D&I in Grocery announces the launch of its 2024 Impact Report

The D&I in Grocery (Diversity & Inclusion) organisation has announced the launch of its 2024 Impact Report, alongside the latest results from its Maturity Model, revealing the grocery industry’s significant progress in creating a truly diverse and inclusive industry.

Managed by GroceryAid, with the support of various steering groups, the programme continues to grow in both size and impact, and shows that over 100 partners, including leading FMCG brands, engaged with the programme in 2024 - an increase of 386% on figures from 2020. The programme also raised over a record-breaking £1m for GroceryAid last year.

Organisations were scored on 10 categories and the greatest improvements were seen across senior and middle management commitment, appraisal and talent Planning, as well as policies and practices. While retailers continue to lead the way, it is clear that manufacturers and service providers are also making great strides.

The release of the new data coincides with the appointment of Richard Stratton (group sourcing and commodities director at Tesco) as the programme’s new Strategy Steering Group Chair, and Caroline Cater (VP of people and culture at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners) as deputy chair (both pictured above).

Simon Smith, go to market operations director at Kellanova and outgoing chair of D&I in Grocery’s Strategy Steering Group for 2024, comments: “We’re incredibly proud of the programme’s achievements in 2024, all of which have been delivered to an exceptional standard with the overall programme experience score achieving 100% and overall programme impact score at 96%.”

Richard Stratton (group sourcing and commodities director at Tesco) and new Strategy Steering Group Chair, says: “It’s increasingly important for our industry to come together to drive collective change for D&I within our industry. I’m delighted to be part of this programme which is supporting the industry in doing exactly that and accelerating change.

To download the report in full, please click here.