Equality of opportunities

The Sarasin Group pursues a strict policy of equal opportunities and encourages a working environment characterised by a dignified and respectful atmosphere. Fulltime and part-time employees with a workload of at least 40% and a length of service of at least 3 months are fundamentally treated equally. Bank Sarasin relies on the diversity of its employees with their varying skills and talents. Discrimination or harassment of any kind because of gender, ethnic background, religion, age, nationality, sexual orientation or any other characteristic is not tolerated. In order to firmly anchor this, a directive describing how to deal with sexual harassment and mobbing was revised and agreed upon for the entire group in 2009.

In 2011, the proportion of women in management positions (female employees in the two uppermost management levels with the title Managing Director or Executive Director) was 12.9%. Overall the percentage of women working in the bank totalled 35.8% in 2011.