Social responsibility Working for society

Contributing to the further development of a healthy society is very important to us. As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, we get involved as a company, we promote a strong corporate culture, we are committed to the further development of our workforce and we enable our employees to volunteer.

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Where tourism, protection of the ecosystem and wildlife, preservation of Maasai traditions and profit are not mutually exclusive - the Naboisho Conservation Area in southwestern Kenya has been supported by LGT Venture Philanthropy since 2016.

Volunteering

Many of our more than 4500 employees are committed to a good cause. These initiatives, often organized locally, benefit less privileged people and the environment. We enable our employees to get involved and provide financial support to aid organizations.

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B360 Education Partnerships

B360 Education Partnerships organizes volunteer placements in universities in Southern Africa and internships in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The goal is the transfer of knowledge between European experts and students from Southern Africa.

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Local aid

Many of our employees support local organizations with aid missions. They remove waste in Hong Kong and Liechtenstein, bring schoolchildren in the UK closer to the world of work in workshops, shop for elderly people in Hong Kong or collect money for the homeless in Austria.

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Energy and Climate Workshop

LGT is the main partner and sponsor of the energy and climate workshop entitled "Principality of Liechtenstein - Pioneer(s) for a Sustainable Society".

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ItsRainingRaincoats

Together with the NGO ItsRainingRaincoats, LGT Bank Singapore employees have produced easy-to-understand videos on financial literacy and cybersecurity that are shared via social media.

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Graduate volunteering

Annually, our graduates support aid organizations worldwide in one-week social assignments - including the, the association Mountain Forest Project Velafrica or the charity Willing Hearts.

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Drink & Donate

The non-profit organization campaigns worldwide for free access to clean drinking water and raises people's awareness of hygiene practice in order to sustainably improve their living conditions.

Supporting our employees

Today, our employees expect more than a decent salary. The corporate culture is important to them; they want to identify with LGT's goals.

Matthias Oberholzer Group Head Human Resources, LGT Private Banking
Matthias Oberholzer

LGT Venture Philanthropy

For more than a decade, social commitment and philanthropy has also been an important topic for LGT as a company. We owe this initiative to the long-standing and successful philanthropic commitment of our owner family. The Princely Family firmly believes that wealth goes hand in hand with social responsibility. That is why the Princely House has been charitable and philanthropic for centuries. In order to professionalize its commitment and institutionalize it within LGT, the Princely Family established the LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation in 2007. LGT VP's goal is to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people in sub-Saharan Africa and India.

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Improving quality of life

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LGT Venture Philanthropy works with locally based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and India that provide scalable solutions in the areas of health, education and the environment. Since its inception, the foundation has deployed USD 70 million.

FAST Initiative against slavery and human trafficking

Slavery is prohibited worldwide. Nevertheless, an estimated 40 million people live in modern slavery; human trafficking is a billion-dollar business. Banks and financial institutions may be directly or indirectly involved in such schemes. Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) aims to raise awareness of these sensitive issues in the financial sector and combat slavery and human trafficking. As a socially responsible private bank, we provide financial and non-material support for this initiative. 

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