How we live Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - DEI

We are working to make Syngenta Group the most inclusive and equitable company in our industry. We want our employees to feel satisfied and experience a sense of belonging and the confidence to express themselves in a safe space. 


With 120 nationalities among us, we welcome talented people from across the world and from all under-represented groups. Employees are the cornerstone of our success. When our company has more diverse perspectives and is equitable and inclusive, our employees become more innovative, and we all thrive. 
 

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Jeff Rowe and colleagues

Engaged leaders 

We know how important it is to have diverse leaders. The Global Leadership Team we have today is the most diverse in Syngenta Group’s history. Yet we know we still have more to do. One of our priorities is to increase the number of female leaders and leaders from under-represented groups. 

Our senior leaders engage with diversity, equity and inclusion on a daily basis with their teams, and they act as sponsors of campaigns which we hold throughout the year. The entire leadership team is committed to inclusion and to treating all employees with equity, fairness and respect. 

In a display of solidarity, our Global Leadership Team members came together to reaffirm their dedication to our Gender Balance by joining the UN Women Empowerment Principles, our LGBTQIA+ agenda, by signing their names and recommitting to our LGBTIQ Agreement, and joining the Valuable 500 to better represent inclusion for persons with disabilities in the workplace.

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups 

Employees in the 100 countries where we operate actively foster inclusion through voluntary, self-organizing Employee Resource Groups. The groups give a voice to the interests of under-represented communities, from LGBTQIA+, to Women, People with Disabilities, and employees representing different generations. They are strengthened by education and campaigns, provided by DEI Champions and a full-time DEI team. 

Their activities are broad and take place all year long. For example, Young Syngenta Professionals held 30-plus events to empower talented colleagues and our PROUD group supported the LGBTQIA+ community organizing awareness events and through raising funds for local organizations. DiverseAbilities advocates educated managers on the needs of colleagues with disabilities, bring visibility to champion inclusion and help shape programs to increase their representation in our Group. Among many more examples from other employee resource groups representing Women in Leadership, Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity, Racial and Ethnicity Equity.

Why DEI matters to us

We explain our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our Ambition:  

“Embracing diversity and inclusion makes Syngenta Group a better workplace where people feel they belong and can be the best version of themselves, building a lasting organization for generations to come. Together we unlock our collaboration and innovation potential to shape the future of agriculture and build a more equitable and sustainable world for all.”

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Our stories…

Our stories bring to life the diverse nature of our company and the people who make us what we are.

Alexandra recognizes the struggle to recruit women 

Alexandra Brand, Regional Director, shared her views on gender equity and gender diversity at a global panel discussion for International Women’s Day 2023. “There are some hard facts around. We have a gender pay gap and we’re making progress on closing it. We are not yet at an equal level of recruitment, and we sometimes struggle to recruit sufficient women. We’ve put in place principles to make sure we have sufficient female and male candidates for a role and interview panels that reflect diversity. Even as a female leader, I sometimes discover I have bias about female employees.”

A personal memory from Steve

Steve Landsman, our General Counsel, shared this anecdote when opening PRIDE celebrations in 2023. “Public attitudes have changed rapidly, and each generation is more open-minded. My mother was intelligent, kind, funny and very liberal, except for a disapproval of gay rights. One day she came and said she had no idea why she could have been so wrong in holding such discriminatory, cold-hearted views about gay rights. She offered that she had been brought up in a different environment and a different time.”