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Scope
To draw up the numerical data and statistics,
depending on availability the financial sector
was delineated based on the European classifi-
cation of economic activities, the NACE code.
The financial economic activities that are rel-
evant for this report fall within Section K – Fi-
nancial and insurance activities: NACE 64 –
‘
Financial service activities, except insurance
and pension funding’, and part of NACE 66.2
– ‘
Activities auxiliary to insurance and pen-
sion funding’.
For figures originating from the National
Bank, the Central Balance Sheet Office and
the institute for national accounts (ICN/INR),
we also worked with the sector category S12
– ‘
Financial institutions’ and activity sector
PU420 – ‘Financial institutions’.
If possible, the figures for the financial sector
are compared with the corresponding figures
for the other commercial services sectors.
Where available, we decided for the various
themes to give figures describing the situation
in 2007, i.e. before the crisis, and in 2011, the
most recent available situation.
Reporting
standards
The
Global Reporting Initiative
(
GRI) is a
worldwide accepted standard for sustainabil-
ity reporting by organisations. A supplement
will be added to this standard for specific sec-
tors such as the financial sector.
The GRI table shows and explains the place
given in the report to the specific issue taken
from the GRI standard. The GRI table can be
consulted on the website under:
www.bankingforsociety.be
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Approach