Commitments
Diversity and Inclusion
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Encouraging diversity and inclusion to nurture creativity and innovation
Alstom is a global company where our people vision and values embrace Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). Wherever we operate and across all our businesses, we want to create an inclusive culture in which diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
By bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and giving everyone the opportunity to contribute with their knowledge, skills, experiences and perspectives, we also generate value for Alstom and its stakeholders.
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“Inclusion is not just the right thing to do for Alstom. It’s the right thing to do, period. Fostering Diversity and Inclusion through targeted action, supported by analytics, allows our employees to be their best selves and to thrive in our company.”
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24.7%of women managers, engineers and professionals
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5.5%gender pay gap for managers, engineers and profesionnals compared to 5.8% last year
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94/100Equality index for Alstom Transport SA
Clear strategy and objectives to foster inclusion
Inclusion helps create a work environment and a culture where all differences are valued, respected and leveraged without any bias. Diverse teams provide wider perspectives and boost performance and innovation.
The Global Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy launched during the FY 2022/23 across the Group reflects the company’s position of zero tolerance against discrimination and harassment and provides guidance in terms of steps to be taken in such conditions.
The Group DEI strategy is supported by four pillars – gender balance, disability inclusion, multiple culture and LGBTQ at work – with concrete objectives for achieving diversity and inclusion across all levels of the organisation.
Alstom's D&I strategy
The D&I Steering Committee made up of members of the top management, is responsible for the corporate D&I strategy development and the definition of global initiatives. Through a global approach, deployment of these initiatives is supported by a network of D&I Champions in all regions.
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"By taking an evidence-based approach to integrating diversity and inclusion into our systems, I believe Alstom can make a paradigm shifting impact on our workforce and our communities. Alstom’s commitment to diversity and inclusion serves as an additional competitive advantage that we bring to the market."
D&I actions at Alstom
Discover some of the actions that are driven at global and/or local level for our main D&I pillars.
Alstom's Mind the Glass programme
Mind the Glass is our company-wide programme designed to promote gender equality and inclusivity globally. We recognise that achieving gender balance requires a long-term commitment, and as such, we have created a sustainable programme focused on tailored and targeted local action.
The initiative first originated in Italy, where it was successfully implemented, and in 2023 it was awarded the 4Awards4Inclusion in the category of Advancing Gender Balance.
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Breaking barriers, building balance
- gender-balanced candidate slates
- unconscious bias training
- women development programmes and
- targeted actions facilitated by cross-functional collaboration.
We believe that every stage of the employee life cycle is critical in promoting gender balance, from attracting women to recruiting and retaining them, reducing the gender pay gap, and providing opportunities for career development and advancement.
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“We can only teach what we do, if we practice inclusion then we teach inclusion. D&I is about continuous learning and finally creating a snowball effect which gradually changes mentalities for all of us.”
Diversity and Inclusion Charter
Our culture of inclusion and zero tolerance for discrimination and bullying is also reinforced through our Global Policy of Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment. This underlines the unaccepted behaviours, along with steps to be taken and points of contact in case these take place.
Explore our Diversity and Inclusion Charter to better understand our D&I Framework.