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People

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Our vision

At MC, we value heterogeneity and individuality. We seek to make the most of the extraordinary characteristics of our People across the different business areas, contributing to the creation of a unique community with a culture second-to-none which fosters incredible relationships.

We believe that the rich multitude of our teams enables us to provide complete and cross-cutting responses to the challenges posed by the sector and that respecting and valuing differences has a significant impact on our long-term success.

We are firmly committed to our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy by adopting inclusive recruitment and career progression policies and cross-cutting initiatives to raise awareness and advocate for our People. These are critical issues pertinent to our society's future.

Our performance

At the end of 2022, MC headcount totalled 38,220 people, of whom 68% were women, 75% had a permanent contract, and 75% had a full-time labour contract.

During the year, when pursuing new hires and promotions, we continued to implement initiatives towards achieving our goal of gender equality in leadership positions. Thanks to these efforts, 39.7% of leadership positions were held by women at the end of the year, up by 0.9 pp compared to 2021 and only 0.3 pp shy from our 40% target set for the end of 2023.

Our initiatives

LGBTQIA+ Campaign Learn more
Women In Leadership (WIL) Learn more
"Vila com Vida" project Learn more

LGBTQIA+ Campaign

In 2022, as part of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy, we launched an LGBTQIA+ awareness campaign under the slogan "Be an ally". Via this initiative, we reinforced our stance: we stand for respect and dignity and value uniqueness.

We also launched the second edition of the podcast #PoderFalarÉPoderSer (PowerToSpeakIsPowerToBe), featuring Jens Schadendorf, the author of GaYme Changer. This episode reflected upon the importance of this topic for various business areas across the organisation, namely People, Client and Strategy management.

Women In Leadership (WIL)

At MC, we continued to make progress towards gender equality. Our aim is that by 2023 women will occupy 40% of our senior management positions. We have proactively worked on this goal in recent years in terms of recruitment, assessment processes and promotions.

The actions implemented have contributed to getting closer to our objective. At the end of 2022, a total of 39.7% of leadership positions at MC were held by women. This represents an increase of 0.9 pp year-on-year and solely 0.3 pp shy from the goal set for the end of 2023.

"Vila com Vida " project

Continuing efforts which began in 2021 and under the scope of our inclusive employability policy, which is part of our DE&I strategy, we collaborated with the Vila com Vida association to test a framework to integrate people with mild intellectual disabilities into our store workforce.

In 2022, we integrated 74% of the candidates who took part in this initiative. We received very positive feedback from the store teams that welcomed them, their relatives and the Vila com Vida association. Throughout all the stages, the key highlights were learning, mutual help and personal growth experienced by all participants, in addition to a feeling of belonging and a sense of pride for being part of a movement with such a significant impact on the lives of our new colleagues.