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Employees (FTE) by region
47.1%
15.6%
7.7%
26.5%
3.2%
Asia
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
North America
Latin America
Key
Gender diversity statistics
Male Female
6,937 (76%)
13
(93%)
11 (58%)
127,586 (48%)
2,235 (24%)
8(42%)
1(7%)
139,357 (52%)
Senior
employees
Group Management
Board
Holdings Board
All employees
Valuing diversity
We are proud to provide an open,
supportive and inclusive workplace
where people can grow and achieve their
potential. Our commitment to diversity
and inclusion helps us attract, develop
and retain employees. We are also
committed to reflecting the communities
we serve.
Our employees lead and organise seven
global employee networks to promote
diversity. They focus on gender, age,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion,
working parents and disability.
To help managers address bias in hiring,
promotion and talent identification, we
use education programmes and have
expanded mentoring initiatives for
under-represented groups.
In 2015, we won Diversity Team of
the Year at the European Diversity
Awards. We were also one of 10
companies recognised as a Top Global
Employer in Stonewall’s Global
Workplace Equality Index.
We continue to address gender
representation, particularly at senior
levels, with additional focus on
promotions and hiring. We also continue
to expand support and flexible working
programmes for parents returning
to work.
Our award-winning Balance employee
network aims to address gender
diversity across HSBC, encouraging
dialogue and a better understanding
of the challenges and opportunities in
promoting a gender-balanced workforce
throughout the Group. It is available
to staff of all genders, and had active
groups in more than 30 offices around
the world in 2015.
Encouraging ownership
We promote individual ownership and
responsibility, and have created forums
to encourage dialogue. In 2015, we
continued to facilitate agenda-free
exchange meetings across the Group
for employees to collaborate on ideas
and initiatives to improve our work.
We also held 14 webcasts with senior
executives to promote understanding
of our strategic actions and allow
employees to ask questions.
Equipping employees
Our training programmes reinforce
a culture grounded in our values. In
2015, we completed a three-year
programme of values-led leadership
training for all employees.
We are building employee training
centres in Birmingham, Dubai and
mainland China. These will operate
alongside HSBC University, our online
training service.
In 2015, we also launched HSBC
Confidential, which brought together
all our existing whistleblowing
channels on to a global platform that
allows employees to raise concerns
confidentially without fear of personal
repercussions. The global channel
can be accessed by telephone, email,
web or mail. For further details,
see ‘Whistleblowing’ on page 179.
Rewarding positive behaviours
We have embedded behaviour ratings
in our performance review processes,
which are factored into variable
pay considerations.
In 2015, we introduced an At Our Best
online recognition tool for all employees.
It allows them to recognise colleagues’
actions by awarding points that are
redeemed for gifts and benefits.
Exchange meeting participation
(% of employees that attended a 2015 meeting)
53%
Employee retention
8 4.1%
Empowering people
Top
Global
Employer
Stonewall
Diversity
Team of
the Year
European
Diversity
Awards
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