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CORPORATE SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
BarryCallebaut
Annual Report2010/11
Focus area Employees
Supporting the developmentofour employees
Barry Callebaut is aperformance-driven organization. Our business environment
is demanding and constantly changing.Werespect, recognize and reward employees
who perform and live our corporate values.The most important resource we
have is our employees –therefore weinvest to make sure that they have the right
skills,know-how about the business and deep understanding of our customers and
their needs.Engaging and developing employees is the key toachieve sustainable
growth throughout all regions.
People development targets
· Filling 70% of key positions
from within Barry Callebaut
· Roll-out of cocoa technical
trainings to all four continents
As our growth continues around the world to new countries and cultures, our
recognition that local differences in how business is done will make useven more
successful. Thetalents of our diverse employees areanasset.
In order to maintain this market leadership position and to achieve our ambitious
goals, wewant to give all our employees the opportunity to further develop their
skills and know-how –beitthrough job enrichment, short-term job assignments in
other countries, lateral career moves to broaden skills and functional know-how,
participation on strategic projects,orparticipation in our in-house Marbach Leadership
Development programs.
Redesigned technical training programs in cocoa production were launched in
2010/2011 in both English and French to ensure that our employees in our plants
around the world gain the necessary technical expertise for creating our highquality
cocoa products.Pilot trainings were completed in Louviers,France,and in
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Adopting this approach in all our regions will allow all
Barry Callebaut employees to further develop their capabilities and knowledge
and, with that, their career opportunities at the company.
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