Our people: equal, diverse and aligned to our values

 

Strengthening our values and corporate culture

Values, purpose and corporate culture are fundamental pillars on which any company is built and it is important to live them in the development of our activity.  For this reason, this year the Human Resources Department has promoted several key initiatives in this area aimed at ensuring that our teams not only understand, but also live and promote these values in their day-to-day work, thus contributing to the fulfilment of Teknia’s vision, mission and strategy.

Our values are adaptability, pride, efficiency and ambition. In 2024 we worked on integrating these corporate values into performance and development appraisals. It is important to get a sense of how they are felt and experienced throughout the organisation. To do this, we worked with the management team, from senior management to plant managers, and incorporated a specific section on corporate values in these assessments, which we also digitised to improve the employee experience.

The aim is for each person, in conversation with their line manager, to reflect on which Teknia value they put into practice during the year and what behaviours have been deployed in relation to this. In addition, an analysis is made of the value to be promoted in the coming year. This initiative aims to focus not only on the ‘what’ has been achieved, but also on the ‘how’ it has been achieved, allowing us to better align behaviours and skills with corporate values.

In the long term, this initiative is linked to another broader project already underway: the definition of a catalogue of corporate competencies aligned with Teknia’s values. This catalogue will be critical to managing talent more effectively and ensuring that expected behaviours are clear at all levels of the organisation.

Commitment to equality and diversity

At present, all our Spanish plants have their own Equality Plan, as established by current law. In addition to working on the deployment of the measures contained in these plans, as part of our commitment to equality and diversity during 2024 we have participated in the UN Global Compact’s Gender Equality Accelerator Programme.

This programme aims to help participating companies set ambitious corporate goals to boost women’s representation and leadership in business and close the gender pay gap. The programme is based on Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), and also seeks to contribute to SDGs 5 and 8 of the UN 2030 Agenda for women’s empowerment and sustainable growth.

As a result of the work carried out during this year, we have carried out an initial diagnosis and drawn up an action plan to be deployed in Teknia in the short, medium and long term.

This plan will allow us to identify systemic barriers and implement actions that will enable us to promote gender equality and attract and retain diverse talent, fostering, in line with our corporate values and culture, a work environment where all people have equal opportunities for development and success. This approach not only complies with legal and ethical regulations, but also allows us to drive innovation and competitiveness in a global market, drawing on the rich diversity of the people who make up our team.

Some of the actions, which will be monitored through our Sustainability Committee, are related to raising awareness on gender equality in all our plants internationally, increasing the presence of women in our management bodies and the design and implementation of a Code of Conduct for Teknia suppliers that explicitly promotes and supports gender equality, among others.