Next time you’re in a meeting, look around and see who’s there. Is it mostly men or women? Study the way people interact. Who does most of the talking? Who gets interrupted? Who interrupts? Which voices are heard and which ones are ignored?
Greater diversity across the company will help us develop fresh ideas and make sure we meet the needs of all our customers. Recruiting from different parts of the community also means we’ll increase our chances of attracting the best people.
We want our employees to contribute to their full potential. We value everyone’s unique experiences and personalities, respect each other’s differences, and work to combat discrimination and harassment. Ultimately, this contributes to a better work environment for everyone.
- Reduce inequality across the nine diversity dimensions protected by European equality laws: ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, and pregnancy or maternity.
- To become an attractive, safe and inclusive workplace for all by 2026.
- Introduce group wide anti-harassment training.
- Run annual initiatives on ethnicity and skin colour, age, and LGBTQIA+ awareness.
- Promote diversity and inclusion training at the Leaders Forum in 2022.
- Conduct a pulse survey on diversity and inclusion during 2024.
- To run training on preventing modern slavery for all managers.
- Diversity and Inclusion Lead appointed to set the strategic direction and long-term plan for Stena Line’s D&I ambitions.
- Celebrated Diversity Month with an international cookbook compiled by our people.
- Launched our first Group-wide diversity and inclusion campaign.
Leading the way
Salem Yohannes became our new Diversity and Inclusion Lead in 2021, helping us speed up our journey to equality.
Diversity and inclusion are key to Stena Line’s vision of connecting Europe for a sustainable future, and our purpose, to be a trusted link between people, places and societies. It supports our vision and purpose because we are a customer-centric business. A workforce that reflects our diverse customer groups will help us understand their needs.
We believe that our people are essential to the company’s success. A diverse, inclusive workplace gives employees opportunities to contribute, develop and grow. This means our people feel empowered to do their best work and fulfil their potential.
Additionally, diversity and inclusion are key to a key part of sustainability. That’s why it’s included in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.