Life & Culture

The Mainfreight Culture

Mainfreight is built on a 100-year vision. All decisions are made on the basis that they will be here for another 100 years from that day. This view shapes their approach to recruitment, training, customer development, growth strategies, legal, and tax structures. 100 years starts today.

“Special People, Special Company” embodies Mainfreight and its unique culture. Mainfreight promotes people from within and encourages innovative, non-hierarchical and decisive outlooks.  The team regards each other as a family and shares mealtimes.  Every branch reports weekly results that are available for all team members to see. Individual responsibility and accountability for quality are reinforced. Key performance indicators are important to their customers and these factors are linked to team members’ bonuses. All of the branches have quality boards and are internally audited every six months.

 

Social contribution
Mainfreight operates in hundreds of communities around the world and actively seeks out ways to immerse themselves in and support the communities they are a part of.

The company seeks to minimise its environmental impact. It operates one of the largest private solar-energy installations in New Zealand. It also embraces environmentally friendly new technologies, efficiencies and energy sources wherever possible. 

Mainfreight partners with the Books in Homes program to provide books to families and children living in remote and low socioeconomic circumstances across Australia and throughout the world.

Currently they support over 140 schools. This means over 15,000 children get new books to read every year thanks to Mainfreight’s support.