Sustainable growth report 2024
Sustainable growth report 2024
INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE BOARD
We aim to be a company where everyone feels welcome and included. Increasing diversity within our senior management and Supervisory Board remains a key priority, and we believe it is essential to our long-term success.
As part of our commitment to fostering inclusivity, we remain focused on improving diversity within our Supervisory Board, which is currently composed entirely of men. Achieving meaningful progress requires leadership, with both the Supervisory Board and senior management playing a crucial role in driving this ambition beyond the boardroom by clearly emphasising our goals and actively working towards them.
In alignment with the target we set in 2022, our goal is to achieve at least 20% female representation on the Supervisory Board by 2025. While diversity encompasses more than just gender, this specific objective reflects guidance from the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) and serves as an important initial step.
Over the coming years, we will continue to revisit our selection processes, address unconscious biases, and seek out highly qualified candidates who bring fresh perspectives to the board. Alongside these efforts, we are also developing initiatives to further enhance inclusion across the organisation.
Progress
In 2024, a vacancy arose on our Supervisory Board following the departure of one of its members. To fill this position, we are actively working to appoint a female candidate.
With this appointment, we will achieve our goal of 20% female representation on the Supervisory Board by 2025.
Jan Valkier opening the DEI talk during the Junior Officers Conference underlining the importance of DEI within Anthony Veder