Sustainability

Employees

Different, because we implement social initiatives for our employees.

Strategic sustainability goals in the area of employees

80 percent of management positions
from our own ranks

35 percent female leaders in 2030

Diversity and equal opportunities - regardless of gender and age.

Our employees stand for the values of competence, passion and cohesion – and that is actually lived out in practice. They are not only Oberbank employees but at the same time shareholders and together an important core owner of the bank. Moreover, employees invest their most valuable resources in Oberbank day after day: their time, their talents and their commitment.

The most important human resource management task is therefore to ensure that they make this a long-term investment decision in favour of Oberbank and do not withdraw their investment. This can only be achieved by offering an attractive, meaningful working environment. Details on the strategic sustainability goals and the detailed measures can be found in our

Sustainability Report.

Oberbank maintains an appreciative and sustainable human resources policy in all phases of life. We are delighted when employees accompany us for a longer period of time as enthusiastic Oberbank colleagues. This can only succeed if we attract the right people to Oberbank.

To Oberbank as an employer

Awards – as a sustainable and highly rated employer

In recent years, Oberbank has received several awards as an employer.

To the awards

Further development of employees: Competence is a top priority

It is with good reason that competence is one of Oberbank’s core values.
Competence creates added value for clients and is the most important lever for the professional development of each and every individual.
To this end, we strongly promote regular training and education in all banking-related, technical, legal and non-technical topics.

Health offensive: fostering health holistically

For years, Oberbank has been promoting the health of its employees with a wide range of offers. This is also confirmed by the certification and renewal of the quality seal for workplace health promotion (BGF) since 2013.

Further information

Diversity and equal opportunities for all are important to us. We want to create a diverse team, from the board to the staff. Age, gender, nationality, sexual orientation or other factors should not be a criterion for exclusion in personnel decisions. On the contrary: we show appreciation for all individuals and want to practice inclusion and equal opportunities in the workplace.

Since we recognise the benefits and opportunities that this diversity brings, we have signed the Diversity Charter. The commitment to respect, anti-discrimination and diversity is also clearly stated in the Code of Conduct and in the internal diversity policy for all employees.

Our measures include, among other things, the company initiative “Opportunity 2030”, to advance gender balance, while our strategic goals also address a planned generational change.

International conventions and standards as well as our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the area of employees

Oberbank AG acts in accordance with international conventions and standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the UN Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises or the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in all countries in which it operates. Compliance with the fundamental principles of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, i.e. freedom of association, the right to recognition of collective bargaining, the prohibition of forced, compulsory and child labour as well as the prohibition of discrimination in the workplace, is also of fundamental importance to Oberbank.

Our measures in the area of employees contribute to the achievement of the following United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

Hochwertige Ausbildung Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum

We train new staff and focus on financial education, and we are also working to increase the share of women in management positions. Furthermore, our goal is to provide not only decent but meaningful work, for all people, without discrimination of any kind.