CleanR Group Employee Council establishment project wins LPVA Project of the Year title

CleanR Group employee representation institution establishment project – Employee Council – has received the highest recognition of the Latvian Personnel Management Association (LPVA) in a competition of 18 projects, winning the LPVA Project of the Year 2025 title. The award was presented for the development of a sustainable employee representation system that fosters an inclusive work environment and promotes good governance principles.

The Employee Council was established with the aim of addressing several important issues in the Group’s internal communication and employee engagement – ​​ensuring more operational feedback, creating an alternative communication channel for faster access to company and personnel management, as well as introducing a specific procedure for employees to express proposals and opinions on company development issues. At the same time, the initiative strengthens CleanR Group’s compliance with the requirements of sustainability reporting standards and the principles of good corporate governance.

“So that the opinion of employees would not be just an e-NPS measurement once a year, but an active two-way process of listening, being heard, and discussing, we established the CleanR Group’s Employee Council. It was essential for us to establish this representative institution in its essence, adhering to all legislative requirements and best practices. The active involvement of colleagues in both nominating candidates and voting has given us significant credit of trust; therefore, our next task is to integrate regular cooperation with the Employee Council into our daily work, deciding on various levels of issues in improving the working environment,” says Ingrīda Rone, Human Resources and Administrative Director of CleanR Group.

For the council to be a legitimate employee representation institution, at least 50% of employees from each company of the Group had to participate in the elections – this threshold was reached in all structural units. In total, 252 employees submitted applications, or almost one in six employees, and 24 representatives from all Group companies were elected to the Employee Council.

The first task of the Employee Council was to participate in the development of an employee survey on the benefits basket, which became the most actively completed survey in the Group to date. The next step is to approve the new benefits concept (collective agreement), which will be represented by the council, ensuring the interests of employees are protected. In some Group companies, it has become a regular practice for managers to meet with elected representatives of the Employee Council to discuss current issues and improvements to the work environment.