Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’s Valuable 500 Commitment Statement:
As a globally active company, GIZ stands for equality and inclusion at home and abroad. We are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world, and are advocating respect for human rights, equal opportunities and integrity within our company. The inclusion of people with disabilities is in line with our corporate values and our mandate to promote disability-inclusive international cooperation. It is not only a prerequisite for sustainable development – our guiding principle – it is also a legal, political and social responsibility which must be lived as a matter of course in our everyday work.
In GIZ, we see disability inclusion as a means of breaking down barriers and doing justice to the individuality of our employees around the world. Our business and ethical rationale is to create a disability confident GIZ, one that enables dignified and equitable access for as many people as possible, is committed to deliver consistent best practices as an equal opportunities employer of persons with disabilities, and maximizes the impact of our development measures in around 120 countries in which we operate. In addition, we aim to become a global partner of choice for clients and partners seeking to meet their legal and political obligations with regards to disability inclusion.
