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Our social pledge is to uplift vulnerable children living in poverty. We actively support their education, ensuring a brighter future. By prioritising human rights, fair labour practices, and responsible supply chains, we aim to make a positive impact on society, fostering a more inclusive and equitable world.

As a global company we are proud to be a diverse and dynamic workplace for our employees.

We employ hundreds of people in a variety of functions and departments. We are determined to provide equal development opportunities for all employees to enable their advancement within the organisation.


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Adaptations to new ways of working

At X-Press Feeders, we actively encourage all employees to maintain a healthy work life balance, taking proactive steps to ensure our employees achieve that balance. This has become particularly important throughout 2020 to 2022, as our employees continued to navigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions, both in their personal and work lives. Hybrid working polices continued to be developed and updated as we responded to the unique situations across our regions of operations. Where the work schedule allowed, employees were also allowed to travel back to their home country to be with their family, working remotely for extended periods of time.

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Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Non-Discrimination

As a global company, X-Press Feeders actively support a diverse and inclusive workplace. Females represent 47% of our workforce, a slight decrease from 49% in 2020. The proportion of females in our management team stood at 33% in 2021, up from 30% in 2020.

We believe that an individual’s potential should not be hindered by forced circumstances. To achieve this, we hire individuals from all backgrounds regardless of their race, culture, physical disability, sexual orientation, religious and political beliefs. Diversity and fair employment statements were updated within our company-wide compliance policy and a separate non-discrimination and anti-harassment policy was developed and published in 2020, both are applied across our organization.

An anonymous whistle blowing channel is available for reporting any concerns which our employees have with regards to the adherence to these policies.

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Occupational health and safety

The health and safety of our employees is our absolute priority. We believe all our employees have the right to be safe at work, on or offshore. We have internal guidelines, policies and procedures in place, which provide the framework for health and safety management within the company. Our operations are also regularly reviewed by our internal and external audit system to ensure that we are in compliance with industry standards and regulations.

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Human rights and labour practices

X-Press Feeders adopts a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of modern slavery and is fully committed to implementing and maintaining systems to combat it. We comply in full with our obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and as part of this process we carry out ongoing reviews of our business and operations processes to identify, address and eliminate potential risk areas.

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Training and development

Our employee development is of high importance to our business. We recognise that the right technical skills are paramount to safe and efficient operations, and personal development and leadership development motivates our employees and improves retention. Besides standard classroom training, we offer customized workshops and executive coaching, tailoring each course to the specific needs of each employee.

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Compensation and Benefits

At X-Press Feeders, employees are our most valuable assets, hence we strive to be an attractive and competitive employer. As a minimum, we pay according to fair market rates in all regions of operations. We regularly conduct benchmarking exercises to ensure our employees are paid appropriately and competitively. Annual bonuses are also paid to employees, depending on individual and company performance. In addition, a long service award is provided following ten years of employment, then in five increments going forward. Annual leave is also incrementally increased in reflection of each employee’s length of service.