Building a Stronger Workplace Together with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Ensto, we want to create a workplace where every voice is heard, valued, and respected and where everyone can come as they are. Therefore, we want to emphasize the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within our company. For us, DEI isn't just a buzzword; it's a fundamental aspect of who we are and what we stand for as a company.
It is also one of Ensto’s sustainability key commitment themes, and we want to increase the awareness of Ensto people on matters relating to DEI. That’s why we’ve put together a quick guide for you on what DEI means for us at Ensto.
Better Life With Everybody
Diversity involves the ways that people are different, including the different characteristics that make one group or individual different from another. Diversity includes: race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, gender identity, religion, language, age, marital status, veteran status, mental ability, physical ability, people with disabilities. In addition, diversity can also include a range of ideas, perspectives, and values.
At Ensto, we are an international team of different gender, age, culture, language, religion, sexuality, education, health. In line with our mission, we believe in better life with everybody.
We Are All Equal
Equity aims to ensure fair treatment, access, equality of opportunity and advancement for everyone while also attempting to identify and remove the barriers that have prevented some groups from fully participating. Equity promotes justice, fairness and impartiality within the processes, procedures, and distribution of resources by systems or institutions. To tackle equity, people need to understand the root causes of outcome disparities in society.
At Ensto, we want to ensure fair treatment, access, equality of opportunity and advancement for everyone.
Everyone Is Invited
Inclusion builds a culture where everyone feels welcome by actively inviting every person or every group to contribute and participate. This inclusive and welcoming environment supports and embraces differences and offers respect to everyone in words and actions. A work environment that's inclusive is supportive, respectful, and collaborative and aims to get all employees to participate and contribute. An inclusive work environment endeavors to remove all barriers, discrimination, and intolerance.
At Ensto, our leadership is inclusive and value based. We actively promote everyone’s participation in our work community. We want to respect each other and everyone’s views. We want to empower everyone to express and be themselves openly and without fear. In our culture everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.
Way Forward
DEI work is a long-term process that cannot be solved only by individual actions, but it is a long-term, systematic, and measurable process. At Ensto, we have set KPIs to follow our actions, and they are:
- Reach gender diversity especially in senior level positions
- Close the gender gap in salaries
- Increasing our overall awareness on matters relating to DEI
- Strengthen inclusive leadership
Sor far we have seen improvements in the number of women in senior management positions and salary development. Every year, we do an accurate salary analysis for each person based on our global job framework model and monitor their salary placement in relation to the local salary table. In 2023, 80% of Ensto leaders have undergone a mandatory 3-hour training on diversity and inclusion. We have also conducted an annual survey specifically on DEI. In 2024, we'll offer more voluntary leadership training on DEI, create an e-learning course for all employees, and continue our annual surveys with action plans.
DEI is an ongoing journey where everyone is invited, so join us to embrace our differences, enhance inclusivity, and work together to build a stronger working life where everyone can be themselves.