We continue to make significant improvement
in the Health and Safety management of our
employees. We enlarged our provision of
(preventive) medicine for diseases such as
malaria and HIV/Aids. We continue to work on
and improve our policy of listening to employees
and to be a place where our employees can fulfil
their career ambitions. Increasingly, we approach
this interaction more structurally, not only via
regular performance dialogues, but also with
employee engagement surveys among large
parts of our staff.
In 2006 the average number of employees
(not pro rata) increased from 64,305 to 65,648.
Geographical distribution of personnel
In numbers (not pro rata)
Western Europe
16,395
(of which in the Netherlands)
4,315
Central and Eastern Europe
25,281
Americas
6,108
Africa and the Middle East
12,163
Asia Pacific
5,701
