Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Fostering an inclusive workplace supports our values CARE, DARE and DELIVER
Our Code of Conduct, leadership expectations and values emphasize treating people fairly and with respect. We aim to provide a safe, engaging and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued and people have equal opportunities to contribute and develop.
We support this through our leadership model, people practices and capability development programs. We have guiding principles on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, recruitment guidelines designed to promote fair and equitable hiring practices, and measures to monitor employee experiences of inclusion and equal opportunity.
Our workforce includes people from more than 90 nationalities and a range of backgrounds, experiences and career stages. We continue to develop initiatives that support inclusion, fair treatment and equal opportunities across our operations globally.
Below are some examples of projects on our sites that aimed at creating equal opportunities:
I-WIN (Women Inclusive Network) is a program established by Huhtamaki India in 2022 to promote an inclusive work environment and to support women employees on their career development journey. The program includes awareness raising about diversity and inclusion, training sessions on topics such as unconscious bias, as well as professional development courses that support female employees in strengthening leadership and management competencies. The program also includes creating local policies and processes that ingrain diversity and inclusion in the day-to-day activities of the company.
Up until 2021 our site in Istanbul, Turkiye, did not have female employees working on the shopfloor and having only male workers was considered business as usual. The site had a broad female representation in leadership positions but the same diversity was not reflected on the shopfloor. The local team decided to challenge this perception and introduced a roadmap for diversity, equity and inclusion which included:
An initiative to increase the number of female employees in production roles from 0 to 100 with the goal to create a gender-balanced workforce and promote awareness of diversity and inclusion practices.
Improvements to ensure women’s well-being at work such as breastfeeding rooms, women empowerment workshops and cultural trainings for employees to build awareness on female leadership and engage employees to transform the culture together.
As a result, there are today 42 female employees in the shopfloor, showcasing that representation on its own is not an accurate reflection of the true state of diversity in an organization.
In 2013, our site in Nules took important steps to ensure equality by drafting their first Equality Plan. This plan worked as a starting point with the aim to baseline its position as an equal opportunity employer. After that the team in Nules has renewed their Equality Plan twice with one of the targets being recruiting more females in roles that have been traditionally preferred and held by men. Nules has succeeded in attracting female talent as at the end of 2022, the site showed progress on its employment statistics women make up:
- 60% of all employees on site
- 50% of management positions
- 57% of the site leadership teams
- 33% of the logistics department
This is one example of how baselining the starting position and focusing on what matters can help build a more diverse workforce and an inclusive culture step by step.
Our Guiding Principles for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sets the expectations to which all employees of Huhtamaki are expected to work towards.
Policies that drive our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work
Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion is well underway across Huhtamaki. We will continue our journey towards our 2030 goals.