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Sustainable inclusion
People power Sinje Wojahn, head of global HR management & people development at LSG Group, explains why people are at the heart of the sustainability debate
The past years have intensified the focus on sustainability in the aviation industry, and that is an encouraging development. For me, and the LSG Group, the 'people' aspect is an integral component to our approach to sustainability, we have our focus on 'People, Planet and Prosperity.' Naturally, some ask: “How sustainable can the aviation industry really be?” And while this is of course a valid concern, we believe we must all see this goal as a challenge. The LSG Group, like many of our customers, continues to review areas where we can year, our Sustainability & Diversity Inclusion make changes – both big and small – that team has renewed its focus on five key will have a positive impact on our planet dimensions of diversity: and those living on it. age, race, ethnicity, It is a challenge we all gender, physical ability want to tackle, and so it and sexual orientation. is important to ensure Staff retention comes Efforts are underway to we have people within naturally with an bring that culture alive our team who want to inclusive and growthwithin our organisation. share that challenge oriented culture Among initiatives, and make sustainability we organised a week’s a reality in our sector. worth of activities for International Women’s Day, beginning with Growing together a panel discussion on the theme: Break For me, this includes fostering the Bias. External experts shared success the growth of all our existing stories and learnings on the topic, and employees and removing internal experts showcased both global and barriers to ensure equal local perspectives. development opportunities We also launched #IamRemarkable, an for all. It is certainly initiative powered by Google. Through this important to attract format, we hope a diversity of employees new talent, but will be empowered to speak up and enabling personal promote themselves in ways authentic to growth ensures we them. Combined with our global diversity retain talent too. policy, these efforts deepen the discussion Retention actually and identify local initiatives that suit all comes naturally regions. As we all navigate the difficulties with an inclusive and of the past two years, this is a challenge we growth-oriented culture happily accept.• which is why over the past
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