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
Qualification of all LEONI employees with two learning activities by 2025
40%
40%
Quota of women in leadership positions by 2040
60%
60%
Quota of non-German citizens in management positions by 2030
100%
100%
Qualification of all LEONI employees with two learning activities by 2025
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 85,000 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 facilitate this in the best possible way, we have set ourselves the goal of offering each employee at least two learning activities (e.g. e-learning, training, education) per year as part of systematic continuing education.
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:
The Teletón Foundation is a Mexican organization that supports people with disabilities and operates rehabilitation centers that provide essential help to the affected individuals. A central project is the 'Reciclatón', where PET bottles and other recyclable materials are collected to fund medical devices and therapy resources. LEONI contributes each year by donating PET bottles. These donations help to purchase the necessary resources for therapy and rehabilitation. We are proud to make a positive impact on the environment through this commitment while also supporting important social projects.
The employees of the LEONI factories in Niš and Malošište participated again in the environmental action "Trash Challenge," which has been organized in Niš for the 5th year in a row. More than 20 bags of waste were collected by the employees at the banks of the Nišava River, making an important contribution to the protection of nature. This year, they received active support: the children of LEONI employees got involved, rolled up their sleeves, and gathered packaging, cans, paper, and other waste together with their parents and friends. In the process, they learned how to properly dispose of waste – and why it is so important to throw waste into the designated bins and containers.
The LEONI plants in Mexico joined together for a series of activities and actions to strengthen team spirit and raise awareness of the importance of protecting our planet. Key activities included a monthly recycling competition, the distribution of trees and compost to promote reforestation and soil enrichment. Additionally, LEONI employees distributed menstrual cups to promote women's health and reduce plastic waste.
SUPPORT FOR THE TELETÓN FOUNDATION
The Teletón Foundation is a Mexican organization that supports people with disabilities and operates rehabilitation centers that provide essential help to the affected individuals. A central project is the 'Reciclatón', where PET bottles and other recyclable materials are collected to fund medical devices and therapy resources. LEONI contributes each year by donating PET bottles. These donations help to purchase the necessary resources for therapy and rehabilitation. We are proud to make a positive impact on the environment through this commitment while also supporting important social projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION 'TRASH CHALLENGE'
The employees of the LEONI factories in Niš and Malošište participated again in the environmental action "Trash Challenge," which has been organized in Niš for the 5th year in a row. More than 20 bags of waste were collected by the employees at the banks of the Nišava River, making an important contribution to the protection of nature. This year, they received active support: the children of LEONI employees got involved, rolled up their sleeves, and gathered packaging, cans, paper, and other waste together with their parents and friends. In the process, they learned how to properly dispose of waste – and why it is so important to throw waste into the designated bins and containers.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY AT LEONI MEXICO
The LEONI plants in Mexico joined together for a series of activities and actions to strengthen team spirit and raise awareness of the importance of protecting our planet. Key activities included a monthly recycling competition, the distribution of trees and compost to promote reforestation and soil enrichment. Additionally, LEONI employees distributed menstrual cups to promote women's health and reduce plastic waste.
Our occupational safety targets
Share of production facilities with certified occupational health and safety protection (ISO 45001) by 2025 (WSD)
Share of production facilities with certified occupational health and safety protection (ISO 45001) by 2028 (ACS)
Share of sites with annual occupational health and safety protection projects by 2025
Global accident rate - accidents at work per 100 employees (permanent target)
100%
100%
Share of production facilities with certified occupational health and safety protection (ISO 45001) by 2025 (WSD)
Share of production facilities with certified occupational health and safety protection (ISO 45001) by 2028 (ACS)
100%
100%
Share of sites with annual occupational health and safety protection projects by 2025
0.3
0.3
Global accident rate - accidents at work per 100 employees (permanent target)
Safe working
The health of our employees is a precious asset. Their safety at our workplaces is a major precondition for reasonable working conditions. Our goal is to have all our production facilities certified to the ISO 45001 or comparable standards to keep the risk of injury also to semi-skilled employees as low as possible. It is a matter of avoiding accidents at work particularly in manual manufacturing.
"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.
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.
