Inclusion and diversity

Diversity & Inclusion

At Rolls-Royce, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself.

You’ll find this reflected in our values and behaviours, in our policies and practices, in our care promise and in our coaching and development. We proactively promote inclusion as it’s critical to our success. Creating an environment where everyone feels respected and empowered is one of the ways that we are actively shaping and improving the world we live in.

Our care promise

At the heart of our People Strategy is a promise to create a working environment where we can each be our best. This is our guiding principle.

Balance makes us better

We’re working to increase the diversity of our teams. We have a robust strategy and we’re taking deliberate action to increase the representation of different groups. This is good for our business and good for our people: different perspectives help us to make better decisions, innovate and deliver to our customers. Together we do amazing things.

We value your uniqueness

Diversity is a measure of individuality. It goes way beyond what can be seen on the outside. Your uniqueness stems from your beliefs, characteristics and personality and your needs as an individual, which evolve in line with personal circumstances and commitments. We want your individuality to shine so you feel able to be your authentic self at work and to help us reach our goals.

Ways in which we support inclusion

FLEXIBLE WORKING

Our approach to flexible working makes it possible to balance work and work and personal commitments so that you can take care of all the things that matter.

WELLNESS & TRANQUILITY

Our wellness and tranquillity rooms enable you to practice meditation or prayer and honour your spiritual or religious practices.

EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS

Our employee resource groups help us to support authenticity and inclusion in the workplace and help ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, which is core to our business.

PARENTAL LEAVE

Our parental leave policy allows men and women to share the responsibility and rewards of time at home with new additions to the family.

We’re all in this together

You have a big role to play too because when we talk about inclusion, we’re talking about the deliberate actions and behaviours that all of us can practice that enable everyone around us to be at their best,

Being open to new perspectives and letting go of previously-held assumptions
Having the courage to accept that you can’t know everything and asking for help when you need it.
Actively listening to a diverse range of opinions as often as possible to shape the best decisions

Willingly doing things differently if it means a faster and more efficient solution or delivery.
Showing an interest in the people around you and in their wellbeing.

Let’s share responsibility; D&I isn’t something that businesses ‘do’, we’re all in this together.