January 24, 2023
- The index, drawn up by the Financial Times and Statista, assesses diversity and inclusion in the workforces of various companies.
- The company has achieved a score of 7.60 and is ranked 232nd out of 850 companies.
Logista, the leading distribution company in Southern Europe, has been recognised for the third time as one of Europe’s leading companies in diversity having been included in Diversity Leaders 2023, an international benchmark index produced by the Financial Times and Statista. This ranking assesses diversity and inclusion in the workforces of private and listed European companies, and it includes 35 Spanish companies. Logista, which has more than 7,000 employees representing 50 nationalities, scored 7.60, ranking 232nd out of 850 companies. Moreover, it is the fourth-placed Spanish company in this ranking and the third-placed European company in the Wholesaler category.
To compile this ranking, the Financial Times and Statista’s researchers interviewed more than 100,000 employees in 16 European countries. They were asked to rate their companies and others in their sector in terms of inclusion and their efforts to promote diversity issues, such as age, gender, freedom of sexual orientation, ethnicity and disability.
For Marco Pondrelli, Corporate Talent Director: “Safety, talent development and diversity and inclusion are the cornerstones of Logista’s people strategy. The fruits of these efforts are apparent in our having received various awards, the Financial Times award, one of the international benchmark indices of which we are proud to again be a part. We will remain firmly committed to diversity in the company and equal opportunities, because we believe they are key to attracting and enhancing our commitment to our employees.
Logista is firmly committed to its social strategy. In this respect, the company uses the Bloomberg Gender-Equality index as a reference to improve its diversity and inclusion ratios, and 42% of members of the Board of Directors are now women (versus 28% of the Bloomberg index). Similarly, 49% of all new hires in 2021 were women (vs. 44% of the index).
About Logista www.logista.com
Logista is one of the largest logistics operators in southern Europe and specialises in distribution to local channels. It regularly serves almost 200,000 points of sale in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Poland and offers the best and fastest market access to a wide range of convenience products, pharmaceuticals, electronic top-up, books, publications, tobacco and lotteries, among others.
It is also notable for being the largest transport network in Spain, which is also certified in food safety.
Logista has a team of highly-qualified professionals consisting of more than 7,000 direct employees and 15,000 collaborators, who are focused on serving its customers in the most efficient way and according to their needs.
Commitment to Sustainability
CDP, which recognises global leaders in the fight against climate change, has recognised Logista’s work as a driver of sustainable change throughout its value chain and has listed it in the Supplier Engagement Leader category.
Furthermore, Logista’s firm commitment to sustainability was recognised in October 2022 by Sustainalytics, one of the world’s foremost evaluators of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance. After assessing the Company’s ESG criteria, it has awarded it an ESG risk rating of 13.7 points, thus classifying it as being at Low Risk of experiencing material financial exposure to ESG factors and certifying it as Industry TOP RATED 2022 - which assesses high performance in its sector beyond the Sustainalytics comprehensive coverage universe - earning it one of the top 50 ratings in the transport industry.
Another consequence of its firm commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility is that Logista has once again been placed among the leaders in the sector by being recognised in 2022 with an MSCI rating of AA, on a scale of AAA-CCC.
Logista is also listed on the FTSE4Good IBEX index, which comprises companies that exhibit strong environmental, social and corporate governance practices, and on the Ibex Gender Equality index. It was also included in the Ibex 35 in 2022.