Our people performance

Our employees and their knowledge are Yara’s greatest asset. We want to build a culture of engagement, entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion to ensure that Yara is well positioned to tackle the challenges ahead of us.

≈ 17500

Employees

Engagement index

75 %

Diversity and inclusion index

How we work

Because people are our greatest asset, we work hard to attract and develop a highly skilled, diverse, and motivated workforce around the world.

Through best-in-class safety programs and performance, we keep employees physically safe, and through a focus on work-life balance and mental health, we keep employees psychologically safe.

Targeted programs help us to develop a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment, benefitting our business by making employees feel safe to speak up, representing multiple perspectives and making our business adaptable to a fast-moving environment.

Surveys consistently show that our employees are proud of working at Yara, that they are engaged, and that they would recommend Yara as an employer. We rely on their motivation to successfully drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement. Their continued engagement is critical as we set out to build a culture of entrepreneurship and agility.

In addition to developing our employees to help the company deliver on its strategy, we work to improve the communities where we operate. Yara has made a commitment to respecting internationally recognized human and labor rights throughout our own operations, as well as in our supply chain – not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes business sense. Respecting human rights is fundamental to sound risk management and Yara’s value creation.

How we performed in 2022

People performance

Our people are our greatest asset. Their knowledge help to feed 200 million people.

Yara KPI	Measure	2023	2025 Target
Strive towards zero accidents	TRI	1.1	<1.0
Engagement index¹⁾	Index	77	Top quartile
Diversity and inclusion index¹⁾	Index	75	Top quartile
Female senior managers²⁾	%	32	40

¹⁾ Measured annually
²⁾Status at year-end

More on how we work for and with people

Women in Agronomy

To increase the percentage of female agronomists in the company, Yara is addressing the hurdles women face in the field through the Women in Agronomy program.

Black Talent Initiative

The business case for diversity has never been stronger but to reap its benefits we also need equity and inclusion. In 2021, Yara’s Black Talent Initiative embarked on the road to eliminating racial discrimination and making Yara a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

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Our material topics

	Occupational and process safety Keeping all our employees, contractors and neighbouring communities safe and minimally exposed to risks generated by our processes.
	People, Culture, and Leadership Developing and retaining the skills, talent, and culture needed to deliver our strategy and realize our vision.
	Diversity, equity and inclusion Building a diverse and inclusive working environment and ensuring fair treatment and equitable opportunities for all employees.
	Human rights and labour practices Respecting internationally recognized human rights along with all relevant labor rights throughout our operations and supply chain and maintaining good and constructive relations with our employees and their organizations.
	Health and well-being at work Maintaining a healthy workplace to protect and promote the health and well-being of employees considering both their physical and psychosocial work environment.
	Security, Emergency, and Data Privacy Protecting our people, environment, assets, and reputation from internal and external threats and potential emergencies.
	Product safety Taking proper care of our products’ compliance, quality, safety, and environmental footprint throughout the entire value chain.