Beckers embraces Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). By fostering a sense of belonging, we aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can be authentic, feel valued and have the chance to thrive every day. Building on our achievements in promoting gender equality, we continue to widen our focus and learn how to become allies to all underrepresented groups.

At Beckers, we strive to develop an inclusive, gender-balanced organization with highly motivated and empowered employees. We have established 2030 Goals to enhance gender diversity: aiming to have women comprise at least 31% of our total workforce and over 40% of our senior management positions.

We motivate our employees to seek continuous growth and improvement. We monitor our dynamic employee engagement goal through our biennial employee engagement survey. The survey measures key aspects such as engagement levels, leadership effectiveness, team efficiency, and the employee Net Promoter Score. To track engagement more accurately, we set benchmarks for survey participation rates and implement targeted improvement actions based on the insights gained from workshop discussions addressing the survey findings.

Our feedback culture with regular one-on-one Check-In Conversations between every employee and their manager is an essential part of our employee engagement and personal development efforts. Here, we aim for a completion rate of 80%.

Contributing to a diverse, motivated and empowered workforce

At Beckers, we value every employee equally and actively promote an increasingly inclusive work environment with zero discrimination, equal opportunities and gender balance. We are aware of the potential risks of workplace discrimination and the accompanying challenges, and we take a strong stance on these issues, condemning all forms of discrimination.

In 2024 we increased the proportion of women in our global workforce to 28% compared to 26% in 2023, making progress toward our 2030 Goal. We launched our “diversity@operations” initiative to further drive gender diversity on the shopfloor.

This initiative is based on two fundamental principles:

• creating a working environment conducive to the integration of a diverse workforce: a clean and vibrant factory, separate changing rooms, welcoming communal areas such as the canteen, etc.
• improving our processes to eliminate the need to lift heavy loads and adopt risky postures.

This work was carried out at13 sites and led to concrete action plans. We hope the actions will enable us to welcome more women, while also improving the daily lives of men.