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Competency development is an integral part of talent management
and 1,240 managers were trained in leadership skills between 2003
and 2005. A 2005 goal was to increase internal recruitment for the
Group’s top 200 management positions. In 2005, 79% of the top 200
vacancies were recruited from the Group’s internal talent pool. This is
an improvement from 56% in the previous year.
The Group’s engagement in AIESEC, a leading global organization
for development of youth leadership, is a strategic partnership
designed to increase the number of young potentials in the Group.
Greater gender diversity is an additional benefit, since the majority of
AIESEC interns are female. In 2005, Electrolux hired 62% of its
AIESEC interns.
Employees, by geographical area
In 2005, the average number of employees worldwide was 69,523, of whom two-thirds, or
45,321 were men and one-third, or 24,202 were women.
Health and safety
The provision of safe, healthy working conditions is an important
element of the Electrolux Workplace Code of Conduct. Individual
business sectors are responsible for ensuring that health and safety
are effectively managed. Local units are responsible for taking action
and reporting data in accordance with local regulations and laws.
The performance of individual units is monitored and evaluated at
Group level in several ways. ALFA is used to assess the current
status of health and safety as well as related management practices.
Health and safety is also an important part of the external third-party
monitoring program in Electrolux factories in Asia and Latin America.
The Safety Training Observation Program (STOP) has enabled Major
Appliances in North America to achieve substantial improvements in
two important indicators of industrial safety; the recordable-injury
index and the lost-time index. The gains were achieved through a
combination of communication, training and stronger focus on the
work environment and factors contributing to injuries. Implementa-
tion of STOP involves training supervisors to observe and recognize
safe as well as unsafe actions, and then to communicate their obser-
vations to employees.
Health and safety in the workplace
2005 2004
1) 2003
Number of work-related injuries 2) 16.2 20.4 29.8
Number of workdays lost due to
occupational injuries 2) 239 217 327
Number of work-related fatalities 0 73) 0
1) Health and safety key-performance indicators differ from those reported in 2004 due to
improved data collection procedures.
2) Per million hours worked.
3) Explosion at construction site at Ath, Belgium, July 30, 2004.
The table illustrates key health and safety data for the Group’s operations. In 2005, data was
collected covering 84 production facilities and 40 warehouses corresponding to approxi-
mately 56,000 employees. The number of work-related injuries was reduced during 2005.
Consumer safety
A proactive approach to product safety in terms of design and manu-
facturing assures the safety of consumers. The Group invests in
quality assurance, procedures for selecting material and testing
finished products.
The Group has a comprehensive system for collecting information
on all safety-related incidents and analyzing it to identify root causes
and effects. The majority of these incidents do not represent any risk
to the consumer.
Analyses of safety-related incidents have given the Group a
fundamental understanding of how accidents occur. This expertise is
integrated in all product development. If analysis reveals a case that
may represent a problem, the matter is brought to a Sector Product
Safety Advisory Committee for evaluation and advice on corrective
measures if needed.
European Union 46.2%
Rest of Europe 3.0%
North America 30.3%
Latin America 9.6%
Asia 6.0%
Oceania 4.7%
Africa 0.3%
Social Responsibility