR Tech
Structure
professional community gave high marks to the Digital Pyramid 2020 Award, in the category
contribution of the HR team to improving Sber s HR TECH Product of the ear This is a new
critically important for the Group’s performance level as the best bank for the general assessment tool for senior executives, developed
successful development. public and business in the country, which competes by HR loc together with the Human
successfully with global technology companies eurosciences and ehaviour aboratory
The transformation of the business It is based on both psychodiagnostics (online
model and the Group’s successful activity Sber understands its responsibility testing and a conversation with an evaluator)
and the simulation of a day s wor from a CEO s life
would not be possible without our team. to its staff and is ta ing measures The Crystal Pyramid awards were also given to:
with real situations of interaction with colleagues.
to ensure their security and prosperity In addition to assessing candidates
in the recruitment process Sber is also used
In the reporting year, the Group worked hard to digitalize the as part of a pool for GOS Managers
employee journey, develop new expertise, recruit and develop The RS mobile app came second in the
IT and Data specialists, and develop agile development methods. Technology Solution of the ear category RS
All of this helped us to react quickly and successfully overcome enables employees to use all HR services quic ly
this year’s key challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic. For example, we are: and conveniently in a 24/7 format. It uses Sber's corporate course for employees "Take Stress
For example, we were able not only to overcome the growing an electronic digital signature to sign HR nder Control won the international
burden on business, but also to maintain the health of our improving the staff selection system documents. EdCrunchAward competition in the Corporate
employees. Training" category. In the six months since its
ensuring fair selection of employees based on their launch, almost 80,000 Sber employees have
In many ways, the strategic development priorities of our team professional skills completed the course, scoring a 4.9 out of 5
are a continuation of the successful development vector of the working on the employee recruitment and retainment
previous cycle. However, we are shifting our focus by developing The project, Soft Skills Development in a Distance
system constinuously refining our system of incentives ormat est Practices at Sberban won second
new tools to attract IT specialists; cultivating internal and staff remuneration
candidates creating e ible wor formats a culture place in the HR Pro ect of the ear category
The SberCraft pro ect won the best in the HR SMM
of responsibility and results and developing HR platforms building a unique learning and development system with The pro ect included modules that enabled
category of the IT HR Awards which annually
as a helper All of this should give us a competitive advantage a focus on scarce s ills (digital soft) and retraining participants to significantly improve their soft
recognise the achievements of companies in the
in the global struggle for talent and as a result in the fight skills, which are the basis for success for any
working hard to create a comfortable and inspiring field of IT human resources It is a browser-based
for technological leadership and leadership in business models employee regardless of the position they hold
environment for our employee to grow and develop game with 12 programming languages for hiring
developers. It allows you to immediately assess
stiving to be a role model and a leader in everything, a developer s ey competence code writing
and among other things to remain the most attractive and reduce the number of candidate assessment
employer. steps.
Sber Design School - second place in the Corporate
Training of the ear category A deep understanding
of design is now becoming a key competence
for companies aspiring to leadership The Design
School aims to contribute to the development
of this competence through the development
and implementation of educational solutions
and outreach activities
As of the end of 2020, the total number the Group's employees In 2020, we went on to:
was 285.6 thousand people. This section includes data on Guaranteeing and protecting human rights In today’s world, gender policy is an important
266.7 thousand employees, which is 93.4% of the Sber Group is a guiding principle of modern society. aspect of any company’s activity.
Implement our retraining programs, such as Digital profession
headcount .
through "Restart" (Perezapusk); Federal Digital Skills
Education Program; “School 21”.
In 2020, we hired more than 45,000 new employees. Offer courses, such as Career Navigator (training modeled Sber understands the importance of protecting human rights Achieving gender equality is one of Sber’s key priorities
Turnover for the Group fell by 1.8 percentage points on a social network with posts instead of lessons and friends at the companies in the ecosystem and works to promote this and an essential part of our ESG policy. This issue is the focus
in 2020 and equaled 11%. instead of teachers) and “On Career Development after 50” agenda at the national level. We wholeheartedly support the of attention of Sber’s governing bodies, and the Group
on Coursera. fundamental principles established in the Universal Declaration is continuously working to ensure gender equality in its
100% of Sber employees are covered by the collective of Human Rights, the European Convention for the Protection activities. Among other things, we monitor women’s
bargaining agreement. Develop the website for the “Active Age” project (an online of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Declarations representation in management of all levels and equal
magazine and a set of convenient services, products and Conventions of the International Labour Organization remuneration for men and women and work to increase
More than 230,000 employees completed training for seniors).
in the reporting year. and other international human rights documents. Our complete the share of women in management roles at the companies
agreement with these principles is reflected in our policies in the ecosystem.
and actions toward employees, customers, business partners,
Given our strategic ESG focus, we will pay special attention
The Group has a program to increase the diversity of our staff, and the third parties with whom we do business. By the end of 2020, the majority of Sber’s staff were women
to promoting diversity among our staff in 2021.
and we support mature professionals within that program. accounting for 72% of all employees. Among middle managers,
Sber’s team had 9% employees who are over 50 years old. Respect for human rights is also ensured by the requirements 64% are women. Moreover, among the top 10 percent of the
Our task is to create conditions and further motivate senior of the national legislation in Russia and other countries where highest paid employees, more than half (54%) are women.
citizens for professional fulfilment. Sber operates—subject to those requirements, the Group
provides the required working conditions and guarantees Sber actively supports employees in their parenting role, with
opportunities for staff training. Sber supports collective a special focus on employees on maternity leave: a dedicated
bargaining agreements and the freedom to create trade unions. portal contains essential information on taking maternity leave
and reintegrating into the work environment once
Sber also pays close attention to human rights in the context it is completed, a guide for pregnant women and articles
of its accession to the United Nations Global Compact, which on parenting. Employees on maternity leave retain access
Actual Headcount of Sberbank of Russia, subsidiary banks, subsidiary and affiliated companies, took place in the first days of 2021. Plans for 2021 include to some of the bank's HR systems, including the Virtual
people
adoption of a Human Rights Policy, which will be School, so they can stay connected and continue to develop
the culmination of Sber’s continuous work to protect human their competencies.
rights at the national and international level.
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Employee turnover in 2020 was well below target due to our For example, in 2020, new editions of the Internal Labor Rules
efforts to create a comfortable work environment and the care and the Internal Standard for the execution of job descriptions
that employees especially felt during the pandemic. were approved, and changes were made to the Internal
Standard for Electronic Personnel Records Management.
The internal regulatory framework is updated in a timely
manner as the current legislation of the Russian Federation
is amended and the bank's processes are redesigned to take
into account their automation.
Effective E EC I E EADE S
SBERLEADERS CONTINUITY
For the third year running, Sberleaders competition is aimed It is important to us that Sberbank maintains Based on the results of the commissions, successors
at finding and recognising the best managers who are successful for key positions are clarified and a talent pool—a pool
a high level of internal expertise, passes
at motivating their teams and inspiring employees to work In 2020: of executives for priority promotion and rotation—
efficiently. The competition is held to promote the best on its accumulated experience and remains is formed.
practices in people management at the bank. Leaders are committed to its culture.
nominated exclusively by their teams and a competition
>3,600
committee evaluates the leadership practices of participants. This is why we pay particular attention to ensuring
the succession of managers. The Bank has formed a pool
The best managers receive a corporate award, the Certificate of successors who acquire the knowledge and experience
of Recognition, and their practices are included in non-material required for leadership. One of the key indicators to monitor bank managers went through HR
motivation guidance materials. They also take part in the succession levels is the security of the successor managers. commissions (online) and received
training of less experienced managers as part of corporate One of the succession tools is the Succession Pool. feedback from the top team.
programmes on people management.
The indicator of management position security (grade
13+ directors) is monitored on a weekly basis. Managers
undergo annual personnel committees where their achievements,
Sberleaders' Top Managers competition: potential, areas for growth and promotion are discussed
collegially and recommendations for development are formed.
87.54 %
280 600 of managers had successors and were
protected
2019 2020
people people
TALENT POOL
367
Sberbank has developed and implemented a staff appraisal
and development cycle to ensure that promising employees in the cross-functional talent pool through voting.
are provided with professional development and career The cross-functional nature of the programme enables
advancement. Managers assess the performance of their reservists to build a career in a direction that is of interest
employees on the basis of the past year's results, as well to them. Sberbank's reservists have access to modern tools
as their alignment with the Bank's culture. for individual development, including career counselling,
managers have been selected mentoring (working with a mentor), shadowing (internships with
for the talent pool for 2020 a manager) and participation in cross-functional business
projects. In addition, all reserve employees have the opportunity
to undertake training to develop the required competencies.
30
the Leaders Teach Leaders programme. This programme uses
an innovative approach that aims to create conditions for the
% transfer of knowledge and best practices from key managers
to promising leaders at Sberbank. In the reporting year,
410 managers took part in the programme. The mentoring
of the talent pool promoted in 2020 institute is used to develop support for the development
of others, with around 400 specially trained executive mentors
as well as the entire top team.
sbergraduate.ru—
for graduates and students Audience by the end of 2020
S ERGRAD ATE R
1 7
partnership agreement network agreements
To attract new employees, career groups in social networks Sberbank climbed one place in Universum 2020, the leading (NITU MISIS) for the implementation
"Career in Sber" are used, the number of subscribers of which ranking of employers for students: of educational programmes
amounts to more than 105 thousand people. (ITMO, South Federal
University, RINH, BSTU,
the 1st (Top in industry) DST and SGRP )
in the ban ing sector
340
The following events were held in Sberbank continues to improve the recruitment The following tools were developed for employee orientation
in
process, making it more convenient for job seekers
and faster and more efficient for the ban itself
SMS notification (up to grade )
A ey indicator of the effectiveness of the
teachers from Russian universities were recruitment process is the speed at which vacancies wee ly pulse surveys for newcomers and their supervisors
Graduation of Sber s educational programmes
trained at Sber Digital Summer devoted to the important orientation stages in conditions
people covered participants are closed
of remote wor
396 The SberStream pro ect that is IT selection by streams calling of newcomers who are not covered by one
(for mobile development) was implemented in order to unify of the orientation tools communication through Outloo
the assessment system to increase the ow of candidates five Welcome to Sberteam videos were created
Sberban became a participant in the All-Russia
as well as to improve the technical e pertise of recruiters
Graduation million coverage
A unified candidate assessment process has been developed
events were held at universities and online venues
and a gamified qui has been implemented As a result of this The in-person program Hello Sber was split into three
including lectures by top managers
initiative the time-to-recruit was reduced from days different events
to days
Smart Sberban competition finalists were monthly hour-long orientation meetings with top e ecutives
Special programmes aimed at further employment Due to the anti-crisis measures, the Bank has changed
selected (wee ly during the period from April to une)
the procedure for selection and hiring All the interviews with
of interns and trainees were implemented
candidates were moved online Hello Sber Online orientation meetings for Headquarters
The year saw a comprehensive update of all the content Hello Sber Online orientation meetings for Regional head
the e isting orientation tools were updated in the conte t offices
trainees of whom were employed inal of the A Professionals All-Russian
Olympiad finalists in Sberban areas of new conditions In the reporting year orientation
as a result of the traineeship of which
measures covering of new employees were performed
The measures related to hiring and orientation are a focus
online internships of attention for Sber We understand the importance of new
The SberCode mobile app and the portal for newcomers
remote internship in S were updated in Hints instructions and content employee orientation and try to create a comfortable
on remote wor were added to the webinars irst Steps atmosphere for each employee to start wor ing with us
full-time internship Science coverage of million at Sber and an Products Remote channels were added
to help me video materials on remote wor were developed
and the product line was e panded (ecosystem products food
delivery leisure activities anti-crisis programs) A new
More than students have completed Sber s adaptation programme won gold
consolidated report was built in the internal portal to trac
Sberseasons internships of which have in the international Learning Awards 2021
orientation PI and to deal with any deviations
been employed
School internships
People management programs A line of programs, in various formats, to improve the qualifications of directors. 2,620 20–35
(Development of talents,
Fundamentals of managing people
at Sber, People management:
my leadership style)
Development programs for Regional Training programs for regional directors aimed at forming the approach to decision-making on client relations 77 34
directors management and team development based on systemic thinking.
