Employee development and learning are key areas for the Group. Action plans involving monitoring of KPIs, including the advancement of Better Places targets related to the workforce, have been designed to increase the share of women in senior management positions and build a diverse succession pipeline across the Group.

Advanced inclusion learning offer in 2023:

• A Global Allyship Programme rolled-out across all URW’s regions, including a Group 1.5-hour webinar on the key tools to build and develop a mindset of allyship, followed by a partnership with a cutting-edge digital tool focused on “eDoing” to help teams integrate allyship habits into daily work in a simple and easy way;
• Inclusion practice workshops as part of the URW Manager Programme, as well as a new e-learning module on URW’s learning platform for hiring managers to learn how to reduce unconscious bias in recruitment;
• 2 inclusion-focused Group-wide keynotes during the 2023 URW Learning Week, including the importance of creating a sense of belonging in the workplace as well as understanding different intercultural dimensions builds a stronger workforce;
• Focused intercultural learning for regional Be You at URW Network leads.

Group-wide “Supporting Inclusion at URW” unconscious bias training for employees in all regions included in newcomer onboarding; and International Graduate Programme (“IGP”) partnership with Historically Black Colleges & Universities in the US.