D&I is essential to our success
View the video where managers and employees from Skanska Sweden explain why D&I is important to Skanska Sweden's success.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to be a diverse and inclusive organization. An inclusive culture is characterized by openness, fairness, trust and respect and is vital to attract and retain skilled employees, as well as building high performing teams.
Our approach
We are committed to attract and develop a diverse workforce and provide inclusive workplaces where all people – regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other diversity strands and backgrounds – feels a sense of belonging. We are determined to creating spaces where everyone feels that they can contribute and be proud of working for Skanska. Ensuring an inclusive workplace is crucial to our ability to recruit and retain a diverse talent pool, well-equipped to understand and leverage our increasingly diverse customer base, as well as emerging trends in the marketplace.
Performance
Skanska tracks D&I performance both on Group and Business Unit level. Inclusion is primarily tracked via engagement survey results. There are three questions with an explicit focus inclusion. Over the last couple of years, the positive share of responses has increased significantly indicating that the inclusive culture has become even stronger. In addition to tracking total result and development over time (trend) Skanska tracks gaps between different groups, as well as comparing the overall result with general industry norm (benchmark).
In terms of diversity, gender representation on different levels is being tracked both on Group level as well as Business Unit level. Worth noting is that Business Units may have additional diversity focus apart from gender, depending on local demographic and legal requirements. For instance, do Business Units in the US, UK and Sweden all track ethnicity.
Engineering, the possibility to make a difference
International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness day hosted each year to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in an exciting industry.
