Diversity & Inclusion
For a better tomorrow
D&I Strategy at Columbus 🧡
t Columbus, we believe that diversity, equality, and inclusion are essential to driving innovation, creativity, and enabling better decision-making. We are committed to building a diverse workplace that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive for all of us. This is key to a healthy culture and to running a successful business.
Greeting your colleagues in the morning, helping each other, inviting people outside your team to meetings, coffee, and activities—these are some of the smaller things that we can do, but they will have an effect on the whole.
At Columbus, we have a global D&I team and Culture Ambassadors. The team is responsible for suggesting and implementing initiatives to promote D&I. The team members collaborate with HR, Talent Acquisition, and Management to integrate D&I into all our processes.
Directions in our D&I Strategy
Diversity Program:
We aim to enhance diversity and focus on underrepresented groups to cultivate a more inclusive workforce. For instance, we've launched WIN (Women's Inspirational Network @ Columbus) and are in the process of implementing a mentorship program.
Talent Recruitment & Development Program:
Our focus is on attracting, retaining, and developing talent to meet future needs and maintain our appeal as an employer.
Employee Engagement Program:
This program prioritizes purpose and meaningful engagement by involving employees in projects that align with both their own values and those of Columbus.
Some of our targets 🎯
- Share of males/females: 60/40 by 2027
- Implement a mentorship program for all employees
- Update recruitment training for managers with a focus on D&I (Diversity and Inclusion)
- Conduct a gender pay ratio review for all MUs by 2024
Some examples of what we have achieved so far 💫
- Implementation of a D&I Index in the annual Employee Survey (we achieved a high score!).
- Launching of a Women's Network (WIN @ Columbus).
- Implementation of a global candidate Net Promoter Score.
- D&I analysis of our global recruitment process and improvements made based on this analysis.
- Analysis of job applications to discover gaps in attraction connected to gender.
- An updated and refreshed version of our Academy Course in D&I.
Diversity and inclusion in recruitment
Our recruitment process is based on research, science and as much data as possible. We want to recruit diverse talent based on their potential and competence.
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Awareness
It all starts with the requirement profile. In our global requirement profile, we have included questions to the hiring manager about diversity and how they contribute to creating a more inclusive workplace.
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Job ads
We want our job ads to be gender-neutral, welcoming, and attractive for everyone! To ensure that we are aware of our language and avoid lengthy bullet-lists. Do you have feedback on our job-ads? Please reach out and let us know!
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Assessments & Competency based process
With logic tests, case interviews, and competency-based questions, we ensure that we hire candidates based on their potential. Competence and potential are what it's all about – not how many years you've worked or what your hobbies are.
Want to know more?
Have a look at the links below to discover more about our initiatives, programs, and stories of the individuals who shape our company.