Discover our commitments as Responsible Employer

Ensuring the quality of working life, equity and inclusion, and professional development of the teams is a key factor in supporting employee commitment within the Group and improving performance.

The Responsible Employer strategy is one of the main strands of the Group's CSR strategy. It is founded on three ambitions, broken down into commitments. 

Enabling each employee, current and future, to fully realize their potential within the Group

• Provide the best employability opportunities to attract and retain our talents;
• Foster career opportunities tailored to future challenges.

Providing a fulfilling, responsive and performing work environment

• Ensuring the conditions for a fair and inclusive culture respectful of others;
• Ensuring the conditions for a quality of working life respectful of people and living times.

Fostering employee commitment and impact

• Strengthen engagement and culture of dialogue to work collectively for the Group’s sustainable competitiveness;
• Contribute individually and collectively to positive impact actions.

Being a responsible employer is one of the priorities of the Group, which has announced its ambitions in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion as part of its 2023-2026 strategic plan, with the following objectives:

• increasing of the representation of women in senior management positions of the Group with more than 35% of women in the Top 250 by 2026;
• reducing potential pay gaps between women and men within the Group by 2026 with a budget of EUR 100 million between 2024 and 2025.

Results

In accordance with the requirements of the French “Loi Avenir” of 5 September 2018, that aims to eliminate wage disparities between women and men, Societe Generale SA in France has published its Gender Equality Index score, which stands at 91 out of a maximum score of 100 for the 2024 financial year. It is calculated based on 5 indicators provided by the legislation:

In accordance with the provisions of the “Rixain” Law of 24 December 2021, aimed at accelerating economic and occupational equality between women and men, Societe Generale SA France publishes, for the year 2024, 2 indicators:

• Representation of women and men in executives: 37% women and 63% men.
• Representation of women and men in members of the governing body: 55% women and 45% men.