BLG LOGISTICS is multifaceted and diverse: We employ people from over 100 different countries. They each bring their own backgrounds, experiences and skills to the table, and contribute to the diversity and strength of our company. We therefore advocate respectful collaboration – both within and outside the company. Every single employee, regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation or qualifications, has equal opportunities for personal growth. We believe in allowing each and every person to develop individually and focus on the people behind the job titles.
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South Africa |
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9,295 employees (♀ = 27.3%) |
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210 employees (♀ = 33.3%) |
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580 employees (♀ = 26.0%) |
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51 employees (♀ = 33.3%) |
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Share of age groups in % |
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White-collar employees |
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<30 years |
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16.7 |
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59.3 |
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40.7 |
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15.0 |
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66.7 |
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33.3 |
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11.6 |
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57.1 |
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42.9 |
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14.8 |
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75.0 |
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25.0 |
30-50 years |
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50.4 |
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59.0 |
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41.0 |
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70.0 |
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71.4 |
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28.6 |
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64.5 |
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60.3 |
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39.7 |
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55.6 |
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20.0 |
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80.0 |
>50 years |
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32.8 |
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62.9 |
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37.1 |
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15.0 |
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66.7 |
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33.3 |
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24.0 |
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79.3 |
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20.7 |
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29.6 |
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50.0 |
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50.0 |
Blue-collar workers |
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<30 years |
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9.5 |
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72.8 |
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27.2 |
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34.2 |
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73.8 |
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26.2 |
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13.1 |
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56.7 |
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43.3 |
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4.2 |
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100 |
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0 |
30-50 years |
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46.9 |
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77.8 |
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22.2 |
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48.9 |
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61.3 |
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38.7 |
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70.4 |
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78.0 |
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22.0 |
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45.8 |
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100 |
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>50 years |
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43.6 |
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75.9 |
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24.1 |
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16.8 |
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65.6 |
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34.4 |
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16.6 |
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85.5 |
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14.5 |
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50.0 |
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100 |
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0 |
Diversity for a strong BLG
The strategic management of diversity within the company is a central task of our Human Resources department. Our HR colleagues advise both the Board of Management and the entire workforce on issues relating to this topic and once a year prepare a diversity management scorecard for the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board.
The basis for all activities in this area is our diversity concept, which covers the entire workforce and sets the tone for our corporate and leadership culture. The concept is based on our Code of Conduct, a number of in-house agreements and our commitment to the Charter of Diversity, the principles of which we signed up to in 2016, thereby pledging to promote diversity and equal opportunities at the workplace. www.charta-der-vielfalt.de/en
As an integral part of our corporate culture, the diversity concept is anchored at all levels of the company and serves as the basis for our corporate decision-making, for example in the areas of recruitment and training measures. Since 2016, we have also been a member of the awards association “Trägergemeinschaft Bremer Diversity Preis” and in this role help advocate diversity beyond our corporate boundaries.
Logistics is becoming more female
Women are still underrepresented in the logistics industry. To bring about change, BLG LOGISTICS actively champions more women both in operational roles and in management positions. In the spirit of equal opportunities for all, our initiatives and development programs are aimed at all genders. They encompass vocational training right up to our management trainee program for university graduates. The aim behind this is to enable our female employees to gain management experience from an early stage and support them in taking up senior positions.
A key component of our “Equal Opportunities” training initiative is the “Women in Management” program founded in 2017. The program imparts theoretical and practical knowledge in areas such as personal leadership, personality development and self-marketing, and offers interested participants the possibility to take part in a tandem exchange with experienced managers. The program’s success was recognized at the “Logistics is female” award ceremony in 2023 by the Logistik Initiative Bayern and the Bavarian Ministry of Transport with the “Strategy is female” award. The award honors companies that have demonstrated exemplary commitment to gender-sensitive issues. BLG impressed the judges in this category among other things with a 40 percent proportion of women at Board of Management level and targeted programs to develop female employees for qualification and leadership roles.
Our Board of Management is setting a good example in promoting equal opportunities, as the five-member body has two female representatives in Ulrike Riedel and Christine Hein. This puts BLG AG in the top group of listed companies in Germany in terms of the proportion of women in senior management and supervisory board positions. With this, we are sending a strong signal both outside and inside the company and hope to encourage female employees at BLG to grasp their opportunities. The proportion of women in the overall workforce is 27.3 percent in Germany (27.4 percent worldwide), which is a slight decrease on the previous year. The proportion of women on management levels (ML) 0-3 fell slightly from 26.7 to 26.3 percent. When making appointments to the Supervisory Board, we comply with the statutory regulations regarding the gender quota.
Proportion of women in management levels (ML*)
Basis: Germany 9,295 employees (status as of: 12/31/2023) in %
In a bid to increase the proportion of women at management level over the long term, BLG LOGISTICS set itself the target in the reporting year to achieve an average proportion of women in management levels 0-3 of at least 30 percent by 2025.
Individual promotion for better integration
We believe in success through individual integration measures tailored to the needs of our employees. For example, we offer part-time training programs that give young parents as well as people caring for their relatives the possibility to combine work and family. In addition, we offer in-house language courses that equip employees who are not proficient in German with the basic skills they need to do their job and to communicate with their superiors and colleagues. To attract new employees to BLG and at the same time give young people long-term prospects for the future, we for example support young people in taking their first steps into the regular labor market through internships, entry-level qualifications and apprenticeships. One example of this is our “Training through Work” program, which was again continued last year. In 2023, BLG LOGISTICS also participated for the first time as a practical partner in the “Fit for Logistics” project. In cooperation with ma-co maritimes competenzcentrum GmbH and the Bremen Chamber of Commerce – IHK for Bremen and Bremerhaven, the BLG Group supports refugees from Ukraine with targeted measures to help them enter the logistics industry and thus offers them concrete job prospects.