Maersk's Journey: DEI, Best Practices At A.P. Moller – Maersk, improving diversity and inclusion has been high on our agenda. Traditionally, the transport and logistics industry has been male-dominated. For several years, one of our areas of focus has been to increase the representation of women across all levels of our workforce. With our global presence, we have also invested in building national diversity to better reflect on and understand the diverse markets to which we cater. Further supporting these efforts, we are also driving several initiatives across all levels of the organisation to build an inclusive culture in order to drive improved collaboration, innovation, and performance. Recently, in 2021, we tried to understand better our employees’ thoughts on their experience of this diverse and inclusive work environment and rolled out our first global
Inclusion Survey. The questions within ranged across several topics, including Inclusive leadership, Psychological safety, Retention, Recruitment, Equitable career progression, Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying, and Inclusive work environment to ensure that we captured an accurate picture of the prevailing atmosphere. And it was humbling to receive feedback that indicated our success in instilling a robust and inclusive culture at Maersk. Having made significant strides in our Diversity and Inclusion journey, our focus is now to bring forward ‘Equity’ into our culture. Equity is one of the fundamental building blocks that strengthen collaboration and improve the sense of belonging – in short, it means being able to measure when and
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