Social

We have a strong tradition in Johnson Matthey for the way we look after our employees, our interaction with suppliers and customers and for our good community relations. We recognise that in order to operate in a socially sustainable manner, our policies must be focused on the long term benefits to employees, suppliers, customers and communities.

Read about our Employment Policies.

Read about our Business Integrity and Ethics Policy.

Recruitment, Training, Development and Diversity

Johnson Matthey’s employees are respected as the group’s most valuable resource and play a vital role in building a sustainable business. Their skills, qualities and wellbeing underpin the company’s success.

We have effective, streamlined recruitment procedures which support the regular infusion of high calibre employees. Increasingly, we are recruiting graduates and qualified employees from beyond our traditional bases in Europe and North America as we continue to develop a more internationally diverse workforce to support our global business. In the last year, while the average number of employees fell by 2%, employee numbers in Asia increased by 12%, passing the 1,000 mark for the first time.

Alongside this we continue to offer training and development programmes at middle and senior management levels which seek to offer a broad understanding of the group's businesses, give a strong base in the company's culture and ethics and provide direct contact and networking with peers and with senior management across international boundaries.

Our aim is to retain and develop our staff. Our training and development programmes are designed to equip employees with the necessary skills to enhance their careers and to encourage involvement and interest in the group’s strategies and progress. During 2009/10 we have identified a requirement to accelerate the development of manufacturing and operations professionals within the company, and are now working to develop appropriate training programmes to support this in the coming year.

We continue to develop the management skills inventory (MSI) database as a key tool to support the international recognition and development of management talent within the group. The database is used during regular succession planning reviews to provide details of the skills and potential of all candidates and enable the identification of development opportunities for employees. The MSI database is also invaluable in the monitoring and promotion of diversity within the group. The operation and structure of the database will be reviewed in the next year to further improve the level of content and functionality.

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