“We make the mix work” — diversity as a factor of success

At Bayer Switzerland, we foster a work environment that is based on trust, respect, and equal opportunities. Our aim is to bring together different perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures in order to create a work environment where everyone can thrive and which, in turn, contributes to the achievement of our business goals.

We employ people from around 60 nations. This highlights the value of diverse thinking in developing first-class solutions for the benefit of all. We foster an inclusive environment where individuals can excel, and we always strive to attract high-performing, diverse talent. We also would like to offer the best possible workplace to everyone who works at Bayer, to enable them to fully realize their potential and contribute to our mission: Health for all, Hunger for none. 

Attracting, developing and retaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of our clients is essential to our success. It leads to more creativity, more open dialogue and the best solutions, because without different ways of looking at things and thinking, there would be no innovation.

With this vision, we want to communicate our commitment to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace at the Bayer sites in Switzerland in line with the global D&I strategy. In Switzerland, the activities are steered by a local D&I Council composed of representatives from the divisions, sites and the country organization.

In addition, employees are involved in various network groups to give a voice to the different stakeholders – both within our company and towards our customers. This helps Bayer to cultivate an inclusive work environment and provide appropriate products and services to its customers.

Our diversity & inclusion strategy

We have been pursuing a global D&I strategy since 2019, which is based on four pillars: 

Business resource groups

Our business resource groups (BRG's) play a crucial role in promoting inclusion & diversity at Bayer. They give a voice to the different stakeholders both internally and externally. This helps Bayer to cultivate an inclusion-based work environment and to offer appropriate products and services to its customers.