Everyone deserves a seat at the table
Across borders, dialects and differences, there’s a universal language: food. It’s one of the reasons we here at Too Good To Go value it so much.
We turn to food in times of triumph and need, through sickness and health, during the everyday and the exceptional. Food has always brought us together and broken down barriers. It’s a universal language that connects us with those who may not share the same traditions, trials, or tongue.
Too Good To Go is a social impact company with a mission to inspire and empower people to save food. We are a leader in this field, and, as a leader, we want to be role models in every way.
Too Good To Go is a business that does good, and we want to make people feel good about saving food. To achieve this positive change, we have to make sure that we have the right people with a range of backgrounds, experience, thinking and talents to help us in the fight against food waste.
We believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.
We know there’s more work to be done, and for us, that starts internally.
That’s we’re striving to create more diverse teams where all our employees feel represented, included and safe. A place where people can tap into the power of their authenticity and be respected and valued for it. The aim? To become a benchmark organisation for how diversity, equity and inclusion are incorporated into our everyday working lives.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH DE&I?
Diversity is valuing different perspectives and intentionally designing our team to reflect a range of backgrounds. This representation can be through many dimensions, including gender identity, age, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and ability.
Equity is creating consistent, systematic, fair and just treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all individuals while working to remove any barriers that might prevent someone’s full and equitable participation at Too Good To Go.
Inclusion is ensuring that everyone feels like they belong and have a voice that is heard.
AND HOW WILL ACHIEVE IT?
We’ve identified four key drivers to ensure that DE&I comes to life in our everyday culture and way of working at Too Good To Go. Each year, we set out a roadmap of actions against them.
AWARENESS
We will ensure that everyone at Too Good To Go - across all levels of the organisation - understands why diversity, equity and inclusion are so important to how we work. This way, we can embed it positively at every touchpoint across the business.
To do this, we are building resources for employees to increase their understanding: from sharing personal stories and knowledge to providing information on how to be an ally.
REPRESENTATION
At every level of the business, our organisation should reflect the world we live and work in.
To do this, we will ensure we attract, retain and support diverse talent and suppliers by removing hiring biases, creating equitable and fair application processes, and actively seeking candidates and suppliers with diverse backgrounds.
EDUCATION
Education is key to broadening the awareness and perspectives of every person who works at Too Good To Go. Our educational pillar will help us educate our people on how to make diversity, equity and inclusion an everyday reality.
To do this, we will create opportunities for education, new experiences and greater exposure to DE&I.
LEADERSHIP
We recognise the power of positive role modelling and the importance of having our leaders be active voices in driving change.
To do this, we will break down hierarchical communication barriers so diversity, equity and inclusion can properly influence our working methods.
WE’RE ONLY GETTING STARTED
Since kicking off our DE&I Taskforce in 2021, we've already made some great improvements, including setting global priorities, launching our Employee Resource Groups and starting local initiatives across our many markets.
We always want to raise the bar. To reach our ambitions in diversity, equity and inclusion, we will push forward our priorities across the 17 countries we work in whilst continuing to measure our impact through our annual DE&I survey and engagement in DE&I activities.
Our Leaders, DE&I Taskforce and People and Culture team will be the driving force behind the upcoming changes, working closely to implement global and local changes.
We will update employees, potential employees, suppliers and partners on our progress against these commitments on an ongoing basis.