Diversity & Inclusion

Whoever you are, we are your Sainsbury’s

We want to be a truly inclusive retailer where every one of our colleagues can be their best and where our customers feel welcome when they shop with us. This is why we’ve kept inclusion at the top of our agenda since 2013. During this time, we’ve led the way in our industry – becoming the first to incentivise representation targets. To drive things forward, we work with partners including Diversity in Retail, Stonewall and The BDF. And we’ve just launched a strategy to take things to the next level.

Our approach is all about personal responsibility and leadership accountability. In other words, inclusion is everybody’s business at Sainsbury’s. 

Community comes first

We want our business to reflect the communities we’re part of, and we’re happy that our workforce is representative of the UK too. Our Colleague Networks help to make sure we have true representation for everyone across our business. They are created by colleagues with shared backgrounds, characteristics, life experiences or interests. Colleagues share perspectives, and gain insights about each other and their workplaces.  They help us to highlight barriers our colleagues may face and support our business to remove those barriers. A summary of our networks are below:

Inspire at Sainsbury’s focuses on creating an inclusive culture that inspires, connects and supports colleagues to reach their potential, regardless of gender. We want all colleagues to feel supported and empowered to fulfil their potential.

I AM ME at Sainsbury’s is a community of diverse and inclusive colleagues who are passionate, brave and energetic role models, who positively challenge and educate the business through awareness, visibility and celebration of ethnic identity, inspiring an inclusive culture for all.

Proud at Sainsbury’s. We couldn’t be happier members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme. As one of the first networks we formed, Proud at Sainsbury’s aims to make a visible difference to our LGBT colleagues and customers across the business. 

EnAble at Sainsbury’s is there to create a disability-confident environment, where all colleagues can fulfil their potential. The network has been working together to raise the profile of disabilities and create an equal workplace with a sustainable support group.

We Care at Sainsbury’s supports each and every one of our Sainsbury’s carer colleagues in reaching their full potential, by building empathy and flexibility to drive positive culture change.

Wellbeing, above all

Supporting your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing really matters. And it’s something we take very seriously. That’s why we offer a growing range of wellbeing programmes, initiatives and education, like our Employee Assistance Programme to give you counselling or help you with legal aid or money worries.