At the heart of any great business are the people who work in it. Our people strategy is centred around talented people doing great things for customers and each other.
We want to be the best place to work for our employees and we value the expertise, dedication, adaptability, flexibility and commitment of everyone who works with us as one amazing team.
Pennon is pleased to be a Living Wage Foundation employer and is committed to exceeding the government national minimum / living wage pay rates and paying employees appropriately for their high-quality work and service to customers.
We have a strong commitment to invest in the development of our employees and to build and recognise talent across the Group. Training and development are available for employees at all levels within the Group and all are actively encouraged to participate. Our aim is to increase productivity, job satisfaction and safety, and to equip the next generation of leaders and employees with appropriate knowledge, skills and the competencies they need to thrive.
As a business we joined the 5% Club, an organisation with over 1,000 members that aims to address the issue of poverty arising from high youth unemployment and a shortage of the right skills for the workplace of today and tomorrow. We are delighted to be the only water company that has been awarded Platinum Membership status of the 5% Club as we have around 10% of our employees undertaking apprenticeships or on a formal structured graduate programme.
Pennon Group is heavily investing in developing young talent through apprenticeships, graduate programs, and work placements. The Group has doubled its commitment in this area, setting targets to support 1,000 apprentices, 200 graduates, and offer 5,000 work placements for young people by 2030. Achieving Platinum status demonstrates our long-term commitment to investing in structured apprenticeship and graduate programmes for our employees.
Read more information on our Employee metrics in our ESG Databook