Social commitment

We are aware of our responsibility as a major company in the Greater Hannover region, and we strive to award contracts locally where possible so as to foster businesses based here.

Social commitment is also something that Hannover Re takes very seriously, and the assumption of social responsibility constitutes a core element of our corporate culture. For the second time we organised a Christmas tree campaign, in which staff at Hannover Re helped to realise the dreams of children at a local children's home.

Yet our assistance is not limited to Germany alone, but is instead geographically wide-ranging. A variety of projects around the world are run under the auspices of individual subsidiaries and branch offices that collect donations for social causes through various staff activities. In Florida, for example, our subsidiary's workforce supports the “New Hope for Kids” campaign: children and their families who find themselves in difficult life situations are assisted with cash donations or through the personal efforts of our staff.

In Africa, too, Hannover Re has been active for a number of years, inter alia in the project “Food for homeless children”: twice a week employees at our South African subsidiary donate food to a centre for homeless children.

These are just two examples of Hannover Re's various projects on the international level.

We also consider it part of our social responsibility to offer internships as a means of career orientation that are appropriately compensated, but are in no way intended to replace full-time positions. Our equitable approach to placing interns is certified by the “Fair Company” quality seal which we were awarded by the magazine “karriere”.