Diversity and Inclusion

Our diversity and inclusion strategy is reflected in our organisational culture and team.

We work to create a working environment that values the difference and uniqueness of each person. These principles serve as a catalyst for the personal and professional development of the team.

Objective

45%

Of leadership positions are occupied by women until the end of 2025.

Performance

Acting at the level of hires and promotions, we ended 2022 with 39,7% women in leadership positions (up 4.3 pp on 2019).

+39,7 %

Women in leadership positions (up 4.3 pp compared to 2019)

Projects

LGBTQIA+MC

Our people, our pride

At MC, we move forward together and towards a world where we all have voice, expression, representation and space. A world where everyone respects each other, because understanding and dialogue come from respect. We embrace causes that defend a fairer, more balanced and more supportive society: that is why, during last Pride month, we launched a campaign to support the LGBTQIA+ community, bring forward our people as protagonists.

Leadership is for Women

Promotion of Gender Equality

Gender equality is a priority in our diversity and inclusion strategy. There are 4 areas of action: I) employment and education; II) work-life balance III) social protection; and IV) visibility. Actions in 2020: Holding enlightenment sessions with experts on the topic of inequality in female leadership; Launch of two exclusive newsletters on the theme of diversity and inclusion; Promotion of the first gender equality campaign, "It's Woman's". The campaign aimed to break gender stereotypes, associating a message of strength and overcoming, mobilising the whole team.

Female Ambassadors in the gender equality campaign

We are Sonae

Project purpose/Scope: Support the team and their and families

The We're Sonae programme, created in 2013, supports our colleagues and families in times of greatest need. Ensuring their privacy, the programme is promoted by multidisciplinary and specialised teams of the Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, which verifies all requests and, after an initial analysis, defines and implements the support plan.

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+2,400

People supported

+1,2 M€

Invested in the programme

Equality plan 2024

Rights, freedom and opportunities between women and men at MC

MC intends to once again demonstrate its commitment to meritocracy in all its forms and undertakes to develop its best efforts to vivify all these guidelines in the effective working practices all its teams demonstrate.

Objective

Performance