Countering corruption Sequenced electronic course developed to improve the qualifications of directors to counter corruption. 2,622 16
Sberbank 2020 Professional retraining program for directors (with the issue of a professional retraining degree), conducted 491 526
together with the INSEAD Business School.
Sberbank Mini-МВА A program aimed at developing the set of management expertise and skills among line managers necessary 755 697
for the effective performance of their duties in line with Sber’s strategy.
Financial advisor Sberbank First Training program for financial advisors to achieve a high quality of client service. 168 22–37
Leaders Teach Leaders An innovative approach to training devoted to the formation of the right conditions for the transfer 410 1–10
of knowledge and best practices of key executives to prospective leaders in the Sber ecosystem.
Employees
Integrated role training programs Training programs for common positions aimed at providing employees with the knowledge and skills necessary 73,583 2.67–64
for common positions for work in the respective position/role.
Client-centric Service Workshop A series of training programs in service behavior in accordance with the standards adopted at the Bank when 14,570 0.71–21.33
working with internal and external clients.
Cybersecurity Agent A program aimed at developing the knowledge of cybersecurity employees. 17,354 2.6–4
Self-help (for specialists) This program is focused on developing “Self-help” skills: emphasis is placed on the importance of developing 667 21.33
emotional intelligence, understanding one’s own emotions, methods for managing one’s own emotions,
and management techniques in communications with other people.
I am responsible for that Training program aimed at developing expertise in result management and responsibility. 3,223 6
Soft Revolution The goals of the Soft Revolution program are: to reduce time-to-market and improve innovative potential 18,236 4–5
through an increase in effective teamwork, the improved quality of interactions with business clients
and cooperation.
Employee development programs Combined corporate expertise development program. Goals: 12,361 1–88
in the Sbergile perimeter
to provide insight into the Agile Mindset necessary for work within the Sbergile perimeter
to get to know the key roles, practices and tools of the Sbergile 3.0 framework
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO During the pandemic, employees were able to continue their
PASSED THROUGH THE training remotely thanks to the fact that we moved more than
NAME OF THE PROGRAM, BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOALS AND SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED, THEIR UNIQUENESS AND IMPORTANCE PROGRAM DURING THE DURATION OF THE COURSE, 50% of all training programmes to a remote format. As a result,
MEASURE, INITIATIVE, COURSE FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT REPORTING PERIOD PROGRAM (HOURS) we were able to make programmes available 24/7 and ensure
that our employees were highly engaged in learning through
Employees (directors and specialists) microlearning, AI-based guidance, interactives, virtual 'pools',
chatbots and other tools.
Compliance programs This program makes it possible to provide employees with an understanding of the compliance risk 73,580 0.26–32 During the first wave of the pandemic we made Sber s irtual
management systems and hone compliance risk tracking skills when planning activities and taking decisions, School available to the entire country. Training courses and
and to foster a compliance culture at the Bank. videos on topics related to both remote working and personal
and professional efficiency are available (in addition to the
Risk management programs The series of Risk management programs forms the required general professional banking risk management 51,032 1–10 previously open SberUniversity courses)
knowledge and skills among employees.
In 2020 Smartcareer was successfully used—a career
Programs on Occupational Safety The main goal of training under the Basics of Fire Safety program for company directors and specialists 10,953 40 development tool that provides recommendations on vacancies
and Basics of Fire Safety is to ensure the required level of overall occupational safety at the enterprise develop practical fire prevention based on big data and employee profile data Also with the help
lifesaving personal and property safety s ills in case of a fire of this tool an employee can form a development plan (choose
a competence for development add a goal for development)
Digital skills development programs These training programs provide listeners with the crucial know-how necessary to form digital competency. 72,259 2–68 At the end of the year the service was used by thousand
users. MAU - 7.1 thousand, DAU - 0.5 thousand.
2020
Managers 3,309,878
Total 14,312,331
The majority of Sberbank employees (76% according to the The bank also had the following employee remuneration
engagement survey) link their income to their performance, management policies and in-house regulations in place in 2020:
understand the rules governing their salary, find it fair and
competitive, and find their social benefits package attractive.
Payroll Policy of Sberbank
Sberbank has its own staff appraisal system that applies Human Resources Policy on remuneration and qualification
to all employees. The results of this appraisal have an impact requirements for key employees of Sberbank
on the variable part of employees' salaries and on their
career development. Regulations on employee remuneration and benefits
of Sberbank
Under the 5+ appraisal system, each employee is assessed Regulations on performance-related pay for employees
against two criteria - performance and compliance with
corporate values. When determining final grades, mandatory Regulations on the early remuneration program for employees
calibration sessions are held to ensure the objectivity of the that take risks
evaluations. Regulations on the deferred remuneration program
for employees that take risks, Sberbank
EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION
SOCIAL PACKAGE
It is important for us to understand why employees We have developed several programmes to enable
decide to end their careers at Sberban or this
reason we carefully consider the factors that
in uence such decisions and analyse the reasons
employees to change careers or find a another
ob in another field 7,500
why employees leave
Participants of the e t Step
The program Relaunch is aimed at obtaining a
program
promising specialty ava developer Data Scientist
Data Analyst Data Engineer and other highly
We apply the practice of e it interviews for all departing
sought positions at Sber 37,000 positions to be made redundant in 2020,
employees and e it modelling which ma e it possible to apply
retention methods more effectively and to predict possible of which ( ) were employed by Sberban
Studying
losses when employees leave their positions
Completed
We have put in place a number of measures that aim to eep The employer notifies employees of the upcoming
employees in their obs and ensure their confidence in the dismissal due to liquidation of an organi ation staff
future numbers or positions reduction at least two months
e panded the relocation programme before the dismissal date pursuant to Article
to ran -and-file employees in order to increase of the abor Code of the Russian ederation
their employment opportunities at Sberban
In we formed a community outreach programme
for e -employees and held a pilot pro ect and a
community alumni mithap for digital professionals
Employees leaving the ban as a result of reorganisation and of participants in the event were willing to consider
business process optimisation can ta e advantage of the special Sbera s vacancies This year we plan to scale
e t Step programme (https ne tsteps ru) nder this up the pro ect
programme the ban facilitates the further development
and employment of employees The portal provides an opportunity
to see open vacancies of subsidiaries and partner companies
to find answers to frequently as ed questions to get advice
on building a future career to understand legal aspects
to calculate payments etc The portal is now actively used
by redundant employees and recruiters ali e
HR Tech
Sber strives to constantly improve its own HR services. The key factor in this
improvement is the automation and digitalization of HR processes.
100
We successfully launched a pilot in number of bank subdivisions, To date, we have digitalized more than 80% of all human
and since October 12 a the "Pulse" HR-platform was resources processes and services and developed our own cloud
implemented for employees of the central office, territorial platform. According to a survey, 89% of our employees are
%
>80 %
banks and subdivisions of central subordination. satisfied with the HR services (according to the employee
survey). Today, we can hire, test, train and manage the
By the end of 2020, “Pulse” was available to more than productivity of staff almost exclusively online, and all our
88 thousand employees in the WEB version and mobile of SberBank employees and some administrative services are concentrated in one center that
application for iOS. The number of unique users of the HR companies within the Sber ecosystem will serves more than 285,000 employees throughout the country.
platform exceeded 51 thousand people. be provided with the HR-platform in 2021
of all human resources
Sberbank is actively involved in measures to digitally transform
processes and services
The main sections of the platform—Recruitment, Tasks, state and municipal services. Amendments to the Russian
were digitalized
My Team, Assistant, Goals, Development and Analytics—help Labour Code enabled us to implement the Electronic Labour
The HR Platform will automatically suggest the most
employees and managers solve work tasks and develop at all Book (EWB) project in 2020. Sber was one of the first companies
appropriate solution, taking into account the behavior
stages of the life cycle. in the country to switch to electronic labour books.
of the employee on the platform and the surrounding context.
For example, which candidate from the list is better to take
to the team, taking into account the personal profile of the
person and the team projects, as well as the platform will
88
prompt the manager, which of the team is worth retaining
as a key employee and will offer retention methods.
By the end of 2020:
K
employees were able to use the
web-based version of Pulse and an iOS
193 K 178 K
stress of networ employees online diagnostics of the A pilot program to measure the level of emotional stress
atmosphere in the team tools have been built-in to the of employees through the ICS (a wee ly survey of the level and
monitoring of the effectiveness of the wor of the IS channel reasons for stress among IS employees) and online diagnostics
Corporate culture is the key cog in the Sber business model.
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Our corporate culture is transformed under the in uence
and the system for developing directors in the networ of the atmosphere in IS teams (gamified survey of employees
The uestion of the Day has been introduced (in the Good to determine the team s strengths and areas for improvement)
of a wide range of factors such as building the ecosystem
morning Sber mailshot and in Sberfriend) for the efficient has been launched The new tools ma e it possible to e pand
developing Agile and teal business models the increased share
The internal environment includes a broad range collection of employee opinions on important topics evaluation metrics of the atmosphere in IS which will be used
of generation employees who are more li ely to e pect
of interrelated components with corporate culture an open and democratic environment and support for to cultivate directors and to form a productive climate in teams
and the security of our employees ta ing development and self-reali ation from the employer We adhere Engagement survey
consistently to an approach to transformation of corporate To support managers in wor ing with teams wor ing remotely
of place a performance dashboard has been developed and launched
culture through a change in the behavior of employees which In the first half of the year more than directors received
ta es place when there are appropriate role models persuasive the results of the engagement survey on their teams and that allow to trac the progress of team goals and the level
When tal ing about the internal environment we see the entire communication support mechanisms and development of the received e pert support from HR on how to use the results of wor load on employees in order to pay attention to employees
Sber ecosystem as the internal environment We wor hard s ills needed for change of the survey to improve their teams In particular the directors in time close to burnout The dashboard also features the
to create a comfortable environment for all our employees were trained through webinars wor shops and individual results of mood surveys which help managers to identify
a place where they will have the most opportunities to reali e sessions Due to the transfer of a significant number barriers to team effectiveness
A pro ect to enhance the corporate culture was started in
their potential and improve their s ills of employees to remote wor in the second quarter
Its priority goals were responsibility and self-improvement
openness and trust a united ban team and a spotlight a remote discussion of the survey results was developed
In we completed the largest agile transformation in the and implemented as one of the tools to support teamwor
on client interests In priorities were ad usted We have
world during which of employees of the Headquarters in the new conditions As part of the wor with the survey results
chosen a vector for building corporate culture According
and many subsidiaries were switched to Agile This around team meetings were held in functional bloc s
to the new definition Sber culture is based on responsibility Therefore the corporate culture at Sber
transformation has resulted in the product development period and in regional head offices to discuss the results with
for results self-improvement and the development of teams
being reduced sevenfold and the speed of introduction into
and ecosystems for the country s benefit the drafting of around team development plans is a results-based culture founded
commercial operation being accelerated fourfold which means on performance discipline constant
that we are now able to successfully compete with the largest sing sociometry techniques (based on the engagement survey)
technology companies The Agile methodology has increased development and the innovation
and subsequent verification with HR and the management
Sber s attractiveness as an employer for IT specialists necessary to achieve success
Priorities of corporate culture 2.0: of RHO a pool of Corporate Culture eaders was
established these are employees whose behavior represents At the same time Sber is a place where
a model of compliance with the values of the corporate culture people are important where human
The pool includes nearly employees and directors from relations form an atmosphere of mutual
throughout the an who will be brought in to participate
respect and collaboration and where
developing your personal potential and the team s in HR processes (hiring orientation training)
potential for high productivity employees loo to their future with
confidence
Sber continues to develop employee care programs. In 2020, It is important to note that the tools and e perience of remote maternity wor
tested earlier in the program have been used in Sberban s mass transition to remote Eco-Education is an important pro ect for Sber that
the focus was on supporting the team in the pandemic
(especially employees of mass positions) - physical and mental wor In a variety of online activities were developed to help employees promotes responsible consumption among
health support in the parental role in self-isolation part-time through a challenging pandemic. It included: employees The EcoClub is an eco-education
wor opportunities and remote wor tools platform where employees and their families learn
about frugal consumption in an interactive way
Sber for children and parents
participate in eco-marathons
The program is aimed at supporting employees in their parental competitions for employees children developing or the first time an Open Day for employees
role and developing relevant competencies Sberban s and shooting special videos for children webinars children was held online featuring more than
employees have children under the age of so the topic special courses to develop parenting and social selfies by Ecosystem employees that garnered more
of motherhood and parenthood is particularly important (soft s ills) competencies than 15,000 views (participants of the online
The an implements programmes programmes for employee Open Day).
parents and their children Employees are provided with
financial assistance upon the birth or adoption of a child
During the self-isolation period a new Pilots were successfully conducted to engage
communication product was formed thematic young mothers with children in data mar up giving
newsletters When everyone is at home more them the opportunity to earn e tra income and stay
than 20 issues were realized, the response - more connected with Sber Wor is underway to e pand
than 50% of the target audience. part-time ob opportunities for young
mothers with children
#SBERTEAM100YEARS
+40% >100K
products, the development and promotion of existing the participation of the irst Deputy Chairman
of the Management oard A edya hin and
services continued leading e perts meetings were recorded online
which collected thousand views
>900K
the number of referrals increased by people have been trained in these programs,
Sberbank actively supports healthy lifestyles 40% (more than 3,000 applicants, nowadays
and tries to promote them among its employees consultations) the service was
and clients used for the whole country
The Ta e Stress under Control course is aimed
to suppor the ban s front-line employees help views
them master the s ills of quic ly returning
to norm after stress and maintaining efficiency
Psychological support groups have been launched,
even in the most difficult situations Due to its
including those who wor with CO ID- patients
relevance, demand, convenience, and high
ratings this course became a winner at the For the development of healthy food in the Sber
EdCrunchAward international competition canteens new requirements for food operators
>2 K
in the category Corporate Training on the composition of the menu of healthy dishes
and cooking methods have been formed and
included in the tender documentation As a part
This course became a winner of improving the menu in the Sber canteens
at the EdCrunchAward the development of navigation has begun
international competition in the encouraging employees to choose healthy dishes,
employees took part in them category Corporate Training and a pilot for a new healthy menu has been
launched in Sber canteens
89.3
employment practices, relations with directors, the fairness settled during the reporting period 396 774 1,093 1,640 2,243
of material incentives, ethics, etc. They were all processed
and a response was issued to each complaint. The topics
of the messages and complaints of employees are analyzed %
to improve processes and services.
The number of complaints is growing due to the improved
accessibility of the complaint submission tool and increased the overall level of satisfaction was
employee awareness of the tool’s capabilities. 89.3%, the highest level since 2017.
1 2 3
Strategy
2023
Sber culture
Effective teams raining and develo ment he latform
We will continue to develop our culture
We will continue to develop teams, motivate We will continue to help employees develop We will continue to develop our cloud-based HR
according main values, such as “I am a leader”,
them to achieve the ambitious goals of Strategy three skill groups–soft skills (cognitive, social platform, which gives managers and employees
“We are a team”, and “Everything is for
2023. and emotional), digital and professional convenient and technologically advanced HR
customer”. We will focus on responsibility and
s ills and will fill up to of our vacancies tools and fully automates mass HR processes.
In the next three years, we will continue to results particularly.
We will give them all the tools to improve and with internal candidates.
develop and strengthen our team. We have
increase the efficiency of their activities The platform will be available to all
formulated the HR vision as follows nleash Advanced assessment tools will help We expect that our executives will further
Agile, tools of the “turquoise” organization, candidates, Group’s employees and our
your potential at Sber we develop the best objectively assess employees’ needs develop a new style of leadership needed
hiring the best people. customers, including mobile version, which
teams, building the best ecosystem for the in development and help to select the best in times of challenging goals pandemics
is important for the modern human being
country”. We will launch a project exchange (a platform candidates for roles. saving resources, working remotely, new
for freelancers), which will open up new demands on collaboration and taking care It will help the manager to form a team,
In our educational content factory, we will
Our strategy will be built around four opportunities access to unique human of their teams including external and internal hiring,
produce up to of distance learning
resources and expertise around the world, to adapt newcomers set tas s and manage
main themes effective teams training programs that will be available not only We will continue to develop a culture of open
team performance, develop themselves and
the ability to hire on e ible contracts
and development, Sber’s culture, and to employees but also on the open mar et discussion of problems and continuous
increasing Sber’s attractiveness as an employees, manage working time and tasks,
to anyone feedback and, based on them, the principles
the HR platform. employer.
of agile culture.
and much more.
AI-recommendation feed will offer
We will select talants using game formats, The platform will be omnichannel, it will be
personali ed training to every employee We will increase e ibility of our organi ation
hackathons, develop a labor market personalized with built-in AI, voice assistant,
(Bite Size, self-generated content from by giving Sber’s employees more and more
monitoring model with AI elements and biometrics and other advanced Sber
employees, AI-picking external content, etc.) opportunities for development and “making
organize data analysis and development technologies.
your own Sber wor formats We will offer
competitions. Expand training opportunities
them to develop on e pert trac s e ible
at Sber niversity for university students
We will pay particular attention to the key work formats and engage them in volunteer
managers and teachers.
people, strategy and teams. We will create and charitable activities.
training and development for them, special We will contribute to the development of our
motivation systems and other support corporate customers by offering educational
programs. We believe that the main principle products and solutions.
in the motivation policy is management from
the position of a business owner, i.e.
“managing the bank's money as your own”.
Corporate
Volunteering
Corporate volunteering is one of the
priorities and the driving force of the
>300
ESG agenda at Sber. Thousands of our Community centers
projects of our colleagues have
volunteers all over Russia are involved Beginning in 2019, Sber started to implement
participated in the Competition
of social projects over the past
in a host of social projects, helping a project to create community centers based four years
people and animals, engaging on the network of their offices. The Bank’s
employees deliver lectures and master classes
in activities aimed at improving for clients in various areas of expertise within
the world. the ecosystem.
Winners of the social project contest
Prior to the pandemic, the project had more
than 1,700 participants in face-to-face meetings
Many initiatives that started as small projects have (topics: cybersecurity, financial literacy, starting
expanded not only beyond the bounds of one group your own business), and remote programs were 1 “Give warmth” Regular collection of targeted assistance for the needy, Uralsky Bank,
of people, one city, but also well beyond the bounds tested during the pandemic. A Competition Ekaterinburg
of the bank and have become an example of socially of social projects was held: the expert panel
responsible behavior and “smart” assistance. selected ten laureates from among 2 “Kind heart” Giving developmental lessons for orphans in an orphanage, Yugo-Zapadny Bank,
the 54 projects, including two environmental Nalchik
projects.
3 “Helpful—at home” (Special nomination Sewing of cloth masks for the needy, Far Eastern Bank, Khabarovsk
“Project-based approach to a new challenge”)
4 “Care for pensioners of Volgo-Vyatsky Bank” Care for pensioners program (former employees of Sberbank), Volgo-Vyatsky
Bank, Nizhny Novgorod
Throughout the year, more than 2,000 volunteers joined
the newly redesigned Sberbank Volunteers platform. 5 “Source of Faith” Creative lessons for children with ICP and their parents, Povolzhsky Bank, Samara
The Sbersocial information and outreach program was 6 Provision of free legal assistance to individuals Legal assistance, Far Eastern Bank, Khabarovsk
prepared and a project for our social partners, the leading
volunteer organizations in the regions, was launched. 7 “PATH” (Special nomination “Social startup”) Mentoring and career guidance for schoolchildren, Headquarters, Moscow
We supported the Russian national campaign #МыВместе 8 “Save the trees under overhead power lines” Re-planting of trees slated for cutting in public areas, Sibirsky Bank, Novosibirsk
[#WeAreTogether], devoted to volunteer assistance for
9 “Ears, paws and tails” Help for animals in shelters and finding them a home, collection of food and other
citizens during the lockdown order, including Sber pensioners
assistance, Division directly subordinate to the Center, Novosibirsk
and WWII veterans, and set up the volunteer association
“Всегда рядом. Всегда помним” [“Always close. Always
10 Eco-office, environmental upbringing (Special Sorting of trash and environmental awareness work, Far Eastern Bank, Khabarovsk
remember”]. nomination “Sustainable approach to the
resolution of environmental problems”)
Online events were held for International Volunteer Day.
Corporate
In the area of volunteering:
Volunteering 01
Volunteering efforts were suspended in March until the end
of the lockdown measures at institutions. At the same time,
volunteers delivered some of the lessons remotely. The special
Sber's Volunteer Movement based on the following principles: support services were launched on the common volunteer portal;
among other programs, the Bank’s employees provided support
to volunteer teams promoting financial literacy for orphans
any employee can organize a volunteer project; together with the Contribution to the Future fund.
the volunteer community is self-organized; employees cannot
be forced to volunteer;
employees are welcome in solving social problems in any form In response to the crisis, we supported the national campaign
of voluntary participation: from monetary donations to organizing 02 #WeAreTogether where volunteers assist individuals who have been
their own project; self-isolating, including Sber pensioners and veterans of the Great
the bank does not limit the initiatives of its employees, but Patriotic War.
at the same time has its own focus topics;
implementation of social projects by volunteers should be effective
for the beneficiaries. A community of volunteers “Always close. Always remember” was
03 also launched with the bank’s support to provide support to
veterans, including individuals who had been forced to self-isolate.
Around 550 of the bank’s volunteers opted to participate in more
than 40 local activities, including a number that are available all
year round. Some of the volounteers were trained on how to deliver
assistance in the pandemic and provided targeted aid to the Bank’s
veterans for the Victory Day. While some volunteers took park in
commemorative campaigns, others acted as grandchildren in
correspondence with veterans.
Occupational
An Occupational Health and Safety Policy has been The Group and occupational health and safety specialists have The Bank enables the Bank’s employees to participate
adopted at Sber which stipulates that the Bank must set the following goals in this area: proactively in the management of occupational health and
guarantee the safety of the lives and health of its safety:
Health
employees. Sber adheres to the following principles in its
to consistently reduce the frequency of workplace injuries and
operations:
occupational illnesses, accidents; engages employees to play a proactive role in managing
Occupational health and safety are the duty of each and every occupational health and safety whereby each employee
one of us. Safety is guaranteed when each employee of the to consistently reduce at workplaces or maintain at a specific
and Safety
recognizes that he or she is responsible for his/her own safety
Bank finds the perfect combination of performing their duties, level the professional risks arising as a result of the impact of
and the safety of the people around them;
displaying initiative and assuming responsibility. hazardous and/or harmful production factors on employees,
which might cause trauma, disease or lead to deterioration in provides employee representatives with comprehensive and
The established rules, procedures, criteria and norms their health; accurate information required for the conclusion of the
contained in federal laws and other regulations of the Russian collective bargaining agreement and other agreements and
Federation, and also the internal regulations and occupational to implement actions to improve working conditions and
the monitoring of compliance with them;
Sberbank always prioritizes health and safety instructions, are binding on all employees occupational health and safety and reduce the levels of
professional risks; considers the submissions of corresponding bodies and other
occupational health and safety. The and are intended to protect employee lives and health during
representatives elected by employees on identified violations
work. to implement preventive measures aimed at reducing
Group has an occupational safety workplace injuries and occupational illnesses and support
of employment legislation and other acts containing norms of
The initiatives of employees related to improvements in labor law, adopts measures to eliminate the identified
management system guaranteeing staff working conditions and occupational health and safety are employees working in harmful and/or hazardous production
violations and notify the indicated bodies and representatives
factors through rehabilitation courses at a health resort,
health and safety. introduced into practice.
within the confines of the budgetary allocations stipulated by
of the measures that have been adopted, etc.
the budget of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian
Federation.
Sber has established a uniform procedure to assess (self-assess)
the operational effectiveness of the occupational safety
management system. This procedure considers the operating
specifics of the Bank and the key methodological approaches
regulated by both state and national standards.
To assess operational efficiency in this area, we apply a system of performance indicators,
To assess the operational efficiency of the system, we calculate:
including key indicators which show the level of workplace injuries and occupational illnesses. Performance in workplace injuries at Sberbank
In 2020, the injury frequency ratio contracted by 43% (from 0.56 to 0.32), while the injury
severity ratio decreased by 7% (from 45.86 to 42.51). The frequency rate and the overall injury
the level of workplace injuries and occupational illnesses; rate were reduced by half due to the fact that 70% of the Bank's employees work remotely. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
All accidents were investigated within the deadlines established by law.
the current level of working conditions at workplaces;
the level of implementation of the action plan to improve I. Fatal accidents
working conditions and occupational safety and reduce
professional risks;
Injury severity and injury frequency ratios at Sberbank Number of fatal Men 2 4 1 1 0
the level of compliance with occupational safety accidents
requirements;
Women 0 0 1 0 0
the level of the insurance contributions of the Social Insurance RATIO FORMULA 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Fund (hereinafter SIF) spent on financing preventive measures
to reduce workplace injuries and occupational illnesses. Total 2 4 2 1 0
Injury frequency ratio Kf=Т×1000/С 0.68 0.62 0.60 0.56 0.32
>1,100
1 For more information on Sber’s measures to protect customers against COVID-19,
please see section Best client expirience and ecosystem in Management Report
2,710
38–88 and section “Response to the coronavirus pandemic” In the first 21 days, over 1,100
of the “Responsibility to customers” chapter on pp. 242-261 In just 21 days 2,710 participants employees participated in the
joined the project. marathon.
the Coronavirus TOPIC/ISSUE SUBJECT MATTER ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BANK IN RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE
Pandemic 1
Fear of getting sick during the pandemic A fear of getting sick and infecting loved ones was the main reason for employee anxiety
during the pandemic. This feeling was especially strong among employees who work
with clients in Sber offices.
Transfer of 70% of employees to remote work
Provision of personal protective equipment to employees at work (masks, hand
sanitizer, social distancing)
Regular across-the-board testing for COVID (entry to the office only with valid test
results)
Sber takes the main requests of its
Calls by HR to sick employees and monitoring of the situation with hospitalized
employees into account and tries to employees
give an adequate response and provide Provision of the opportunity to seek psychological support (through telemedicine
under the VHI)
feedback on key issues.
Launch of the HR Situation Center
We have set up hotlines for pandemic-related and employee support issues.
To provide full informational support, we launched the HR Situation Center in May
2020 on the basis of the Contact Center, which responds to questions from the team
24/7.
More than 24,000 inquiries for 2020 were received on the following topics:
COVID-19 testing,
processing and payment of sick leave,
arranging absences to comply with self-exclusion,
remote labor processing.
Launching a telephone assistant robot (in conjunction with Services Block)
Since November 2020, the bot has made nearly 300,000 calls and helped
identify more than 300 employees with COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Productivity during remote work The risk of a decline in team interaction and a reduction in team productivity due to Productive remote work marathons were introduced
the hybrid work format
Recommendations on work formats and their effectiveness were developed
Technical problems with remote access to Sber systems
Training materials, recommendations, and life hacks from directors on effective
Insufficient support from the director remote communication and how to maintain normal communications within a team
were developed
The risk of burnout due to the increased workload during remote work
A team productivity dashboard, where directors have access to information on the
team’s current workload and on the problems the team is facing, was developed
Retention of the possibility to work There was a desire among employees to retain the possibility to work remotely after the Sber has officially instituted the possibility for a hybrid work format (in person/remote).
remotely after the pandemic pandemic. This is particularly important for HQ employees (73% of HQ employees This procedure will take effect after the pandemic
would like to be able to work remotely after the pandemic)
Financing of Socially
We care about our clients, employees and their families
in the regions where we have a presence. We pay attention
to their development, provide them with a comfortable
work environment and care about their health.
igni c n r ec s
The financing of socially significant projects
is an important area of Sber’s social policy. EXAMPLES OF THE FINANCING OF SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN 2020:
The financing of ma or projects of key social
significance for regions and the country
Social infrastructure assets, housing and public utilities Food and agriculture
as a whole facilitates economic growth and
supports local communities. We want
Sber devotes considerable time and effort to projects to create new jobs, boost tax revenues >70 R B 23.4 R B
to support veterans, people with disabilities, orphans and
to the budget create infrastructure assets
children with developmental disorders, and is also Moderni ation of the infrastructure of the housing Financing of the construction of a production
concerned about the development of sport, science, and support the development of domestic and public utilities sector (water supply, wastewater warehouse complex for baked goods and
healthcare and culture and works on the preservation production. We recogni e our in uence disposal, heat supplies) confectionery in the Moscow Region
of cultural heritage. in the regions where we have a presence. Reconstruction of the Olimpiys iy ational Sports Construction of a new dry baby formula production
Complex unit
Consequently, the key goal of our social
In 2020 our Group won the Program “Best Social Projects policy is to increase the level and quality Construction of Ku bass Ice Palace Construction of a birch plywood production complex
in Vologda Region
of Russia” in several nominations at once, with due of life of the population as a whole. Construction of Ku bass Arena Sports Complex
account of the following projects: Financing the construction of commercial dairy farm
Construction of General City Hospital Facility for 1800 animals in Sverdlovsk Region
Socially significant projects include the construction of the City of Me hdurechensk
Construction of the largest fruit storage facility
of transport, energy, production and social
in the Southern Federal District
infrastructure assets in the regions where Sber has
“Sberbank export a footprint At the country level we are enhancing the
“Special Bank” prosperity of the population through financial and Transport Education
accelerator
investment services.
The Pat-a-Cake Sber approved financing of the construction of new >30 R B > R B
“BRIS Utilities
program for educational facilities in compliance with the federal
Billing Platform” Financing of the supply of railcars for Ivolga electric Approval was granted to finance new projects for the
cashless payment project “Modern School”. The total volume
locomotives in order to provide the MCD (Moscow creation of educational infrastructure assets on PPP
for meals of allocations exceeded 7 billion roubles. Among others, Central Diameters) with a sufficient number of rolling principles in constituent entities with the greatest
a unique educational complex for 4,550 students stock need to eliminate double shift schools in accordance
in i hny ovgorod region received financing with the federal project “Modern Schools”
“Financial literacy “Strelka” and Financing of the construction of the Central Ring
The e perience of implementing this project will be
from Sberbank” “Social account” Road (CRR)
taken into account by the Ministry of Education of the
Russian Federation when developing amendments
to the state program “Development of education”,
We continue developing our partnership with the state with which is scheduled to be launched in 2021.
the ambitious goal of offering technological solutions at the Environmental protection and energy Municipal solid waste
federal and regional level.
