Caring for the ones around us

Acting on a global scale in interaction with various dialog groups, we feel responsible to contribute to society in a positive way, explicitly concerning current and potential employees, communities and our global internal and external stakeholders along our value chain. In this context, we work together on initiatives based on four key areas of action: Family Friendliness, Health, Education and Community, and Diversity.

our fields of action

Diversity & New Talent

It is important to us to build lasting partnerships with our existing and future employees because we want to inspire talent in the long term. Here, we focus in particular on actively promoting and living diversity. For example, we are pursuing ambitious goals in the area of female empowerment and want to significantly increase the proportion of female employees in production and technology over the next few years. Wherever underlying conditions allow, we also promote the inclusion of people with special needs. Whether young people, experienced employees, people from different professional and cultural backgrounds or people with special needs: for us, diversity through heterogeneous teams in the company is not only an opportunity for more diversity and a more colourful working environment, but also a decisive basis for greater productivity and performance.

Education and Community

Sustainable means something that lasts and stays with you. This also includes comprehensive knowledge and continuous training. inSPire therefore invites all employees to hone their own knowledge of sustainability issues with “sustainability nuggets”, small “knowledge bites”, in-depth content and expert training. As part of our Ambassador programme, trained contact persons also offer knowledge directly to the companies and are available to answer any questions. The first pilot project is set to be launched in the 2024/25 financial year. With our educational initiatives on sustainability, we want to raise personal awareness and encourage and empower all colleagues to take action for our planet, both at home and at work.
In addition to the continuous development of an internal sustainability community, we also rely on cooperation with schools and universities as well as the promotion of local communities to create prospects and raise awareness of acting in a sustainable way.

Family Friendliness

A good work-life balance is essential if we want to be an attractive employer these days. Numerous measures are already being implemented in the division so that family planning, personal training and professional development can be realized. This includes for example additional flexible working time models for employees and workers, childcare options, job-sharing approaches and various part-time models. Due to the different local circumstances, this topic requires a great deal of sensitivity.

Health

Our social impact measures also include promoting the physical and mental health of our employees: from joint participation in sporting events and support for memberships in sports clubs and gyms to medical lectures, workshops and preventive medical check-ups. We provide our employees with reliable support throughout their career and also during personally and professionally challenging times. For us, this also includes providing employees with psychological support both preventively and in acute exceptional situations.

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