Diversity, equity and inclusion
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Our people are our most valuable asset. Their excellence, combined with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, empowers us to effectively serve our clients, create value for our shareholders and improve our communities. Our inclusive culture ensures everyone at UBS can unlock their unique potential. Ultimately, it creates better outcomes for our employees and our clients, today and tomorrow.
Sergio P. Ermotti, Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS
At UBS, we’re building a culture of belonging, where employees from all backgrounds and identities can feel recognized and valued, and where everyone can unlock their unique potential. To succeed, we’re focusing on delivering the greatest possible impact for our stakeholders – including our clients, communities, suppliers and society – and our employees, who are at the core of our diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy.
We are committed to achieving our aspirational goals, along with empowering leaders to drive our DE&I strategy forward. We believe that transparency is key to achieving our aspirations and in 2020, outlined specific intentions to enhance our female and ethnic minority representation, especially among management. Specifically, by 2025, we aspire to have 30% of Director-level and above roles globally held by women and 26% of Director-level and above roles in the US and 26% in the UK held by ethnic-minority talent, as well as 4% Black in the UK, along with additional regional aspirations.
A sense of belonging helps drive engagement and is important for overall well-being. With over 60 network chapters globally, and more than 45,000 unique members, our employee networks are a key engine for creating and supporting a culture of engagement and belonging for all employees.
This year, we’re highlighting the advancement of DE&I across our combined firm in the UBS Sustainability Report. In it, we outline our strategy and illustrate how we’re building a culture of belonging where everybody can unlock their full potential. We also discuss the progress we’ve made over the past year on key measures and link to additional DE&I and employee-related information.