On January 20, 2022, In Shanghai, Huntsman Group, the world's leading specialty chemicals company, was awarded the "Top Employer China 2022" certification by the internationally renowned third-party review body, the Top Employers Institute. The Top Employers Institute is the global authority on certification of excellence in HR practices. Top Employer certified businesses have built a better workplace for their employees over the past year through superior HR policies and practices. The certification program evaluates the talent practices of participating companies through the Human Resources Best Practices Questionnaire, covering six major areas of human resources and 20 topics. This is the third consecutive year that Huntsman Group has participated in the Top Employers Assessment in the Asia Pacific region, and has been awarded this award, which fully recognizes Huntsman's excellence in developing and developing talents at all levels and in the field of employee care.
Corporate culture cares about the growth of employees
"Honesty, integrity, respect, responsibility" – these are the values that Huntsman values that employees around the world uphold and uphold. Safety, health, environmental protection (EHS) is the strongest factor rooted in Huntsman's corporate culture, and "zero harm" is the never-ending journey of every employee. Enterprise EHS (Environmental Safety and Health) compliance not only has regular relevant training and sharing, a total of 667 hikers actively participated in the spring 2021 employee walking activities through team formation and mini program punching, and the health lectures held in the autumn were also widely popular, and a series of measures effectively protected the safety of employees and promoted the health of employees. At the same time, Huntsman's corporate culture is guided by family values, emphasizes trust and respect, and has always been extremely concerned about the personal growth of employees.
In 2021, Huntsman Shanghai Campus held a week-long career development week with the theme of "My Career is My Master", through 7 theme seminars hosted by human resources experts for 5 consecutive days to present interactive games and 12 senior executives of the company, leading employees to expand boundaries to explore their own advantages, sort out the development blueprint, and promote the potential of employees to tap and improve their capabilities. Under the theme of International Women's Day, Huntsman's special forum for female employees will conduct in-depth discussions on the theme of "Leadership in Uncertain Situations" to help every working woman discover the ability to innovate and stimulate ideological change to give more possibilities for career development.
In 2021, the shadow of the epidemic is still the same, Huntsman has adopted various ways and measures to help employees unite in the face of changes brought about by uncertainties such as the epidemic, from selecting cultural ambassadors to form a pioneer group to promote core leadership to interactive mutual assistance and self-breakthrough speech camps, to establishing interest connections and encouraging teamwork "turning waste into treasure" activities, Huntsman has always adhered to the trust and respect for employees, and provided potential employees with career development opportunities, achievement recognition and incentive mechanisms as much as possible.
Take root in the local area and cultivate new forces
"Rooted in China, serving China, talent China", localized talent selection and training, is the core concept of Huntsman's development, and among them, Huntsman attaches great importance to the cultivation of young generations in the chemical industry and future-oriented new forces.
Throughout 2021, Huntsman China provides dozens of internship positions for students in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and other places, covering R&D, technical support, marketing and other functional departments, among which Huntsman and the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Guangdong University of Technology, the internship project cooperated, for one year, can try two different functional departments, 5 working days a week full-time internship mode. Huntsman hopes to build a platform for young students to feel the actual work content in advance so that they can better find their future direction or career starting point.
Initiated by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, the 3rd College Students Chemical Creative Design Challenge in 2021, during the more than two-month preparation period and the 24-hour final final PK, the "Lithium Battery Recycling Interest Group" from Shanghai Tongji University with freshmen as the main team members stood out from 10 competition teams under the guidance and leadership of Dr. Huntsman Zheng Peijie.
Social responsibility contributes to sustainable development
Enterprises with a deep sense of social responsibility and the mission of the times are not only the main body of economic development, but also the pillar of public interest. Since entering China, Huntsman has always adhered to the concept of sustainable development, adhered to the people-oriented approach in corporate operations, and encouraged employees to actively participate in various public welfare activities through active employee education and community actions.
In September 2021, the "small bottle of big love" public welfare activity initiated by Huntsman was officially launched, in order to collect and donate empty bottles of PET plastic beverages, turn waste plastic into treasure, donate 40 tons of empty bottles and recycle them, make 500 sets of environmental protection school uniforms containing recycled polyester fibers, donate them to Guizhou BijieShan Primary School, send a warmth to the children and also root the concept of sustainable development in the hearts of every participant. Huntsman actively responds to the national "double carbon" policy, takes the initiative to assume corporate social responsibility, and vigorously supports employees to become practitioners of low-carbon green development.
For three consecutive years, Huntsman has won the "China Top Employer" for three consecutive years, with outstanding performance in the fields of talent strategy, leadership, learning and development, corporate culture, etc., Huntsman insists on building an employer brand, caring for the growth of employees, and thanking every employee for their efforts. As Jon M. Huntsman, founder and chairman of Huntsman, once said, "Our success is largely due to the efforts of our employees around the world, who have worked hard to create a sustainable future for industry and society." ”
About Huntsman
Huntsman Group is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of specialty and specialty chemicals. Revenue in 2020 is approximately USD 6 billion. The Group produces a wide range of chemicals, and our products are sold all over the world and are widely used in a variety of consumer and industrial end markets. Huntsman operates more than 70 production, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries around the world, and employs around 9,000 people in four divisions of the Group. To learn more about Huntsman, please visit the Group's website: www.huntsman.cn.