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 We are also working to ensure that o昀케ce annual AES survey, 72% of employees The Work Well Index+ (WWi+), which 04.2.4 Respecting environments are attractive, refurbishing responded that the company’s bene昀椀ts measures the stress level of employees employee rights o昀케ce spaces to support employees in plan meets their needs well, up from for work-related strain, also saw an We ensure that employee rights are working collaboratively. To continuously 69% in 2022, while the percentage of all-time high of 73% favourable answers protected in all entities. In line with improve digital literacy for hybrid working, employees feeling able to balance (+3 percentage points on 2022). Allianz’s principles, we are committed to we dedicated a week for speci昀椀c “Fit4IT” work and personal life has risen from Overall, AES improvements in 2023 continuing to respect and implement the training o昀昀ers to help employees get the to 77% from 74% in the previous year. were driven by positive results in the fundamental rights and principles at work most out of everyday IT applications, such We continue to work to make employees’ areas of culture, process improvement, of the International Labour Organization as Microsoft Teams, Notes and Outlook. experiences in these areas meaningful. collaboration, risk culture and perceptions (ILO), as well as the principles of the UN Around 500 participants attended around 昀氀exible working. Areas identi昀椀ed Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines these sessions. 04.2.3 Listening to in the survey that we will be addressing for our colleagues improvement include innovation, driving for Multinational Companies. Supporting employee health and wellbeing The AES is our formal platform for change, further streamlining of processes The health and wellbeing of our gathering annual employee feedback and providing employees with relevant employees is a priority, and we support it on how it feels to work at AllianzGI. It is training for future skills. with a holistic approach that incorporates supplemented with regular Pulse surveys LEGs are one of several pillars to mental, social and physical wellbeing. that help track our progress against drive employee engagement, helping We consider the causes of stress and speci昀椀c commitments or focus areas. employees to connect across shared depression through an intersectional DEI In 2023 the AES participation rate was interests and topics. AES results correlate lens to promote good mental health and 84%, with the Employee Engagement with local engagement activity and o昀昀er advice on topics such as nutrition, Index (EEI) – which measures the extent illustrate the value of investing in these sleep and managing work-life balance. to which employees are motivated to initiatives, as they help to energise and During 2023 we leveraged milestone days contribute to organisational success – retain an engaged workforce. such as World Health Day to promote up 3% to 72%. targeted wellbeing messages, and used The Inclusive Meritocracy Index (IMIX), our long-standing Employee Assistance which measures our progress in creating Programme (EAP), which includes a culture and working environment professional, anonymous psychological where people and performance matter, support. Our EAP programme o昀昀ers were remained at its all-time high of 78%. accessed 248 times during 2023. In our Allianz Global Investors Sustainability and Stewardship Report 2023 81