Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001089113-25-000040
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Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
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 transparentWe are transparent in sharing our datathrough external disclosures and weparticipate in benchmarking to measureour progress across the industry. In 2024,we:–ranked as a Top 75 employer in the UKSocial Mobility Index, improving 30places to number 37;–ranked number 3 in the StonewallWorkplace Equality Index in the UK andmaintained our Stonewall Gold standard;and–were awarded an Ambassador Status byCarers UK. |
| We are evidence-ledOur priorities are informed by data, and we continue to enable our colleagues to self-identify across a range of data points that reflect theirpersonal identity, including ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and ability.We have enabled our colleagues to self-identify through our systems and our Snapshot survey, helping us to understand the diversecomposition of our global workforce.Data availability enables us to embrace our international footprint, set locally-relevant priorities, support under-represented groups andimprove outcomes for our colleagues. In countries and territories where we are able to do so, we invite colleagues to share their data withus. In 2024, we enabled 93% of our colleagues to disclose their ethnic background, with 67% of colleaguescurrently choosing to do so,where this is legally permissible. In certain markets we invite colleagues to share additional characteristics with us, for example, disability orsocio-economic background.For further details of our representation data, pay gap data, and actions, see www.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-people/inclusion-at-hsbc andthe ESG Data Pack at www.hsbc.com/esg. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

| HSBC Holdings plcAnnual Report on Form 20-F | 63 |

Fostering a diverse environment Women in senior leadership Increasing female representation in our senior leadership roles is one of our longest- standing strategic priorities. Since achieving our ambition of having 30% of senior leadership positions held by women in 2020, we set a new ambition to reach 35% by 2025 1 . We are on track to meet our 2025 ambition, with 34.6% of senior leadership roles held by women at the end of 2024. Our hiring practices are merit-based, and we seek to ensure that every candidate, regardless of their identity and background, has an equal opportunity to demonstrate their skill and potential. A total of 36.8% of all external appointments into senior