Barometer Financi’Elles 2024 : 3rd publication on compliance with the 10 commitments to professional equality

This third barometer presents the progress of Financi’Elles on its 10 commitments’ charter, made by the leaders of member companies in 2021 during the celebration of the federation's 10th year, celebrated with Christine Lagarde, Finance’Elles godmother.

With an overall score of 30.8 over 40, or 77% fulfillment of the commitments (vs 75% in 2023), the results of 2024 demonstrates the multiple efforts and ambitious policies of the member companies whose gender diversity networks are part of the federation to advance professional gender equality.

As in 2023, the commitment for companies to set ambitious targets for women in management bodies, with regular measurement indicators, achieved the highest score. In fact, most of them have already met the requirements of the Rixain law (35% women in senior management by March 2026). Companies are also paying particular attention to the balance between men's and women's lifestyles, and make up for any unjustified discrepancies between the sexes by setting up specific envelopes.

In 2024, a number of major advances have been made, such as the introduction of ambitious career development programs specifically designed for women (training, mentoring, sponsorship, female leadership), initiatives aimed at young people to promote professional equality and gender diversity in the workplace (partnerships with schools to highlight female career paths, hosting 3rd grade interns to raise awareness of stereotypes, tech career discovery programs) and efforts to create more inclusive career paths. In this respect, in addition to the actions around parenthood, there is a clear desire to promote non-stereotyped career paths, taking into account the diversity of situations (family carers, sabbaticals, etc.).

“The results of this third edition of the Financi'Elles barometer, which showed a slight increase, are encouraging insofar as they confirm the commitments of our banking, finance and insurance sector to work in a sustainable way for gender diversity in management bodies and, more broadly, for professional equality. This shared governance, which the federation has been calling for, is a guarantee of performance and attractiveness.

Exchanges throughout the year between gender diversity networks within companies and our partners during virtual breakfasts on each of the Charter's commitments have also enabled us to share successful experiences and multiply their impact”, declare Camille Eymard and Ludivine Labarre, Co-Presidents of Financi'Elles.

• Define ambitious and measurable objectives within management bodies (3.5)

• Contribute to a balanced life (3.4)

• Close unjustified pay gaps between women and men (3.4)

• Promote a culture of gender diversity and equality (3.2)

• Amplify actions to combat sexism and decision-making bias (3.2)

• Pursue or set up career development programs for women (3.1)

• Work with the younger generation on issues of professional equality (2.9)

• Promote the internal and external expression of women and men (2.9)

• Promote mixed representation in gendered professions (2.6)

• Develop or create inclusive career paths - based on life cycles (2.5).

Context & Methodology of the Financi'Elles Barometer :

• On November 16, 2021, the 15 member companies (AXA, BNP Paribas, Groupe BPCE, Caisse des Dépôts, Crédit Agricole, GENERALI, HSBC, ING, La Banque Postale, Malakoff Humanis, Mastercard, My Money Bank (now CCF), SCOR, Société Générale and Swiss Life) sign the Financi'Elles Charter of Commitments.

• 2022 and 2023: self-assessment of the 10 commitments of the Financi'Elles Charter via quantitative and qualitative questionnaires, with a score from 1 to 4 (1 being the lowest and 4 the highest score with a commitment achieved) for these 15 companies.

• In 2024, Financi'Elles welcomed 2 new member companies (Crédit Mutuel, Metlife).

• The third self-assessment of the charter's 10 commitments was carried out among the 17 participating companies.

Contacts presse :

• isabelle.duvernay@ccf.fr

• valerie.brillat@metlife.fr

• valerie.leselbaum@axa.fr