Sber THE FOLLOWING MAJOR PROJECTS CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM:
Educational “School 21” initiative Digital school platform “Digital skills and
competencies” program
“Teacher for Russia”
program
Projects The innovative educational initiative
developed by Sber makes it possible to train
The draft innovative education model which
factors in the individual traits of each pupil
The program aims to improve and develop
the digital skills of schoolchildren, enables
Project involving the training and support
of talented specialists and graduates
world-class IT specialists. The school is based and enables pupils to plan their own them to study artificial intelligence and of leading universities in the country in all
on “school of the future” methodology used individual learning programs machine learning as part of the AI-Academy areas of expertise in desire to become teachers
Sber makes a substantial contribution in the French school Ecole 42 in general Russian schools, for the purposes
to implementation of national strategy of developing education in all Russian regions
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regions. As part of the pro ect acting entrepreneurs and monitoring program giving Russian ta ta e pertise and methodological approaches
business trainers trained participants in modern methods authorities real-time access to the ta manage ta ris s and exercise ta control.
MN RUB + 7% accounting data and source documents of the The ta function has a two-level structure and
of doing business In addition the Sber earby pro ect was
launched as part of the support of small businesses motivating ban . provides ta e pertise both at the ban level
customers to purchase goods and services from local amount of financing pro ects and locally at the level of subsidiaries (including
entrepreneurs with benefits for both parties. And with the in the Kurgan region in foreign urisdictions) ensuring
opening of 63 regional branches of SberLogistics enterpreneurs by Sber an the harmoni ation of methodology and
and the self-employed gained an opportunity to e pand their approaches while retaining the necessary
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sales mar ets through distance selling and a delivery service. e ibility and speed
Now the construction of another four residential
In the second quarter of after the start of the epidemic BN RUB Sber actively participates in efforts to improve
complexes over an area of square meters
and the loc down period we created the service of products ta legislation and practices in the ban ing
has started with the ban s funds total financing
delivery throught SberMar et which became a socially payments to the sector and across the entire ta system.
will exceed R 7 million.
important service for the entire country. SberMar et e panded budgets of all levels and
its presence to 83 constituent entities of the Russian non-budgetary funds of
Federation from aliningrad to ladivosto Today SberMar et the Russian Federation Sber an is one of the top
is present in more than 1 cities with a potential coverage in 2 2 ta payers in the Russian
of over million people In the Perm branch of Sberban already Federation.
approved ten district pro ects in the area of housing
construction for over R billion three times
more than in 1 In uly-August the developers
of Perm received finance from Sberban for over
R billion Over 1 square meters
of housing were built with these funds
or appro imately ats with standard
residential space.
Sber is actively developing a responsible procurement system. The Company has developed a Code of Corporate Social Responsibility We are also exploring opportunities to switch to higher and environmental
We are commited to the ESG principles in procurement and strive for Procurement Activities. The ESG requirements set forth in the Code procurement.
to implement them throughout the procurement chain. of Corporate Social Responsibility for Procurement Activities are proposed
to be observed by suppliers. For all categories acquired, Sber establishes additional requirements on the
reputation, reliability and experience of the company in the area of the subject
of procurement. The Group has a multi-stage procedure for assessing and
In 2020: The Code declares the following basic principles: selecting suppliers when purchasing complex products. At the same time,
we are improving the mechanisms for studying and analyzing the product
market in order to ensure efficient and appropriate expenditures.
the Code of corporate social responsibility for procurement has Social: no child and forced labor, corporal punishment, freedom
been approved and a mechanism has been launched to monitor 01 of employment, equal rights and conditions, fair treatment, respect
ESG incidents for participants who have joined the Code; for wor ing hours fair wages and benefits occupational safety and
health, risk awareness and emergency training for employees,
freedom of association and right to collective bargaining,
non-discrimination.
Charitable and
Sberbank pays particular attention to charitable
and sponsorship projects and provides their
systemic development. We provide targeted
assistance to disadvantaged social groups, develop
an inclusive environment, cooperate with charitable
foundations and public centers. As part of chartable
Sponsorship Projects
activity, we implemented education and healthcare,
child welfare support and environmental protection
projects in 2020. Our Group is concerned about the SUPPORT FOR VETERANS AND PEOPLE SUPPORT FOR CHILD WELFARE FACILITIES
development of sport and culture, and also DISABLED AFTER MILITARY ACTIONS
implements projects aimed at preserving our
country’s cultural heritage. The great anniversary – the 75th anniversary of victory Sber regularly supports and develops child welfare facilities.
in the Great Patriotic War – was sad for veterans, as they had In 0 we implemented projects on the construction of new
the more difficulties in the context of the pandemia and premises of educational institutions and on the development of
In this vein we continue implementing the project
quarantine measures. To provide veterans with specialist the creative capabilities of children. We pay particular attention
“Sberbank Together” – a platform enabling medical assistance, modern prosthetics, hearing aids, to the creation of an inclusive environment for orphans and
targeted automatic money transfers to charitable wheelchairs and solicitous support of volunteers, our clients children with development disorders.
organizations. The platform brings together made donations to the Memory of Generations charitable
foundation. By the start of the school year Sberbank’s Charitable
the benefactors and volunteers of 114 charitable
Foundation “Investment in the Future” and Sberbank Together
foundations, employees and their wards. In 2020, we continued implementing our program signing off launched the “World of Open Opportunities” campaign aimed
SberSpasibo bonuses to the benefit of various charities such at the development of inclusive education in Russia. The
as Contribution to the Future, Sozidanie (Creation), Memory proceeds will be spent on teaching alternative communication
of Generations, Podari Zhizn (A Gift of Life), Galchonok, and methods to children with development disorders. Most of the
Rusfund. donations will be spent on organizing lessons for children from
the Regional Non-Profit Social Organization Center for Curative
Thanks to that campaign, the charities were able to provide Pedagogics and Prostranstvo Obshcheniya Non-Profit
support for their wards from different Russian regions, to Organization: during the school year specialists will be able
improve the children’s quality of life and prevent future to deliver systemic intensive courses for the children, which will
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH
complications by giving surgical treatment, vital drugs, donated change their lives and help them assert themselves, teach them DISABILITIES
blood, technical means of rehabilitation, and diagnostics and how to use special gestures, symbols and visual symbols for
laboratory tests. As a result of the charitable funds’ work, more communication, provide them with other new knowledge and In 2020 our Group continued to display concern
than 1,000 children with critical illnesses and 200 veterans and skills. The remaining amount will be spent on the organization
for people with disabilities
invalids of the Great Patriotic War and other military operations and delivery of a series of seminars, training courses and
received assistance. webinars for specialists from the regions. In 2020 Sberbank also partnered the ExoAthlete team
in competitions of sportsmen with disabilities Cybathlon 2020 –
Global Edition and provided its own track for the testing and
training of athletes in exoskeletons. The athletes had
to complete an obstacle course, performing different
1 More detailed information on environmental protection and renewable energy 2 Detailed information on the Company's contribution to the combating with
projects is disclosed in the subsection “Green Projects”1 COVID-19 is disclosed in the subsection "Response to the coronavirus epidemic,
including solutions based on artificial intelligence"
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Social Responsibility Charitable and Sponsorship Projects
The SberSpasibo program continues to be implemented In 2021 Sber will continue implementing charitable and
sponsorship projects in the main areas of charitable activity Group costs on charity, RUB million
Since December 2018 Sberbank has been implementing a pilot which have a positive impact on the quality of life for different
campaign enabling Program Participants to use the Bonuses social groups in our regions presence.
AREA OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
that they have accumulated to transfer cash contributions
to charitable organizations. As part of the campaign, in 2020:
Key results of charitable actions in 2020: Child welfare facilities, development of the creative abilities 753.3 472.3 826.6 989.5 2,011
of children, inclusive environment
raised at SberTogether SberSpasibo bonuses Veterans and people with disabilities 103.5 207.0 269 392 768.7
as assistance to doctors donated by customers
and in the fight against to help children,
COVID-19; veterans, doctors; Healthcare 194.8 180.5 296.1 377.8 3,742
In total there were more than 1,122 thousand
donations;
Sberbank charitable spending, RUB million Breakdown of Group charitable spending, RUB million
40% 39%
AREA OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
35%
Child welfare facilities, development of the creative abilities 751.9 467.1 824.7 984.8 1,775.7
of children, inclusive environment
30%
25%
Education 360.8 743.6 953 581.8 718.1
21%
20% 19%
Veterans and people with disabilities 100.3 203.3 265.6 389.2 604.9
Other (including R&D, environmental protection, sport) 1,658.9 1,499.4 1,571.6 2,621.8 1,717.9
10% 8% 8%
the Coronavirus
Epidemic >89 M
Healthcare was the priority area
>48 K R
>179 M R
received the Charitable Foundation
of Sber’s social activity in 2020. individuals supported the initiative "Investment in the Future" under were raised taking into account the
“Let s Stop Coronavirus Together” the charity program "Let s Stop matching donations by Sber ank
Against the backdrop of the adverse epidemiological situation, Coronavirus Together"
Sber and the Charitable Foundation “Investment in the Future”
implemented the charitable program “Let s Stop Coronavirus
Together”. The proceeds of the campaign made it possible
to support a number of R D projects to develop a vaccine and
other drugs to treat patients and prevent the spread of the
coronavirus infection, and also projects to study the specifics
of the new virus and its impact on the human body.
2,1 4 50
Sberban matched every donation by a ban customer.
30 K >100 L 122 K
telemedical consultations were
protective overalls of sanitizer were sent to support
conducted in 2020
Russian citizens needing personal
protective equipment
Sberbank’s performance in the healthcare sector in 2020 and forecast for 2021: Our main projects in the healthcare sector in 2020:
Humanitarian assistance as part of the SberSpasibo As part of support for healthcare in the period of the severe
SberHealth users (registered) 0.75 mn 2.1 mn 6.2 mn
campaign epidemiological situation, in 2020 we procured and transferred over
130,000 units of personal protective equipment to 29 healthcare
Telemedical consultations 48 k 122 k 240 k institutions from 15 of the country’s regions
Models for medical services based on AI 4 11 15 Robot operator on the COVID-19 hotline No waiting time for a response on the hotline
answers popular questions from the general public, Information is available to the public round the clock
notifies callers of treatment methods, the lockdown,
preventive methods, and also communicates online Several-fold decrease in the load on the contact centre regarding
statistics on the number of people infected with standard questions
In order to ensure the availability of services for diagnosis and COVID-19 in the Russian Federation No longer any need to hire temps and train them
treatment of patients with COVID-19 and related diseases who The autonomous non-commercial organization Digital Economy
are under treatment in medical institutions, thanks to the included this case in the list of the best solutions in enhancing
Bank's support the construction and equipment of an infectious the effectiveness of the interaction of the state and society
diseases hospital in Tulun, Irkutsk region was completed; in
addition, systematic charity support was provided to medical
Project “Observation of COVID-19 patients” Pilot projects were conducted in 25 Russian regions, with five regions
and state institutions, as well as to socially oriented non-profit moving to commercial operations.
organizations for the purchase of vital medical equipment and
protective gear. 22,600 patients are monitored
Solutions based on artificial intelligence 354 regional document conduct consultations under the project
The project “Arrange a house call”. The service eliminates the need to visit places where there are mass
In 2020 the healthcare platform SberHealth launched gatherings, and accordingly helps to reduce the risk of infection with
a new service which makes it possible to use the services COVID-19
In 2020 we received an award from Comnews Awards 2020: digital technologies of a general practitioner or pediatrician at home, and
order a COVID-19 test
against COVID-19 in the nomination “Best digital solution in the healthcare
sector”. The most votes were garnered by a project to read CT scans of lungs
developed by companies of Sberbank Group–SberHealth and SberCloud. This
In 2021, Sber will continue to develop projects in healthcare,
project is based on artificial intelligence algorithms developed by Sberbank’s
with the goal in 2023 to take a leadership position in key
Artificial Intelligence Library, and the computing capacities of the Christofari segments of digital healthcare based on technologies
supercomputer. The system makes it possible to receive a breakdown of a CT of artificial intelligence.
scan uploaded to the website in just 5-10 minutes and to identify the infected
parts of the lungs and the extent of infection.
Sber implements the environmental policy in the Sber is a proactive participant in a number of organizations
following areas: and initiatives forming the national agenda on climate change,
Sber strives to minimize its adverse
environmental protection and green financing. They include:
impact on the environment
and climate, and accordingly
Effective consumption of resources and use
upholds the principles of careful of materials;
management of the environment,
implementing various “practical
ecology” projects at the Group.
Rational waste management; Interdepartmental Working Group Russian Chapter¹ Interdepartmental Commission of the
for Issues Related to Climate Change Ministry of Industry and Trade of the
In its role as a financial institution, SberBank also promotes
and Sustainable Development Under Russian Federation on the selection
a decrease in the ecological footprint of customers,
the Administration of the President of green projects to obtain state
borrowers and recipients of investments, including
of the Russian Federation; support.
integrating environmental requirements in financial
instruments and procedures. As a proactive participant
Improvement in energy efficiency;
in the country’s economy, Sber is helping to establish
a responsible financing market (including green financing).
1 For more details, see the section “Sustainability and ESG: Strategy and management system”, pages 228–241
“Green”
Financing
Aware of the importance of managing
GREEN FINANCE SCHEME
environmental and climate risks, we aim
to support all customers in reducing their
environmental and climate impacts. To do this,
Sber develops a variety of “green finance tools
Products Factors
at the level of its own ecosystem, for its clients
and for the whole country¹.
ESG INDEXES
CLIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL
RISKS RISKS
“GREEN” “GREEN”
LOANS BONDS
1 Green financing is one area of responsible financing, see the section “Responsible financing”, pp.237–239
“Green”
Financing
“GREEN” FINANCING
In 2019 Sberbank and Enel Russia concluded an agreement In December 2019 Sberbank and the portfolio company Sber Group also participates in the financing of solar power projects.
on financing the construction of a wind farm near Teriberka, of the Wind Energy Development Fund (the joint investment In 2019, as part of a credit line to the Solar Systems Group, Sber
Murmansk Region. Sber provided a credit line for the creation fund of Fortum and RUSNANO Group) concluded an agreement supported the construction of the Staromarievskaya Solar Power Plant
of a wind farm of 57 turbines of 3.5 MW each. The equipment on financing the construction of a wind power farm in Rostov in Stavropol Territory. In 2020, the power plant reached full capacity
will be mainly produced in Russia. Commissioning is scheduled Region, In 2020, the Gukovskaya wind farm – 26 installations and became the largest solar power plant in Russia under a capacity
for the end of 2021 of 3.8 MW each – was put into operation supply contract. This major investment project created new jobs
in the region, became a source of tax contributions to the consolidated
budget and formed a unique experience in the operation of renewable
energy facilities
“Green”
Financing
“GREEN” FINANCING
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Sibinveststroy LLC In cooperation with the government of Belgorod Region Sberbank and Rosvodokanal signed a strategic cooperation
and Urbaser, a Spanish MSW operator, agreed in late 2019 and the company “Flagship”, a technology park was agreement in June 2020, under which the parties plan to
to jointly implement a project to construct a waste handling commissioned in 2019, which includes a fully automated waste implement a number of federal PPP-based projects with the aim
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complex for solid municipal and large-sized waste, an sorting complex, a polymer processing plant and a MSW landfill of large-scale infrastructure modernization, improving the
organomineral waste treatment station and a landfill for the quality of drinking water, reducing accidents on water supply
BN RUB
disposal of non-recyclable waste. Launch planned for 2022 networks, as well as developing innovative solutions and
<250
implementing global best practices aimed at improving the
was approved for the modernization environmental landscape in the Russian regions. In June 2020
of utilities infrastructure (watter supply,
<350
K Sber issued the first tranche of RUB 1 billion to
water disposal, heat supply) RVK-Arkhangelsk LLC
K tons per year
27
tons of MSW per year
301
Environmental Impact Management and “Green” Financing Green Financing
“Green”
Financing
“GREEN” LENDING GREEN INVESTMENT TOOLS FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS PLACEMENT OF GREEN BONDS
An essential condition for effective green financing is to In 2020 Sber’s private investors immediately gained access to Solactive SPB Circular Economy The year 2020 was marked by an important event for the
consider environmental risks, which Sber considers to be an two ESG investment strategies which include environmentally developing market of green bonds in Russia. On 24 September
integral part of ESG risks in the credit analysis. In 2020, lists sustainable companies – these are the ESG indexes of Sberbank The SPB Circular Economy index provides clients with an Sber was the underwriter of perpetual bonds placed by Russian
and approaches to ESG risk in credit policy were identified, Private Banking Solactive SPB Foodtech Index and Solactive opportunity to invest in the shares of global companies, share Railways with a volume of RUB 100 billion. This was the first
which resulted in limited loans to corporate clients with an SPB Circular Economy. The SPB indexes showed significant ideas of responsible consumption and integrate the use of major market transaction with green bonds on the domestic
unacceptable level of ESG risk¹. As a result of the environmental resilience during the recession of March–April 2020. renewable resources and renewable energy sources in their debt market.
risk assessment Sber tightened its credit strategy for certain business models and strategies.
sub sectors. The issue complies with the green bond principles of the
The index is based on the concept of a closed-cycle economy, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the
Sber has plans to apply ESG scoring to the entire loan portfolio, Solactive SPB Foodtech Index or circular economy, which implies a change in the production Methodological Recommendations on the Development of
improve the assessment method, conduct an environmental model towards the use of renewable raw materials, the Green Financing Investments in the Russian Federation of
expert assessment of major transactions, and develop “green” In February 2020 Sberbank Private Banking launched a second minimization of wastes, increase in the share of processed and VEB.RF, as demonstrated by the independent opinion of the
lending products. responsible investment strategy on the market — Solactive SPB recycled materials, and also joint use. Expert RA agency.
Foodtech Index. The strategy enables Sberbank Private Banking
Sber is developing an approach that will offer different terms, customers to participate in the development of new FoodTech SPB Circular Economy includes the shares of international The proceeds from the placement will be used to finance
products and services to clients with different ESG risks, projects — the rapidly growing segments of alternative protein, companies with capitalization of USD 10 billion and strong daily environmentally friendly transport projects, including, for the
including environmental risks. organic food and food technologies, which are developing their trading volume: Philips, Adidas, Nestle, Deutsche Telekom, acquisition of electric locomotives for passenger transport; the
businesses with due account of ESG principles. Orange and others. The assets of the strategy will be construction and reconstruction of rail infrastructure;
Sber considers the environmental and climatic factors not only rebalanced quarterly. electrification of sections of the rail track; construction of waste
when lending to corporate clients, but also in the retail The FoodTech sector brings together companies and startups and wastewater treatment facilities. These events will help to
business, and plans to develop this practice as part of the implementing innovations in foods, their storage and delivery mitigate the environmental impact, in particular, through a
creation of and improvements to responsible financing at all stages – from production to distribution. FoodTech is an decrease in emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants.
approaches. important area of responsible investment, as the new
technologies make it possible to reduce the use of animal meat,
Aware of the growing role of ESG risks in the financial sector, reduce their carbon footprint and increase food safety.
in 2020 Sber paid attention to the development of
stress-testing tools, including cross-border carbon regulation Solactive SPB Foodtech Index has been developed on the basis
risks. Based on stress-testing results on global decarbonization of the proprietary methodology of the investment team of
risks, a tightening of national environmental and carbon Sberbank Private Banking and consists of shares in 15 global
regulation from the perspective of industry, macroeconomic and public companies operating in the FoodTech sector. The
environmental indicators, scenarios were developed for the methodology factors in the development prospects of the food
Bank of Russia. In 2021 Sber will continue work on the technologies of these companies, and also their business
stress-testing tool and assessment of climate risks. models, liquidity and capitalization. The index consists of
companies producing meat substitutes and other non-animal
protein products and responsible for the logistics of organic
goods and developing distribution networks.
17 K
1 For more information, see "Sales Network Development". Part 1, pp. 68–73
Consumption Over the past few years Sber has been consistently reducing the
use of paper in its processes than s to efforts to digitali e
and optimi e processes paper is used only in situations where
Calculation of the amount of paper consumed by Sberbank PJSC, packets
e rce
it is impossible to do without it according to legislation
or at the request of clients.
Paper A4, packets
ei access to eco-products
Waste Waste management structure formation. In this direction, Sber aims to reduce the
volume to 47,700 tons in 2021 and to maintain this level
until 2023. In order to reduce the amount of waste
Management
generated, Sber plans to establish requirements on the
16.00%
packaging of products when purchasing goods, and to
encourage the elimination of disposable utensils; revise
14.00% 6.10% the principles for accounting for waste generation.
Paper waste transferred for recycling Low-hazard and virtually non-hazardous waste formed and transferred for recycling
and decontamination for Sber Group
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paper waste transferred for 2,355 3,399 2,999 5,025 1,456 Waste from office and service 54,583 40,360 40,080 35,470 27,595
recycling, tons (for Sber Group) premises, tons
Paper waste transferred for 2,339 3,376 2,375 3,698 1,162 Other low-hazard waste, tons 12,560 11,869 11,407 10,480 11,262
recycling, tons (for Sberbank)
Hazardous waste formed and transferred for recycling and safe disposal for Sber Share of separate waste collection
Group
Hazardous waste formed, tons 1,909 6,847 11,889 6,432 14,127 Share of separate waste 22% 28% 40%
collection
The Bank’s subsidiaries and associates ТOТ and 2GIS Thanks to the analytical reports of the TOT and
developed jointly with Big3 the product “Find and detailed and regularly updated information on the
Collect” to identify legal entities which do not pay for organizations of the directory, the 2GIS is able to create
waste removal. The product makes it possible to solve an a list of new addresses containing points useful for
important problem of increasing the collection of regional operators. Implemented in Belgorod Region,
payments for the removal of waste from legal entities. Stavropol Territory, and Novosibirsk Region.
to 1.19, far better than statistical averages. During the reconstruction and modernization of the
equipment and properties, Sber insists on using energy
The high-voltage power supply systems operate
efficiency category no lower than “ ” and the following
INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY at ilovolts, which makes it possible to reduce
energy efficiency requirements:
losses by 20% during electricity transmission,
switching and transformation processes.
