For ECS Group, equality is a 365-day platform

With a top management gender balance of 49 percent female, 51 percent male, a global employee ratio of 46 percent women and 54 percent men, and an equal 50-50 balance in ECS Group’s Cargo Digital Factory despite the general consensus that tech is a male-dominated environment, ECS Group is an exception in the air cargo world.

"And it has achieved this set-up naturally without quotas or gender parity programmes. Gender balance is an effect of its recruitment and promotion process, not the result of an enforced goal," says an official release.

Adrien Thominet, Executive Chairman, ECS Group says: “Intend to or do – those are the two options when it comes to establishing an equally balanced, sustainable, and diverse corporate culture. At ECS Group, we never single out a particular gender and then highlight them over the space of 24 hours while communicating company intentions. Instead, our focus has always been on the doing. We hire and promote based on skills, talent and attitude, and not on what a person identifies as. Our employees are actively appreciated and recognised for their service throughout the year.”

Equal pay and equal opportunities are standard at ECS Group, the release added. “The HR department is currently working on a joint assessment process model for ECS Group to ensure that one-to-one meetings and staff feedback are carried out the same way across the group,” says Chief Sustainability Officer Laurence Sauphanor who is also responsible for the fourth pillar of the ECS Group corporate strategy: Sustainability, which incorporates social responsibility and employee well-being. “This is part of a larger, people-focused intranet project, aimed at bringing our employees even closer together across our 100+ global locations.”

ECS enjoys a highly diverse cultural set-up as the result of its focus on local expertise in every location, the release said. “The success of our augmented GSSA concept is due to our corporate culture of trust and partnership, and the many unique perspectives that our international employees bring to the table. Everyone has a voice, and everyone is listened to in ECS Group,” says Thominet. “Positive change is brought about by on-going focus and action throughout the entire year. That is why, for ECS Group, March 8 is just another day. When it comes to showing appreciation or addressing issues for improvement, it is best done in the moment.”