We embarked on a journey of shared vigilance with our ‘Be the one’ campaign, where every employee is empowered to become the ultimate protector of those who work for Pernod Ricard. The campaign is a united and powerful call to action, encouraging all employees to look out for one another and forge a strong culture of health, safety and wellbeing.”
Empowering our people
Pernod Ricard has teams operating in many countries around the world from harvesting crops in the fields, to leading operations at distilleries, to bringing each of our brand's identities to life at global offices. Ensuring the safety of all our more than 19,550 team members remains our number one priority.
Our ‘Be The One’ campaign, launched last year, embodies our vision and ambition for the health, safety, and wellbeing of our employees - empowering all our people to ‘be the one’ to take care of their colleagues. And what started as a campaign encouraging everyone to take concrete action and shift their mindset and habits has now become a real movement across the Group.
As the campaign continues to be rolled out across all affiliates, numerous initiatives to further engage and raise awareness have been implemented:
- Workshops and worldwide safety events to encourage teams to take resolutions and actions related to health and safety.
- A card game to start all meetings with a health and safety discussion.
- The launch of the ‘Be the one’ Group-wide hero movie, both internally and externally, to reinforce the importance for employees to ‘be the one’ and take action at their own level of the organisation.
- 24 % in accident frequency rate since FY23
- 43 % since FY22
Accelerating our D&I commitments
While continuing to accelerate on our diversity agenda with a continued focus on gender balance, our new D&I governance, vision and priorities place an emphasis on inclusion, which is at the heart of conviviality. We see D&I as a real performance enabler and business catalyst for social sustainability, fostering a better environment not only for our employees but equally our suppliers, consumers and communities.
- 2016 D&I awareness sessions around the world
- Gender Balance as part of the strategic agenda
- Better Balance for Better Business
- 2019 S&R global strategy integrating "Valuing people" pillar
- Two global D&I targets:
- 40%-60% Women in Top Management by 2030
- Gender pay equity as of 2022
- 2020 Closer D&I integration into talent management
- Integration of Gender Balance in our succession planning
- Incorporation of D&I senior leaders' target
- 2021/ 2022 New Global D&I framework and governance
- D&I Council creation
- Four global priorities and local adaptations
- Launch of the Inclusion Index
- 2023 Maturity assessment of our D&I practices and global D&I role
- External assessment of our HR practices to drive D&I actions
- Creation of a dedicated role of D&I Director Group and France
- 2024 Self-identification on diversity and self-assessment on inclusion
- Launch of a global App for Employees to self assess their own behaviours on Inclusion
- First-time employees perform a self-declaration on diversity
We want everyone at Pernod Ricard to thrive and feel like they belong. This means allowing each person to be their true selves, and to feel heard, valued and safe.”