Essentra

Our fifth category winner for our Make It Work Awards is our award for "We drive a sustainable culture", recognising someone who works closely with customers, suppliers or colleagues to help build a sustainable future. The winner was Orapin Engthep, our HSE Manager at our Rayong site. Orapin has continued to achieve a leading HSE performance at Rayong. She went above and beyond to implement the solar panel project, delivering on time and without incident whilst ensuring the highest standards of HSE adherence. She drives the safety culture in plant by focusing on employee engagement and her site achieved on Zero Waste To Landfill in 2022. Congratulations Orapin!

International Men's Day is celebrated worldwide on 19 November. The theme for 2024 is "Positive Male Role Models".   At Essentra, we are marking International Men's Day with events at our global sites inviting colleagues to come together and have conversations to raise awareness of men's wellbeing and share the things they do to prioritise their mental health. During the month, we are also encouraging colleagues to take an hour to do something to support their mental wellbeing.   Many of our colleagues are taking part in Movember, growing moustaches during November to raise awareness of men's health and fundraise for the charity.

Our fourth category winner for our Make It Work Awards is our award for "We care about our customers", recognising someone who goes above and beyond to make it work for our customers. The winner was Jeff Farrelly, our Regional Sales Manager based in Canada. Jeff prioritises customer needs at Essentra, taking proactive steps within his power to enhance the customer experience. He shows great dedication to the timely resolution of customer concerns and nominations expressed the common themes of always providing a positive customer experience , showing efficient response to customers and going the extra mile. Congratulations Jeff!

We believe in being transparent about our sustainability journey, progress and challenges. We have disclosed our data to CDP annually since 2011, to meet the needs of our customers who request this information and to help us identify areas for improvement.

Our third category winner for our Make It Work Awards is our award for "We care about each other", recognising someone who shares knowledge and gives support without expectiing something in return. The winner was Doug Smith, our Customer Service Representative based in Canada. Doug received a number of nominations from colleagues and was recognised for always being willing to pass on knowledge and help others to grow. His vibrant attitude fosters a great working environment, and he is actively there for colleagues. Doug is in his 35th year at Essentra and is still always the first to arrive & the last to leave driven by a desire to help all teams succeed. Congratulations Doug!

Wishing all our customers and colleagues a Happy Diwali.   May this Diwali bring light and prosperity to you and your families.

This October, we are celebrating Black History Month at Essentra with the theme “Breaking Bias”. At Essentra, we are committed to creating a safe and supportive work environment that champions equality and celebrates diversity – this is embedded into the ‘Culture’ pillar of our ESG strategy. We have planned events and content throughout the month and encourage our colleagues to ‘Break Bias’, 'Make Equality Work' and 'Be Inclusive' this October, and beyond. Although traditionally celebrated in October in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, and in February in the US & Canada, we are running each event globally. This means we get the opportunity to celebrate this important event twice.

We are marking Recycle Week at Essentra this week and have a range of events going on at our global sites, including sharing best practice on waste reduction, a sustainability quiz and our global sustainability townhalls. As a business, we aim to be zero waste to landfill across our operations, as well as minimising the waste we generate across the product lifecycle. We have committed to reduce overall waste intensity by 50% by 2030, compared to 2019, and for all sites to achieve zero waste to landfill by 2030 at the latest. In 2023, across our operations 94% of our waste was diverted from landfill and our waste intensity has reduced 28% compared to 2019. We have also committed to have 50% recycled content in our packaging materials by 2030 and support a circular economy by ensuring 100% of our packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2030. Currently we have 28% recycled content in our packaging and 58% of our packaging is reusable, widely recyclable or compostable. Find out more in the ESG section of our annual report - https://lnkd.in/dQyfVZ2e

Our Make It Work Awards celebration continues with our next award category for "We deliver", recognising someone who embraces change, challenges the status quo and drives innovation through continuous improvement. The winner was Christoph Mühlenbeck, our Innovative Project Lead based in Germany.  Christoph creates innovative ideas and develops global campaigns with his best practices. He demonstrates everyday energy to improve our customer service and creates solutions to deliver a hassle free customer experience.   We congratulate Christoph once again for his Make It Work Award!

As part of recognising our colleagues, each year we hold our company-wide Make It Work Awards celebrations. Each award represents one of our values at Essentra and employees are encouraged to nominate colleagues and teams who have gone above and beyond. This year we had over 600 nominations across the 6 categories and we celebrated our winners with global site celebrations earlier in the year. We'll be introducing them over the coming weeks. First up our award category for "We champion equality and celebrate diversity", recognising someone who creates a safe and supportive work environment that champions equality and celebrates diversity, and utilises our differences to deliver positive results. The winner was Amie Green, leader of our internal LGBTQ+ network, SPECTRUM, and Senior SEO Executive, based in the UK. Amie is the driving force behind our annual Pride celebrations and creates a safe, supportive and inclusive work environment for her peers through the SPECTRUM network year-round. Through this work, she has touched many people who have shared videos and messages showing their support and appreciation for these campaigns. We congratulate Amie once again for her Make It Work Award!