About Diageo
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character and in 250 years, nothing’s changed, women and men of great character continue the innovation with the same passion as our founders. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. Diageo is where you’ll find a wide variety of personalities, experiences and perspectives, wherever you’re based in the world. It makes for a stimulating and rewarding working environment. We’re proud to be more than 30,000 talented people and our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Working with us
We are a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer. We produce an outstanding collection of over 200 brands – old and new, large and small, global and local – that are enjoyed in more than 180 countries around the world.
Created in 1997, our business is built on the principles and foundations laid years before by giants of the industry – Arthur Guinness, John Walker, Elizabeth Cumming and many more.
Today, we stand on the shoulders of these giants and, inspired by their ideas, philosophy and audacity, act with the same entrepreneurial spirit and determination.
Our passionate colleagues continue to take risks as they introduce our iconic brands to new people, and strengthen ties with old friends. And, as they do so, we help them to go further – to dream bigger, be bolder, and be true to their characters through their roles and careers. They’re leading the way and have the chance to raise our torch ever higher, long into the future.
I&D - LGBTQIA+
· We are committed to making sure that Diageo is a great place to work for LGBTQIA+ talent and that we support LGBTQIA+ inclusion and rights around the world.
· We now have 12 employee Rainbow networks worldwide, including in North America, the UK, Brazil, Amsterdam, South Africa, and India. This is a truly global network that strives to create the most open and inclusive culture for the LGBTQIA+ community in, and beyond, Diageo.
· Led by the Rainbow network, Pride month was bigger than ever at Diageo in 2021. To begin the celebrations all markets took part in a global flag raising and the Pride Progress flag went on display at distilleries, offices and production sites around the world. Throughout the month a number of virtual events and discussions took place, including a ‘Human Library’ networking sessions which brought together employees from Africa to India to Mexico and beyond to interact and discuss what Pride month meant to them and a HIV awareness session in partnership with the Terrence Higgins Trust. The month was wrapped up with a virtual Pride Parade and Drag Queen Bingo hosted by Alyssa Edwards, breakout star of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
· We have launched Gender Identity and Expression Guidelines in over 20 countries, including the UK, US, Mexico and Venezuela, to ensure that we have support in place for employees who are transitioning, have transitioned, who recognise themselves to be a different gender from the gender assigned to them at birth, are gender-fluid or non-binary. These guidelines were developed in consultation our employee Rainbow Network.
· In 2020/2021 we introduced a new apprentice programme in PUB and hired seven trans apprentices to work in our Ypioca factory in Brazil.
· Through our advertising, we continue to put the spotlight on inspiring LGBTQIA+ people, including Laverne Cox in America and our Smirnoff advertising, and Gareth Thomas in the UK who was the first professional rugby player to come out as gay through the Guinness ‘Made of More’ series. Our most recent Johnnie Walker advert in South Africa features a same sex couple celebrating their love at a traditional South African wedding.
· We are proud members of Open for Business, an alliance of leading companies committed to supporting LGBT+ inclusion, and are signatories of the UN Global LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business.
We have been awarded full marks on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, which rates US workplaces on LGBTQ+ equality, for 12 years running
Employee Resource Groups
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are the eyes and ears into the areas they represent and help us truly build a great place to work for diverse communities.
We have focussed groups for the following diversity areas;
RTX ADAPT - supports and advocates for our employees with disabilities and helping us build an environment where every employee can do the best work of their lives without barrier.
RTXWISE - works across the business to help us attract, develop and retain women across Raytheon UK ensuring that we build a culture where every employee can thrive.
RTXPRIDE - supports our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual employees to build a culture at Raytheon UK where every colleague can feel empowered to truly be themselves.
RTX MCN - ensures that we better represent the true ethnic diversity of Britain in our business and that we understand the multicultural differences that exist within society that are important for us to understand in our organisation.
RTX NXGEN - brings together our early career employees including those on early talent programmes to help set them up for success in growing their career at Raytheon UK.
RTX VETS - helps military service leavers transition to careers within the private sector and Raytheon UK, helping them translate their critical armed services skills into the skills required within business.
RTX ESN - We care about our planet and the places we do business, our Sustainability Network brings together our passionate employees from across the business to help us all understand the individual actions we can all take to build a better world for tomorrow.
