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Diversity is a source of wealth
last update july 2011
The global strategy
The stakes :
- Accelerate the innovation rate by bringing different ways of thinking into contact with one another,by encouraging diversity in our teams (men/women, people from different social backgrounds, nationalities, ethnic groups, generations and upbringing).
- Encourage all types of skills and know-how to thrive and flourish, so that the company can be efficient and close to consumers.
Our policy and our commitment
A Diversity agreement was signed between DANONE and the UITA in June 2007, to encourage all the DANONE subsidiaries to discuss diversity issues with their local employees, to examine their HR processes, take initiatives and establish improvement measurement indicators.
DANONE WAY gave subsidiaries practical improvement targets for the period going from 2007 to 2010, concerning the promotion of women and the insertion of handicapped persons
- the % of handicapped employees in the group’s French companies reached 5 % by the end of 2010 versus 4.9 % in 2009, 4.2% in 2008 and 3.1 % in 2007.
- The percentage of women in senior management reached 29 % at the end of 2010 (versus 26% in 2009).
Within HR, a position dedicated to diversity was created in 2008.
DANONE signed the French government’s Handicap Charter in 2008.
