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A socially responsible employer

Our employees shape our future. To support their success, we strive to provide the best possible conditions for an attractive, safe, healthy and flexible working environment.

We place safety above all else. Our employees receive extensive training and take part in robust safety programs globally.

We consider employee health from a broad perspective including physical, mental and social aspects. Understanding that employees face various life challenges, we provide resources to help navigate those situations. To foster work-life balance, a leading provider of employee well-being solutions, Workplace Options, offers our people a global employee assistance program.

We have remote work policies in line with local regulations for all employees in positions where remote work is possible. We promote flexible working hours where possible, and we support the banking of hours or other flexible solutions for shift work, depending on legislation. We also offer opportunities for shortened working hours, to support child and dependent care according to local regulations. Additionally, we have a global gender-neutral parental leave program to secure standard leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

We are committed to equal-opportunity career development and training. A broad learning offering is available for all employees online, and employees benefit from an annual individual development plan, which provides a systematic and efficient development approach.

We also have an open job market. All open positions are available for all employees to apply, and we carefully consider internal applicants.

We conducted an equal pay analysis in 2023 and continue to monitor developments.

Our international employee base comprises 80 nationalities in 50 countries. We acknowledge the importance of diversity and inclusion for the well-being of our employees and for our workplace culture. We are currently developing a diversity and inclusion strategy as a framework for future actions.

We aim to increase the number of women in senior management to 25% by the end of 2025.

Our corporate Code of Conduct (CoC) is the cornerstone of our commitment to upholding integrity in all areas. It applies globally to all employees, managers, officers, directors, and employees of joint ventures or entities in which we have a majority interest or exercise effective control.

We strongly condemn all discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity, family status, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social origin or other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate any kind of harassment or abusive behavior.

Our employees are encouraged and trained to report issues or concerns through our ethical reporting channels. These include channels that ensure reporter anonymity. We investigate all reports according to documented procedures and decide on appropriate disciplinary and remedial measures in a structured process.

Training on Accelleron’s CoC is mandatory for all employees of the company.

Accelleron is committed to the principles of collective bargaining. Around 57% of our employees are covered by local collective bargaining agreements and we communicate this to our employees transparently. We welcome and encourage local employee activity and support employee representative elections. Accelleron engages in regular and active collaboration with local trade unions and employee representatives.

Giving back to communities

We operate in more than 50 countries, and most of our staffing is drawn from our local communities. Given our presence and impact on these communities, we have set a target to run more than 100 community-level project per year by 2027. In 2023, our target was to run 15 such projects, and we ultimately ran more than 20. In 2024, our target was to run 30 community-level projects and we exceeded expectations by successfully completing over 50. We will continue to increase this number until we reach our 2027 target.

Some examples of our 2024 projects are shown here: