Diageo publishes Gender Pay Gap Reports for Great Britain, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland

Diageo Great Britain and Scotland combined:

• 2022 median gender pay gap was +4.3% (2021: +1.3%)
• 2022 mean gender pay gap was 0% (2021: -12.4%)

Diageo Scotland:

• 2022 median gender pay gap was +10.6% (2021: +15%)
• 2022 mean gender pay gap was +7.6% (2021: +6.7%)

Diageo Great Britain

• 2022 median gender pay gap was -16.3% (2021: -23.3%)
• 2022 mean gender pay gap was +4.8% (2021: -8.5%)

Republic of Ireland

• 2022 median gender pay gap was +8.2%
• 2022 mean gender pay gap was +3.7%

Diageo Ireland

• 2022 median gender pay gap was +9.9%
• 2022 mean gender pay gap was +5.5%

Championing inclusion and diversity is one of our strategic priorities and is a vital part of our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ ESG action plan. Improving gender balance in our organisation and creating a more diverse workforce are key priorities for Diageo.

Diageo Great Britain

Our mean pay gap for Diageo Great Britain and Scotland combined has narrowed to 0.0% in in the last year. At the same time, our combined median gender pay gap increased slightly to +4.3%. Although this is a relatively modest gap, and still significantly below the Office for National Statistics figure for business in the United Kingdom, it is an area we will continue to address. In our Diageo Great Britain business, the median pay gap has decreased by seven percentage points, but remains significantly in favour of women at -16.3%. In our Diageo Scotland business, the median gap continued to narrow, reaching +10.6%, still in favour of men.

This year we upweighted our resourcing and frameworks to focus on our progress. We were delighted once again to be recognised for our work on promoting gender equality in the FTSE Women Leaders Review and the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. We were also thrilled that, for the fifth time, Diageo leaders were recognised in the HERoes Women Role Model Lists, which celebrates business leaders who act as role models to improve gender equality and champion women in business. We are proud of the progress we are making on inclusion and diversity across the business, especially on the representation of women in senior roles, 64%¹ of our Board Directors are women and 44%² of our senior leadership team are women, moving us towards our ambition of 50% female representation by 2030 through the support we provide to our female workforce, but we know there is always more to do.

Download Diageo’s Great Britain report

 

Diageo Republic of Ireland

Diageo employs 809 people in the Republic of Ireland across three legal entities – Diageo Ireland, Baileys and Guinness Storehouse. Only Diageo Ireland, which employs 545 people, is covered by the regulations. We therefore report separately for Diageo Ireland while also providing combined data across the Republic of Ireland.

In the Republic of Ireland, which includes three business entities Diageo Ireland, Baileys and the Guinness Storehouse, we have mean pay gap of +3.7%, while our median pay gap is higher at +8.2%. For Diageo Ireland, the gap is wider in favour of men at +5.5% while our median gap is higher at 9.9%.

We have some of the most progressive work practices in Ireland, which are helping us to build a more gender balanced company at all levels including our Family Leave policy and ‘Thriving Through Menopause’ guidelines. In January we launched Hiring for Performance, a comprehensive learning toolkit that provides resources for hiring managers in attracting, assessing and recruiting the best and most diverse talent. Across our supply business, we have reframed how we approach hiring in volume, especially in our operator roles within manufacturing where men have traditionally

been more represented than women. This year we have begun to move towards programmes to hire in advance of the need to give more time and space to explore new talent pools and sources of recruitment.

These policies are helping us to create and more inclusive and diverse workforce and reduce the gender pay gap in our business.

Download Diageo’s Republic of Ireland report

¹Data point as at 5 April, 2022

²Data point as at as at 30 June, 2022