To achieve diverse representation in leadership positions by 2028
Senior leadership and senior management positions to be made up of 50% women and 15% ethnically diverse people by 2028
As a business that serves diverse communities across the length and breadth of the UK, it’s essential that Sainsbury’s represents and connects with the people we serve. An inclusive environment where every colleague, and every customer, feels welcomed is essential to our success. It’s why we are striving to increasing representation at all levels, and in all roles, are ambitious about narrowing our gender pay gap and take actions across our organisation to make sure that everyone feels that they have a place at Sainsbury’s.
Our ambition
Our progress and highlights
42%
senior leadership and management positions held by women in 2024/25
11.3%
senior leadership and management positions held by ethnically diverse people in 2024/25
78%
senior leadership and management positions held by ethnically diverse people in 2024/25
Accredited
Disability Confident Leader, the highest tier of accreditation in the Government's Disability Confident scheme
Our areas of focus
Creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues
Our colleagues are at the heart of what we do and ensuring we are driving change to make them feel included in our business is key. We want all of our colleagues to take personal responsibility and ownership, and to actively contribute to an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. We want all of our leaders to take accountability and actively promote and support inclusive practices and policies within our business. We aim to level the playing field, removing barriers and systemic biases that may disadvantage certain individuals or groups and providing our colleagues a fair chance to succeed. We have five colleague networks designed to represent and celebrate the diversity in our workforce, with over 13,000 members in total. All of our networks are led by, and are open to, colleagues who are part of each community and their allies. They celebrate a number of relevant events across the year such as Race Equality Week, Carer’s Week, International Women’s Day, Pride Month and Sainsbury’s Disability Week. They also play an integral part in representing our colleagues and agitating the business to make positive change.
How we are giving our colleague opportunities to develop Making an inclusive shopping experience for our customers
We’re committed to creating a more inclusive shopping experience for all our customers. We want to continue to actively transform our shops and the products we sell to be inclusive, accessible, culturally sensitive and gender inclusive for all of our customers.
Levelling pay across gender and ethnicity
We’re committed to being an inclusive retailer where people love to work and shop. We welcome the opportunity to report on our gender pay gap and voluntarily publish our ethnicity pay report, along with our company values, people policies and diversity and inclusion initiatives, which demonstrate our progress and commitment to gender and ethnic equality.
Gender and ethnicity reporting 