Caring For People
We safeguard our employees, promote health safety and environment (HSE) and wellbeing, as we work towards our ultimate goal of zero accidents and work-related ill health. We also protect and support people in the communities where we and our suppliers operate.
Our biggest asset is our people. They are crucial to our business, as we are committed to protecting, and investing in them. We are attracting and retaining the talent we need to achieve our strategic ambitions to become a modern and attractive employer. Hence, we drive actions to ensure a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, where all employees can thrive, and to promote learning and development.
Safe, Healthy Workplaces
Our goal is to create a safe workplace wherever we operate by striving to keep our people safe and healthy, free from harm, protect the communities around our assets and minimize our impact on the environment. We work as a team to achieve our aim of zero accidents and work-related illnesses. Our ‘commitment to goal zero’ is detailed in our health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and procedures.
Our safe and healthy, everyday, everytime approach ensures that our people, including visitors, return home safely and without injury everyday. Our facilities are built and maintained to operate safely, protect our employees, and visitors, as well as the environment. HSE is critical to our business strategy and is underpinned by our core values.
Diversity and Inclusion
We aspire to a work culture in which diversity is integral, evident and valued for the benefits it brings us, rooted in maintaining a truly diverse workforce, where every employee is respected, included, engaged and fully contributing. We strive to nurture and leverage diversity in all its forms, while promoting inclusive work environments where respect for every individual is a priority and has the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
Talent
A sustainable business never stops learning. We know that the sustainability of our business depends on the continual development and training of our people.
We hire talented people with requisite qualifications, experience and skills, and a strong determination to achieve excellence, drive fair and sustainable value creation in our business. We attract the best hands to build a high-performance culture that encourages people to thrive and succeed as well as enjoy long and rewarding careers with us.
Engagement and Recognition
Recognizing positive behaviour and performance is important to us and we acknowledge our colleagues in a number of ways. For example, any employee can nominate a colleague for an Excellence Award in four categories: sales, innovation, operation or leadership. We also recognize teamwork with our awards for marketer and farmstores of the year.
Communities
We play a positive role in the lives of our communities. We invest in the development and resilience of our communities living close to our operations, encouraging our employees to support and volunteer in the communities, wherever they live and work.
We extend our commitment to protecting people to the communities where we operate. It includes helping to create sustainable value chains by building the capacity of smallholder farmers. We create meaningful opportunities for the next generation to build employability skills. MSD contributes to specific appeals for support, donations and emergency relief.
