This section is about working life at AAK: how we remain an attractive workplace for our employees and make sure that everybody is healthy and safe. Our employees are our most important resource. With 2,164 employees at the end of the year and many different locations across the globe – in production plants, sales offices and sourcing operations – AAK is a diverse company with many different job functions. AAK Responsible Growth | 27 Common to every employee are our values and Code of Conduct, which govern the way in which we conduct our business, execute our AAK Acceleration program, and interact with one another and with our stakeholders. Combined with the UN Global Compact and our CSR Policy, they provide the framework for AAK as a workplace. Workplace objectives result in one or more days/shifts of sick leave per 200,000 working hours. Global LTIR objectives and reporting for previous years have included records for both production sites and sourcing sites in West Africa resulting in an average of 1.5 for 2012. Broken down LTIR at production sites were 1.4 and at West African sourcing sites 2.3. For obvious reasons, we have decided to set up separate objectives from 2013: Production sites: Reduce LTIR by at least 10 percent per year, base year 2012 at 1.4 Sourcing sites in West Africa: Maintain LTIR at or below 2.3 Safety To further strengthen our work on safety, we recently decided to unite our global safety experience and knowledge to better identify and share best practices. In 2013 we are implementing a Global Safety System comprising all production sites and conduct safety audits at all sites every year. Lost Time Injury rate Any work-related injury is clearly unacceptable and AAK constantly strives to be a zero injuries workplace. Since 2010, we have aligned definitions and measured injuries across the AAK Group. We have defined Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) as the number of work injuries that Safety is key Safety in the workplace is a top priority with AAK, and we are committed to ensuring our employees stay safe and healthy when performing their daily work for the company. Our production plants work continuously to improve the Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR). Our global LTIR reporting include data from our production sites and our sourcing sites in West Africa. In 2010, the rate dropped from 2.3 to 1.5 and stayed at 1.5 in subsequent years including 2012. The Lost Day rate, calculated per 200,000 working hours and a measurement of injury severity, has shown a significant improvement of 60 percent from 2009 until 2012 now at a rate of 15.5. Two cases of occupational disease were registered. Performance and Development Plans It is crucial to our business that everyone grasps our overall objectives and clearly understands what is expected. For that reason, we have introduced Performance and Development Plans (PDP) – formal, annual meetings between individual employees and their immediate managers. The PDP meeting is a dialogue where individual objectives are discussed and performance is assessed. Mutual expectations are also shared, including an evaluation of competencies and development needs. Our objective is for all employees to have had their personal PDP by mid 2013.
AAK Responsible Growth 2012-2013 - UK
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