Our challenging environment requires continuous learning, openness to change, and personal growth. In such an environment, jobs are no longer for life. Therefore, employees need to prepare themselves for transitions throughout their working lives. Social sustainability to us means combining corporate and people development. Employers used to offer jobs for life in exchange for the employees’ lifelong loyalty. However, the content of this psychological contract has changed to “learning and development opportunities” in exchange for “contribution to the competitiveness of Sulzer”. From our employees we expect a high level of performance and the ability to reach their full potential in terms of customer dedication, continued improvement, and innovation. Personal rewards, both monetary and qualitative—as enhanced learning and career opportunities—are what our employees can expect in return for creating value at Sulzer.

Detailed social sustainability data (update 2007)