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Mission 3: Fulfilling experience

Much of our success as a company depends on our people, and creating a working environment that offers a fulfilling experience. That means protecting those working with our solutions, encouraging more women into our workforce, and offering training and career development. By doing so, we hope to improve employees’ health and well-being, reduce time lost to accidents, attract and retain talent, and ultimately strengthen our reputation as an employer.

Over the past year, we have:

worked to meet or exceed legislative standards for wages in countries without strong rules on fair pay
continued to measure employee engagement through our annual Employee Experience Survey, as well as via onboarding and exit surveys
launched our Integral Health Survey to help reduce absenteeism and increase employee engagement
collaborated with employee resource groups, provided training to tackle unconscious bias, and signed up to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
worked in North America to bring in more job applicants from minority groups through our dedicated supplier diversity programme
introduced corporate HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) standards for the use of personal protective equipment and contractor safety.

“Safety has always been our first priority – we want workers to feel secure and valued on Vanderlande sites at all times.”

Hein Croonen

Director Corporate Health, Safety and Environment

Enhancing employee experience

Understanding employee satisfaction levels and identifying areas for improvement remains a priority. In April 2024, we partnered with an external organisation to conduct a global employee experience survey, which resulted in an employee satisfaction rate of 73 – matching last year’s score. Following the survey, we implemented structured follow-ups, including conversations and action planning at a team level. Our Global Leadership Team also reviewed the results and identified company-wide themes that require additional focus. We will continue to work on these throughout the remainder of the year.

Our fulfilling experience action for the future

Over the next few years, we will:

follow our five-point diversity, equity and inclusion framework to bring a more structured approach to increasing diversity in our workforce
continue providing extensive hands-on training and regular assessments for customers and contractors in our value chain to make sure their employees can operate and maintain our systems safely
aim for a 30% female participation rate in our talent acceleration programmes, so we can create a pipeline of women managers coming through to senior positions, with a goal of 20% by 2028
work to reduce noise – a common issue with material handling systems – including bringing our equipment into line with the new European EN619:2022 noise protection standard
step up efforts within our broader HSE programme on safety culture, communications and training
and organise courses on LCAs and Design for Sustainability to ensure we embed circularity into product development.

Download Vanderlande’s Sustainability Report FY2024

Vanderlande has published its FY2024 Sustainability Report, which details the steps that have been taken to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and its reliance on scarce natural resources, as well as efforts to create a safe environment for people who use its solutions.

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Our other sustainability missions

Zero carbon footprint

We’ve created a roadmap to identify the main areas where we can reduce emissions upstream, downstream and in our own operations. We will be designing more energy-efficient solutions and products, and working closely with suppliers to reduce emissions from parts, components and equipment.

Circular economy

We’re taking a more circular approach to our solutions, as well as introducing circularity as a requirement in product and supplier criteria. Central to our work is reusing, recycling and remanufacturing as much as possible as we implement our Supplier Code of Conduct.

Good business

A growing number of laws and regulations affect our business. The Good Business programme ensures compliance, while helping us maintain high ethical standards. As part of this programme, we are strengthening vetting of suppliers, investing more in cybersecurity and embedding risk management into our operations.

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Mission 3: Fulfilling experience

Enhancing employee experience

Our fulfilling experience action for the future

Download Vanderlande’s Sustainability Report FY2024

Our other sustainability missions

Zero carbon footprint

Circular economy

Good business