Inclusive Culture
SAPUTO’S INCLUSIVE CULTURE
Anchored in our Promise, Saputo’s Inclusive Culture stands for inclusion, diversity, and engagement, and is an integral part of who we are. We strive to provide access to opportunities and a sense of belonging to all.
At Saputo, we want everyone to feel included and respected for their unique perspectives, make meaningful contributions, and bring their authentic self to work every day. Our inclusion, diversity, and engagement initiatives reflect this by being integrated in our activities and well operationalized across our divisions.
We’ve put in place numerous initiatives, including mitigating biases across all processes, especially recruitment, expanding our candidate pool to reflect the communities we operate in, understanding employee experiences at Saputo and reviewing policies and procedures to provide opportunities for all.
We aim to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the society we live and operate in and strengthens our individual and collective performance cycle.
At Saputo, we want everyone to feel included and respected for their unique perspectives, make meaningful contributions, and bring their authentic self to work every day. Our inclusion, diversity, and engagement initiatives reflect this by being integrated in our activities and well operationalized across our divisions.
We’ve put in place numerous initiatives, including mitigating biases across all processes, especially recruitment, expanding our candidate pool to reflect the communities we operate in, understanding employee experiences at Saputo and reviewing policies and procedures to provide opportunities for all.
We aim to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the society we live and operate in and strengthens our individual and collective performance cycle.
“I found myself in a difficult situation caring for family far away from work. Saputo was able to find and adapt a new job position and work location for me so that I could cope with this situation along with my family. I had the unconditional support of my coworkers along the way.”
Argentinian Employee
Argentinian Employee
“I started at Saputo as an international student looking for a career change. I started part-time in the warehouse and they saw I was ambitious. It’s been four years now and I’ve moved up through three different positions. They provided me opportunities, and I took the challenge and worked hard. I hope I can inspire my daughter, I want to be an example – that you can do things, you just have to keep trying.”
Canadian Employee
Canadian Employee
“My manager doesn’t want to limit my opportunities to just my current department. They ask if I’m interested in learning about other departments and where I can see myself in years to come. They want to see me succeed, whether it’s in my current department or another one. It makes me feel like the Company is invested in me and makes sure I’m satisfied in my work.”
US Employee
US Employee
“I came from nothing, and now I’m a manager because Saputo gave me a chance. No matter your background, if you’re hungry, Saputo will feed you.”
US Employee
US Employee
“We have team meetings to discuss issues and the different projects that we are working on. I’m in a new role, so I’m facing challenges I sometimes feel I don’t have the experience to resolve. This group meeting gives me the opportunity to ask questions to help me and learn from others. A lot of my colleagues proactively set up time to go over certain things they think I should know. Nowadays, we also set up virtual coffee breaks, where we don’t talk about work. I feel I’ve worked with them for a decade!”
Canadian Employee
Canadian Employee
“ When I think about Saputo’s history and culture, I feel like I’m home. ”
US Employee
US Employee
Harnessing and promoting the power of diversity
VOICES - EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK
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To make sure we’re doing everything to support our employees and promote an equal opportunity environment, we started hosting “VOICES”, events where employees can share their personal experiences and recommend actions. These events help us gather employees’ insights to validate and prioritize opportunities for enhancing our inclusive culture while achieving our business objectives.
“Having such a diverse group with different cultures, backgrounds, experiences and personalities leads to rich discussions and powerful outcomes.”
“Having such a diverse group with different cultures, backgrounds, experiences and personalities leads to rich discussions and powerful outcomes.”
INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP
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Part of ensuring an inclusive work environment is equipping our leaders with tools to be inclusive in their leadership approach. Our leadership development programs aim to equip our leaders so that they can better support every person on their team and unleash their true potential.
ADDRESSING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
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As we continue to grow, we need to remain mindful of how our unconscious bias can impact the contribution of others. We introduced unconscious bias training in 2019 so our people managers are better equipped to recognize bias and improve our decision-making. Read more about this in our Case Study section.
“Some great eye-opening examples of our own biases – impactful.”
“Keeping this at the forefront of our jobs is very important.”
“Some great eye-opening examples of our own biases – impactful.”
“Keeping this at the forefront of our jobs is very important.”
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