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Social Affairs and Society
We offer our employees an environment and culture in which they can contribute and develop their personalities, skills, competencies and innovative ideas. At the same time, we value a work environment in which our employees feel safe and comfortable. We encourage and support the development of our employees' individual strengths. We encourage variety and diversity.Safe, healthy and diverse: Apleona's work environment
Apleona is committed to implementing strategies to measurably improve the safety and health of our employees and to reduce workplace accidents. In addition, we will maintain and continuously improve Apleona's ability to attract and retain talent. We will continue to ensure that Apleona provides a diverse and inclusive work environment. An important aspect of this is to inspire women to pursue technical careers and to attract female talent to facility management.Occupational Safety
As part of our facility and real estate services, we identify risks to people and the environment in advance of our activities. We assess key risks and take appropriate action to minimize them. Our managers act as role models, motivate their employees to behave safely, create safe working conditions and ensure that safety regulations are consistently implemented.
„Our top priority is the health of our employees and the prevention of work-related injuries and accidents.“
COO Michael Engel, responsible for HSEQ at Apleona, among others
Occupational health and safety as a management task
We promote safety awareness among our employees through regular training, campaigns and professional support. Safety inspections by managers have been an integral part of behavioral safety for many years. The monitoring of health and safety through audits, inspections, key figure analysis and reporting is a key factor in the further development of our organization and processes.
- We create working conditions that maintain and protect health.
- We provide and utilize opportunities for passive and active health prevention and maintenance.
- We promote health-conscious behavior among our employees through training courses, workshops and health days.
- Health checks, occupational health care and individual advice are key components of our health management.
We monitor the success of our health and safety goals through detailed action plans and regular measurement of key indicators, including Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF), Accident Severity Rate (ASR) and Lost Time Case Ratio (LTCR).
For more information, see our Sustainability Report.
Sustainability Status Report 2023
The report provides information on current developments, implemented measures and goals along the four pillars of sustainability: economic, social, environmental and governance. The report provides a comprehensive insight into Apleona's sustainability strategy and is aimed at all relevant stakeholders: Clients, investors, financial market participants and our employees.
In recognition of the international nature of our customers and our organization, the 2023 Sustainability Report is published exclusively in English.
Talent Development
We offer our employees an environment and culture in which they can contribute and develop their personality, skills, competencies and innovative ideas. We are committed to providing a work environment in which our employees feel comfortable. We encourage and support the development of our employees' individual skills.
„Our most important resource is the talent, expertise and potential of our colleagues. That's why the formula for success can be reduced to a clear denominator: If you promote talent, you win.“
Dr. Catharina Lenz, CHRO
We encourage variety and diversity
The opportunities and tasks within the Apleona Group are diverse and offer our employees long-term prospects. We support our employees in their personal development and encourage career paths across companies and countries.
Modern workplaces with good IT equipment and innovative software enable us to effectively deliver our services to our clients and provide the necessary back-office support. Our employees are supported both professionally and personally.
Our support measures
- Implementation of numerous internal and external training courses
- Organization of information events on occupational safety, health and fitness (e.g. health days, in-house events on mental awareness), corporate strategy, etc.
- Regular welcome meetings for all new national and international employees and comprehensive onboarding events
- Regular surveys for new hires and departures and evaluation of the results
- Collective agreements with competitive salaries
Training & Further Education
Apleona is an attractive training company for commercial, industrial and technical professions with 678 trainees in 25 training professions (as of December 2023). In order to recruit sufficient junior staff, we intend to continue our training activities with at least 675 trainees per year.
„The FM sector offers interesting and comparatively crisis-proof jobs, especially for technicians. Technical building systems must always be maintained and serviced. You also work on environmental protection every day.“
Dr. Gert W. Riegel, COO
The goal is to meet the company's medium- and long-term employment and skill needs through internal training and recruitment. We support this goal through the following measures
- Investment in technical tools and components to ensure hands-on training in our own local training facilities
- Working closely with local Chambers of Industry and Commerce
- Presence at career orientation events in schools and at job fairs to attract new trainees
A significant proportion of trainees come from a variety of countries, including Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Congo, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo and Iraq.