We work on the energy efficiency of our main Today, most of Sber’s facilities, primarily large ones, In the case of buildings/structures – indicators
Smart air ow management has also been
are equipped with instruments metering fuel and energy characterizing the unit expenditure of energy
properties offices, servers and service implemented in computer rooms: cold air is supplied
resources. In the next 2–3 years, the bank is set resources at the building, structure, facility;
outlets, and seek to reduce the amount to integrate them into a single automated system
to the necessary area and in the necessary quantity.
of energy consumed. A raised oor two meters high reduces losses from In the case of equipment requirements on an energy
capable of analyzing the consumption efficiency of fuel
turbulence and the mixture of hot and cold air ows. efficiency category no lower than “ ”, which make
and energy resources via artificial intelligence solutions.
The annual average value of Sber’s generally accepted it possible to eliminate the unsustainable
Instead of accumulator batteries, the ban tries to use
In recent years, consumption has declined steadily target for energy efficiency (specific electricity consumption of energy resources during construction,
an uninterruptible power system with mechanical
for almost all types of fuel and energy resources, both consumption per square meter of the real estate reconstruction, overhaul and operation.
energy accumulators.
in Sberban and in Sber Group as a whole. Total energy portfolio) is now 150–155 kWh, being one of the lowest
consumption has contracted by in five years Applying a smart battery management system ( MS)
values for such portfolios.
capable of forecasting changes in temperature and
Actions to increase energy efficiency are implemented
relative humidity, the bank can prepare in advance for
in different subsidiaries and associates of the Group.
The following actions are being implemented energy-intensive transitional processes.
Some organizations decline to use expensive sources
to increase Sber’s energy efficiency: of energy such as coal firewood, and gasoline, and have
transitioned to the use of the cheapest energy – natural
Green construction standards are used during the
Telemetry and remote control systems for engineering gas. To this end, boiler houses and heat stations are
design, construction and reconstruction of the bank’s
systems are being implemented at our existing being reconstructed throughout the portfolio
properties.
properties. Quantity of objects within telemetry of facilities as part of the target program up to 2022,
which covers 95 boiler houses. During the construction
Equipment with a high category of energy efficiency and remote-control systems, thsd Sberbank uses the voluntary building certification
of the facilities, the advanced technologies are used
is being used Energy-saving ED equipment is used system LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
to ensure savings of non-renewable sources of energy
in offices. Design). This certification involves actions that make
during the operation of the facilities.
it possible to minimize the environmental impact both
All personal computers are disconnected at weekends during construction (including the use of environmental
and on public holidays. 4
materials) and during the operation of the building. Sber is implementing a program to upgrade lighting
3,400
Motion sensors turning the lights on and off 3,5 systems, as part of which the Group is switching
are installed in the kitchens. to energy-efficient ED lighting fi tures. During the
3
2,611 period from 2017 to 2020, 79.4 thousand lighting
2,5 fi tures were replaced. According to the results of 2020,
Automated control systems for engineering networks, 90% of lighting fi tures are energy-saving. According
primarily telemetry and remote-control systems, which 2 1,743
to the plan, more than 79.8 thousand lighting fi tures
were deployed across 3,500 bank facilities, have reduced 1,5 (7%) will be replaced in 2021. The additionally identified
energy consumption by 28–30 million kWh, which need to replace 39.2 thousand lighting fi tures will
is equivalent to R 145 million a year. 1
become the next horizon of work.
0,5
Fuel and energy consumption at Sberbank in physical and monetary terms for real estates Total consumption of energy, Sberbank Group
Consumption Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB RESOURCE
‘000 ‘000 ‘000
Electricity consumption, J 3,524,155 3,623,038 3,596,782 3,471,701 3,335,603
Electricity, kWh 898,083,540 5,067,851 930,094,470 5,435,634 900,754,042 5,288,982
Heat consumption, J 239,334 219,568 209,286 156,948 936,037
Diesel fuel, liters 13,473,618 555,021 14,026,013 637,154 13,346,483 640,474 Diesel fuel J 1,615,626 1,257,504 1,269,815 1,230,148 678,662
Kerosene, liters 45,200 3,500 44,300 3,263 54,475 2,963 Total consumption of energy, J 7,147,124 6,273,125 6,350,721 5,630,405 5,549,791
Consumption of fuel for car transport, Sberbank Consumption of drinking water in physical and monetary terms, Sberbank Group
RESOURCE Quantity Cost, RUB ‘000 Quantity Cost, RUB ‘000 Quantity Cost, RUB ‘000 Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB Quantity Cost, RUB
‘000 ‘000 ‘000 ‘000 ‘000
Climate change is an important major topic When developing and implementing targeted energy
2018 2019 2020 efficiency programs (see “Increasing energy efficiency”
for Sber. We are not only working to reduce our
and "Green energy”), Sber makes calculations of GHG
carbon footprint, but also taking an active emissions reduction, which will be ensured
Volume of water taken, cubic meters 3,009,137 2,752,369 2,324,923
position on this issue towards our partners by planned measures.
and clients and setting the agenda at the
national level.
PROGRAM DECREASE IN CO2 EMISSIONS
Sber participates in the interdepartmental working
group on issues related to climate change and
Water discharge, Sber Group sustainable development under the Administration Reconstruction of boiler houses and heat stations 1.19 tons/year
of the President of the Russian Federation. As part
of this group, Sber is involved in the development Modernization of lighting systems (replacement of lighting 3,516 tons/year
of government policies on sustainable development fixtures with energy efficient LED)
2018 2019 2020 and climate change.
Supply of green energy 142,000 tons/year
Wastewater volume, cubic meters 3,040,423 2,806,465 2,320,653
Sber strives to create an effective climate management
system and focuses on best practices, international
standards and principles. Work continued in 2020 in
the following areas: Sber regularly assesses the emission of CO2 from the The implementation of Sber’s climate agenda
operation of service vehicles and strives to reduce it. in financial activity is performed through the
Some of the trips were transferred to Taxi, and the development of financial products that consider climate
Reduction of carbon footprint–reduction
Company is gradually transferring personal transport factors and climate risks within the framework
General water consumption, Sber Group of greenhouse gas emissions and their compensation.
to cars with hybrid and electric engines. The goal of ESG risk management. For example, when lending
Identification and assessment of climate risks for the by 2024 is to shift 100% of personal vehicles to hybrid to borrowers, Sber monitors the appearance
company and loan portfolio assets. vehicles, which will reduce CO2 emissions from 38,513 of environmental and climatic risks and integrates the
tons in 2016 to 2,169 tons in 2024. When implementing practice of differentiating relations with clients
2018 2019 2020 Development of a Climate Strategy to reinforce
the project, Sber considers existing limitations, depending on the level of ESG risks¹.
Sber’s systemic approach to climate risk
for example, the lack of infrastructure for charging
management. The Strategy will be approved in 2021.
Volume of water consumed, 3,016,621 2,802,651 2,333,397 batteries. This problem is resolved by installing
In addition, we develop convenient indexes that
cubic meters Financing of green projects for the development charging points near the Sber buildings.
help private investors implement ESG-based
of renewable energy sources in Sber and Russia.
strategies².
A decrease in pollutant emissions is also being achieved
Participation in international and Russian climate
through the timely repair and scheduled preventive
initiatives and events.
maintenance of the car fleet.
In 2020, Sber took part in the first EU-Russia Climate An important area of work in combating climate change is The I-REC certificates enable the renewable energy
Conference devoted to climate policy and next steps the transition of energy supply to green (renewable) energy. generation companies to sell the green attributes of their
to implement the Paris Agreement in Russia. The In this area, Sber aims to increase the share of green energy electricity, together with physical supplies or separately.
conference, organized by the Representative Office of purchases to 30% by 2023. Each certificate corresponds to 1 MWh of electricity
the European Union in the Russian Federation and the generated by renewable energy sources. Sberbank
Energy Center of the Moscow School of Management Sber is implementing a green energy supply program, which customers will be able to buy and redeem such certificates
SKOLKOVO, was held online and brought together includes bringing into the wholesale market of electric to meet the requirements of key international sustainability
high-ranking politicians and officials, senior managers power and capacity (OREM), purchasing electricity from standards such as GHGP, CDP, and RE100. These tools are
of companies, experts, representatives of leading renewable (green) sources, as well as individual solutions used to enhance the transparency of renewable energy
thinktanks, non-profit organizations and mass media and supplies from the retail market. 27 major facilities consumption.
from Russia and the EU. representing 9% of the energy consumption structure have
already been transferred to the OREM, and the supply of Sber will develop jointly with I-REC Standard Foundation a
Participants discussed a wide range of climate-related green energy will be launched in 2021. Facilities that are marketplace to trade in I-REC certificates in Russia, which
issues: national and corporate climate strategies, using 22% of electricity will begin to consume green energy will use the bank’s blockchain platform for transactions and
opportunities and challenges for decarbonization from 2022. Individual solutions to supply green energy from the circulation of certificates.
of the domestic market, renewable energy, financing the wholesale or retail market will be organized by 2022 for
of green initiatives, border carbon regulation, the role facilities consuming 7% of electricity. Another 62% of Sber supports the development of green energy at the
of forests and adaptation strategies. electricity is consumed by small facilities, for which a single national level. To this end, the Group invests heavily in the
supply scheme is impossible and point solutions are needed construction of solar and wind farms¹.
Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy Chairman of the under conditions of legislative and cost restrictions on the
Management Committee of Sberbank, spoke at the retail market. In December 2020, the first green energy transaction in
plenary session titled ‘Climate and decarbonization Russia was completed on Sber’s blockchain platform for
strategies in the COVID-19 era – Perspectives from In October 2020, Sber had its first green energy office, the Renewable Energy Certificates, REC. The key partners of
Russia and the E’U, and talked about the main areas central branch of SberBank in Ulyanovsk, which consumes the bank were the parties to the transaction – State
of Sber’s work in the fields of environment and approximately 90,000 kWh per month. All electric power Company Solar Systems and KuybyshevAzot. The planned
climate. supplied to the facility is now produced by wind farms. volume of the transaction equals 4,998 certificates.
