Gender Balance

Sanofi is ranked in the Top 25 companies globally for gender equality(1), with a plan to ensure women and men are represented equally among our senior leaders by 2025. 
L-R: Yanis OSMANI, Medical quality, Nihad ZEMAL, Maintenance technician, Sehenotiana RAZAKARIVONY, Digital communication
L-R: Yanis OSMANI, Medical quality, Nihad ZEMAL, Maintenance technician, Sehenotiana RAZAKARIVONY, Digital communication
We’re taking steps to drive meaningful change, like implementing a global gender-neutral parental leave policy and supporting women’s economic empowerment.
Natalie Bickford

Natalie Bickford

Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer

Balanced leadership

Our determination to make gender balance a way of life is stronger than ever. Women represent 49% of our overall workforce and 44% of senior management. So, we’ve committed to transforming our culture, development, recruitment, and succession planning to ensure women represent 40% of our executives and 50% of our senior leadership by 2025.

Eduardo Terciotti, Strategic Planning Manager in Brazil, with son, Miguel, and wife Paula Reis, Quality System’s Specialist
Eduardo Terciotti, Strategic Planning Manager in Brazil, with son, Miguel, and wife Paula Reis, Quality System’s Specialist

Global gender-neutral paid parental leave

We believe parental leave should be for all parents, not just mothers. At Sanofi, we grant all new parents 14 weeks of paid leave to welcome a new child into their lives.

Regardless of country, gender, and sexual orientation, any employee recognized as the child’s parent as per local legislation or practice can benefit. This is just one way we’re driving equality in the workplace and helping take gender bias out of parental leave.

Gender balance in 2023 (Dec 2023)

49%

of our workforce is female

44%

of our senior leaders are women

40%

of our executive leaders are women

Beyond the workplace

Everywhere we operate, we have a social and economic impact on local communities. So, to help balance our supply chain, we’ve committed to doubling our spend on women-owned businesses by 2025.
To make it happen, we’ve partnered with WEConnect International to increase our collaboration and engagement and support women’s economic empowerment.

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