Act Responsibly

We understand well that we have an obligation to act responsibly, particularly when it comes to how we treat people – our own employees, our stakeholders and the communities in which we operate. Keeping everyone safe, offering a sense of
community, and ensuring each and every member of a diverse and talented workforce has a ‘voice at the table’ is critical for the success of our business.

Highlights in 2022

19%

19% fewer safety incidents

800,000

800,000 30-second risk assessments carried out

kp is me

‘kp is me’ diversity initiative launched

75%

75% employee engagement score

Target I: Eliminate lost-time accidents

By 2025, we will reduce our LTA rate to zero and we will reduce our TRIR each year.

Highlights in 2022

While our LTA rate has slightly increased, we now have more ‘zero harm’ sites than ever before, with 19% fewer incidents year on year.

Future Outlook

Safety culture is well implemented throughout our sites, and we will further embed it by continuing our root cause assessments and sharing best practices.

Target II: Become more diverse

By 2025, the percentage of women at management levels at kp will exceed 30%.

Highlights in 2022

We have aligned our diversity, equity and inclusion work with the United Nations Global Compact gender diversity initiative and we have developed a roadmap with a clear set of actions.

Future Outlook

As we continue to invest in diversity, we expect to develop industry networks to promote roles for women in plastics and manufacturing generally.

Target III: Engage employees better

By 2025, our employee engagement score will improve to over 80%.

Highlights in 2022

We are proud that our employees continue to be engaged. We maintained our engagement score while increasing participation from 70% to 80%.

Future Outlook

We have a strong portfolio of initiatives to engage and develop our employees and have exciting plans for 2023 and 2024 to introduce and expand these programmes.

Target IV: Make a difference in our communities

All kp plants will complete at least one impactful community project annually, doubling that by the end of 2025.

Highlights in 2022

Whilst Covid has paused this programme, our sites continued to engage with the communities and in 2022 we had 22 active initiatives in place.

Future Outlook

We are excited to partner with our local communities and explore the variety of ways we can give back, and we’ll launch a renewed approach and framework in the second half of 2023.

Act Responsibly in action

Safer factory floors

Large moving machines such as forklift trucks are dangerous. Following best practice sharing from our Santo Tirso and Pontivy sites, we adopted new measures at several other sites.

These measures significantly reduces risk of contact between forklifts and workers. Changes include painted road markings, warnings, reduced distances during loading, new walkway barriers and railings, and better ‘big bag’ storage.

Safer factory floors

kp is me

The ‘kp is me’ initiative was enhanced in 2022 to better communicate the benefits of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) to both current employees and potential new recruits. We aim to create an inclusive culture where our employees feel empowered to play to their strengths, see themselves reflected in the organisation and feel accepted regardless of race, gender, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual preference, marital status, or inclusion in any other protected class. The initiative is being promoted within kp using videos, email and our intranet. Key actions include running training sessions, setting up Employee Resource Networks and ensuring that our recruitment process is equitable.

An improved development programme for managers

Growing Horizons helps line managers to run their teams effectively. Launched in 2022, it builds on our previous programme and covers leadership, delegation, performance measurement and virtual working.

Personal development was a priority raised in the 2021 employee engagement Insights survey. In response to feedback, the new programme is shorter, applicable across all businesses and customisable. Delivered online and face-to-face, the programme is intended for managers in any function with responsibility for teams of people.

A total of 47 employees from FP, PHD and Corporate functions across three cohorts completed the programme in 2022, and offered positive feedback about their experiences.