Responsibility for
our Employees
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Our employees are the foundation of our stability and business success. We strive to create a work environment that inspires and promotes our employees. Through targeted personnel development, ensuring diversity and equal opportunities, and creating an attractive work environment, we aim to retain our employees in the long term, develop their potential, and foster their continuous development. To achieve this, we focus on three key areas in the field of action for employees: diversity and equal opportunities, attractive employer, and staff development and further education.
Our employees are the foundation of our stability and business success. We strive to create a work environment that inspires and promotes our employees. Through targeted personnel development, ensuring diversity and equal opportunities, and creating an attractive work environment, we aim to retain our employees in the long term, develop their potential, and foster their continuous development. To achieve this, we focus on three key areas in the field of action for employees: diversity and equal opportunities, attractive employer, and staff development and further education.
Our essential sustainability topics
The essential sustainability topics put emphasis on the responsibilities in the "Responsibility for our employees" area of activity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunities
Diversity and equal opportunities have always been essential to us; since 2015, this topic has been deeply embedded in Steiermärkische Sparkasse through active diversity management. We follow a diversity strategy that combines both ethical principles and business objectives. We ensure an anti-discriminatory work environment for everyone, in which all employees feel respected and valued. Steiermärkische Sparkasse appreciates diverse teams with different experiences and skills in order to remain innovative and competitive. In doing so, we create conditions for both young and long-standing employees alike—regardless of age, gender, origin, or worldview—that ensure equal opportunities and prevent discrimination.
Attractive Employer
As a successful and future-oriented banking institution, we aim to attract and retain the best talents for our organization. Therefore, we place high priority on being an attractive and stable employer not only in the region but also in the extended home market in Southeast Europe, and to present ourselves as such. To achieve this, we consolidate various measures, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and strengthen the identification with and belonging to the Steiermärkische Sparkasse through shared experiences and initiatives.
Personnel development and further education
By continuously investing in the professional and personal development of our employees, we ensure that they not only improve their individual skills but also significantly contribute to the sustainable success of the company. At Steiermärkische Sparkasse, great importance is placed on further education, as we aim to provide our customers with the highest quality and best advice. In addition to regular, needs-based professional training for our employees, we focus on systematic leadership development, training opportunities in non-economic fields, and interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange.