Diversity at Dr. Oetker

We create space for different perspectives. Through regular communication, we raise awareness and encourage understanding across our organization. Open dialogue formats, communities, and engagement initiatives continuously share knowledge and create opportunities for people to exchange perspectives and experiences, from global initiatives such as International Women's Day and Pride Month to local partnerships like our collaboration with the Arminia Women’s team.

We are scrutinizing and optimizing our status quo step by step - through training on unconscious thought patterns, through the compliance hotline as a confidential reporting channel for all employees, and through an honest look at our own numbers.

Guided by the principle of DEI by Design, we focus on the processes that shape culture - hiring, leadership, collaboration, and development. With our Culture Activation Toolkits, teams can specifically strengthen psychological safety in their day-to-day work: the ability to speak openly, ask questions, and address mistakes. We start where the impact is greatest and build on that step by step.

To ensure this, we have set up easily accessible and strictly monitored complaint procedures and review and reinforce them where they are already in place.

At 24 production sites worldwide, we have introduced and implemented a standardized occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system based on the internationally recognized ISO 45001 standard. With the successful implementation at these sites, we reached an important milestone in this global project by the end of 2025.

To continuously improve occupational safety and health at our sites, we rely not only on the expertise of our on-site specialists but, in particular, on the coordinated participation and collaboration of all company divisions. ⁠Key elements include establishing a global occupational safety and health policy; systematically identifying hazards and reducing or eliminating them; defining and continuously evaluating occupational safety and health objectives; identifying measures for continuous improvement; involving management in the direction and evaluation of the system; and conducting internal audits for monitoring and further development.

In the next step, we will expand the occupational safety and health management system to additional locations.

So that our employees worldwide can meet the basic needs of their families, we guarantee fair wages, and we regularly carry out country-specific comparisons at the international Dr. Oetker locations and adjust them accordingly.

We follow the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” adopted by the United Nations in 1948 with the principle of fair wages.