Employee Engagement and Well-being

Employee engagement and well-being

• Global employee survey: Employee Voices 
• Offering flexible working arrangements
• Continuous care to employees in need during the Covid-19 resurgence

BASF is committed to fostering a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace to ensure that the well-being and needs of our employees are taken good care of.

In 2022, BASF conducted its annual global employee survey, “Employee Voices”, aiming to listen to employees and formulate actions to improve the working environment. With the survey, Employee Voices measures and tracks the status of the engagement level as well as key influencing factors like work atmosphere, development & recognition, effectiveness, change readiness, purpose & mission, and customer focus. 

To support the diverse needs of our employees in China, flexible working arrangements have become an important element in the workplace. BASF employees are empowered to enjoy flexibility in their working hours and workplace settings, while maintaining a strong sense of personal accountability for delivering results. This approach enables employees to benefit from improved work-life management while keeping the company’s high performance standards. Having proven their value during the COVID-19 pandemic, our flexible working arrangements will remain a strategic element, enabling BASF to stand out as a future-ready employer of choice.

At BASF, caring about the well-being of our employees is our utmost priority. The outbreak of local COVID-19 cases in China in 2022 impacted many employees in their life and work. To support our employees and their families in need, BASF arranged urgent deliveries such as daily necessities, medicine, and other goods to them.

Cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace

• Progress made in promoting gender equality in the workplace
• Fostering a diversified workforce

At BASF, we value workplace diversity and gender equality, counting them as vital to achieving long-term success. We are committed to increasing the proportion of women in leadership roles to 30% globally by 2030. We have achieved a significant progress toward this goal. In the BASF Group, the global proportion of female leaders with disciplinary responsibility was 27.2% at the end of 2022 (2021: 25.6%). In Greater China, the proportion of female leaders with disciplinary responsibility was 29.3% at the end of 2022 (2021: 28.5%).

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees, regardless of gender, age, and nationality. In 2022, 27.1% of BASF employees in Greater China were female (2021: 26.9%). The most substantial proportion (53%) of employees at BASF in Greater China was in the range of 26 to 39 years old.