Fostering a culture of talent

Fostering a culture of impact
Fostering a culture of talent
Fostering a culture of openness
Fostering a culture of trust

With over 33,000 employees worldwide, Lagardère is committed to ensuring quality of life at work and fostering the fulfilment of its teams.

Career development and work-life balance

• At Group level, the internal mobility scheme and the cross-division mentoring programme continue to be developed to support employees in their career progression.
• The business divisions are stepping up initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance, notably through parental leave and carer’s leave schemes, as well as flexible working hours during specific events.

Employee engagement

• Employee engagement surveys are conducted to gain a better understanding of staff morale and identify areas for improvement: these are carried out annually at Lagardère Travel Retail, where they will be deployed in 100% of the relevant countries by 2025 and on an ad hoc basis within certain Lagardère Publishing entities.

Team diversity is a fundamental priority for Lagardère in order to cater to the diversity of its audiences and the varied needs of its customers. Training, the cornerstone of equal opportunities, enables the Group to develop all talent.

Diversity and the fight against discrimination

Inclusive recruitment at Lagardère Travel Retail

• Anti-discrimination policies require that job postings include information about the diversity of candidate profiles, as well as local initiatives, such as the recruitment programme for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds launched in 2022 in partnership with Lima Airport.

Diversity of backgrounds at Lagardère Publishing

• Hachette UK continues to champion diversity within its teams through its “Changing the Story” programme, launched in 2016. This programme, which is also rolled out in the United States, has been expanded at Hachette Book Group beyond internal representation to directly link inclusion to the subsidiary’s editorial strategy.

Training and skills development

• Since 2023, the Group has made available a platform for e-learning to invest in the professional development of all its employees worldwide, supplemented by training tailored to the specific needs of business lines within each division.

Gender equality between women and men

• With women making up the majority of its headcount, Lagardère ensures a balanced representation of women and men at all levels of responsibility, right up to the highest level of governance, within the senior executive team, where setting an example in this area is a clearly stated priority.

• Lagardère Publishing continues its efforts to promote pay equality, notably through initiatives to improve transparency of salaries in the United Kingdom, which have enabled Hachette UK to be recognised by The Times as one of the 50 best employers for gender equality for the sixth consecutive year.

• Lagardère Travel Retail is rolling out female talent development programmes in France and Spain, and has renewed its Gender Equity Certification in Italy.

Inclusion of people with a disability

• Hachette Livre is taking action to promote the recruitment, retention and support of people with a disability, driven by its Mission Handicap initiative launched in 2015, which includes, in particular, the adaptation of workstations.
• Lagardère Travel Retail is implementing measures to promote the inclusion of people with a disability within its entities, as evidenced by Luton Airport in the UK’s progress in the Disability Confident programme, where it achieved Level 3 (Disability Confident Leader) in 2025.
• Lagardère News and Lagardère Radio also organise disability awareness initiatives, particularly as part of European Disability Employment Week.