Diversity
We are committed to equality of opportunity in our employment practices, policies and procedures. Our approach to diversity aims to ensure that differences are recognised, understood and valued in order to benefit our individual employees, our businesses, our customers and the communities in which we work.
It is critical to the success of our Group that we continue to nurture the different and diverse talents in our businesses and corporate functions, and we have designed our employment policies to achieve this. We are committed to promoting and maintaining a culture of respect and equal opportunity in which all decisions about recruitment, hiring, compensation, development and promotion are made solely on the basis of an individual’s ability, experience, behaviour, work performance and demonstrated potential.
Our continuing challenge is to ensure that diversity is appropriately supported in our workforce and reflected in our leadership. In our businesses, understanding different cultures is a major advantage. We view diversity as a key to our future. To understand the needs of our customers and consumers, we must reflect this diversity in our employees, our suppliers and in everything we do. Offering a workplace where diversity is valued helps us to build the top quality workforce that is crucial to our success, by enabling us to attract and retain great people from a wide spectrum of backgrounds.
