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Proud to be different

We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that embraces the diversity of our colleagues, clients, and communities.

At DWS we’re committed to building an inclusive culture that respects and embraces the diversity of our colleagues, clients, and communities. Which nurtures an environment where every perspective matters and where every voice is heard.

We aspire to offer a workplace where creativity, confidence and ideas can bloom. Where individual strengths, different backgrounds and broad perspectives are valued. And where everyone can come to work as their true authentic selves as we attempt to create a workforce as diverse as our global footprint.

With colleagues across 60 nationalities, speaking more than 75 languages, locally rooted yet globally connected across 25 countries, we celebrate our differences, treat each other with respect, listen openly without judging, and value each other’s insights. This brings us closer together and contributes to a thriving and inspiring workplace.

We’re proud of the strides we’re making to foster a more diverse and inclusive workplace. But we know that the process of building a more just and equitable society is not easy or quick. Driving real change requires long-term commitment and action. It requires all of us to push beyond comfortable boundaries.

This includes constantly examining our own culture and talent practices, tackling unconscious bias and building a network of allies. It means speaking up as we work with peers to advocate for broad change, both within our industry and the society we serve. And it means putting building blocks in place across the firm that enable diverse and multi-cultural talent to thrive.

At DWS we’re proud to be different. And we’re 100% committed to embracing and driving change to help build a better, fairer society.

Employee Inclusion and Engagement networks


Our Employee Inclusion & Engagement Networks are spearheaded by colleagues across all regions. Many leverage diversity in its broadest sense – from race, colour, religion, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender and veteran status - to create a greater sense of purpose for themselves, their colleagues, and the firm. By nature, these groups cannot be exclusive, but inclusive and open for everyone.

They include:

 

Asian Inclusion Network

The Asian Inclusion Network represents Asian colleagues, covering their professional development and management of their careers, cultural awareness and heritage, and community outreach.

Black Leadership Alliance

The Black Leadership Alliance strives to facilitate the success of our Black professionals by developing and promoting their advancement, while also driving cultural transformation that welcomes, values and leverages diversity.

Enable

The Enable network is the global umbrella for our regional Disability, Health and Wellbeing programmes and promotes inclusion for colleagues with disabilities, long-term health conditions and caring responsibilities.

Gender Diversity (including Women’s Inclusion Network)

The Gender Diversity Network aims to strengthen gender balance across the firm by engaging, educating, and empowering colleagues with the resources necessary to facilitate their professional development.

Generation

The Generation Network focuses on enhancing inclusion irrespective of age through interactive working groups and targeted initiatives.

Latin Inclusion Network

The Latin Inclusion Network supports the professional goals of our LatinX colleagues and ensures the history and heritage of this network is valued and represented.

ONE

The Origins, Nationality and Ethnicity (ONE) network is committed to connecting colleagues of different racial, ethnic, cultural and religious groups across the firm.

People Engagement Group

The DWS People Engagement Group brings colleagues together to collectively develop and implement people-based projects which support our business objectives and enable high levels of employee engagement throughout the organization.

Pride

The Pride Network creates a safe, inclusive, and judgement-free zone for members of the LGBTIQ community as well as their allies.

Veteran Engagement Team (VET)

The Veteran Engagement Team is committed to outreach and engagement with Veterans and families to support and raise awareness for this group.

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.  

At this time the changing legal situation in the United States has required corporates to review, and modify where appropriate, diversity initiatives to maintain compliance with the law. We are no exception, and we will continue to thoroughly review all aspirational goals and initiatives to ensure compliance with local law. We conduct this review balanced with the increasing requirements under European law to focus on diversity and improve transparency, such as the German Gender Quota Law and ESRS. 

Human Capital Reporting Standards

 

How we evidence our DE&I claims is important to us and we’re delighted to be certified for our commitment to the Human Capital Reporting Standards (ISO30414), having previously been one of the first organizations to be certified in this developing area of disclosure.

This provides guidance on the human capital metrics companies should report internally and those they should disclose publicly – including areas such as ‘Compliance and Ethics’, ‘Diversity’, ‘Leadership’, ‘Organisational Culture’ and ‘Health and Wellbeing’.

Continued certification with these standards is a fundamental part of our commitment to the Social and Governance ESG pillars and strategy to support the global community in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).[1]

(ISO30414) We are delighted to be certified for our commitment to Human Capital Reporting Standards

External Partnerships


In nurturing an inclusive working environment, we have developed a number of key external partnerships across the globe. These not only help us to drive our internal agenda, but also enable us to share good practice and to positively impact the societies we are operating in.

These include:

  • Partnership and Sponsorship with Diversity Project, whose vision is to create a truly diverse and inclusive UK investment and savings industry.
  • Sponsorship of the Fondsfrauen initiative in Germany, a business network for women in asset management and finance.
  • Member of the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group of the “Investment Company Institute”, a think tank for leading investment management firms.
  • Member of the Business Disability Forum whose vision is to improve the life experiences of disabled employees and consumers by removing barriers to inclusion.
  • A founding member of Morgan Stanley’s diversity and inclusion initiative “The Equity Collective”.

 

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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1. These predominantly relate to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG3 Good health and well-being: SDG3 Good health and well-being; SDG5 Gender Equality; SDG8 Decent work and economic Growth; and SDG10 Reduced Inequalities.

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