A few months ago, the first Employee Appreciation Ceremony was held in the Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (CPA) offices in Bangladesh. During the ceremony, several Eurofins CPA employees were recognised for their outstanding performance at work during 2022. The team continued their celebrations with a singing and dancing performance! Thank you to Rashed Ahmed for arranging this memorable event!
A few weeks ago, the Eurofins Viracor team celebrated the grand opening of the company’s new headquarters in Kansas, USA. The 100,000 square foot facility will house the Eurofins Viracor BioPharma Services and Eurofins Viracor Clinical operations. By adding many state-of-the-art analytical testing platforms, processing automation, and ultralow storage technology, this expansion will help support the growing demand for clinical trial testing for drug development, and clinical diagnostic testing services. A strong pipeline of new projects for 2023 and beyond, combined with positive growth within Eurofins Viracor, sets the company on a successful project delivery path for the future. Best of luck to the Eurofins Viracor team at their new Kansas facility!
The Marketing and Communications team from Eurofins Environment Testing France recently took part in a cupcake workshop at Atelier PG in Paris. Under the guidance of a Pâtisserie Chef, the team members worked in pairs to bake red velvet cupcakes with raspberry filling as well as lemon and poppy seed cupcakes filled with mango and maracuja, and topped with Chantilly cream. Before the workshop, each team member added their favourite songs to a shared playlist so their colleagues could listen to some tunes while baking. The team had fun identifying different types of chocolate during a blind taste test, and when it came to decorating the sweet treats, everyone competed for the chance to be crowned the Cupcake Champion! It was great to see the Eurofins team spirit in action. Well done to all the participants for their creativity and enthusiasm!
Earlier this year, more than 40 recently-appointed Eurofins leaders from around the world gathered in our Brussels office to meet each other and discover more about Eurofins’ leadership philosophy. Gilles Martin, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Eurofins Scientific Group, spoke to them about Eurofins’ mission, vision and values, and discussed business priorities for 2023. This was a great opportunity for the leaders to expand their network and gain a deeper understanding of how Eurofins laboratories operate. We wish them the best of luck in their roles!
Over the past few weeks, some of our colleagues around the world have been celebrating Ramadan. Two of our colleagues have shared with us what this month of fasting, prayer and reflection means to them. Mareeya Muneer, Senior Scientist at Eurofins EAG Agroscience in the USA: “For me, Ramadan is a sanctuary where deep contemplation, spiritual reflection and introspection are practiced with the goal to come out of this immersive experience as a better version of ones self. It is also a time of celebration and joy, and a chance to strengthen your bond with your family, friends and community.” Ajaz Qureshi, Senior Director Business Development at Eurofins Central Laboratory in the UK: “Ramadan is a time for family and friends, to help those less fortunate, to take care of and share with our community, and to pray and work on ourselves so we become better people.” As Ramadan is coming to an end, we hope you had a peaceful month and were able to make good memories with your loved ones.
The past few months have been busy but exciting for our teams across the world! As things are returning to normal, our colleagues have been organising training and team building events and pulling together as a team to help each other grow, because Eurofins is all about being stronger and smarter together. Trainings have focused on employees’ development, industry knowledge, technical know-how, and so much more! Pictured here are some of our teams from Eurofins Chemtest Ltd in the UK, Eurofins Product Testing A/S in Denmark, Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance in Turkey and Eurofins in Poland taking part in team building and training events.
Eurofins proudly demonstrates our allyship to our LGBTQ+ workforce. By participating in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, we are learning how we can better support our LGBTQ+ colleagues. Learn more at hrc.org/cei !
Today we all come together to celebrate International Women’s Day to acknowledge the achievements and incredible work of women everywhere. This year’s theme is #BreakTheBias, we encourage employees of Eurofins companies around the world to break the bias by speaking up, and challenging stereotypes. Join us and our colleagues across the world on this very special day, and meet some of them who are showing their solidarity and commitment to #BreakTheBias.
Introducing Débora, one of our CO2 champions at Eurofins, whose role is to develop sustainability initiatives. Debora has been working with us for 14 years now, having started her journey with Eurofins as a Laboratory Technician, before working in Quality Assurance for five years and then being promoted to Quality Manager for our Food and Environmental business lines in Brazil. Hear what Debora has to say about her team’s passion for sustainability: “Eurofins laboratories in Brazil have placed great importance and focus on environmental, health and safety issues. Especially since 2018, we’ve been working to improve our processes to minimise the environmental impact of our operations on our local communities. “In 2021, I was selected to be a CO2 champion, which is a very rewarding role. It not only allows me to learn more about the topic, but it’s also very inspiring to see that Eurofins is making efforts all around the globe to limit its environmental impact while contributing to creating a better world for future generations."
Eurofins is dedicated to creating a more sustainable, inclusive workplace environment. Our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report 2021 illustrates how our corporate governance continues to build on previous years’ success and our commitment to our corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion for all Eurofins companies. Our ESG Report 2021 is available for download:
