Incorporating feedback from our employees – including on ESG strategy topics and their implementation – is a central component of the feedback discussions and rounds that we hold with our internal target groups, including in a confidential setting. We also actively encourage suggestions for improvement through our improvement suggestion scheme, in which everyone can participate and ideas and suggestions are rewarded where appropriate. The findings from this are constantly evaluated by management and the Executive Board in monitoring processes. There are currently no plans for external publication or validation with third parties.​

Our activities to promote the well-being of our employees include working time models that allow flexibility in terms of location and working hours, as well as workplace equipment and prevention programmes that promote and protect health. We already cater to the individual requirements of our teams.​

The leading platform for our company for determining employee reviews is Kununu. There are a high number of reviews for WashTec with a Kununu score of >4 stars out of 5. We monitor the feedback on Kununu closely and analyse the topics placed there and derive measures if necessary.​

The Diversity Charter is a voluntary commitment to diversity management. The basic idea behind diversity management is that valuing the diversity of employees serves the success of the organisation. The diversity of employees is consciously promoted as part of the HR strategy and organisational development. The Diversity Charter is a fundamental commitment to the economic and social benefits of diversity and to tolerance, fairness and appreciation in the world of work and in society. By signing it, companies and institutions commit to respecting all employees equally, regardless of age, ethnic origin and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and ideology, sexual orientation and social background. ​

More details on the organisation, sponsorship and embedding of the Diversity Charter in the German economy can be found at https://www.charta-der-vielfalt.de/en/diversity-charter-association/about-the-diversity-charter​

Equal pay at WashTec is based on the framework conditions created by the parties to the collective labour agreements of the IG Metall and electrical industry (vbm and IG Metall) and others. We apply these agreements in our company and have also concluded more detailed works agreements with the WashTec Works Council.​

Reporting on the accident frequency rate covers all WashTec sites and all subsidiaries worldwide.​

The employers’ liability insurance associations are – alongside the accident insurance funds – the organisations responsible for statutory accident insurance. They insure employees against the consequences of accidents at work and occupational illnesses and are responsible for the prevention of accidents, occupational illnesses and work-related health hazards. All accidents at work must be reported in Germany. The employers’ liability insurance association assigns companies to defined fields of activity so that companies with similar fields of activity are sorted into a group. The industry values (benchmark) are determined from the accident frequency data collected there.​