How are Allianz employees playing a role in the Olympics?

Ahead and during the Games, Allianz employees globally can get involved in the Olympics, be it as active participants or spectators. More than 500 colleagues from 16 Allianz entities will be volunteering at Paris 2024 in a variety of roles, while 2000 colleagues across 30 entities ordered tickets to cheer the athletes in person.

A passion and profession

Eike Bürgel has led the Olympic and Paralympic Program at Allianz since 2018. We recently asked her about the benefit of this partnership for the Allianz brand, people, and business, and she shared the sports discipline she’s most excited about

Diversity, trust and corporate citizenship

In an interview with a magazine that is published by the publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Renate Wagner , member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, talks about diversity, trust, corporate citizenship and her personal leadership principles. Allianz made diversity, inclusion and a culture of respect a strategic anchor many years ago. Renate Wagner explains the measures with which these are actively promoted.

Allianz Company Statement

Our name is the word for “alliance.” This means we stand steadfastly beside our customers, our people, and those who share our values in shaping a better world and a more secure future.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index recognizes Allianz as a Sustainable Insurer and underpins transition efforts – “It’s an incentive to continue our work!”

Allianz received a score of 82 (out of 100) in the 2023 Standard & Poor (S&P) Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), underlying the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), as of 24 November 2023. The results reflect Allianz's long-standing commitment to driving positive social and environmental change as well as building meaningful partnerships to shape a better, more sustainable future.

COP 28: EIB and AllianzGI announce new capital commitments to the Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (EMCAF)

New capital commitments from the United Kingdom and German governments. / The fund invests in green transition funds and projects in emerging and developing markets worldwide. / Launched at COP26, EMCAF has already invested more than $100 million in five funds over two years. / EMCAF on track to hold its third close at €385 million in the coming weeks. (Article links to external site)

SDG Loan Fund mobilizes USD 1.1 billion of investor capital

The SDG Loan Fund has successfully mobilized USD 1.1 billion of investor capital to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in emerging and frontier markets, using an innovative “blended finance” model.

Net-Zero transition plan – leading the way and driving the change

In September 2023, Allianz published its first net-zero transition plan, which lays out the details for its 2030 intermediate targets to decarbonize own operations, proprietary investment, and P&C underwriting. With this, Allianz is leading the way in the financial services industry. Because climate change is one of the biggest risks that we face globally, we remain committed.

COP 28 preview: taking the temperature

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference – COP 28 – starts in late November in Dubai. A busy agenda includes a focus on the impact of heatwaves on health and how trade can play a role in mitigating climate change.