Decent work
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social sustainability means good working and living conditions as well as upholding internationally recognized human rights. It is especially important for our labor-intensive business that this is ensured for our employees and across our entire supply chain.
Through our commitment to people and communities in the countries where we produce, we aim to motivate our employees with efficient business processes and to raise their quality of life through social benefits.
Details
Key sustainability issues:
- Human rights and working conditions
- Occupational safety and health
Overarching goal:
- Positioning as an attractive employer and supporting local communities in the vicinity of our production facilities
Our contribution to sustainable development
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for everyone at all ages
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls
Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment as well as decent work for all
Good health and well-being
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for everyone at all ages
Gender equality
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls
Decent work and economic growth
Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment as well as decent work for all
Our targets as an attractive employer
Quota of women in leadership positions by 2040
Quota of non-German citizens in management positions by 2030
Ongoing expansion and standardisation of global and local learning offerings, strengthening of technical and leadership competences
40 %
40 %
Quota of women in leadership positions by 2040
60 %
60 %
Quota of non-German citizens in management positions by 2030
100 %
100 %
Ongoing expansion and standardisation of global and local learning offerings, strengthening of technical and leadership competences
Acting respectfully, fairly and openly
The right to an attractive place of work is guaranteed for all LEONI employees through the corporate values and group-wide rules for example such as the LEONI Code of Conduct and thus forms an integral part of our corporate culture. LEONI focuses particularly on employee satisfaction, qualifications and social projects in the communities of its staff. They apply in addition to minimum standards such as a ban on discrimination of any kind, the freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the fulfilment of the statutory minimum requirements for remuneration, occupational safety, occupational health as well as working hours and holidays in the countries in question. At LEONI, around 95,000 employees the world over contribute to the mobility of the future every single day. The creation of good working conditions for our employees is one of the main pillars of our success. For this reason, we are continuously working to remain attractive and future-oriented as an employer, and we take responsibility for our staff, taking their living conditions into account.
"Sustainability targets can only be successful if they are put into action by employees with a longstanding commitment."
Living up to and enhancing diversity
Diversity enriches our corporate culture. We appreciate every person, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, sexual orientation, ethnic backgrounds and mindset. We regard our heterogeneous teams to be the key to being able to successfully master the tasks and challenges of our working world, which are becoming ever more complex. It is therefore also an important task to make our senior management more diverse. Our focus is furthermore on promoting women and their appropriate participation as well as on greater internationalization and improving the skills and training of our employees.
Promoting employees
We endeavour to offer every employee a motivating, supportive and constructive work environment. We are convinced that prospects stem only from a place where individual responsibility, creativity and know-how meet. To further support this development, LEONI focused in 2025 on expanding and standardizing global and local learning opportunities. The goal is to strengthen technical and leadership competencies while ensuring a consistent, transparent and audit-proof approach to employee qualification and development.
Globally active part of the company
Our aspiration is to promote ecologically, socially and economically sustainable development outside our company as well. That's why we support people in the regions where our sites are located with a wide range of charitable projects that help make communities livable.
Social Projects
As part of ReWire People, we also strive to run at least one social project a year at all our locations and to thereby boost sustainable development ecologically, socially and commercially outside the Company, too.
We would like to delve into three examples:
During the reporting year, a beach clean-up activity was carried out at Progreso Beach in Mexico. The initiative aimed to remove waste and reduce environmental pollution in the coastal area. Through the joint activity of employees, a contribution was made to the protection of marine ecosystems and to promoting environmental awareness.
During the reporting year, blood donation campaigns were carried out at several sites in cooperation with local healthcare institutions.
One example is the Blood Donation Days 2025 at our site in Ukraine. Two blood donation days were organized there to support the medical care of the Ukrainian armed forces. In the ongoing challenging war situation, the initiative has become a continuous contribution to humanitarian aid. In 2025, more than 250 donors participated, making a tangible contribution to saving lives and improving medical care.
As part of LEONI Mexico social engagement, a collection campaign was carried out among employees in December 2025 to donate toys to disadvantaged children in Mexico. Through employee participation and voluntary commitment, more than 100 toys were collected and handed over. The initiative supported local communities while also promoting social engagement and cohesion within the workforce.
Beach clean-up activity
During the reporting year, a beach clean-up activity was carried out at Progreso Beach in Mexico. The initiative aimed to remove waste and reduce environmental pollution in the coastal area. Through the joint activity of employees, a contribution was made to the protection of marine ecosystems and to promoting environmental awareness.
Blood donations
During the reporting year, blood donation campaigns were carried out at several sites in cooperation with local healthcare institutions.
One example is the Blood Donation Days 2025 at our site in Ukraine. Two blood donation days were organized there to support the medical care of the Ukrainian armed forces. In the ongoing challenging war situation, the initiative has become a continuous contribution to humanitarian aid. In 2025, more than 250 donors participated, making a tangible contribution to saving lives and improving medical care.
Support for disadvantaged children
As part of LEONI Mexico social engagement, a collection campaign was carried out among employees in December 2025 to donate toys to disadvantaged children in Mexico. Through employee participation and voluntary commitment, more than 100 toys were collected and handed over. The initiative supported local communities while also promoting social engagement and cohesion within the workforce.
Our occupational safety targets
Production facilities with certified occupational health and safety managementsystem according to ISO 45001, continuously maintained
Production sites with occupational health and safety protection projects carried out annually
Reduction of the Lost Time Incident Frequency Rate (LTIFR) by 2026
100 %
100 %
Production facilities with certified occupational health and safety managementsystem according to ISO 45001, continuously maintained
100 %
100 %
Production sites with occupational health and safety protection projects carried out annually
0.06
0.06
Reduction of the Lost Time Incident Frequency Rate (LTIFR) by 2026
Safe working
The health of our employees is our highest priority. Their safety in our workplaces is an essential prerequisite for adequate working conditions. Our goal is to have all production sites certified according to ISO 45001 to minimize the risk of injury, even for semi-skilled workers, as much as possible. Especially in manual production, we place great importance on avoiding workplace accidents. This goal was achieved in 2024 for 100 percent of all production sites that are older than two years and remains a continuous commitment for the future.
"Occupational health management systems according to internationally recognized standards such as ISO 45001 are among the most important measures of occupational health and safety at LEONI."
As a business operating globally, LEONI has made it its mission to ensure observance of human rights, environmental protection and recognised labour standards at all LEONI facilities worldwide. Particularly important in this respect are the stipulations of the LEONI Code of Conduct and the LEONI Social Charter, which are applicable Group-wide. In our divisions, we have furthermore set up environmental protection and occupational safety management systems that are geared to the ISO 14001 (environmental protection) as well as ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety) certifications or standards. All our production sites are certified according to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
HSEE at LEONI: Principles for action
- Socially and ecologically responsible action is a core corporate objective.
- Occupational safety, health and environmental protection are part of any management responsibility.
- Providing safe and healthy places of work and working conditions to avoid work-related injuries and illnesses.
- Ongoing improvement of measures relating to occupational safety, health and environmental protection.
- Adhering to all binding obligations concerning occupational safety, health and environmental protection (legal and other requirements). The applicable national standards are our minimum requirement.
- Establishing and promoting mutual trust through dialogue with all concerned interest groups; inside the company especially with our employees and their representatives.
