Companies should strive to provide flexibility and protection to all workers and employment types, including contractual workers and freelancers. Flexibility pertains to workers' autonomy and their ability to achieve an improved work-life balance. Protection involves ensuring workers' security in the face of vulnerabilities and unforeseen contingencies.
Primary areas of focus and action, with measurements for assessment and progress tracking
Adopt hybrid working models that enable 90% of colleagues to benefit from flexibility of location, by 2025.
A 50% threshold for needing manager approval and not having assigned on-campus office space.
Associates can essentially build their own schedule for maximum flexibility. They simply choose when they’re available to work and can pick up or trade for the shifts they want, up to 40 hours. Read more
“In the same way that setting global standards for climate reporting can inspire progress toward the Paris Agreement goals, global standards for new working models will drive more inclusive employment and societal outcomes”.

Allianz SE: Member of the Board of Management
"Hybrid work is part of New Ways of Working – our philosophy on the future of work for individuals and teams. New Ways of Working assumes flexibility as a given and is based on trust, empowerment, and a culture that focuses on behaviors and results."

Schneider Electric: Chief Human Resources Officer
Good Work Framework
A World Economic Forum Initiative