Social responsibility Our people Social dialogue Social dialogue, i.e. the way we as a company look after our employees, is an important part of our employee and organisational development strategy (the Blum Path). It covers all aspects of personnel development, from comprehensive training to health and safety protocols, knowledge and learning opportunities and all other employee initiatives implemented by Blum in these areas. Our aim is to support our employees in both their personal and professional development while at the same time looking after their physical, mental and social wellbeing – in other words ensuring that they feel satisfied at work. We have chosen to adopt this far-reaching approach for two reasons: firstly, at our Vorarlberg headquarters we are conscious of our social responsibilities as the region's largest employer; and secondly, our employees at all sites around the world are vital to the current and future success of our business. We therefore take our relationship with our employees very seriously and take action on many different fronts, as we explain in more detail in this chapter. ➔ GRI 3-3 – Training oppor tunities updated and ex tended – Trainers' net work (Learning Marketplace) strengthened – Fur ther development and revision of the process for work place evaluations – Fur ther development of evaluations of CMR substances (carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances) with a view to minimising their use – Conducting evaluations of psychological stress (Austr ia, Plant 5) Key points 52 © Copyright by Blum
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