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Social responsibility
Action programs
The percentage of women in management is one of the Group’s key management indicators. In 2015, 38.3% of the Group’s managers were
women, a figure that has risen steadily since 2011 (when it was 35.0%), which represent an increase of 8.6 %.
% of evolution
2015
2014
2013
vs
. 2014
Percentage of women in management positions
38.3%
37.5%
36.9%
3.4%
Like-for-like BUs (scope 100% of 2015 consolidated sales, excl. VAT).
The Women Leaders programme, launched in 2011, affirms
Practical action plans in each country
Carrefour’s ambition to achieve gender equality. The programme is
Following the first Women Leaders Convention in 2013, the Group
based on four priorities:
countries have identified and implemented their action plans.
Mentoring programmes for dynamic female managers are in place in
each country’s definition of its own objectives (in line with the
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France (year two cohort in 2015), in Italy, in Argentina and in Poland.
principle of subsidiarity, which applies across the Group);
Several women’s networks were launched in 2015: Carrefour Elles in
making women more visible by promoting their achievements;
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France, with 120
female executives, the
Club di Donne
in Italy, which
making gender equality a core element in recruitment and career
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comprises 65
women from all levels and proposes innovative actions
development decisions;
to the Executive Committee, and a cross-disciplinary Women in IT
promoting a work/life balance.
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network launched at the convention in November
2015. Other specific
initiatives have also been instituted:
In 2015, the programme was strengthened by:
programmes to recruit young graduates in France include at least
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the signature of the international agreement to promote social
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50% women. Carrefour France has signed 15
undertakings to
dialogue, Diversity and respect for fundamental rights with the UNI
promote the work-life balance and has relaxed its geographic
Global Union
(detailed in section
2.3.1.3 of this chapter)
. This
mobility rules for its executives;
agreement stresses the promotion of gender equality. Appended to
the agreement is a joint declaration on gender equality proposed by
Carrefour Argentina has adopted specific measures for female
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members of the European Committee following a training seminar
managers returning frommaternity leave. They now have the option
devoted to the topic in 2012;
of working part-time and being paid at the full-time rate;
the holding of the second Women Leaders convention in 2015, with
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in Belgium, a brochure on parenthood has been issued to managers
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150 senior executives and country directors. In 2013, an initial
and employees. It was produced by a working group composed of
convention on this topic was held for senior executives, which
members of management and trade union representatives.
resulted in the introduction of action plans in all countries. In 2015,
An undertaking at the highest level, rolled out
a second convention was held, and country executive directors
progressively
attended too, with the aim of drawing up a report on action
Carrefour’s 2013 signature of the UN Women’s Empowerment
undertaken during the previous three years and giving new impetus
Principles (WEP) made it the first business in the retail and mass
to the programme. Each country identified new objectives and
distribution sector to join the 600 businesses that had already signed
commitments for the next two years and shared them with the 150
around the world. The seven WEPs are based on a commitment to and
participants in the convention;
progress towards equality between men and women. In keeping with
in 2015, Carrefour also awarded internal gender equality trophies to
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this commitment, Carrefour has signed a partnership agreement with
recognise the Company’s talented women at every level in every
the UN Women National Committee in France to promote the WEPs in
country as well as “champion” gender equality directors and France and around the world. This agreement was renewed in 2015 for
managers. The awards were presented at the convention by
a period of two years. Once the undertaking had been taken at Group
Monsieur Georges Plassat, the CEO of the Group.
level, Carrefour was keen for it to be taken at country level too. So the
executives directors of Carrefour Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Spain have
also signed WEPs. The 200 main executives of Carrefour Belgium have
signed and adopted an Equality Pact inspired by the principles of the
WEPs.
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