Haniel is popular with young talent: The “German Graduates Barometer for 2008” named the Group as one of the top 100 employers in the category “Business Edition”. The ranking is based on results from a Germany-wide questionnaire of 18,000 economics and engineering students. It was carried out by the trendence Institute, a Berlin research and consultancy company. Furthermore, Haniel received the certification of “Fair Company” in 2008 from “Junge Karriere”, the “Handelsblatt” magazine for starting a career. It guarantees fair, paid internships and therefore real opportunities for launching a career.
Internationally recognised
The divisions carry out exceptional HR work in many areas. In 2009, Celesio’s chain of pharmacies, Unicarepharmacy, won the “Great Place to Work Award” as best Irish employer with 500 to 1,000 employees for the second time. Beyond that, Unicarepharmacy swept the Retail Excellence Ireland Award for Best Employer 2009. Celesio's Irish subsidiary is the first company ever to win both prestigious awards in the same year. In Great Britain, Lloyds Pharmacy was one of five companies in the final selection for employer of the year 2007 at the “People in Retail Awards”. Since 2005, the British Celesio chain of pharmacies has held the internationally recognised seal of quality “Investors in People”, which certifies their exemplary commitment to employees. The division CWS-boco belongs to “Investors in People” in the Netherlands.
Convincing achievements
For its business success, Haniel received the “Best of European Business” prize in 2006. This is awarded by the management consultancy “Roland Berger”, together with the “Financial Times Deutschland”, “Manager-Magazin” and the news channel CNN, for companies that generate at least a third of their sales outside of Germany. Two years later, the Corporate Division ELG was nominated for the prize. TAKKT’s division KAISER + KRAFT EUROPA received the title “Versender des Jahres” in 2008 – the highest award for German mail order companies.
Confirmed by employees
Our employees, interns and trainees assess Haniel anonymously on the assessment platform kununu. They describe their experiences and evaluate topics such as cooperation, working conditions, work-life balance and career opportunities. Haniel was awarded the “Top Company” seal of approval for its good reviews.
Business performances honoured
Haniel has earned the Distinguished Honoree medal in the Company of the Year – Conglomerates category in the 2011 International Business Awards. Metro AG is also among the award-winners, with the trading company earning the Distinguished Honoree medal in the Company of the Year – Retail category.
The International Business Awards are a global, all-encompassing business awards programme honouring companies and their employees as well as great performances in business. In 2011, companies entered in more than 40 categories. In two rounds of judging, the international jury selected the winners from more than 3,000 entries received.
Bronze for grandchildable
The League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) has honoured the Haniel annual report entitled Grandchildable with the Vision Award 2010 . Haniel secured bronze in the Conglomerates & Holding Companies category. Platinum went to the KOC Holding from Turkey, followed by the South Korean KDB Financial Group and Hutchison Whampoa Limited from China.
The LACP Awards are one of the most important international competitions for annual reports. Each year over 5,000 companies from over 24 countries enter their annual reports. A jury assesses the publications according to the criteria first impression, cover, preface, narrative style, key financial figures, creativity, transparency and accessibility.
Top rankings in the private publ!c award
Haniel has now been singled out twice for the private publ!c Award due to its convincing concepts, clear messages and transparent financial reports. After being the top winner in 2010 the company came second in 2011 with its „Grandchildable“ annual report – hard on the heels of overall winner B. Braun Melsungen. The private publ!c award is a joint initiative of the consultancy firm ergo Kommunikation, auditing company Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft PKF Fasselt Schlage and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
