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SUSTAINABILITY
& SKILLS TRAINING
Through our various education and training initiatives we remain committed to further developing the skills and knowledge or our employees, customers, and partners on the topic of sustainability.
To enhance our stakeholder’s knowledge and understanding of sustainability, and more specifically of our Vaculug sustainability agenda, with the support of an industry expert this past year we developed two sustainability-focused training sessions for our employees, customers, and industry partners. The sessions are set to take place in early 2023. The first introduces the topic of sustainability to stakeholders, and the second focuses on DEI (diversity, equity, inclusivity) in the workplace. The sessions are designed to educate our stakeholders about the foundations of sustainability, while also emphasising the important role that each of our stakeholders play on this journey.
Throughout 2022 we conducted various training sessions for our Vaculug family across different areas of our business. Training sessions were tracked separately by each department using matrix documents. For our next sustainability report we will aim to report on the total number of training sessions we developed across our organisation.
All our production manufacturing training at Vaculug takes place in our on-site training facility, where all manufacturing employees go through comprehensive internal training by our internal team of experts.
The training was specific to functions, skills, and health & safety of each department.
We have also been actively encouraging our employees to play an active role in bringing our sustainability goals to life. This can be seen through the various community engagement initiatives
that our employees took part in over the course of the past year.
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CASE STUDY:
In addition to the various programmes we have put in place to support the learning and development of our people, we have also contributed to initiatives designed
to share best practices and inform other businesses leaders and organisations.
In this spirit, in collaboration with Professor Paolo Taticchi and UCL School of Management, this past year we developed
a case study (see Appendix 1) which tells our story of sustainable transformation
and purpose-driven leadership. The case study, which was published in 2023, will be used in classrooms and executive training programmes to help illustrate challenges facing SMEs today, and to offer guidance for the way forward.
UCL chose to develop this case study
to showcase our journey of sustainable transformation, highlighting our unique competitive positioning as an SME that is leading on sustainability in the tyre sector. It is through initiatives such as these that we strive to inspire other leaders - of today and tomorrow - as they set out to lead and build responsible and prosperous businesses for the future.