Crucell corporate brochure (PDF)

Crucell’s commitment to the world – Taking responsibility
People
Crucell is committed to conducting business with integrity, in a way
that respects the rights and needs of our large network of stakeholders,
inside and outside the company. As a company dedicated to bringing
innovation to global health, we recognize the importance of creating
a working environment that attracts and retains talented people
and fosters their ongoing development.
In this section we describe what Crucell is doing to live up to its
responsibilities towards people, focusing on three main themes:
being a responsible employer, health and safety, and good
business conduct.
Crucell’s VP Global Human Resources has taken on ownership of
the ‘People’ category within the CSR policy framework. He has driven
Crucell’s efforts to improve CSR performance and reporting in the
area of people and organization during 2010. In consultation with
the Management Board, the CSR Working Group has refined and
expanded the initial set of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the
People category (see table 3) and formulated qualitative targets
corresponding to these indicators.
Thanks to efforts from Crucell employees worldwide, the ambition
to collect relevant People KPI data from all parts of the organization
was achieved in 2010, giving us a better overview of our global
organization and a baseline to evaluate further progress.
Being a responsible employer
Crucell can only fulfill its mission through the concerted efforts of the
people making up our global organization. With their creativity, passion
and drive, Crucell employees make a difference that matters—especially
to the millions of individuals who lead healthy and productive lives
because of the innovative products we deliver. Taking the best possible
care of Crucell’s employees is therefore a responsibility with wide
implications, and one we embrace.
1 Excluding insourced staff in China.
In line with Crucell’s growing ambitions, recruitment was a high priority
over the past year. We are determined to accelerate our pipeline programs
in order to bring new products to market faster, thereby increasing our
impact on global health. The total workforce expanded to 1398 1 in 2010,
representing a 12% increase from 2009. Most of the new employees
are based in the Netherlands and Switzerland, where Crucell’s research
and development (R&D) activities are located. Crucell remains an
organization of relatively young people, with the average employee
age being 40.
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