50
courses for managers and safety representatives.
During the year, we joined forces with Dalénium
and Falköping Municipality to run a summer course
for girls interested in STEM subjects in order to offer
more girls the chance to try out STEM professions and
learn more about future STEM jobs and training paths.
Kinnarps also conducts an annual pay survey
to ensure there are no unfair gender pay differences.
We work with skills-based recruiting and other initia-
tives to ensure a more even gender balance and to
give employees the opportunity to develop their skills.
SKILLS With the right skills, we create security and
motivation among our colleagues, as well as the
ability to perform their tasks effectively. We work
with controlled skills development to ensure each
employee has the skills to match their job description,
and to enable us to meet the requirements and needs
of our business. Once a year, all employees should
have a performance appraisal with their manager to
identify any skills needs etc. The implementation of
skills-enhancing activities can take place via physical
training, apprenticeship, digital training via webinars,
e-learning, nano-learning or self-directed learning.
Since 1980, Kinnarps has collaborated with Falköping
Municipality to run a business-based upper second-
ary education programme in the form of an industry
programme. Every year, we have the opportunity to
receive 16 students with the aim of training competent
and technically skilled individuals with a good feel
for wood as a material. These students form a good
recruitment base for the wood industry, both for
Kinnarps and for other industry operators in our region.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY We work
systematically with health and safety at our units,
and all production units within the Group now have
ISO 45001 health & safety certification. We carry
out risk assessments and inspections to prevent
accidents and near-accidents. Our greatest risks are
related to falling objects, crushing injuries and falls
from tripping or slipping, as well as stress during
work peaks. We systematically record and investigate
accidents and near-accidents, and implement
measures to ensure that the incident does not happen
again. During the year, we’ve focused on activities
such as information and awareness-raising in order
to reduce incidents with sharp objects related to our
sewing in Skillingaryd. The result for the year shows
that the number of incidents has fallen sharply. During
the year, we’ve also focused on raising awareness of
the importance of reporting all incidents. Since 2022,
our definition of incidents has been adjusted, so that
even minor incidents are classified as accidents. We
are therefore also seeing an increase in the number
of accidents in the statistics from 2022. Incidents
occur primarily in our production units, where relatively
large amounts of material are handled manually. Our
health and safety work is carried out in collaboration
with the health and safety organisation.
Kinnarps has a collaboration plan that outlines how
Kinnarps works to ensure consultation and participa-
tion with employees and/or employee representatives
in the health and safety area. Collaboration takes
place, for example, via a working environment collabo-
ration meeting, working environment committee
and risk assessments.
UNDER 30
30-50
OVER 50
TOTAL
Sweden
141
535
593
1269
Germany
26
26
57
Norway
73
68
146
France
13
61
33
107
Poland
53
11
69
UK
20
29
Denmark
17
25
42
Belgium
14
20
41
Switzerland
27
31
Hungary
13
14
TOTAL
186
845
774
1805
AGE: