Diversity, Equality and Inclusiveness (DEI)

We offer equal opportunities for all in everyday life and our approach is based on equality. We promote equality and diversity through our overall personnel policy with concrete and practical measures. Equal treatment of personnel starts with recruitment, where we ensure equal opportunities and equal treatment for all jobseekers. Our employees have equal opportunities to advance in their careers and we treat minorities or vulnerable groups equally in our work community.

We accept each other’s different backgrounds, differences and personal characteristics and treat everyone equally. We value diversity and consider different people to be a source of strength. The Savings Banks Group does not condone discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic. No bullying, discrimination or harassment is permitted. Diversity is evident in the Savings Banks Group in the fact that we operate in two languages, for example.

Diversity is taken into consideration in the Savings Banks Group’s joint development projects and learning methods. We form cooperation groups from persons who work in various roles in our organisations and represent diverse experiences and educational backgrounds. Read more about personnel competence development here.

We also monitor diversity by reviewing the gender distribution of our personnel and management and we are committed to adhere to an equality and non-discrimination plan. The Savings Banks Amalgamation has diversity principles concerning the composition of the Board of Directors. The principles describe how diversity and gender equality should be realised with regard to the composition of the Board of Directors.

We also support the financial and digital skills of young people and senior citizens locally in the Savings Banks’ communities with our partners, for example, which promotes equality and non-discrimination more broadly in society. We also provide broader advice to our customers with regard to financial management, relieving stress about money and the accumulation of wealth, taking people’s different life stages into account.