Diversity & Inclusion

Support for people with disabilities

Support for people with disabilities

In 2015 thyssenkrupp also issued a statement expressing its commitment to inclusion. In the joint statement by the Group Executive Board and employee representatives, we commit to recruiting and supporting people with disabilities and to reporting regularly on progress with inclusion. Inclusion is aimed at equal participation and involvement by all people in public life. Nobody should be excluded from leading a self-determined life because of a disability, and this includes the right to an education and the right to work. thyssenkrupp regards workplace inclusion, i.e. self-determined and equal participation by people with disabilities in working life, as a special corporate responsibility. Currently around 3,300 people with disabilities work in the Group’s German companies.

We at thyssenkrupp value each other. All employees should have equal opportunities. That is part of our corporate culture. The inclusion agreement underlines these values and provides a framework for implementing them.

Oliver Burkhard, CHRO of thyssenkrupp AG

Support for women in the Group

Target in our sights: By 2020 we want to have 15 percent women in leadership positions

Support for women in the Group

Our measures are taking effect: In the past fiscal year the proportion of women in leadership positions rose by 1.4 percentage points to 10.2 percent (prior year: 8.8 percent).

thyssenkrupp’s 20-member Supervisory Board already includes five female members today, two on the shareholder representative side and three on the employee representative side. More information on implementation of the law on the equal participation of women and men in leadership positions in the private and public sectors can be found here.

Companies in which diversity is firmly established achieve better results: They are 69 percent more profitable.

Oliver Burkhard, CHRO of thyssenkrupp AG

LGBTI

LGBTI

Formed in 2016, our thyssenkrupp employee network LGBTI@thyssenkrupp raises awareness in the company for LGBTI issues and the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex employees.