Social responsibility
We create an inclusive environment
As a People Company, we create a diverse, inclusive and inspiring work culture and use our business model to help shape society through our skills.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Scout24
We embrace diversity & equal opportunity
At Scout24, we value and promote the diversity that our employees bring to the company in terms of individual characteristics, talents and perspectives. Because we are convinced that it is precisely this diversity that forms the basis of our success. People can only give their best when they feel safe, valued and respected as individuals. Everyone is welcome here - regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual identity, skin color, ethnic origin, citizenship, origin, religion or ideology, disability, age or marital status. Scout24 aims to support and promote all employees in the best possible way. With our 58 nationalities, we live diversity and want to further strengthen diversity in our company. The more diverse our teams are, the more experience and ideas flow into our products. This allows us to tailor them even better to the needs of our customers. An inclusive working environment also increases employee loyalty and motivation.
Our DEI-Strategy
In 2020, we developed our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy, which comprises three pillars:
Inclusive Leadership & Culture
Equitable Talent Processes and Development
Value-driven Business
Our measures are based on these pillars and are particularly visible in our four key areas of work. These include people processes, i.e. recruiting/talent acquisition, retaining employees and developing them further. In the fourth focus area "Awareness", we want to sensitize employees to what Diversity, Equity & Inclusion means for Scout24 and how each individual can contribute to more diversity and an inclusive working environment.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report 2023
Since 2022, we have published our annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) report, providing a regular overview of our strategy, goals and measures on these topics.
Click here for the Scout24 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report 2023.
Communities@Scout24
Communities are voluntary, employee-led communities that foster a diverse and inclusive work environment linked to Scout24's mission, values and goals. The groups offer support and help with personal or professional development and create a safe space where everyone can contribute with their whole personality. Allies can also participate to support their colleagues as #OneTeam.
The following Communities currently exist:
- Parents@Scout24
- Students@Scout24
- Pride@Scout24
- Women@Scout24
Working at Scout24
For more than 25 years, we have been an agile, dynamic and multicultural company in which our employees make a difference. Our mission is to promote entrepreneurial thinking and innovation, to live diversity and equal opportunity, to embrace change in our daily work, to offer tailored training and development formats, and to find the best talents for Scout24.
Find out more about your career at Scout24 and your benefits here.
Our social engagement
We give something back
We want to make an active contribution to society, and we understand corporate citizenship as part of our corporate social responsibility. By tackling social challenges together, we experience and exemplify team spirit in practice, as well as a committed corporate culture that is conscious of its values. We learn from others within and outside of our company and pass on our knowledge. The focus of our social commitment is primarily on the topics of homelessness and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. With our long-term partnerships, we aim to drive sustainable development together.
Berlin City Mission
We have maintained a close partnership with the Berlin City Mission since 2022. Every day, the organization provides homeless people with basic necessities such as food and clothing. In winter, the City Mission also offers emergency care in the form of cold weather buses and several emergency overnight stays throughout Berlin. Since the beginning of our cooperation, we have already supported the Berlin City Mission several times with donations of goods, clothing and money. Scout24 also covers the operating costs of the laundry for homeless people opened by the City Mission in 2024.
HOME STREET HOME
Finding a home is the first step to escaping homelessness
Homelessness is a particularly stressful form of social exclusion. As the market leader in real estate, we want to help everyone put a roof over their heads. With the HOME STREET HOME collaboration, we are using our reach to provide information about homelessness and housing concepts such as Housing First.
Home for the Sozialheld*innen
We have been sharing our Berlin office with Sozialheld*innen since 2011. The association is committed to the participation of people with disabilities and accessibility. At the same time, the Sozialheld*innen team helps us to make our products and services even more accessible for people with mobility and visual impairments, for example by including the Wheelmap on ImmoScout24.
The commitment of our employees
Sustainability & DEI Management is supported in the area of social commitment by a cross-location team made up of particularly dedicated employees. Together, they organize corporate volunteering projects and fundraising campaigns. The most important projects include blood donation campaigns with the German Red Cross, clothing donations for Berlin homeless charities, various emergency aid campaigns and the annual Christmas Wish Tree campaign for socially disadvantaged children, teenagers and young adults.
Berlin Social Academy
The 12th Berlin Social Academy took place from October 8 - 11, 2024. In over 56 workshops, speakers from a wide range of companies spent a week passing on their knowledge pro bono to non-profit organizations. As a founder of the Berlin Social Academy, Scout24 has been part of the initiative from the very beginning. Scout24 employees enriched the course program with a workshop on anti-racist awareness raising and lectures on non-discriminatory language and clarity in design as a strategic success factor.
Social Summer
Every year, we use the summer period to volunteer individually or as a team and actively support local organizations at our locations. In the period from the beginning of June to the end of August, our Scouts 2024 completed a total of 761 hours of charitable work. Among other things, they helped the homeless, sorted food at the Berliner Tafel food bank, volunteered at a children's hospice and organized an excursion with refugees.