We are committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all of our employees. Our policies, actions and targets address our IRO on health and safety, specifically covering the negative impact as a result of work-related accidents at our major manufacturing sites. We do not have a global health and safety policy, however all GN’s manufacturing sites have locally anchored health and safety (H&S) groups and/or more global-oriented Health, Safety, & Environment (HSE) committees.

At the end of the reporting period, the total employee headcount is 8,145 employees. The gender distribution is balanced with 4,098 males, 3,969 females (12 workers who identify as non-binary and 66 workers where gender data is missing). The majority of the workforce (7,265 employees) are on permanent contracts, with 643 of these employees being non-guaranteed hours workers. In addition, GN has 880 employees on temporary contracts. The temporary workers, who make up 10.8% of the total employees, are crucial for managing operational peaks and lows. Notably, 64% of these workers are in the Operations function, often due to legal requirements or local market practices at production sites. The total employee turnover during 2024 was 1,234 employees, resulting in a turnover rate of 15.2%.