• Despite all the uncertainties and challenges in 2022, Volkswagen Group scored beyond the benchmark in all 20 audited topics.

• Jens Pfitzinger: “This award recognizes the excellence of our company and the outstanding performance we have achieved in all HR areas. I would like to thank every colleague for your continuous excellence in work performance, dedication to the company and united team spirit.”

• To embrace transformation and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the Group took strong initiatives to promote sustainability, enhance communication among employees and the management and establish a diversified and open culture.

  
  

[Beijing, January 17, 2023] Volkswagen Group China has been certified as a China Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute for the ninth consecutive year. The Group was recognized as one of the Top 3 Performers among all 139 certified Top Employers. Despite all the uncertainties and challenges in 2022, the Group surpassed benchmarks in all 20 audited topics and received 100% positive feedback in 15 topics, including leadership, diversity & inclusion and sustainability.

Volkswagen Group China awarded China Top Employer for the ninth consecutive year, as one of the Top 3 Performers

“Receiving the China Top Employer 2023 certification, and especially being ranked as one of the Top 3 Performers, recognizes the excellence of our company and its impact towards our people’s practices across all HR aspects in 2022,” said Jens Pfitzinger, Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group China, responsible for Human Resources, Organization & ITP. “Outstanding performance in all areas is what sustains the whole organization’s transformation. I would like to thank every colleague for your continuous excellence in work performance, dedication to the company and united team spirit.”

Jens Pfitzinger, Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group China, responsible for Human Resources, Organization & ITP

Following Volkswagen Group’s strong push for e-mobility and the target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, Volkswagen Group China has been consistently promoting sustainable development as one of the Group’s priorities. Since 2021, it has carried out a diversified series of cultural initiatives with the aim of raising employees’ awareness of sustainability. The Group initiated the annual CSR Week to keep employees up to date on its CSR strategies, goals and project progress, significantly boosting employee participation.

Diversified and open company culture is also one of the core values that support Volkswagen Group China’s development. In the last three years, the Group has continuously increased the proportion of local employees and female employees in management positions, while promoting the career development of female employees. The company also established the “Open Together” program to reduce the distance between management and employees.

At a time of transformation, equipping employees with the best, future-oriented skillset and continuing to enhance communications among employees and management is of utmost importance, even during the challenging pandemic time. Throughout the year, Volkswagen Group China has provided employees with various training programs on topics ranging from digital transformation, managing complexity and ambiguity in a digital business environment, to leading on a remote basis. Its star program V-Talk has become a powerful platform to facilitate internal knowledge sharing, synergize business updates, and enhance understanding between employees and the management.

The Top Employers Institute is the global authority that recognizes excellence in people practices. It certifies organizations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practice Survey. The survey covers 6 HR domains consisting of 20 topics along with 350 questions, from people strategy to working environment.

Source：Volkswagen Group China