Diversity

As an international company, we are proud, and see it as one of our strengths, to bring people of different cultures and backgrounds together in effective teams. This expands our horizon and the valuable intercultural experiences become part of our customer solutions.
Equality is expressly mentioned in our Code of Conduct as well as in the ALTANA vision. In general, we follow the principle of “same work, same pay.”

ALTANA makes efforts throughout the Group to increase the share of women at the executive level and to attract more employees from different national and cultural backgrounds. The more diverse the backgrounds and experiences, characters and biographies of our employees, the more a globally operating company such as ALTANA can benefit from employee qualities that go beyond professional qualification.

In this regard, the short-term or long-term transfer of employees to other sites is of great importance, since such assignments promote intercultural exchange. We plan to introduce a new guideline with standardized conditions and processes in 2011 that ensures the equal treatment of all employees for international assignments.