ISS Commitment Statement for the Valuable 500

As one of the global leaders in workplace experiences and facility management, ISS has deep connections to local communities and ever since we were founded in 1901, people have been at the heart of our business. We believe that people make places and places make people. All our employees make a difference with all of their abilities, every day. For ISS, being part of the commitment to put disability on the business leadership agenda, as one of the Valuable 500, is completely aligned with our core values and heritage.

In 2021, we launched a new global Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategy, in which abilities is one of five dimensions that will be the focus of everything we do going forward. That’s why we are building on ongoing efforts to provide more career opportunities and greater workplace inclusion for people living with disabilities at ISS, among other initiatives. In ISS Spain, over 5.5% of our 30,633 employees are people with disabilities, and we aim to increase that number to 6.1% by 2023. And in Hong Kong, we partner with secondary schools and NGOs to provide training, career opportunities and buddy support for youths with special educational needs.

By joining the Valuable 500, we are expanding on existing efforts and putting our commitment at the top of our global leadership agenda. For ISS, it’s a key priority to unlock the value of the 1.3 billion people living with disabilities around the world.

In the coming years, our key objectives in our work with abilities are to: