The safety, health and well-being of our employees is our top priority
Our employees are the heart of our company. They ensure a reliable and affordable energy supply and at the same time are committed to driving forward the transition to an increasingly decarbonized energy system. To support their valuable work, we offer attractive and fair working conditions in a healthy and safe working environment with flexible working hours and continuous training opportunities. We promote diversity, equal opportunities and inclusion. Because we are convinced that an inclusive and barrier-free environment in which everyone feels valued, respected and included is the key to innovation and long-term success.

"The commitment and creativity of our employees are the driving forces behind our success. It is therefore our goal to create an environment in which everyone feels valued, respected, empowered and psychologically safe. This allows them to reach their full potential and perform at their best. By fostering an inspiring and supportive work environment, we create the foundation for innovation and excellence."
Fabienne Twelemann, EVP HR
Our targets
25% women in L1 and L2 management positions
We have set ourselves the goal of achieving a Group-wide share of 25% women at the first (L1) and second (L2) management levels below the Management Board by December 31, 2025.
30% share of women in L1-3 management positions
In the long term, we are aiming for a 30% share of women across the first three management levels (L1-L3) in the Uniper Group by the end of 2030.
Preventing serious accidents
Our goal is to prevent serious accidents involving our employees and partner companies and not to allow any fatal or life-changing injuries.
Workplace Safety and Health Protection
Many of our employees work in technical areas of our power plants. These jobs require a high level of occupational health and safety. We attach great importance to ensuring that they are always safe and healthy in their demanding work and are constantly working to improve work processes and framework conditions, to prevent serious accidents. Our commitment to health and occupational safety also applies to the employees of our business partners as well as to residents and visitors to our facilities.
Healthy and satisfied employees are crucial to the success of our company. That is why we provide them with a wide range of offers and preventative measures to promote their health as part of our occupational health management. We have appointed health managers and support corresponding initiatives at global, national and local level. Medical check-ups and vaccinations are a matter of course for us, as are clear overtime regulations and healthy food in the canteen.
For us, health not only means physical fitness and integrity, but also mental and social well-being. That is why, in addition to physical exercise programs, we also offer mental health programs, both in the form of classroom courses and webinars. Our health management also offers specially trained internal contact persons for mental health and addiction prevention.
Our approach
- Ensuring a safe, healthy and secure working environment for all employees and contractors and the same standards for joint ventures and partnerships.
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs and strict health and safety policies and campaigns for employees and non-employees
100% of all operating units certified to ISO 45001
Maintaining high occupational health and safety standards is a core value at Uniper, first and foremost because the well-being of our employees is our top priority. But safety also has practical significance: it helps us to avoid work interruptions and accident-related absences. The occupational health and safety management systems of all Uniper operating units are certified in accordance with ISO 45001.

An attractive working environment with flexible working conditions and further training opportunities
To increase the satisfaction and motivation of our employees, we offer them various concepts to promote their work-life balance. Whether part-time options, job sharing, individual working time arrangements, home office or even mobile working from home or abroad - many things are possible with us. In our offices, we have created attractive meeting places for collaboration and networking. At home, we provide equipment for a modern and healthy workplace.
We want to support our employees individually! After all, they are the ones who form the basis of our projects with their wealth of ideas and drive. To qualify them for responsible tasks with long-term development prospects, we offer them personal and professional training and further education. This is important to attract and retain diverse talent in a highly competitive job market.
Our approach
- Supporting employees' work-life balance through working models such as flexible working hours, trust-based working hours and mobile working options
- Individual offers for further training and personal development
Uniper is a “Top Employer” in Germany
The Top Employers Institute awards this coveted accolade after a certification process lasting several months. Uniper received this award for the first time in 2025 and achieved an outstanding score of 89%, which is 12% higher than the benchmark for energy companies in Germany. The seal is a quality criterion for excellent working conditions, employee development and attractive career prospects.
The Uniper Way
We attach great importance to an open and trusting corporate culture. The Uniper Way is an integral part of this and serves as a guideline for cooperation. It describes our values and behaviors and serves as a guide for employees in their daily work as a team and throughout the company. We believe that a strong corporate culture promotes a positive working environment, increases satisfaction and therefore makes a decisive contribution to productivity. In this way, we not only achieve our goals, but also create real added value for our customers.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
An inclusive and barrier-free environment in which everyone feels valued, respected, included and psychologically safe is of great importance to us. We value an open and respectful culture and do not tolerate discrimination. Diversity, equity and inclusion increase our competitiveness, resilience, creativity, innovative strength and corporate value. Internalizing these principles, seeing them as an opportunity and combating discrimination are core components of our corporate culture.
To increase the proportion of women in management positions, Uniper has already introduced a variety of measures to recruit women at both employee and management level and to support their further development. The goal of increasing the proportion of women in management positions is a key aspect of gender equality and part of our DEI strategy.
Our approach
- Actively promote gender equality and support women within the company through mentoring, job sharing models, succession planning and talent development measures as well as recruitment and employer branding initiatives
- Zero tolerance of discrimination and standardized complaints procedure in the event of discrimination
- Offer preventative e-learning courses to raise awareness and protect employees throughout the company
- Systematic promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to create the best possible working environment for all employees and to ensure equal opportunities and more balanced representation
The following table shows the number of employees by gender as of the reporting date, 31. December 2024.
Gender1) | Number of employees | |
Female | 2.084 | |
Male | 5.528 | |
Diverse | 2 | |
Not specified | - | |
Total | 7.614 | |
1) Gender according to the employees' own statements. |
The following table shows the number of employees in all countries where Uniper employs 50 or more people, who make up at least 10% of the total employee count of Uniper, broken down by country as of the reporting date, 31. December 2024.
Country | Number of employees | |
Germany | 5.058 | |
Sweden | 1.092 | |
United Kingdom | 938 |
The following table shows the number of employees broken down by gender and contract type as of the reporting date, 31. December 2024.
31.12.2024 | Female1) | Male1) | Diverse1) | Not specified1) | Total |
Number of employees | 2.084 | 5.528 | 2 | - | 7.614 |
Number of permanent employees | 1.970 | 5.311 | 2 | - | 7.283 |
Number of temporary employees | 114 | 217 | - | 331 | |
Number of employees without guaranteed working hours2) | - | 0 | |||
Number of full-time employees | 1.612 | 5.375 | 1 | - | 6.988 |
Number of part-time emloyees | 472 | 153 | 1 | - | 626 |
1) Gender according to the employees' own statements. 2) Uniper does not employ any employees without guaranteed working hours. |