For three years in a row, Swiss national newspaper Handelszeitung has ranked Zurich as one of the country’s best employers, recognizing its culture of fairness and trust.

The canton of Zurich has recognized our social commitment to re-integrate long-term unemployed into the Swiss labor market.

Zurich Switzerland has been committed to pay fair salaries and assess the salary differences between genders using the standard analysis tool of Switzerland (Logib) since 2016, years before it became mandatory.

Since 2016, Zurich Switzerland has been partnering with Advance, a leading business association for gender equality in Switzerland. 

As of December 2019, 12 Zurich business units in 11 countries are EDGE certified with four certified at EDGE ‘Move’ level.

Forbes 2020 list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity

The “Charta der Vielfalt” promotes the recognition, appreciation and integration of diversity in business culture. Zurich is committed to a respectful and non-discriminatory working environment and therefore Zurich Germany joined this initiative in June 2020.

Zurich Canada is now a proud Employer Partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, a forward-looking social organization with the mission of helping Canadian corporations celebrate diversity by generating awareness, dialogue and action.

Insurance Business Canada (IBC) recognized Zurich Canada as an organization with top Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and actions that are moving our industry forward such as our “We Belong” campaign.

The WGEA is an Australian government agency that promotes and improves gender equality in Australian workplaces by working collaboratively with employers to provide advice, practical tools and education to help employers improve their gender performance.

The Financial Services Skills Commission is an independent, member-led body, representing the UK financial services sector on skills. Through four workstreams, the Commission is addressing the major issues impacting the sector around skills, diversity and inclusion and finding solutions to improve access to talent. Through our membership of the Commission, we are able to actively collaborate with other businesses, training providers, regulators and the education sector. Together we are working to create solutions that work for all stakeholders involved.

Zurich UK is a signatory to the Government’s Women in Finance Charter. Our commitment is that 35% of UK senior management (Grade 6+) will be female by the end of 2020. By August 2020, 31.3% of our senior management was female.

Zurich UK is a signatory of the Race At Work charter. This Charter is composed of five calls to action for leaders and organizations across all sectors. Signing up means taking practical steps to ensure their workplaces are tackling barriers that ethnic minority people face in recruitment and progression and that their organizations are representative of British society today.

The Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to their workplace. Zurich UK was the first insurer to be awarded Disability Confident Leader status, which is the highest level of accreditation.

Zurich UK is a member of Working Families, the UK’s work-life balance charity. They work to remove the barriers that people with caring responsibilities face in the workplace. Zurich UK appeared in their 2020 Top 30 Employers list.

Zurich UK is a member of Purple Space, the world’s only networking and professional development hub for disabled employees, network and resource group leaders and allies from all sectors and trades.

Zurich Brazil is one of the most diverse companies in the country, according to the Exame Diversity Guide. You can click here to read the complete ranking and article.