Our social responsibility
As a responsible bank, we stand for a corporate culture that puts people first. This includes our business relationships and supply chains, creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment for our employees, and our involvement in initiatives and partnerships that promote the common good and a fair society.
Sustainable human resource management
Strengthening the performance of employees and securing the future of NORD/LB
Our goal is to expand NORD/LB's position as a reliable and attractive employer and to secure the bank's long-term success through modern human resources work to attract, retain and strengthen the performance of its employees.
To this end, we are creating a future-oriented working environment with competitive working conditions and the design of an appreciative and diverse work culture. A special focus is on the further development of employees and the promotion of our talents as well as women in leadership.
98,2 %
Employee participation rate in a performance/career review in the 2025 financial year
11,5
Average training hours per
employee in fiscal year 2025
53 %
Proportion of women in the talent center in fiscal year 2025
25,1 %
Proportion of women in management at
the Bank as a whole in the 2025 financial year
Skills development and inclusive work environment
Developing skills in a targeted manner and promoting diverse potential
Managers and employees are continuously qualified for future requirements with systematic learning management. We promote potential with targeted development programmes and focus on the recruitment and development of junior staff for the long-term development of the required skilled workers.
With systematic diversity management, we pursue the goal of promoting education and visibility and enabling people with disabilities to participate in working life as unrestricted as possible.
Our employees are important to us
Diverse range of social and fringe benefits
The benefits of NORD/LB are as diverse as the life models of our employees. Flexible working models and offers for reconciling work and family life create freedom in everyday life. Mobility services such as bicycle leasing support sustainable and healthy mobility. At our main locations, an excellent canteen with subsidised meals, free water and coffee and cocoa offers ensure a high quality of stay. This is supplemented by company sports groups and joint sporting activities – such as our participation in the B2Run in Hannover. So we create a working environment that promotes exercise, exchange and well-being – and offers space for personal development.
Different good, better together
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Under the motto "Different good, better together", NORD/LB pursues systematic diversity management in order to establish a culture of diversity and fair development opportunities.
The principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of our corporate culture and are driven through the work of our Community of Diversity.
Promotion of well-being and performance
Our company health management
NORD/LB attaches great importance to maintaining the health and strengthening the performance of all employees. Occupational health management offers a variety of measures that support both physical and mental health.
Preventive measures, advisory services and health-promoting initiatives have a positive effect on working conditions and the working environment.
Our social commitment
Wir zeigen Herz e.V. (driven by heart)
"Wir zeigen Herz e.V." is a support association supported by the active and former employees of NORD/LB and Braunschweigische Landessparkasse (BLSK) that promotes civic engagement and charitable causes. Our goal is to make a positive difference in the lives of those who need our help together with our members and volunteer supporters.
As a Group, in 2025 we received grants in the form of donations and sponsorship amounting to
€ ~1 Mio.
prompted
Since the association was founded in July 2023, "Wir zeigen Herz e. V." has already been able to
49 projects
Support
Donations & Social Day
Strengthening cohesion together
We have always seen donations as part of our social obligation as a Landesbank to actively contribute to the common good. Therefore, we particularly support projects of organisations that deal with the education and training of disadvantaged children and young people and that enable people with difficult social backgrounds to improve their living conditions.
Many employees also lend a hand themselves, for example as part of project days – for example as part of the NORD/LB-wide Social Day. Here, employees are given one day off paid time off to support charitable initiatives in selected projects.
Consideration of human rights in our own business operations and in the supply chain
NORD/LB assumes responsibility for the protection and respect of human rights – not only in its own business activities, but also in its cooperation with customers, suppliers and service providers. Through clear guidelines, international standards and a comprehensive whistleblower process, the bank focuses on transparency, prevention and the active promotion of sustainable development.
