Empowering people through financial inclusion, financial education and future skills

Together with our employees, we work with selected partner organizations to help strengthen communities and address social issues. We want to build a more inclusive future where all people can access the resources and develop the financial, entrepreneurial and other skills they need to thrive in the economy and society. We regard education and access to financial services as key drivers of growth and an effective means of empowering people to help themselves. In 2019, Credit Suisse announced the launch of a new theme for the bank’s commitments to global education: Future Skills. Our Future Skills work will focus on programs that close the education and employment gap and give young people from all socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to realize their full potential as adults – especially by securing employment (More information: Future skills). We also have the opportunity to grow our impact beyond the funding of long-term partnerships through our most valuable asset – our employees. In addition to employee engagement, our social commitments therefore center around three themes: Financial Inclusion (enabling access to formal financial services), Financial Education and Future Skills, as well as capacity building of these sectors and the organizations within them.

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