“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Author
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is the way of life at Hero MotoCorp. We remain committed to these principles through progressive people policies and practices that open up spaces of participation within the organisation. It is an essential yardstick for us to measure the effectiveness of our policies and practices and in showing the way our organisation will grow and develop.
The Economic Survey of 2022-23 puts female labour force participation rate at 25.1% in 2020-21. The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) data from 2019-20 shows that only 1.6 million (19.7%) of the 8 million workers are employed in India’s formal manufacturing industries.
At Hero MotoCorp, we have been moving with speed in ensuring a highly conducive environment for women colleagues. This translates into having effective hiring strategies, progressive policies in keeping with the times and constantly going back to listening to the experiences of women colleagues. Under the inspiring leadership of our Executive Chairman, Dr Pawan Munjal, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is now the backbone of our organisation. Spearheaded by Niranjan Gupta, our Chief Executive Officer, the focus on DEI is much deeper and widespread with initiatives like HEROes Network and Lean in Circles bringing in women employees together on a common platform, giving them scope to network and grow within the organisation.
Our goal is to have 30% women in our workforce by the year 2030. This is a mandate that is carried by each member of the Hero MotoCorp family. Each one of us at Hero MotoCorp remain fully committed to fulfilling this mandate. We are invested in sensitising our teams about the need for equity. In keeping with this shared responsibility, we are enabling our managers to walk the talk, on creating opportunities for women to participate, and lead diverse teams.
Our HERoes Network and Women in Leadership programmes were developed to give women every support, resource and networks necessary to participate and make the most out of these opportunities. Furthermore, we are ensuring that mentorship and support are available to any woman who joins our ecosystem. With our Women in Leadership programme, in partnership with BML Munjal University, we empower women employees to move up into leadership roles within the organisation.
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The most important aspect about adapting DEI as a way of life is the conviction that it will be a learning journey that builds more empathy and collaboration. The Hero MotoCorp Board already has a 27% representation of women. Our hiring strategies are focused on getting more women from campuses. Our goal is to ensure 50% of our total campus hires are women. We are creating a pipeline that provides women with the support they need to rise into leadership roles. At the same time, we are hiring more women leaders to be part of our senior management.
At Hero MotoCorp, diversity and inclusion is a way of life that is cherished and held together by our people.
