Empowered People
We are committed to creating an empowered and inclusive team that contributes to a better world.
Inspiring a global and diverse workforce
With 22,000 Mondi employees in more than 30 countries, we want to inspire a global and diverse workforce, which feels empowered and safe to develop the skills they need now and in the future.
Our role as an employer is to support our people in realising their individual potentials. We aim to create an inclusive work environment that provides equal opportunities and values safety, health and mental wellbeing.
Empowering people is an integral part of our Mondi Action Plan 2030 (MAP2030).
women employed across Mondi
employees participated in this year's Employee Survey, an 80% response rate
Total Recordable Case Rate, safety performance among industry leaders
2023 empowered people highlights
Our people commitments, targets and performance
Build skills that support long-term employability
Targets
Enable our employees to participate in upskilling programmes
2023 performance
Employees and contractors across Mondi completed 503,000 hours of training, including 45% of hours dedicated to safety training. Average training hours (including safety training for contractors) equates to 23 hours per employee. Over 1,600 participants joined sustainability training sessions in the Sustainable Development Academy and the new Growth Gym initiative within Flexible Packaging.
Around 31% of employees took part in the online ‘Performance and Development Review’ (PDR) process facilitating individual feedback.
Provide purposeful employment for all our employees in a diverse and inclusive workplace
Targets
Achieve 90% Purpose Satisfaction score in our Employee Survey
Achieve 90% Inclusiveness score in our Employee Survey
Employ 30% women across Mondi
2023 performance
In 2023, we conducted an Employee Survey supporting us to measure our progress towards our MAP2030 Empowered People commitments. Over 16,800 employees participated in the survey, which is an 80% response rate. We achieved a 79% score in the Purposeful Workplace Index and 77% in our Inclusiveness Index. As we have adapted the underlying questions to be more relatable to employees, the 2023 survey results are not comparable to our 2020 survey.
We have continued our 'Curious Community' initiative and launched eight internal Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as voluntary, employee-led groups which aim to support people and be a positive resource for Mondi.
In 2023, we had 22.6% female employees and 28.4% of all new hires were woman. The female representation on our Executive Committee is 17%. This percentage of women will increase to 29% with the new female Chief People Officer joining in April 2024.
Create an environment that enables a positive work-life experience, valuing safety health and mental wellbeing
Targets
Zero fatalities
Zero life-altering injuries
15% reduction of Total Recordable Case Rate
Support our employees in pursuit of a work-life experience that enhances their wellbeing
Our operations drive awareness of and take measures to improve health and mental wellbeing
2023 performance
Regrettably, while being among the safety leaders in our industry, we experienced a fatality of a contractor in 2023 at our Ružomberok mill (Slovakia).
Sadly, we also experienced four life-altering injuries in 2023 in Poland, Slovakia and Austria. All incidents were investigated to identify the root causes and contributing factors, and the necessary actions were taken to prevent reoccurrences.
We had 200 recordable cases in our operations (excluding new acquisitions). This equates to a TRCR (Total Recordable Case Rate) of 0.64 and represents a 4% decrease compared with our 2020 baseline of 0.67, although a 2% increase since last year. We achieved our TRCR milestone, which was set at 0.65.
In 2023, we received the first Group-wide results of the new Wellbeing Index from our 2023 Employee Survey. 75% of employees say we have a good balance between work and personal life. We also perform exceptionally well in safety, with 91% of us stating that our managers promote safety and safe behaviour in their workplaces.
Together with programmes in the United States and South Africa, 94% of Mondi employees worldwide can rely on an EAP-equivalent system for support.
Enabling continuous learning and tailored career paths
Digitalisation, automation and augmentation shape future workplaces and we must develop skills programmes that enable everyone to acquire and refine the needed skills and capabilities.
Click through the key pillars of Mondi’s culture, learning offer and career opportunities below.
We support our employees to realise their individual goals and see their contribution to Mondi’s purpose by promoting a diverse and inclusive work culture that fosters a positive work-life experience and mental wellbeing.
Our goal is to be a great place to work by engaging and developing our people to unpack their potential. We offer our employees access to continuous learning at any time, with in-person training, digital learning tools and e-learning tailored to the needs of employees and the business.
The International Graduate Programme is designed to enhance Mondi’s talent pipeline and support the early development of future leaders by giving them the opportunity to gain experiences in different locations and departments.
Moving from traditional safety to Social Psychology of Risk
Safety initiatives have focused mainly on workspace issues, including engineering controls and risk assessments. Discover how we changed the focus of our safety approach to balance safety controls and people by introducing the concept of Social Psychology of Risk. This new approach covers three aspects: workspace (physical controls), headspace (psychology) and groupspace (cultural and group dynamics).
Read more about how we empower our people
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“Being the first woman in a team can be daunting”
Insights11 Dec 2024 -
Leading by example: Mondi South Africa's gender diversity and inclusion journey
Case study13 Jun 20242 min -
Mondi named a Diversity & Inclusion Champion at the 2024 Minerva Awards
Insights9 May 20245 min -
SHE Stand Down: How we foster a safety culture in the Americas
Case study7 May 20243 min -
Creating a caring workplace for our colleagues in Ukraine
Case study11 Apr 20242 min -
Elevating leadership skills at Mondi CFlex Thailand
Case study12 Mar 20242 min -
How we develop and grow the next generation of leaders in Mondi plants and mills
Case study8 Mar 20242 min -
Good vibrations – how this special team is driving our growth strategy
Insights1 Jun 202310 min -
Mondi Zimele: independence through enterprise
Case study20 Mar 20232 min -
Best practice sharing to create inclusive and purposeful workplaces
Case study20 Mar 20232 min
