A growing economy is necessary to improve living conditions for the majority of the population and to combat poverty. However, the increase in prosperity must be made ecologically and socially sustainable. Sustainable Development Goal 8 is dedicated to this area of tension. The following applies to companies: By creating good jobs, as many people as possible can benefit from economic growth. Decent work and full employment should be achieved for all. Equal opportunities are also a core element here.
Good to know
Work safety as the highest goal
The EGGER Group pursues “Vision Zero”, meaning that no more workplace accidents occur.
Long-term progress
We offer long-term development opportunities for employees who want to grow with us. On average, the staff across our Group have worked for more than 10 years with us.
Young professionals
Many careers with us begin directly after graduation: In the 2025/2026 financial year, we were able to offer 523 apprentices long-term development perspectives and a workplace with a future .
Our commitments
For us, it is clear: employees are the most valuable part of our family company. Our claim to ourselves is to be the best employer in the respective region around our plants.
- Particularly great importance is attached to the satisfaction of our employees . We offer equal and life-phase-oriented working time and career models. We reconcile employee and employer interests in the best possible way.
- We have transparent wage and salary models, based on competence, performance and market conditions.
- We promote internal specialist and management careers, offer comprehensive continuing professional development opportunities and career prospects.
- We value and make use of the capabilities and experience of long-serving employees. Future talent is developed through targeted education and training programmes.
The safety and health of our employees is of the utmost importance to us. Our vision is "zero accidents" ("Vision Zero").
- We underline this ambitious goal with comprehensive measures . After all, our top priority is to ensure that all employees arrive home healthy after completing their work.
- Every employee is a role model and demonstrates every day how we can work safely and prevent accidents.
- We take preventive and sustainable care of the physical and mental health of our employees.
EGGER stands for equal opportunities and equal treatment of employees.
- In our human resources work, we consciously focus on diversity. As an international company, we value and respect diversity. Employees of different cultures, personalities, talents and experience horizons reflect the internationality and diversity of our markets, our customer structure and our business environment.
- We are committed to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and take targeted measures to promote women and increase the proportion of women across the entire staff.
Further information on our sustainability goals and our facts and evidence can be found here:
In our Sustainability Strategy overview
In detail in the EGGER Group Financial and Sustainability Report
Measures and progress
Every step counts! Our aim is to offer our employees long-term and secure jobs. We are constantly taking measures to achieve this.
Start for more than 180 apprentices
Autumn 2024
We welcomed more than 180 new trainees throughout the EGGER Group. As tomorrow's specialists, they develop a wide range of skills in areas such as business administration, wood technology, laboratory science, industrial electronics, wood technology and logistics.
Signing of UN Women's Empowerment Principles
April 2024
Thomas Leissing (CFO) and Petra Reiner (Head of HR Group) at the signing of the United Nations Women's Empowerment Principles. We are explicitly committed to our responsibility for gender equality.
4. EGGER Safety Week
April 2024
Every year we organise our Safety Week. The focus: to further improve our safety culture. Employees in all our plants can take part in numerous events on safety-relevant topics, such as fire protection exercises, training for the first aid of injured persons, information events on safety equipment.
The running year 2023
December 2023
EGGER employees can do good things on an ongoing basis - for their own health as well as for charitable purposes. As part of "EGGER runs", EGGER donates 5 euro for every kilometre that employees run at running events. In 2023 we were able to run 20,936 km and make a total donation of 104,680 euro.
Practical training
Autumn 2023
EGGER trains its own young professionals in a wide range of apprenticeships, even in countries where state systems do not provide for this type of education. At our plant in Concordia (AR), our apprentices were able to work on the construction of their own training centre at the site. So they put the theory they have learned directly into practice.
Brilon plant is ISO 45001 certified
October 2023
Certifications according to "ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems" are an important building block on the way to our vision of "zero accidents". Our entire site in Brilon (DE) successfully passed the certification: our wood-based material production as well as our sawmill.
STARTKLAR successfully completed
April 2023
EGGER offers the targeted 12-month programme STARTKLAR for future executives. The contents are the principles of personnel management and international cooperation on business-relevant projects. 18 participants from 12 countries were able to successfully complete the programme in 2023.