QBE’s gender targets and community programs
The Australia Pacific QBE Foundation works with community organisations across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, with climate resilience and inclusion as its main focus areas. The CWES initiative sits within its inclusion work and is one element of a broader system of legal, financial, and social support services engaging with people experiencing economic abuse. Within the group, QBE has set gender representation targets at senior levels. It has set goals of 40% women in leadership and 40% women on its group board by 2025 and has reported meeting those targets ahead of schedule, consistent with the 40:40 Vision framework for leadership teams. The company has also committed to a 40:40:20 balance (40% women, 40% men, and 20% any gender) on its group executive committee, supported by an “Inclusion of Diversity” framework covering recruitment, progression and leadership development. QBE has partnered with skills-based hiring firm WithYouWithMe to provide skills mapping, career matching, and digital training, with a focus on women moving into technology roles. Through the Foundation, QBE also supports programs such as Stars, which works with Indigenous girls and young women to complete school and move into further education, training, or employment.