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wareness, gender equality Handelsbanken’s sustainability work is largely about becoming better at what we are already good at – and serving more people. In terms of savings and asset management, this means, for example, continuously strengthening our offering from a sustainability and gender equality perspective. n International Women’s Day on 8 March, we launched a website with tips on achieving a more equal pension in the household. This is an example of the efforts within product development – for example, the development of the advisory tool – and the training being undertaken to create better conditions, by 2023, for women’s savings, and to reduce the wealth gap between men and women. O Gender equality is SDG number 5, and is a prioritised sustainability goal for Handelsbanken. It is also an issue that our customers want the Bank to be fully engaged in. This could involve, for example, providing advice that increases the chances of achieving better returns for women on their savings, which are today – similar to savings in general – at substantially lower levels than for men. But it is also about easily accessible training internally, so that we can meet our customers in the best possible way when addressing these areas as well. 20 HANDELSBANKEN 2