Creating equal opportunities

We are committed to the human rights principles in the International Bill of Human Rights and ILO Labor Standards. In particular, we monitor compliance with employees’ rights. We pay special attention to protecting women’s rights. GRI 2-23 We strive to create a working environment where any form of discrimination on religious, racial, ethnic, gender, age, and other grounds is excluded.

The Fund Group employs more than 267 thousand people at the end of 2023 (262 thousand in 2022). The largest number of employees is in the transport and logistics sector (51% of the total) and in the oil and gas sector (23%). The number of employees with a part-time schedule is 7,129 people. The executive bodies of the companies employ 213 people. GRI 2-7

In the reporting year, as before, we emphasized actions in favor of the need to respect gender equality. We are committed to the seven principles of gender equality through the UN Women partnership and the UN Global Compact.

Thus, in one of our portfolio companies — Samruk-Kazyna Business Service LLP– the share of women in the Supervisory Board has already reached 67%.

The Fund, together with the National Commission for Women’s Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, created the “Gender Equality” program to increase the proportion of women in the management bodies of companies. In total, 71 employees of the Fund Group from all over Kazakhstan completed the training course. Fifteen graduates have already been included in expert groups at central government agencies and regional commissions on women’s affairs and family and demographic policy. Another 10 participants were accepted into the governing bodies of state-owned companies. GRI 3-3

To create equal career opportunities for everyone, we also recruit people with disabilities to work in the Fund Group. In 2023, we employed more than 2,700 people with disabilities, the most significant number in the Mangistau region (346 people).

Our activities include freelance employees in the chain of production and administrative processes. The payroll number of freelancers is 10.3 thousand³⁴ at the end of 2023 (13.7 thousand people in 2022), including employees under an outstaffing agreement — 4.2 thousand people. The number of personnel working under a civil contract is more than 6 thousand people at the end of the year.

We actively attract members of the Presidential Youth Talent Reserve to leadership positions. Two of the five managing directors of the Fund itself are young graduates of the reserve.

We strive to promote Kazakhstani personnel to leadership positions. The number of members of the Boards of Directors and Supervisory Boards who are citizens of Kazakhstan increased to 72.5% across the entire Fund Group. GRI 202-2

The Fund has a Proactive reporting policy and takes corrective actions when discrimination cases arise. In the Fund’s portfolio companies, no cases of discrimination against employees based on gender, age, nationality, religion, or other grounds were registered in the reporting year. GRI 2-24 GRI 406-1 GRI 3-3

Fair and transparent hiring and promotion processes are fundamental to maintaining diversity among the Fund’s and its portfolio companies’ workforce and ensuring equal career opportunities.

The Fund Group companies hired 41 thousand employees in the reporting year, which is 7% more than in 2022. GRI 401-1 Most employees are accepted in Astana.

To increase the transparency of the procedure for selecting and hiring employees for the Fund and portfolio companies, a single online recruiting platform, Samruk Qyzmet, has been operating since 2019 (Qsamruk.kz). The platform unites 549 organizations and branches, 521 of which are part of the Fund Group. Since 2022, vacancies have been published publicly in the tg channel @samrukkazynaofficial for most cities and regions of Kazakhstan. GRI 3-3

From 2019 to January 1, 2024, companies published 49,537 vacancies (for 2023 — 21,910). The number of applicants on the portal for 2023 increased by 36% (from 136,489 to 186,211 applicants), and the number of responses from applicants by 43% (from 143,465 to 205,201), which indicates a significant increase in candidate’' interest in open vacancies. The Fund opens employment opportunities for people with special needs by posting inclusive vacancies on the Qsamruk.kz website (23 vacancies in 2023).