01 Our vision of 02 Sustainable 03 Active 04 Strengthening sustainability 05 Appendices sustainability investing stewardship in our operations 04.2 Creating an inclusive and supportive workplace 2023 highlights across each pillar • We saw positive development of • Regular diversity webinars covered Bringing strategy to life Workforce female representation in our overall topics such as neurodiversity and AllianzGI contributes to Allianz’s overall • We took part in the ADAN Career Day, workforce (43%), and among people attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diversity ambitions, which encompass regarded as the largest career fair for managers (34%). See page 79 for a (ADHD) awareness, which attracted progressing towards gender balance, Black and People of Colour (BPoC) in full breakdown. 118 participants, with 100% of survey improving disability inclusion, ensuring Europe, which exclusively brings together Workplace respondents agreeing they would generational representation, aiming BPoC talent and renowned companies. recommend the webinar to other for broad ethnic and nationality • Our zero tolerance culture activities colleagues. Other examples include representation, and o昀昀ering Allianz The target group has a diverse academic were focused on strengthening the health and wellbeing topics, such as employee networks for minority groups background and appeals to graduates sense of psychological safety within and “Talking about cancer in the workplace”, as follows: and professionals. According to the across teams at AllianzGI. Teams joined which attracted 187 participants. organiser, female representation is for reflections and exercises around • NEO – gender inclusion and equity. around 60–70%. We participated risk awareness, speak-up culture and Marketplace • GRACE – global race and alongside other Allianz organisational team cohesiveness. The post-workshop • Part of our work to promote gender cultural ethnicity. entities, and we plan to do so again in survey showed positive impact, with diversity is our continued membership • PRIDE – LGBTQ+ inclusion. 2024. We launched a 16-month graduate 89% of survey respondents agreeing of the 30% Club France Investor Group, programme, hiring 16 graduates across the exercises helped strengthen team and our role in co-founding and • BEYOND – disability inclusion. the globe, 47% of whom are female, cohesiveness and 89% feeling safe to co-chairing the 30% Club Germany • ENGAGE – age inclusion. into roles ranging from Distribution to speak up when making mistakes. Investor Group in 2023. See page 57 Operations and the Investment Platform. for more details. In line with Allianz Group targets, our When they complete the programme, • To improve people’s virtual ambition is to have at least 30% women graduates continue their careers at collaboration skills, we carried out • We co-hosted various events in in senior leadership positions. Since 2020, AllianzGI in the role they were hired for. workplace renewals that facilitate collaboration with 100 Women our ExCo has been 50% female. hybrid working and ran a “Fit4IT” in Finance, such as “Web 3.0 & We are proud that in an industry where • At the end of 2023 we joined the week with digital tips and tricks, which metaverse: the future of digital wealth Diversity Project Pathway programme, attracted around 500 participants. management” in Hong Kong, and women have traditionally been under- which is focused on developing the “The future of finance: where cutting represented, several of our key leadership female portfolio managers of the future. • We launched “InsideOut”, an internal edge tech meets wealth management” positions are held by women. They include This 12-month programme brings DEI online learning series, which focuses in Frankfurt. our Global Head of Investments, Global together female talent from across on knowing minority and majority social Chief Investment O昀케cer for Equities, the industry and focuses on areas, groups inside and out and has gained • We published relevant thought Global Chief Operating O昀케cer, Global such as developing technical skills and more than 4,000 employee views. leadership content, such as: “Gender Head of Legal, Head of HR and Head strengthening leadership capabilities. diversity: fixing the pipeline” | Allianz of Products. Global Investors (allianzgi.com) Allianz Global Investors Sustainability and Stewardship Report 2023 78