Each year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8th, and during the same week, the construction industry recognises Women in Construction. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is ‘embrace equity’. Equity is an important concept for a future-proofed workplace. But what can we each do to embrace equity in the workplace?
BoKlok UK, the innovative and sustainable home provider, jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, has appointed Emma Plumridge as Sales and Marketing Director.
Lizzie Rendell has been appointed the new Diversity & Inclusion Leader for BoKlok. She stepped into her position on 6 June, 2022.
BoKlok is the result of a successful partnership between two industry leaders, Skanska and IKEA. While Skanska is a leading construction and development company, committed to quality and sustainability, IKEA Retail is a leader in life at home, offering furniture and home furnishings that are beautiful, well-designed, functional, affordable and sustainable.
This year’s International Women’s Day puts the spotlight on the need to #BreakTheBias to reach equality between the genders. Aija Harju, BoKlok Senior Vice President Human Resources, gives her view on how BoKlok is working to be a leading player in the field.
Once again, BoKlok Sweden has secured the coveted first prize of “Sweden’s most satisfied customers” in the country’s yearly survey of the housebuilding sector. It is the fourth time in six years that BoKlok has secured first position. This year the award is shared with Besqab and PEAB.
As 2021 draws to a close, BoKlok UK are delighted to celebrate some significant milestones. 2021 has been a significant year at BoKlok UK, with some great success stories and some important lessons learned. Read more about them here, and hear Country Manager Graeme Culliton summarise the past year.
André Löfgren has been appointed the new CFO of BoKlok Group and most recently came from the role of Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Skanska. André Löfgren will become a member of the international BoKlok management team and will officially start his new role on 4th February 2022.
Since last week, the customers, partners and other stakeholders to BoKlok have been met by a brand new website and graphic profile.
Two primary schools local to the BoKlok on the Brook site, take part in the BoKlok Homes for the Future design session. The session is designed to introduce children to new concepts in housing they would not have come across previously. Concepts like why building sustainable housing is so important, how BoKlok build homes that are high quality, and other aspects of the BoKlok value-based way-of-w
BoKlok supports Pride and is engaged in World Pride 2021 - a hands-on way of working with diversity and inclusion. Hear the thoughts of Aija Harju, Diversity & Inclusion Leader at BoKlok on Pride, inclusion, and a diverse work environment.
Aija Harju has been working as Diversity & Inclusion Leader at BoKlok since March this year. Her goal is to develop a strategy for diversity and inc
BoKlok Arboristen is situated in Falun, Sweden. It is a newly built, small-scale residential area where Johan Stenis has lived for a few months with his family. Whilst being a regular customer Johan Stenis is also an unusual customer, as he is an employee of BoKlok and sells BoKlok homes in Sweden.
