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SOCIAL COMMITMENT: SOCIETY AND THE RULE OF LAW

Shaping the future through
community development

At Mellby Gård we value knowledge, commitment and cooperation to promote the
development of society. When business and other players work together, a more
inclusive society can be created. Mellby Gård wants to actively contribute to this.

Drivhuset

MITT LIV PROMOTES DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION
IN THE LABOR MARKET.

Mitt Liv was founded by Sofia Appelgren in Gothenburg in there is a strong drive to make a difference together. Today, Mitt Liv
2008, with the approach that everyone should have equal trains around 14,000 people annually in its consultancy business and
opportunities to get a job and equal conditions in working supports around 1,000 participants per year in its mentorship program.
life. The mentorship program, which is still running today, originated
at Angeredsgymnasiet upper secondary high school in Gothenburg, “We can see that our work is paying off,” says Lenka Prokopec
where it was initially a program for young people. Every idea and Karlberg, CEO of Mitt Liv. “It’s important that major players like Mellby
action in the program since then has stemmed from Mitt Liv’s vision to Gård support what we do. Funding through partnerships allows us to
create an inclusive society and a labor market that values diversity and continue working for increased diversity, equality and inclusion in the
equality. A vision that Mellby Gård shares. labor market.”

Today, Mitt Liv is Sweden’s biggest player in diversity, equality and Mitt Liv’s network of partners includes two of Mellby Gård’s
inclusion. It provides employers with strategies, training and tools to companies – Kappahl and Duni. The CEOs of both companies are part
successfully address these issues. They also run the Mitt Livs Chans of the Mitt Liv CEO program, which aims to encourage businesses to
mentorship program for graduates with a foreign background who do work on diversity and inclusion.
not have a job corresponding to their skills. Participants in the program
are supported by a mentor who is established in the Swedish labor Lenka Prokopec Karlberg,
market. This gives them the opportunity to expand their professional CEO
network and gain in-depth knowledge of this market. The results of the
mentoring program show that 51 percent of participants have found a
job or internship as a result of participating in the program.

With 45 partners who together employ more than 400,000 people,

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