Realize your personal career potential
With more than 40,000 employees, Apleona is a leading real estate services and facility management company that offers jobs and development prospects in a wide variety of work areas and for many interesting customer sectors.
The diverse experiences and perspectives of our employees and teams are the most important motivators of our daily activities.
Are you interested? Then apply directly to us now.
Diversity as a success factor
Diversity is a key success factor for Apleona. Given the breadth of our real estate services, the skills, ideas, perspectives and characters of our employees form the basis for making the best possible use of their individual strengths for the overall success of the company.
At Apleona, diversity in all its dimensions is practiced every day:
- Age: The average age at Apleona is 46
- Gender: 39.5% of employees are women
- Ethnicity and nationality: Apleona employs people from 75 different countries.
- Skills: We employ professionals from a wide range of professions and industries.
We do not collect diversity data on the other three dimensions - social background, religion and belief, and sexual orientation - for privacy reasons.
„We all benefit from this climate of openness, appreciation and tolerance. This has a positive impact not only on our reputation with customers and business partners, whether in Germany or in other countries around the world, but also on Apleona and ourselves.“
Dr. Jochen Keysberg, CEO Apleona
Our employees can be assured that no one is disadvantaged on the basis of these seven dimensions of diversity. All Apleona employees have equal opportunities to be hired and to grow within the company. The recruitment process at Apleona is based solely on the skills and enthusiasm of the candidates for their respective areas of responsibility.
Apleona has a clear and comprehensive policy against any form of discrimination. We expect all our employees to contribute to a productive work environment and to treat others with respect, tolerance and consideration.
All of us at Apleona are committed to working together to create a diverse and respectful work environment - in every situation, in every place.
Diversity goes through the stomach: The Apleona Cookbook
Apleona employs people from more than 75 countries, so a colorful Apleona cookbook is a natural choice. Employees share their favorite recipes on the Apleona intranet to get to know different tastes, cultures and food traditions. The collection of recipes is published as a colorful Apleona cookbook.
![[Translate to English:] Apleona Kochbuch](/fileadmin/media/images/%C3%9Cber_Apleona/Verantwortung/APL-Kochbuch.jpg)
Share of women at Apleona
The share of women in Apleona's workforce at the end of 2023 was 39.5%, compared to 36.6% in 2022. The share of women in management positions (management levels 1-3) was 23.2% at the end of 2023, compared to 21.7% in 2022.
Apleona's success in increasing the share of women in management positions is due to the company's ability to promote, retain and attract female talent within and outside the industry. However, Apleona's goal is far from being reached. By 2027, we aim to have at least 25% women on Apleona's supervisory and administrative boards.
Our commitments
We have summarized the issues of diversity, equal opportunity and anti-discrimination in the Apleona Group's Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. We also support the ZIA Real Estate Code on Diversity.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Overview of the Group’s activities and approach to the different aspects of corporate social responsibility.
Download pdf file hereApleona signed the Diversity Charter in 2008 and is committed to a respectful working environment.
Human Rights
Apleona guarantees the respect of human rights within its sphere of influence, including the prohibition of all forms of forced labor, and supports the fight against child labor. By joining the UN Global Compact, we have committed ourselves to respect, support and ensure the protection of international human rights, not to be complicit in human rights violations, e.g. through inhumane production conditions in the supply chain, and to work towards the abolition of child labor.
We are committed to respect:
Children's rights, combating the involvement of children in armed conflict, preventing the sale of children and ending child prostitution and child pornography
The right to the highest attainable standard of health.
Ensuring equal opportunities (elimination of racial discrimination, elimination of discrimination against women, rights of persons with disabilities).
Diversity and protection of vulnerable groups.
Right to just and dignified working conditions, minimum age, wages, working hours and rest periods, occupational health and safety, protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families, etc.
Environmental protection, waste management, etc.
Prevention and abolition of torture and inhuman punishment, protection of all persons from enforced disappearance, abolition of the death penalty
Download the Group guidelines
Group Policy on Universal Human Rights
Apleona guarantees respect for human rights within its sphere of influence.
Download pdf file hereComplaints Procedure
Apleona is also committed to acting responsibly in our supply chains.
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