Lek strengthens its diversity and inclusion culture

Lek adheres to all six principles of the Diversity Charter which are: develop an organisational culture that is based on equal opportunities, mutual respect, acceptance and integration of diverse associates; create a diverse and inclusive work environment; foster and disseminate principles of diversity at all levels of the organisation; acknowledge diversity of customers; develop a diversity policy; and disseminate and communicate its commitment to the principles of diversity and policy thereof to all stakeholders. 

Lek has been fostering the culture of diversity and inclusion for a long time. Novartis associates are now being integrated into the global Diversity and Inclusion initiative, which was originally related to the integration of women but then gradually gained a larger dimension. By promoting diversity, Novartis today supports inclusion of people with different backgrounds, regardless of their way of thinking and management style, gender, race, religion, age, experience, etc. A diverse company consisting of individuals, who respect one another, trust each other, accept different ideas and views, is more innovative, productive and successful.

Nejc Jaka Sekula, head of Diversity and Inclusion at Lek: »For us as a company, signing this Charter represents a commitment to continue work in this field and to foster the diversity and inclusion culture in all parts of the company. Only in this way, we can encourage individuals and groups to realise their potential and contribute their unique experience and views, and thus provide an innovative environment that enables personal growth and development as well as growth and development of the company. In this way, we are providing the right environment for talents who want to work in a caring organisation.«

The Slovenia Diversity Charter is based on voluntary accepted principles aimed at promoting the values of diversity, equality and inclusion. It promotes the implementation of diversity policies within Slovenian companies with the purpose of recognising, understanding, respecting and including diversity as a potential source of innovation for sustainable solutions for organisations.
The Slovenia Diversity Charter was the 20^th in a row to join the European platform of Diversity Charters, which brings together more than 7,600 organisations. It was developed under the auspices of the Slovenian partnership’s project I.D.E.A.S. (Dobrovita, Šentprima, SKUP, ZDS, ZIZRS, MDDSZ, CNVOS), in cooperation with the European Commission, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers.