Champion inclusion and diversity

Championing inclusion and diversity is at the heart of what we do, and is crucial to our purpose of ‘celebrating life every day, everywhere’.

Spirit of progress

How we champion inclusion and diversity

As part of our Spirit of Progress ambitions, we are committed to creating the most inclusive and diverse environment that ensures all our people thrive. This is supported by market-leading policies and practices, while removing barriers and having a positive impact on our partners, suppliers and communities.

Our inclusive culture

We aim to create an environment within our business where every individual feels a sense of belonging and can thrive and contribute to their fullest. We believe there is power in diversity and when people of different genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, social backgrounds, educations and experiences come together it is better for our business and society. These diverse perspectives help us reach and appeal to the broadest range of consumers who enjoy our brands.

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Gender equality

We’re proud of the strides we have made to accelerate gender equality within our business. We have 70% female Board representation and 46% Executive Committee representation and have been regularly recognised externally for our achievements in this area.

Ethnic diversity

Today, 40% of our Board and 46% of our leadership population, including our Executive Committee, is ethnically diverse and we are proud to have reached our 45% ethnicity leadership representation ambition ahead of 2023.

Policies and practices

Our market-leading policies and practices are shaped by and for our people and allow us to continue to provide an environment where they are supported and cared for.

Inclusive marketing

As one of the world’s largest advertisers, we’re committed to playing our part across the industry to ensure that everyone, from script to screen, sees themselves represented.

We are committed to addressing the under-representation of diverse voices in media, making mainstream media more inclusive. As part of the United Nations Unstereotype Alliance, we work to combat harmful stereotypes in advertising, and are members of the World Federation of Advertisers’ Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce.

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Our inclusive

communities approach

We strive to have a positive impact on the communities where we source, make and sell our brands through providing equal access to resources, skills and employment opportunities. Our programmes include the provision of business and hospitality skills training, safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and support for smallholder farmers. Our inclusive communities approach means ensuring that 50% of beneficiaries are women and that our community programmes are designed to enhance diversity and inclusion of underrepresented groups.

Inclusive communities

Gender inclusive agriculture in Tanzania

Smallholder farmer programme

Water stewardship in Kenya

Supplier diversity

Working together to increase diversity in our supply chain

We champion inclusion and diversity across our entire value chain and create opportunities to propel growth and innovation. We champion diverse suppliers through partnership, advocacy and celebrating success to deliver sustainable economic impact in communities where we operate. As part of our Spirit of Progress we continually measure and increase the percentage of diverse suppliers across our value chain each year.

Supplier diversity

Building an inclusive hospitality sector

Part of how we promote sustainable growth and a resilient supply chain is giving equal access to resources, skills, and employment opportunities. Learning for Life (L4L) is our business and hospitality skills programme for people from under-represented groups.

Inclusion

Employee Resource Groups

Creating a sense of belonging is at the heart of everything we do. Across the 180 countries in which we operate, our 60+ Business and Employee Resource Groups champion key moments that represent the voice of our consumers and employees and promote inclusivity.

Inclusive culture

Our Spirit of Progress goals and targets for 2030

Our Spirit of Progress goals and targets for 2030

200k people provided business and hospitality skills through Learning for Life and other skills programmes to increase employability and improve livelihoods*
50% representation of women in leadership roles by 2030*
45% of leaders from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2030*
2030 Increase spend with diverse-owned, and disadvantaged businesses each year to 2030
50% of beneficiaries from our community programmes to be women and our community programmes to enhance diversity and inclusion of under-represented groups
$+ Continue our work to support progressive voices in our media spend – both in front of and behind the camera

*Statements on representation are a goal for Diageo and should not be considered a target. Those marked with a * are priority ambitions as part of our Spirit of Progress action plan.