Sber strives to shape a new segment of ‘informed’ Sberbank signed an agreement with the international A new market for green technologies is starting to develop
clients, raising awareness of the ESG agenda and non-commercial organization I-REC Standard Foundation in Russia, and the solution developed by Sber Blockchain
interest in it through eco-services. Our services, for on joining the international energy tracking standard I-REC Laboratory will become a convenient platform for all
example, help to track the carbon footprint in the as a market participant. The agreement will enable Sber to participants. Green certificates confirm that the energy
structure of personal finances and suggest investing provide support and create a fundamentally new and originates from renewable sources. Generating companies
in projects to compensate for the footprint. innovative market for Renewable Energy Certificates in will be able to sell such energy together with or separately
Russia. Goal Number Seven, an association of energy from physical supplies. Trade companies will be able to buy
In the future, we plan to continue implementing market participants, is the organization issuing certificates and redeem such certificates to comply with key
financial and non-financial services within our of compliance with I-REC standards in Russia. international sustainability standards. This instrument will
Ecosystem aimed at increasing the attractiveness of increase the transparency of renewable agency
environmental projects for clients and supporting the consumption.
transition to a sustainable economy for any enterprises
operating both on the external and domestic markets.
Appendices
320 Glossary
Sberbank • U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC) Sberbank • International Monetary Conference (IMC)
(continued)
• Russian-American Business Cooperation Council Non-profit Association of Legal Entities (RABCC) • MasterCard Members Association (MMA)
• Association for Financial Literacy Development (AFLD) • DER Think Tank Union
• Non-Profit Partnership, Commonwealth of Brand Manufacturers (NP Rusbrand) • WTO Expertise Center ANO
• 5. Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “School 21” • Association of Banks of Russia (Russia Association)
• Association of Student Olympiad Sponsors Ya Professional (I am a Professional) (Ya Professional • Russian National Association of SWIFT Members (ROSSWIFT)
Association)
• Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (CoC)
• Sberbank Corporate University, Autonomous Nonprofit Organization of Additional Professional Education
• Russian-Chinese Business Council Noncommercial Partnership (RCBC NP)
• Autonomous Nonprofit Organization Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)
• Contribution to the Future Charity Foundation
• International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
• International Swaps and Derivatives Association, (ISDA) Subsidiary Bank of • Foreign Investors’ Council
• National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) Sberbank JSC
• Astana Finance Days at Astana International Financial Centre
(Republic of Kazakhstan)
• The National Finance Association, a self-regulatory organization
• Financial Institutions’ Association of Kazakhstan
• Financial Technology Development Association (FinTech Association)
• Association of Operators and Developers of Unmanned Aircraft Systems AERONET (AERONET BPS-Sberbank JSC, • Association of Securities Market Participants (ASMP)
Association) (Republic of Belarus)
• National Association for Technology Transfer (NATT)
• Linux Foundation (incl. the Hyperledger project) Sberbank JSC • Independent Association of Ukrainian Banks (IAUB)
• Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Inc, EEA, Non-Profit Alliance (Ukraine)
• Ukrainian Interbank Association of EMA Payment System Members
• “Digital Economy” Autonomous Nonprofit Organization • SWIFT National Member and User Group for Ukraine Association (UKRSWIFT)
• National Association for International Information Security (NAIIS)
• Cybersecurity Center of World Economic Forum (C4C) Cetelem Bank LLC • Non-Commercial Partnership National Council of Financial Market
• 21World Economic Forum (WEF)
• National Association of Robotics Market Participants (NARMP)
• Association of Entities in Cash Circulation, Collection, and Transportation of Valuables (NDO Association)
• Association of Big Data Market Participants (Big Data Association)
• AI Alliance Association
• “AI Institute” Autonomous Nonprofit Organization
ActiveBusinessConsult LLC • National Association of Professional Collection Agencies Self-Regulatory Organisation (NAPCA SRO) Intercomp LLC • St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA)
(SberSolutions)
• NAPCA SRO Council • SSC Club
• NAPCA SRO Control Committee • DT-Consulting Group (Association (Sponsorship) and membership with the Russia/CIS Business Group)
• NAPCA SRO PR Committee • CCI France Russie
• National Association of Contact Centers • Corporate Counsel Association
• Expert Group for Implementing the “Regulatory Guillotine” Mechanism in Debt Collection • ‘How to ‘ HR Club
• Association of Artificial Intelligence Labs
Speech Technology • National Association of Contact Centers (NACC)
Center LLC
Private Pension Fund • National Association of Non-State Pension Funds SRO • RUSSOFT Non-profit Partnership
(PPF)
• Neuronet NPO
• Domestic Soft Association of Software Product Developers
Sberbank Leasing JSC • United Leasing Association (ULA), Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)
• Russian Export Center JSC
(SberLeasing)
• National Leasing Union of Leasing Companies (NLU),
• OSM Association
• LEASING UNION NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP
• STROYPARTNER Association of cadastral engineers
• Russian Association of Managers (RAM)
• National Natural Gas Vehicle Association (NGA)
Evotor LLC • Electronics Developers and Manufacturers Association (EDMA)
• Bid Data Association (BDA)
• Russian Association of Cash Register Producers (RACRP)
• Association «Promzheldortrans» SRO
• Andrey Romanenko, CEO of Evotor, heads Member of the working group on the implementation of the
“regulatory guillotine” mechanism in the sphere of cash register equipment under the Government of the
Russian Federation
SberFactoring LLC • Association of Factoring Companies
• Factors Chain International Association • Andrey Romanenko, CEO of Evotor, is a member of the general council of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business
Russia) public organization and heads the committee for the automation of traceability solutions for
• Big Data Association goods and funds
Sberbank AST CJSC • ROST Association YooMoney LLC • Electronic Money Association
(SberA)
• Electronic Market Professionals Association of Electronic Trading Platform Operators
• «Expert Methodological Centre for the Assessment and Certification of Qualifications in Finance and
Banking Autonomous Non-profit Organization of Further Vocational Training
FOR IDENTIFYING
MATERIAL TOPICS
To determine the contents and key
topics of the Report, we analyzed Identi cation analysis of public information Preliminary list of material topics
on the Group
the main areas of ESG activity
of Sber and on this basis compiled
a list of material topics which was benchmarking of material topics
subsequently discussed. in the reporting of russian and
international financial and IT companies
As part of the preparation of the Report Sber
analy ed its own ey areas of sustainable
development and ESG activities the approaches of
other companies in the industry, international analysis of the requirements
standards and obligations to sta eholders The of international standards (including ESG
identified topics were then discussed with ratings) and the Group s obligations
sta eholders ad usted and their priority was
updated inally they were grouped into two
categories material and significant
Material topics re ect the company s ey impacts
on the economy environment and society as well
as having significance for sta eholders in uencing
their assessments and decisions These are Sber s discussion of the preliminary list
sustainability and ESG priorities Proposal on adjustments
Assessment of materiality of material topics by the wor ing group
Significant topics detail the material topics and and their prioritization to the list of material topics
enable their key aspects to be disclosed.
Environmental efficiency GRI 103: Management approach 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
GRI 301: Materials
15. Life on Land
GRI 302: Energy
GRI 306: Effluents and Waste
Green financing GRI 103: Management approach 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable supply chain GRI 103: Management approach 10. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
GRI 204: Procurement Practices
Staff development (training and health GRI 103: Management approach 3. Good Health and Well-Health
of employees) GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety
4. Quality Education
GRI 404: Training and Education
GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Management practices GRI 103: Management approach 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
GRI 205: Anti-Corruption
Innovative development GRI 103: Management approach 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Data security GRI 103: Management approach 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
DATA SECURITY
FN-CB- Number of data breaches, percentage involving personally Cybersecurity, data protection and fraud 223
230a.1. identifiable information (PII), number of account holders prevention
affected
FN-CB- Description of approach to identifying and addressing data Cybersecurity, data protection and fraud 257-259
230a.2. security risks prevention
FN-CB- Number and amount of loans outstanding qualified Development of footprint regions and assistance 57-58
240a.1. to programs designed to promote small business and to local communities
community development
BUSINESS ETHICS
FN-CB- Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) score, by Risks report 152,
550a.1. category partial
disclosure
102 GENERAL DISCLOSURES 102-14 Statement from senior decision-maker • Address of the chairman of the Supervisory Board 23-25
• Address of the President, Chairman of of the
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE Executive Board
102-1 Name of the organization About the Report 1 ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
102-16 Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior Mission and values 31
102-2 Activities, brands, products, and services • Sber – more than bank 7, 10,
18, 19
• Key financial results
GOVERNANCE
• Wealth management
• Corporate clients
102-18 Governance structure Corporate governance system 96
102-10 Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain No material changes in the company or its supply
chain 102-40 List of stakeholder groups Stakeholder relations 235
102-11 Precautionary Principle or approach Risks report 162 102-41 Collective bargaining agreements Staff structure 264
102-12 External initiatives Sber contribution to achieving the UN Sustainable 232-234, 102-42 Identifying and selecting stakeholders Stakeholder relations 235
Development Goals 236
102-46 Defining report content and topic Boundaries Process used to determine material topics 314 204-1 Proportion of spending on local suppliers Procurement and Supplier Relations 290
102-47 List of material topics Process used to determine material topics 315 GRI-205 ANTI-CORRUPTION
102-48 Restatements of information About the Report 1 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Compliance 132, 134
102-49 Changes in reporting About the Report 1 205-3 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken Compliance 134
102-51 Date of most recent report 24.04.2020 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Effective consumption of resources and use of 304
materials
102-54 Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards About the Report 1
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Increasing energy efficiency 307
MATERIAL TOPICS 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Increasing energy efficiency 307
GRI-203 INDIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACTS 303-2 Management of water discharge-related impacts At Sberbank, wastewater is discharged in accordance
with the requirements of the RF Government dated
May 22, 2020 No. 728 "On approval of the rules
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Development of footprint regions and assistance to 289 for monitoring the composition and properties of
local communities, wastewater and on amendments and invalidation
Charitable and sponsorship projects of certain acts of the Government of the Russian
Federation."
203-1 Infrastructure investments and services supported Development of footprint regions and assistance to 289
local communities, 303-3 Water withdrawal Increasing energy efficiency 309
Charitable and sponsorship projects
GRI-306 WASTE (2020) 403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and Occupational health and safety 283
safety impacts directly linked by business relationships
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Responsible waste management 305
403-9 Work-related injuries Occupational health and safety 224, 283
306-1 Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts Responsible waste management 305
403-10 Work-related ill health Occupational health and safety 283
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Effective consumption of resources and use of 304
materials 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Staff structure 100
307-1 Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations Effective consumption of resources and use of 304 405-1 Diversity and Equal Opportunity Staff structure 100
materials
ESSENTIAL TOPICS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE GRI STANDARDS
GRI-401 EMPLOYMENT
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Responcible financing 237
401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover Staff structure 264
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Cybersecurity, data protection and fraud prevention 257-258
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Occupational health and safety 283
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Improving financial literacy 243-246
403-3 Occupational health services Occupational health and safety 283
INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT
403-4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on Occupational health and safety 283
occupational health and safety
103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary Technological leadership 81-86
GLOSSARY
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