Everyone Belongs

Diversity and inclusion

We leverage the diverse talents and perspectives of our workforce to fnd new ways of adding value to our business and to customers’ businesses.

We work to include and strengthen the diversity of our teams because it helps us achieve stronger and better business outcomes, while creating a positive employee experience.

Living our values

We believe that our growth and innovation depend on a company culture that values and promotes diversity and inclusion. Diversity of thought, perspectives, background, and experiences is essential to the company’s long-term success. We:

Value the diverse talent of our people
Demonstrate respect for each other
Actively seek out different opinions and approaches
Continuously strive to surface and remedy biases (both conscious and unconscious biases)
Drive growth and innovation by integrating our diversity and inclusion strategies into our business practices

Our values in action

Q: I heard that diversity means that there will be preferential treatment for hires and promotions. Is this correct?

A: No. Hiring and promotion decisions are based solely on factors such as skill, qualifcations, performance, and business needs—not on personal characteristics.

Harassment and discrimination

We are committed to maintaining a workplace free of harassment, discrimination, and any other offensive or disrespectful conduct.

We recruit, train, and promote talent based on a person’s skill, ability, qualifcations, performance, and aspirations, without regard to non-job-related characteristics.

What is harassment and discrimination?

Harassment is any unwelcome conduct related to a person’s legally protected characteristics, such as race or gender, that creates a hostile or abusive work environment. Harassment may be verbal, visual, or physical.

Sexual harassment may consist of verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is unwelcome or that makes someone feel uncomfortable. It can take many forms, such as:

Sexual advances, requests for sexual favours or unwelcome demands for dates
Sexually oriented jokes, pictures, text, or email messages
Explicit or degrading comments about appearance
Display of sexually suggestive pictures or pornography

Discrimination means making employment-related decisions based on illegal, non-job-related criteria such as a person’s race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, military service, or any other classification protected by law.

Living our values

Our company celebrates the uniqueness of our employees and builds high-performing teams by creating the conditions that allow every person to be motivated to do their best work. In living our values, we:

Treat people fairly and focus on the value they bring to Ingredion
Make decisions about recruitment, training, and promotions based on merit
Refuse to accept any excuses for discrimination or harassment

Our values in action

Q: One of my co-workers emailed an inappropriate joke to me and some others in my department. I find it offensive, but I don’t know if I should approach my co-worker with my concern. What should I do?

A: We each have an obligation to ensure that Ingredion is a great place to work for everyone. Offensive behavior such as emailing inappropriate jokes is not acceptable. If you feel uncomfortable speaking with your co-worker directly, contact your manager, Human Resources, or the local Legal department.

Anti-violence, threats, and intimidation

We do not tolerate violent behaviour, threats to people or property, or physical intimidation or coercion.

Living our values

We do not engage in acts of workplace violence, verbal assaults, threats, or any expressions of hostility, intimidation, aggression, or intentionally causing someone to feel embarrassment. Our company also prohibits the possession of weapons in the workplace.

We speak up and report harassment and threats of potential violence immediately. If there is potential for violence, report it immediately.

Reporting concerns

Your voice matters. Each of us is responsible for building and protecting Ingredion’s culture of integrity. A suspected violation of this Code of Conduct, company policy, or violation of law could be a serious matter. We expect everyone to speak up about any potential violations.

The company does not tolerate retaliation against those who speak up in good faith or participate in investigations. If you have a question about this Code or if you are concerned about a potential violation, you have a number of options:

Discuss the issue with your manager;
Discuss the issue with another manager;
Contact the Human Resources, Legal, or Regional or Business Integrity department; and
Use the Business Ethics Line, to report concerns or ask questions (anonymously, if you wish) in your language.

Go to our Ingredion Ethics Website to contact the Business Ethics Line via the internet or to look up toll-free numbers by country on Ingredion’s InSite intranet site. The site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Question or concern?

If you suspect a possible violation of Our Code of Conduct, we encourage you to speak up and report it on the Ingredion Business Ethics line at our INGRethics.com.

Report a concern

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