Sustainability Report 2021 02.4 Human resources 01 Introduction Embedding health and well-being Looking after our people during Health and well-being managers at each the pandemic 02 Measuring and operating entity are responsible for driving We continue to closely monitor the impact of managing sustainability activities to implement the Minimum Health COVID-19 on our global workforce. The pandemic Sustainability in our business activities Requirements. They are required to do so cast a spotlight on the importance of health and 02.1 Sustainability in insurance in accordance with local requirements and mental well-being and we introduced various 02.2 Sustainability in regulations and the Allianz Operating Model measures to support employees and meet our proprietary investments to ensure each operating entity applies the business needs during the crisis. These included 02.3 Sustainability in asset management same high standard of local health and safety help/advisory lines for physical and mental Sustainability in our organization management. This includes activities to meet local health issues, preventative health measures 02.4 Human resources occupational health and safety standards. and special support for working parents such as 02.5 Customer satisfaction We also rolled out the Allianz health app ‘Well additional leave to enable parents to take care 02.6 Environmental management together’ The aim of this app is to combine the of unexpected childcare needs. 03 Strengthening topics of health and sustainability under one Convinced that vaccination will help to fight our foundation holistic platform to motivate our employees to the global pandemic, Allianz has conducted exercise more, live healthy and, at the same time, vaccination campaigns in 16 countries (Africa/ 04 Climate-related protect the environment. By the end of 2021, Ghana, Bulgaria, Germany, France, Japan, financial disclosure 24,000 users have registered on the app. Colombia, Croatia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Allianz is a signatory of the pan-European Lebanon, Malaysia, Austria, Poland, USA and 05 Our universal principles agreement on guidelines concerning work- Egypt) in 2021. In addition, booster shot related stress. We have placed great emphasis campaigns have started. on addressing the root causes of work-related stress, offering effective solutions and making changes to the work environment that enable employees to realize their full potential. Allianz SE’s management and the European SE Works Council have also signed a joint declaration on remote work. This guidance provides good practice principles for operating entities and employee representatives to use in the investigation and the deployment of remote work. The Allianz Group encourages Allianz operating entities and employee representatives to develop local applicable rules based on this guidance, adapted to local legislation and requirements. This serves as good practice guidance for Allianz’s companies deploying remote work and covers all aspects of flexible working arrangements outside Allianz premises. 48
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