Training of employees (LA10)

Vattenfall provides opportunities for all employees to develop, both as professionals and individuals. Vattenfall regards learning as a continuous process. The company’s approach to competence development is that skills development occurs mainly during daily work and through participation in various projects. Therefore Vattenfall does not aggregate information about the number of training days per employee. To enhance managers’ knowledge about Vattenfall’s vision and strategic ambitions, the Vattenfall Management Institute (VMI) conducts management development programmes. In 2008, 253 managers participated in such programmes. The number of participants in different competence programmes is presented in the table below.

According to the annual My Opinion employee survey, in 2008 71% of employees responded that they receive enough training and opportunities for development. These results are benchmarked with high performance norms, which score 4% better. Every Vattenfall company that receives result reports is responsible for analysing and preparing action plans.