Month: April 2023

Originally published on Essity.com

Winning with people and culture

Essity offers attractive, inclusive, and sustainable workplaces with committed employees that help break barriers to well-being in a unique corporate culture.

Leadership

We are convinced that good leadership is fundamental in creating a strong culture and achieving world-class results. Our leadership platform defines the competences required by Essity’s leaders and offers guidance in recruitment and development efforts. We constantly endeavor to develop and deliver Essity’s global leadership program and other upskilling activities, as part of our global Leadership Academy.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Essity’s commitment in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is specified in the Group’s targets. According to our commitment, gender distribution at all management levels is to be within the interval 40/60% no later than 2025. In 2022, we outlined a global roadmap to deliver our DEI goals. Essity’s DEI efforts are firmly supported by the company’s Beliefs and Behaviors and its purpose. Moreover, they help to increase our innovative capacity, and to attract and retain employees. Our focus on DEI is also important for our customers and consumers, as we contribute to a more sustainable society.

Essity’s Beliefs and Behaviors

The aim to break barriers to well-being forms the foundation of Essity’s corporate culture and is reflected in our Beliefs and Behaviors, which serve as a compass for how we work, make decisions and cooperate with each other.

We are committed to delivering superior resultsWe have the courage to take the leadWe care for our customers, consumers, the environment and each otherWe collaborate across teams, functions and businesses

Building for the future

The continuous development of employees and leaders is crucial for Essity’s long-term success and its opportunity to attract and retain the right talent and skills. Learning and development is a fundamental part of our employees’ everyday life and takes place through practical experience, training and colleagues. We drive the development of talent and individual development plans based on business requirements, personal strengths and development areas.

Essity runs both leadership and functional academies as well as a range of different mentorship and coaching programs. We are continuing our shift from traditional to digital learning and are exploring new technologies that can help us make learning part of day-to-day work.

Attracting and retaining talent

Essity aims to attract and engage the talent of today for the Essity of tomorrow. We focus on communicating our employer offering to specific target groups and build relationship and recruit talent on and offline. To ensure a strong inflow of new talent, we run programs targeting recent graduates, such as Essity Go!

We reward employees using a Total Reward approach, which entails a mixture of monetary and non-monetary components. We offer market-competitive remuneration comprising salary, variable remuneration, pension and other benefits. Essity follows local salary structures and respects internationally established rules for minimum wages and reasonable compensation. The variable remuneration programs cover most employees at Essity. Our workplace philosophy is to offer a work environment with attractive offices and flexibility, as well as Group-level health and safety programs.

Our priorities for employees and culture aim to make us an attractive employer and to develop a culture and skillset that satisfy the company’s needs. The priorities are divided into four target areas.

A culture where people thrive.Learning as part of everyday work.Attract and retain the right talents.A safe, sustainable and healthy workplace.

Read more about Essity’s strategic priorities, earnings and leading sustainability work in the Annual and Sustainability Report 2022, which can be downloaded at www.essity.com.

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Originally published on HARMAN Sustainability Report

Our legacy of innovation is built on thoughtful design and purpose-driven values. These motivating factors are clear now more than ever as we work to reduce the environmental footprint of our products and their packaging. Reducing product-level emissions is an important step to help HARMAN reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2040.

Since the 2020 launch of the JBL Flip 5 Eco edition, HARMAN’s first portable Bluetooth speaker made from 90% recycled plastic, our efforts to reduce our products’ carbon footprints have accelerated. In 2021, we introduced our eco-friendly InfinityLab power accessories, including wall chargers, power banks, wireless stands, and a speakerphone, which are all made from 90% recycled plastic.

HARMAN is also taking a keen eye to reduce emissions related to packaging. We are integrating sustainability into our packaging by:

Reducing packaging sizeUsing eco-friendly paper packaging and inner traysTransitioning to post-consumer recycled plastic and paper for almost all new Consumer Audio product packaging in 2022Printing with biodegradable soy ink in 95% of our packagingEliminating non-essential power cords to minimize waste

The packaging of our InfinityLab power accessories is right-sized to the product and is made from plastic-free materials printed on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper with soy-based ink. Additionally, the accessories’ cables are woven from recycled polyester yarn and the InstantConnect cable is made from PVC-free materials with a TPE protection layer.

In 2022, we will introduce 4 new products made from up to 90% post-consumer recycled plastic and up to 100% recycled fabric. We are phasing in PVC-free power cords for Harman Kardon in Europe. 14 products will be certified under the EPA Energy Star label. We also have the ambition to increase product longevity by strengthening robustness, enabling easy repair, and facilitating recycling.

Our goal is to produce products that provide value in a way that respects both planetary and human health. We are looking forward to continuing to share developments and new product launches that serve this goal.

To learn more, download the HARMAN 2021 Sustainability report here