Handelsbanken is awarded Anna’s Gender Equality Prize 2021
Handelsbanken Liv has been awarded Anna’s Gender Equality Prize 2021 for its work on the ‘Gender equality in pensions’ initiative. The prize is awarded annually by the Employers’ Association of the Swedish Banking Institutions (BAO) and the Financial Sector Union of Sweden for major contributions to increasing gender equality and diversity in the financial sector.The Swedish pension system is gender-neutral, but despite this, women’s monthly pensions are several thousand kronor lower than men’s. Therefore, on International Women’s Day this year, Handelsbanken Liv launched an initiative –