Our commitment to the community
It is important for us to give something back to society and help make it better and more inclusive.
Through local involvement and sponsorship, we and our employees contribute to a better society and support people who need help. Over a five-year period, we will provide NOK 25 million for preventive work for mental health for young people. Kirkens bymisjon: We make financial contributions to Kirkens bymisjon's work to create a better and safer local environment, and participate in activities that create engagement among our employees. Ungt Entreprenørskap (Young Entrepreneurship): Through this collaboration, we contribute to the development of tools and models to strengthen mental health efforts in different parts of the education system, from primary and lower secondary schools to the education of teachers and nurses. We partner with sports to strengthen general health: Gjensidige is a proud sports sponsor, and through our cooperation agreements we wish to highlight the joy and many positive aspects of playing sports. In this way, we hope to motivate more people to be physically active. We sponsor both elite and recreational sports and work with sponsors who have a good reputation and coinciding values with us. The sponsorship agreements establish projects with different goals. These must be socially beneficial, health-promoting or create activity and recruitment among young people. For Gjensidige, sponsorship is also important because it ensures valuable profiling and creates positive associations with our business, in addition to building an internal culture and pride among our employees. Gjensidigestiftelsen: Gjensidige's social commitment in Norway must be seen in the context of Gjensidigestiftelsen, a financial foundation that is our major shareholder. The foundation operates extensive distributions for safety and health promotion purposes, which are financed by returns from capital released in connection with the listing of Gjensidige Forsikring in 2010. Gjensidigestiftelsen is Norway's largest financial foundation, and has two main tasks. One is to distribute support for socially beneficial causes, and the other is to be the largest shareholder in Gjensidige Forsikring ASA.
Taxes and fees
Gjensidige is committed to corporate social responsibility and contributing to society and contributing to the financing of the welfare state in the countries in which we operate. An important part of this is to comply with all tax obligations responsibly. In accordance with Gjensidige's Group Tax Policy, we must pay the correct tax in the correct country. This means that, as far as possible, we must pay taxes where value is created.
