“A precondition of your long-term success is that you endeavor to think not only of yourselves but also of your fellow human beings”. – Daniel Swarovski (1862 – 1956)
The Swarovski Spirit has been embedded in our culture for more than a century. During the early 1900s, we became an active member of our local community in Wattens, Austria, developing a vibrant culture of sports, leisure, and social activities, supporting charitable initiatives, setting up social housing, and constructing schools.
We understand that a successful business nurtures and engages a diverse workforce and creates an inclusive working environment. Every individual has the right to a sense of belonging and the ability to express themselves without judgment or prejudice. We continue to uphold these fundamental beliefs for our colleagues, our partners, and throughout society, driving impact through investing in our people-focused programs and remaining dedicated to developing our initiatives further.
Discover more below about the three pillars of our sustainability strategy that focus on people: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Empowerment & Education; and Rights & Respect.
We understand that a successful business nurtures and engages a diverse workforce and creates an inclusive working environment. Every individual has the right to a sense of belonging and the ability to express themselves without judgment or prejudice. We continue to uphold these fundamental beliefs for our colleagues, our partners, and throughout society, driving impact through investing in our people-focused programs and remaining dedicated to developing our initiatives further.
Discover more below about the three pillars of our sustainability strategy that focus on people: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Empowerment & Education; and Rights & Respect.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
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We are also proud signatories of the Women’s Empowerment Principles and the UN Standards of Conduct for Business, and are members of Workplace Pride.
- Reduce bias in our recruitment by exploring recruitment practices including AI tech.
- Increase the diversity of our campaigns to include individuals from underrepresented groups.
- Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community externally and internally, providing education and awareness opportunities.
We are also proud signatories of the Women’s Empowerment Principles and the UN Standards of Conduct for Business, and are members of Workplace Pride.
Our Initiatives
Employee Resource Groups
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Our ERGs are voluntary employee-led groups that help make Swarovski a diverse and inclusive place to work. They create a forum for colleagues with common interests to support each other, provide networking and mentoring opportunities, and act as a valuable resource for Swarovski leadership to learn from.
We are proud to support many employee-led groups and networks within Swarovski that provide community building, awareness-raising, and shared action. For example, eMpoWer together aims to empower women at work and Pride at Swarovski supports and celebrates the LGBT+ community.
We are proud to support many employee-led groups and networks within Swarovski that provide community building, awareness-raising, and shared action. For example, eMpoWer together aims to empower women at work and Pride at Swarovski supports and celebrates the LGBT+ community.
Gender Equity
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As a brand with a largely female customer base, and a workforce comprised of 77% women, we are well placed to champion women’s empowerment. We strive empower women across our value chain, from those who craft our products to those who wear them. Every year we support International Women’s Day, which aims to engage our employees around women’s empowerment and inspire them to advocate for gender equity.
Additionally, we run supply-chain-focused projects with NGOs such as BSR HERproject and Raks Thai Foundation to provide support for issues including financial literacy and reproductive health.
Additionally, we run supply-chain-focused projects with NGOs such as BSR HERproject and Raks Thai Foundation to provide support for issues including financial literacy and reproductive health.
Pride at Swarovski
Title:We are committed to celebrating and elevating the LGBTQ+ community. Our Pride-focused employee resource groups help to connect our LGBTQ+ colleagues, who regularly organize events to improve understanding of how to be a better ally. During Pride Month we aim to raise awareness about individuality, sharing the voices of collaborators such as transgender model Ariel Nicholson and fashion designer Ludovic de Saint Sernin.
We are proud signatories of the UN Free & Equal campaign and UN Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination against LGBTQI People, and we are members of Workplace Pride.
Empowerment & Education
Everyone who depends on us should have the opportunity to learn and grow. We want to motivate people to limit their impact on the planet, treat others with respect, and make more conscious decisions.
We will:
We will:
- Raise awareness, educate, and foster behavior change in relation to sustainability and equity issues.
- Support academic institutions to drive sustainability, and promote sustainable design through donating reignited crystals.
Our Initiatives
University of the Arts London
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Through our longstanding partnership with the University of the Arts London, we have been helping talented designers to consider sustainability in their work for years. We challenge them to think differently about the materials they incorporate into their designs and hope they will carry new perspectives with them into their careers and industries. Recently, we have partnered with the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins to expand this relationship.
In partnership with the London College of Fashion we run the Swarovski Innovator Award, an annual competition for final year BA Fashion Jewelry students. We also established the Swarovski Conscious Design Hub on the Central Saint Martins website, acting as a showcase for research and design work and demonstrating to students that we are committed to a sustainable future.
In partnership with the London College of Fashion we run the Swarovski Innovator Award, an annual competition for final year BA Fashion Jewelry students. We also established the Swarovski Conscious Design Hub on the Central Saint Martins website, acting as a showcase for research and design work and demonstrating to students that we are committed to a sustainable future.
Innovate2030
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Innovate2030 is a competition organized by management consultancy Ekipa which encourages students, professionals, and start-ups to collaborate with established organizations to come up with digital innovations that promote sustainability.
We supported Team Xtend in 2021 as part of the competition to develop ideas for incentivizing circular behaviors and re-purposing pre-loved jewelry. Team Xtend won with their mobile app that promotes circularity and reduces waste by encouraging customers to recycle their used jewelry for repurposing, and to either rent or purchase previous season or re-worked Swarovski items. Following the success of the Innovate2030 project, we ran a project with the Milano Fashion Institute to elicit more ideas for promoting circularity from talented digital natives.
