In keeping with its responsibility to promote equality, respect for diversity and inclusive values, the EDF group is committed to developing concrete action to promote equality in the workplace and occupational and social integration for disabled people, combating sexism, violence and all forms of discrimination and developing support for parents. As a socially responsible employer, the Group is committed to maintaining and perfecting a high level of social dialogue and strives to secure the skills required for the Group’s business lines over the long term, by integrating all aspects of sustainable development into its operations and projects and giving employees an opportunity to develop their employability throughout their careers.
Through the CSR goals, the global CSR agreement and its code of ethics, the EDF group takes concrete action, measures the progress made and sets targets for gender equality in the workplace.
2020 was marked by:
Since 2014, the EDF group and some of its subsidiaries have decided to apply for an international certification (GEEIS certification, renewable every four years) to assess the quality and relevance of their commitments to gender diversity and equality in the workplace. The certification was successfully renewed in 2019 and, for the very first time, it was extended to all the Group’s other fields of action in terms of diversity and inclusion. In France, the equal pay aspect is now shown through the new gender equality index, which is compulsory for all companies with more than 50 employees.
In 2019, EDF’s Executive Committee decided to strengthen the Company’s gender diversity goals by implementing them at the Group level for the very first time, with the aim of setting an industry benchmark. This Group gender diversity goal is based on three commitments.
The key indicator used by the Group for gender diversity is the percentage of women members of the Management Committees of Group entities.
The percentage of women sitting on Management Committees stood at 28.7% in 2020, meaning that the target was exceeded two years early, also in line with the percentage of female managers in the Group in 2020 (28.8%).
Gender balance index: percentage of women in the Management Committees of the Group's entities (%)
2018 : 26,3
2019 : 27,3
2020 : 28,7
Target 2023 : 28
Key non-financial performance indicator
The methodology for this indicator is set out in detail in section 3.7.2.2 "Details on performance indicators".
(1) Social dialogue is related to these types of issues, but this is explained in the “CSR governance” section, in section 3.5.2.5 “Social dialogue”.
(2) Gender Equality European and International Standard: EDF holds the international GEEIS certification, in collaboration with the Arborus fund, as certified by Bureau Veritas.This certification assesses the workplace equality programmes of three Group companies (EDF in the UK, Fenice and EDF SA) and the Group itself.