For the past few years, a strong focus has been put on accelerating Pernod Ricard’s Better Balance agenda and improving diversity. While continuing on this road, the aim is to go further by making Pernod Ricard truly inclusive and grow the diversity of talent across the organisation.
“In 2015, Pernod Ricard launched Better Balance to build a more gender-balanced workforce. Going further than gender, we’re now aiming to make diversity stick by strengthening an inclusive culture that reflects our Conviviality at Work and our values.”
CÉDRIC RAMAT, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, SUSTAINABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY
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29%
OF WOMEN IN PERNOD RICARD’S TOP 500 SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN 2021
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In April 2021, Pernod Ricard launched Live Without Labels, a campaign with strong messages for employees worldwide: ‘The differences are what makes our world flourish’ and ‘Everyone is invited to our convivial world.’ This is the creative manifestation of the company’s new Better Balance: Inclusive Diversity roadmap, which shifts the focus from simply creating diversity in terms of gender or nationality to making it stick by actively choosing to include and empower others.
For Pernod Ricard, inclusive diversity implies a mindset that embraces openness, cooperation and mutual trust. With this roadmap, the intention is to blend differences into a convivial culture where people of all backgrounds are valued for their unique talents, experiences and viewpoints.
The roadmap starts with the Catalyst Inclusion Accelerator, Pernod Ricard’s first group-wide inclusion survey, which was launched in June 2021 to better understand how we are doing in terms of inclusion, assess gaps and define specific action plans. Furthermore, a new Diversity and Inclusion Council made up of top senior executives across the organisation has been created with the objective of accelerating the global D&I agenda. And going forward, new governance, dashboard tools and trainings are among the full range of actions planned to drive change.
At the same time, new initiatives are supporting Pernod Ricard’s transformation to a digital Conviviality Platform company. One key HR initiative is Project Horizons: together with consultancy firm Willis Towers Watson, Pernod Ricard launched a project to boost career and development paths across the organisation, leveraging skills that will be required in the future to foster a culture where employees manage their own career while having visibility of the opportunities for growth and development at Pernod Ricard.