At Micro Focus, we are committed to actions that support diversity and inclusion (D&I) in everything we do. We believe in the power of a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the many aspects of the customers, suppliers, and communities we serve around the world, and promotes equal opportunity for all. We seek to enable the needs of our customers, drive new business, fuel innovation, and attract, engage, and retain our employees.
We are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive culture where every employee feels a sense of belonging, has opportunities to grow, express themselves, exchange ideas, and feel heard. This commitment includes providing fair and equal opportunities to both employees and prospective employees throughout their career journeys. We are actively striving to identify and eliminate biases and barriers (seen or unseen) that could delay or prohibit full participation by any individual or group. D&I also means we provide an ethical and safe workplace environment where we treat each other with dignity and respect, creating a culture free of harassment, bullying, and hostility. This is underpinned by our Code of Conduct.
We recognise that each person brings a unique set of qualities, attributes, backgrounds, skills, and perspectives to work. We aim to not only accept but to value and harness those unique differences. Our intention is to achieve our broad business goals by increasing representation of underrepresented people groups, including at the leadership level.
The Micro Focus Diversity and Inclusion Policy Statement is also published on the Company Policies section.
Our strategy is focused on making progress against our commitments, strengthening leadership accountability across the business, developing a more diverse talent pipeline, increasing awareness and education, and building a sense of belonging and engagement. Our leaders are taking greater accountability and owning actions to increase D&I within their organizations. We are also investing in our recruitment processes to attract and recruit more diverse talent. Our talent and succession processes include an enhanced focus on diversity including targeted development opportunities. Our company-wide commitment is to achieve 33% females globally in 2025. As of 2022, female representation is 29%.
Micro Focus supports the Armed Forces Covenant as part of our overall commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Micro Focus Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) play a vital role in engaging and educating our employees. We have experienced membership growth as well as new opportunities for employee leadership roles, development and allyship. By increasing our support of the ERGs through meaningful collaboration with allies, we are driving further value for all our employees.
We are committed to fostering diversity within our supplier base. At Micro Focus, we proactively identify and encourage diverse suppliers to compete for our business and build long-term relationships with them. Led by Global Procurement, a diverse supplier is defined as at least 51% owned and operated by an individual or group that is part of a traditionally under-represented or under-served group. This includes small business enterprises, minority-owned enterprises, and woman owned enterprises, and has recently expanded to include LGBTQ, veterans, disability owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
Micro Focus is committed to equal pay and has policies and practices in place to pay men and women equally for the same or similar work. UK legislation requires all employers with 250 or more employees in the UK to publish annually their gender pay gap data as of 5 April. Access Micro Focus Gender Pay Gap reports.
