Carrefour - 2017 Registration Document

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Carrefour’s human resources policy 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT | CARREFOUR 2. 82 Encouraging diversity and equal opportunity 2.5.4 Carrefour’s policy As a Group with a multi-local, neighbourhood presence, Carrefour has always been committed to reflecting and integrating the social diversity of the areas where it operates. Very early on, Carrefour made a commitment to promote diversity and make the most of this asset by signing the Diversity Charter in 2004. Every year, it enters into new commitments to confirm its global and local approach. In 2017, for example, the Group continued to: step up the Women Leaders programme to promote gender ● equality and promote women to important positions of responsibility; support those who have difficulty finding work and young ● people; combat all forms of discrimination and stereotyping and ● promote diversity and equal opportunity. Continuing with the Women Leaders programme For the past six years, Carrefour has continuously reinforced its action to achieve greater gender equality at all levels of management and in every business line. Women account for over 57% of Carrefour’s total workforce, but are not as well represented at the highest management levels. Women’s representation among the Group’s senior executives was 17% in 2017, up from 11% in 2011. The Women Leaders programme affirms Carrefour’s ambition to achieve gender equality. The programme is based on four priorities: each country’s definition of its own objectives; ● making women more visible by promoting their achievements; ● making gender equality a core factor in hiring and career ● development decisions; promoting work/life balance. ● In 2015, the signature of the international agreement to promote social dialogue, diversity and respect for fundamental rights at the workplace signed with UNI Global Union (detailed in Section 2.5.4) focused on promoting gender equality. An undertaking at the highest level, rolled out gradually Carrefour’s 2013 signature of the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) made it the first major food and non-food retailer to join the 600 businesses that had already signed around the world. In keeping with this commitment, Carrefour has signed a partnership agreement with the UN Women National Committee in France, which was renewed for a second time in 2017 for a period of three years. Executive Directors of Carrefour Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Spain have also signed WEPs. In 2017, the Director of Carrefour Asia signed the WEPs. Carrefour Italy’s Executive Director signed the manifesto put forward by the international community at the G7 meeting. This manifesto covers a commitment to support innovation, diversity, gender equality and sustainable development based on the principles of the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative). In 2017, Carrefour Spain signed an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality for more women to improve Company performance. The third Women Leaders Convention, “Women Leaders & Diversity”, was held in November 2017. Since 2013, the Women Leaders Convention has been the meeting place for senior executives from all countries where Carrefour operates, aiming to motivate those at the highest level of the organisation to support gender equality, define concrete measures, and share best practices and results. At the third Women Leaders & Diversity event in November 2017, Carrefour Group’s management reiterated that this issue must remain a priority. Workshops and an international forum on best country practices provided attendees with essential tools to take concrete action towards more inclusive management, the campaign to eliminate violence against women, the detection and promotion of female talent, etc. Lastly, the Convention closed with an awards ceremony for employees involved in diversity, women leaders and Gender Equality European and International Standard (GEEIS) certification attributed to Carrefour Spain and Brazil. Practical action plans in each country At the third Women Leaders Convention in November 2017, Carrefour country directors provided a progress report on the steps implemented and progress made, and outlined their commitments for the next two years. As a result, mentoring programmes for ambitious women managers have continued in France (the third group started in 2016), Italy and Argentina, and specific career development programmes have been created such as the Women Leaders training programme at Hypermarkets in France. The current recruitment processes aim to hire as many women as men to management positions. For example, this is the case for senior executive and hypermarket Directors under the Graduate programme in France. Several women’s networks are available in countries where Carrefour operates. For the past three years, the Carrefour’Elles network has been highly active in France, and held several personal development workshops and conferences with outside experts in 2017. With the network’s support, more than 1,000 women at Carrefour France participated in the 2017 La Parisienne women’s race. After conducting a survey of store and headquarters managers in 2016, members of the Carrefour Por Elas network in Brazil developed a test to identify the obstacles holding women back and the concrete measures to be taken in the short and medium term to remedy the situation.