Diversity is a natural part of our
culture, and openness and tolerance
are part of what we call an “H&M
personality”. Since 76% of our colleagues
are female, it is integral to
our operations that leadership reflects
that. Some 72% of our managers
and 50% of our board members are
women. However, to ensure that we
live up to these ambitions especially
when entering new markets, we have
had a global diversity policy in place
for many years. Through our internal
audits, we have found that the vast
majority of our stores, offices and
warehouses have implemented it.
To make the policy even stronger
and include additional aspects, we
will roll out an updated policy in
2015. We also plan to further strengthen
our tools to follow up on its
implementation through a global
complaint register (s. 3.6).