COVID-19 hit youth disproportionately hard, and some studies show that one in six young people stopped working altogether. This has a severe impact on their long-term prospects.
Innovation Foundation
Current projects
Our unique methodology is a continuous cycle from Scan, to Build, to Scale and back again. Each cycle leads to new insights, tweaks to the methodology and constant learning loops. As the landscape of the labour market continues to change, so too do the challenges we tackle and the underserved populations we fight for. Here are the latest projects that the Innovation Foundation is working on.
Youth@Risk
Women Back To Work
During the pandemic women left the workforce in higher numbers than men and many did not return. We wanted to better understand who was not coming back, why, and what could be done to better facilitate the return to work.
.jpg?h=4480&iar=0&w=6720&hash=3556338488A724F5BA388F7CFE5B2D3A "Mature Workers - Image (1)")
Mature Workers
The retirement age continues to increase and there is a growing population of 50-65 and older workers facing new challenges and making new choices in the later stages of the work-lifecycle.
Innovation Foundation
Completed projects
We design to share, not to keep. These are the Innovation Foundation projects which have undergone the entire Social Innovation Lab process - from Scan, to Build, to Scale. They have been launched into the world to help service the underserved.
Innovation Foundation
Related programmes within the Adecco Group
Social value creation does not sit only in the Innovation Foundation. Work within the Adecco Group complements our vision and mission too.
Athlete Programmes
Created in partnership with the International Olympic and Paralympic Committees, the Athlete Programmes help elite athletes, with and without impairments, to build job skills and transition successfully into post-sport careers. The programme offers training, guidance, mentorship and hands-on work experience. Since its inception, the programme has supported more than 40,000 athletes from over 185 countries.
Win4Youth
Supporting Workforce Vitality
Harnessing the power of sport to change lives
Win4Youth inspires Adecco Group employees, associates and clients to live an active and healthy life by engaging in sports. The model is simple: log your time or kilometers spent doing your favourite sports, and raise money for programmes that help young people around the world to be work-ready. This popular programme already engages over 22,000 of our 34,000 employees. Including associates and clients, in 2017, nearly 50,000 participants logged more than 7.3 million kilometres. This resulted in a total donation of 500,000 CHF. From 2018, we are pleased to work with Plan International as our Global Charity Partner. Our donation will support their current work and we will collaborate on new solutions to global youth unemployment.
Harnessing the power of sport to change lives
Win4Youth inspires Adecco Group employees, associates and clients to live an active and healthy life by engaging in sports. The model is simple: log your time or kilometers spent doing your favourite sports, and raise money for programmes that help young people around the world to be work-ready. This popular programme already engages over 22,000 of our 34,000 employees. Including associates and clients, in 2017, nearly 50,000 participants logged more than 7.3 million kilometres. This resulted in a total donation of 500,000 CHF. From 2018, we are pleased to work with Plan International as our Global Charity Partner. Our donation will support their current work and we will collaborate on new solutions to global youth unemployment.
Sustainability
As a multinational company and leader in our industry, we fully embrace sustainability at the heart of our work. We have a duty to ensure that environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices are mainstreamed across the company and are integral to how we do business.