NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019
6 NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Employee engagement
In March 2019, Natixis also attended two conferences on the topic of Women in Finance at Dauphine University and Skema Business School in order to promote jobs among female students. In May 2019, Natixis was a partner at the Women in Sciences event in Paris, which was attended by 130 young women who had come to participate in practical applications of scientific modeling. Since 2018, Natixis has been part of Marie-Claire magazine think tank on quality , in association with Connecting Leaders Club, which brings together well-known leaders in business, media and culture.
Many gathering covering a range of themes were held in order to discuss and come up with ideas for concrete actions to be put forward to decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. International Women’s Day provides Natixis the opportunity every year to raise awareness by organizing conferences and testimonials in the different countries in which it operates on gender equality in the workplace.
2019 KEY EVENTS Launch of the Women Sponsorship program
In 2019, Natixis designed and ran a mentoring program dedicated to the talents of the women from the Purple Leaders community (extended leadership circle). Through the program, 15 women can benefit from the support from a member of the Senior Management Committee or the Comex for a period of one year. The goal is to promote talented women in the company, make them more visible, and encourage them to take on bigger responsibilities at Natixis. Natixis signs on to the Women Empowerment Principles (WEP) March 8, 20 presented Natixis with the opportunity to formalize its commitment to UN Women by agreeing to the Women Empowerment Principles (WEP), signed by Natixis Chief Executive Officer François Riahi, thus officially launching the creation of a dedicated fund. On a broader note, for Natixis this commitment is a way of emphasizing the connection between gender equality and economic performance.
Natixis’ senior management supports the Women in Natixis Network ( Winn ), which promotes equality in management at Natixis in France and internationally (Algeria, Americas, Dubai, London, Milan and Madrid), and coordinates a network on different aspects of personal and professional development. This organization is sponsored by François Riahi, Chief Executive Officer of Natixis. Since 2018, Winn opened to men who can now participate in events and actively support the promotion of gender equality at Natixis. In 2019, there were 1,078 participants globally, including 278 men. Gatherings such as conferences, workshops and networking events focused on equality and diversity took place throughout the year both in and outside France. They key themes included "Taking action for a more equal society", together with representatives from associations dedicated to addressing inequalities throughout the working lives of girls and women; and a General Shareholders' Meeting on themed "Equality in the banking sector", which took the form of a round-table discussion involving both men and women.
Further afield, other initiatives in favor of equality between women and men took place in 2019: A signatory of the Women in Finance Charter, Natixis London committed to a target of 30% of women in senior management roles within five years. Natixis London also launched its first "Natixis Pride" LGBT network. In the US, a dedicated support program called Debut 2.0 was created to help women has they return to the workplace after a long period of absence. In 2019, six women benefited from the program. In Asia, the DANA (Diversity At Natixis APAC) initiative launched in 2018 continued to engage all employees in combatting stereotypes by signing an internal charter. In 2019, Natixis Algérie rolled out its Shadowing Day to give young women insights into finance careers.
North & South America
France
EMEA
Asia-Pacific
Total worldwide
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2018 2017 2018 2017 % of women in the workforce 49.7 52.1 51.4 32.6 32.6 35.1 34.1 33.6 32.9 46.1 44.8 43.2 46.6 49.3 49.1 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017
Total worldwide
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2018
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% of women in the extended leadership circle (Purple Leaders) % of women in the leadership circle (Global Leaders)
29.6 26.9 26.7 30.0
29.4 26.3 22.2 27.0
29.2 24.5 23.3
% of women on the Executive Committee
% of women on the Senior Management Committee
9.1
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NATIXIS UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2019
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