The Helsana Group documents the progress it has made so far and which goals it has already achieved on the path to sustainable corporate management. The 2024 Sustainability Report focuses on topics such as climate and the environment, equal pay and equal opportunities, business ethics and compliance, and sustainable investing.
26.05.2025
As a leading Swiss health insurer, Helsana has a special responsibility towards its insured persons, employees and society at large. Helsana has therefore included the topic of sustainability as one of five objectives in its new corporate strategy for 2025. “We are embedding sustainability at the highest level and making it an integral part of our decision-making processes, business practices and corporate culture,” emphasises Roman Sonderegger, CEO of the Helsana Group.
In 2023, Helsana established full transparency regarding its main sustainability topics in a report for the first time. Reporting for 2024 includes the following focus areas: the health of customers and employees, sustainable investing, data protection, business ethics and compliance, and climate, the environment and resource consumption.
The proportion of electricity from renewable sources used on company premises was increased to 100% in 2024. At the same time, further progress was made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from investment properties. The aim is to achieve a 30% reduction by 2030 (baseline year: 2022). To this end, we are taking specific sustainability requirements into account for renovations and new builds and systematically replacing fossil fuel heating systems with renewable alternatives.
The proportion of women in middle management was increased in the reporting year, and the target for this area was achieved. The progress made in equal pay was particularly pleasing: by taking targeted measures, Helsana achieved an inexplicable pay gap of less than 1% in the reporting year. This is a best-practice value that confirms the company’s ongoing commitment to fair and gender-neutral pay.
Every year, Helsana takes part in the international sustainability rating programme offered by EcoVadis, the world’s largest provider of sustainability ratings for the corporate sector. The progress made in sustainability in 2024 was confirmed by the rating, with Helsana being upgraded from bronze to silver. Furthermore, by participating in the UNGC, Helsana is reaffirming its commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
“Sustainable corporate management” is one of the five overarching corporate targets in the new corporate strategy “Securing health for a lifetime”. The company sees this as crucial if it wants to rise to the challenges of a changing society and environment and promote health in the long term. This is why Helsana is taking responsibility and is committed to the objectives set out in the Paris Agreement. “We have set ourselves the goal of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This is our contribution to mitigating the serious consequences of unchecked climate change,” says Hanna Krayer, Head of Sustainability at Helsana.
Helsana is committed to the health and quality of life of its customers and has been providing them with financial security in relation to prevention, illness and accidents for over 125 years. So that they stay healthy, recover quickly or can live a better life when affected by illness. We provide advice with the objective of offering the best quality of care in every health situation. With innovative services and products, we offer people individual support for a healthy life. As a shaper of the Swiss healthcare system, we work to ensure a sustainable, high-quality, competitively organised and accessible healthcare system. With a premium volume of about CHF 8.2 billion and a workforce of around 3,400 employees throughout Switzerland, Helsana is one of the leading providers in the Swiss insurance market. Helsana offers a wide range of products and services in the areas of basic, supplementary and accident insurance, as well as daily sickness benefits, protecting over 2 million people against the financial consequences of illness, accidents, maternity and long-term care in old age. We develop insurance solutions to mitigate the economic consequences of illness or accident-related occupational absences for some 60,000 companies and associations.
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