Sustainability

Employees

Different, because:
we want to head towards a more sustainable future together with our employees.

Strategic sustainability goals in the area of employees

80 percent of management positions
from our own ranks

40 percent female leaders in 2030

Diversity, equal opportunities & inclusion

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.

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 ensure this, we rely on a professional, multi-stage, efficient and IT-based recruiting process. In addition to classic recruiting, we also conduct active sourcing. On top of that, we have introduced a special tool that employees can use to recommend new talents.

To Oberbank as an employer

Oberbank is a secure and reliable employer.

We stand for fairness and equal opportunities as well as long-term employee retention with attractive opportunities for further development.

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

For example, specially trained employees are available in all regions as health ambassadors for questions regarding the main topics of nutrition, exercise and mental health management. There will also be several workshops and seminars on these three main themes.

Since February 2023, employees in all countries have been offered an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to take account of increasing physical and stress-related burdens: employees can take advantage of anonymous and free occupational psychological counselling at any time in a professional and private context.

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.

Oberbank defines two focal points when it comes to diversity: Gender balance and inclusion. First of all, we are committed to creating equal opportunities and the conditions to increase the number of women in leadership positions. Secondly, we are generally committed to anti-discrimination and diversity – in all areas.

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.

Opportunity 2030 – Achieving greater diversity through gender balance

Expected generational change due to retirements
Goal: sustainable gender balance among our executiveswith the milestone for 2030: Proportion of female executives at 40 percent
Implementation:
- Variety of measures such as internal open recruiting, potential development, leave management
- In 2024: the share of female managers rises to 28,51 %.

Generational change from within our own ranks

Filling vacant management positions at Oberbank primarily from within the bank’s own ranks in order to safeguard the Oberbank vision, the Oberbank values and the Oberbank business model.
Goal: 80 % managers from within our organisation until 2025
Implementation:
- Comprehensive measures for potential development, personal career planning and time-out management in a structured process
In 2024 93 % managers come from within our own ranks

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.