In 2024, Ørsted navigated a rapidly evolving industry landscape, necessitating organisational adjustments, including redundancies, to maintain our competitive edge. While both satisfaction and motivation levels as well as voluntary turnover remain healthy compared to industry benchmarks, the changes have had a noticeable impact on employee satisfaction and motivation and our voluntary turnover trend. This poses a short-term risk of increased voluntary turnover and lower morale, satisfaction, and heightened stress. To address these challenges, we are focused on our internal communication and change management, strengthening our focus on good leadership and mental health and reaffirming our commitment to transparency and the well-being of our workforce. Our commitment to upholding human rights is outlined in our 'Sustainability commitment', 'Global human rights policy', 'Global labour and employment rights policy', 'Stakeholder engagement policy', and 'Just transition policy'.

We have a 'Global bullying, harassment, and discrimination policy', supplemented by country-specific guidelines, which often include mandatory training. Furthermore, to support its implementation, we have both a global employee guide and a global people leader guide on how to create an inclusive culture, which outline proactive measures to prevent bullying, discrimination, and harassment. The policy covers a potential situation where an employee feels subject to bullying, discrimination, or harassment from another employee. This policy also covers experiences that an employee has with an external consultant working under Ørsted supervision. The policy describes acts of bullying, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace and incorporates awareness by integrating and monitoring the gender balance of major talent processes, such as promotions, new hires, and redundancies.