We supported Team Xtend in 2021 as part of the competition to develop ideas for incentivizing circular behaviors and re-purposing pre-loved jewelry. Team Xtend won with their mobile app that promotes circularity and reduces waste by encouraging customers to recycle their used jewelry for repurposing, and to either rent or purchase previous season or re-worked Swarovski items. Following the success of the Innovate2030 project, we ran a project with the Milano Fashion Institute to elicit more ideas for promoting circularity from talented digital natives.
Leadership, mentorship e apprendistati
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Noi di Swarovski siamo sempre alla ricerca di nuovi modi di intensificare la connettività tra le persone Riteniamo che la mentorship sia per i nostri colleghi un’opportunità di imparare, migliorare e mettere in pratica competenze valide e accelerare il loro sviluppo personale. Riteniamo che la capacità di dirigere non derivi solo da un titolo, e per questo, attraverso il nostro portafoglio di sviluppo della leadership, vogliamo fornire ai nostri leader i mezzi necessari a sfidare i presupposti e superare i limiti.
I nostri apprendistati durano fino a quattro anni e coprono undici specializzazioni diverse, come ad esempio la tecnologia dei laboratori chimici, la falegnameria e varie professioni ingegneristiche. Oltre a imparare i segreti del mestiere, ci assicuriamo che i nostri apprendisti siano pronti ad affrontare una serie di processi operativi, abbiano la possibilità di provare IA e VR all’avanguardia, imparino i pacchetti software più recenti e sviluppino le soft skill necessarie per il loro sviluppo personale. Dal 1953, anno di inizio del programma, abbiamo formato più di 1.500 apprendisti provenienti da 12 nazioni diverse.
I nostri apprendistati durano fino a quattro anni e coprono undici specializzazioni diverse, come ad esempio la tecnologia dei laboratori chimici, la falegnameria e varie professioni ingegneristiche. Oltre a imparare i segreti del mestiere, ci assicuriamo che i nostri apprendisti siano pronti ad affrontare una serie di processi operativi, abbiano la possibilità di provare IA e VR all’avanguardia, imparino i pacchetti software più recenti e sviluppino le soft skill necessarie per il loro sviluppo personale. Dal 1953, anno di inizio del programma, abbiamo formato più di 1.500 apprendisti provenienti da 12 nazioni diverse.
Tent Partnership for Refugees
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Tent è un'organizzazione no-profit lanciata nel 2016 per mobilitare la comunità imprenditoriale globale a favore dell'inclusione dei rifugiati. Oggi, è una rete di oltre duecento grandi aziende che si impegnano a integrare i rifugiati nelle comunità che li accolgono.
Siamo entrati a far parte del programma a novembre 2021 e ci siamo impegnati a offrire tutoraggio a cinquanta rifugiate durante un periodo di tre anni, incominciando dalla Svizzera a inizio 2022. L’obiettivo del programma di mentorship è potenziare le competenze di queste donne e offrire loro le migliori opportunità di trovare lavoro. Il programma si concentra sullo sviluppo della carriera e sull’avanzamento professionale e intende offrire alle rifugiate competenze pratiche e conoscenze utili per il mercato del lavoro, fra cui come migliorare i loro CV e profili sui social media, quali sono i processi di reclutamento nel paese di arrivo e come affrontare potenziali differenze culturali sul luogo di lavoro.
Siamo entrati a far parte del programma a novembre 2021 e ci siamo impegnati a offrire tutoraggio a cinquanta rifugiate durante un periodo di tre anni, incominciando dalla Svizzera a inizio 2022. L’obiettivo del programma di mentorship è potenziare le competenze di queste donne e offrire loro le migliori opportunità di trovare lavoro. Il programma si concentra sullo sviluppo della carriera e sull’avanzamento professionale e intende offrire alle rifugiate competenze pratiche e conoscenze utili per il mercato del lavoro, fra cui come migliorare i loro CV e profili sui social media, quali sono i processi di reclutamento nel paese di arrivo e come affrontare potenziali differenze culturali sul luogo di lavoro.
Diritti e rispetto
È fondamentale che tutti coloro che lavorano lungo la nostra catena di valore sappiano che i loro diritti umani saranno sempre rispettati.
Ci impegniamo a:
- rispettare i diritti del nostro personale e assicurare un ambiente di lavoro salutare e sicuro per tutti;
- garantiamo ambienti e condizioni di lavoro salutari in conformità con lo SMETA, i Principi guida dell’ONU e le Convenzioni fondamentali dell’Organizzazione internazionale del Lavoro (OIL).
Le nostre iniziative
Iniziativa di approvvigionamento responsabile
La RSI (Responsible Sourcing Initiative, Iniziativa di approvvigionamento responsabile) è un approccio sistematico e basato sul rischio per valutare le prestazioni dei fornitori basandoci sui criteri del nostro Codice di condotta. Dal 2014, ci aiuta a verificare che anche i nostri fornitori assicurino condizioni di lavoro sicure e salutari, oltre che pratiche di impiego rigorose. Attraverso il programma RSI, monitoriamo le pratiche in materia di impiego della catena di fornitura e collaboriamo a stretto contatto con i nostri fornitori per assicurare un miglioramento continuo.
La RSI (Responsible Sourcing Initiative, Iniziativa di approvvigionamento responsabile) è un approccio sistematico e basato sul rischio per valutare le prestazioni dei fornitori basandoci sui criteri del nostro Codice di condotta. Dal 2014, ci aiuta a verificare che anche i nostri fornitori assicurino condizioni di lavoro sicure e salutari, oltre che pratiche di impiego rigorose. Attraverso il programma RSI, monitoriamo le pratiche in materia di impiego della catena di fornitura e collaboriamo a stretto contatto con i nostri fornitori per assicurare un miglioramento continuo.
Swarovski e la sostenibilità
Notre planète
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Nous vivons dans un monde de merveilles et nous nous efforçons de le protéger
