Diversity and respect as the basis for collaboration based on trust

The Group-wide Guideline on combating discrimination and promoting diversity and inclusion according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions forms the basis for the divisions’ specific initiatives and programmes. These enable Swiss Life to pursue the goal of strengthening diversity in its workforce as a whole. Here is a selection of them:

Swiss Life Switzerland

• The development, promotion and cultivation of personal and professional networks and membership of “Advance,” the leading business association for gender equality; involvement at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in the research focus area of “Ageing” and membership of the “focus 50 plus” employer network under the patronage of the Swiss Employers’ Association (SAV). The rollout of a foundation document on “Diversity through Inclusion,” accompanied by various workshops and activities for managers and employees to strengthen inclusiveness and embed it in the organisation.

Swiss Life France

• Partnership with the national association LADAPT (L’association pour l’insertion professionnelle et sociale des personnes handicapées); the development of an internal women’s network and the provision of training opportunities to develop leadership and self-marketing, according to the level of experience.

Swiss Life Germany

• Specific training courses on “How women successfully shape their career”.
• Childcare facilities the company’s own day-care centres or equivalent cooperative ventures at the Hanover and Garching locations as well as the initiative to hold interviews for all employees aged 50 and over to discuss their future career and deployment prospects.

Swiss Life Asset Managers

• Cooperation with the organisation “MyAbility” for a just and equal society and the associated option of giving three talents with physical disabilities a “job shadowing” opportunity. Enabling employees to benefit from training on diversity and inclusion and dig deeper into the topics of ability, intercultural competencies, intergenerational collaboration, neurodiversity (taking into account the neurological differences between people and promoting their inclusion and acceptance) and leadership for all generations.

Swiss Life International

• The WoMentoring Programme of Swiss Life Select in Austria, which addresses women who are prepared to act as change agents in actively supporting others on their way to the top The accession of Swiss Life Luxembourg to the Women in Finance Charter, through which the Luxembourg financial sector aims to proactively promote gender diversity at the highest management levels with corresponding targets and action plans.
• The active advocacy of elipsLife in the Netherlands for equal opportunities for men and women, with a focus on recruitment for management positions and offers of internal transfers.