WELLBEING AT EVERY LEVEL
Wellbeing
Recent global crises have underscored the need to rethink wellbeing, including in the workplace. We take a holistic perspective that sees the physical, mental, and social aspects as inextricably linked.
Growing complexity in global environments and shifting societal expectations have underscored the importance of rethinking wellbeing. At Henkel, we are committed to creating a work environment where health, safety, and wellbeing are firmly anchored in our culture.
Occupational safety within our Company and along our value chain is a top priority for Henkel. We remain focused on improving our occupational safety by building a proactive SHE culture. To achieve this, we invest in training, raise awareness, and strengthen technical safety standards.
Our approach to health and wellbeing has been evolving beyond physical safety to increasingly integrate mental and social wellbeing. Based on employee feedback on health needs and workplace wellbeing, we create action plans with a holistic focus on physical health, mental health, and resilience. This reflects growing awareness of psychosocial risks, changing work patterns, and the need to support people’s overall health in a sustainable way.
At the same time, we are broadening our scope to address the livelihoods of vulnerable workers and communities within our value chain. We recognize that wellbeing risks and opportunities extend across sectors, geographies, and downstream impacts linked to our products. Going forward, we will continue to evolve into an approach that embeds care, responsibility, and wellbeing into everyday decision-making at all levels of the organization.
Commitments
Our partnership with Solidaridad
Improving Livelihoods together
Henkel’s longstanding partnership with the civil society organization Solidaridad plays a central role in advancing a more sustainable palm and palm kernel oil sector. Since 2013, this collaboration has supported smallholder farmers across countries such as Colombia, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Nigeria. Together, Henkel and Solidaridad provide training in responsible agricultural practices – from climate-friendly agriculture to social forestry – while engaging local authorities, forest managers and communities to strengthen sustainable land use.
Beyond working with smallholder farmers, Henkel employees also take part in field visits organized by Solidaridad, gaining first-hand insights into the daily realities, challenges and perspectives of workers along the value chain. In November 2025, Henkel and Solidaridad agreed on a 2025+ strategy. The overall ambition of this partnership is to create value for smallholder farmers while driving progress toward sustainable supply chains and making a positive contribution to nature and climate.
Strengthening wellbeing
Understanding the role that the workplace plays in determining our wellbeing is increasingly important. In order to create an optimal work environment that fosters creativity and supports resilience, we design our workplaces to better meet the needs of our employees. In particular, we focus on mental health measures while implementing our wellbeing strategy.
We also recognize the benefits of digital tools in promoting employee wellbeing. As our knowledge and understanding of employee wellbeing continues to grow, we remain committed to a holistic approach to integrating wellbeing into our corporate culture, based on our Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Standards.
Occupational health protection and promotion
At Henkel, we support the health of our employees by building an agile, high-performance organization. The Henkel health procedure sets minimum global requirements for health protection and promotion, which are implemented locally through regional health management and onsite medical expertise. Regular exchange formats help align strategies worldwide and strengthen collaboration among our health team. Our global health campaign offers a common framework for health promotion to employees, strengthening awareness and supporting healthier behaviors.
Our services aim to contribute to employee wellbeing by protecting physical and mental health. We apply consistent, risk-based health and wellbeing principles to support prevention, early detection and resilience. This includes tailored risk assessments aligned with specific workplace hazards across our sites. We conduct health screenings to address biological, chemical and physical hazards as well as assessing psychological risks such as those related to night shifts. Medical emergency preparedness is in place across sites to ensure timely and effective response to health incidents.
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