Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
SWE is the world's largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology.
Gender
At Johnson Matthey, we are committed to creating a culture where all employees can fulfil their potential regardless of gender. By 2030, our goal is to have at least 40% female representation across all management levels.
Partnerships & recognition
JM works with a number of external partners and have signed several initiatives to demonstrate our commitment to gender inclusion. We continuously look beyond our business to measure ourselves against the high standards set by experts and industry benchmarks so that we can continuously develop and improve.
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE)
WISE works to promote the participation, contribution, and success of women in the UK STEM workforce.
STEM Returners
Helping employers recruit, develop and retain the best available talent, enabling highly qualified and experienced STEM professionals to re-start their career or transfer their skills.
Women in Chemicals
Empowering women in the chemical industry.
Equileap
Equileap highlights the status of gender equality within companies in specific regions or addressing specific gender equality themes. JM has been ranked in the Top 100 globally for gender equality for two years in a row (2023 & 2024).
Tent Partnership for Refugees
A non-profit organisation mobilising major businesses to help connect refugees to work.
Women in Platinum Group Metals
Women in PGMs aims to provide a platform for women within the platinum group metals value chain.
FTSE Women Leaders Review
JM was included in the 2024 FTSE Women Leaders Review on achieving gender balance. We were ranked second in the chemicals industry.
Employee Resource Groups
Gender Equality Network
The Gender Equality Network (GEN) is a voluntary group created to embrace JM’s global diversity strategy. The aim of the group is to advance and achieve gender balance within JM, where all employees can fulfil their potential regardless of gender, and feel they have a fair share of professional success. By removing barriers to gender equality in the workplace, we will enable the best personal outcome for our people and in doing so, improve all aspects of JM.
Key achievements
Although there is room for progress still to be made, throughout the years JM has already accomplished a tremendous amount when it comes to gender inclusion.
Female development programme
JM has partnered with LHH to launch a female development programme aimed at empowering our female talent and supporting them to reach their full potential. The Elevating Women in Leadership pilot cohort included 20 female colleagues from the US and UK who graduated from the programme in December 2024. The programme was so successful, we are now launching additional cohorts across more locations.
Gender Pay Gap Report
Each year, JM publishes our annual gender pay gap report. The gender pay gap is the difference between the average hourly pay rate of all men and all women in an organisation. You can find out more about our gender pay gap, the drivers for it, and some of the key areas JM is currently focusing on to address this by reading our full gender pay gap report
Inclusive personal protective equipment (PPE) catalogue
Our procurement team has joined forces with several of our ERGs to ensure male, female, trans, and non-binary colleagues alike can find PPE that they are comfortable in. We have been working closely with our suppliers to get these inclusive catalogue measures in place not only for JM, but as the industry standard.
Sanitary products
In order to treat our colleagues with empathy, dignity, and respect JM's Facilities team have started offering free sanitary products at several sites. After a successful pilot, we are now planning to roll this out across all Sodexo managed UK sites, and eventually globally.
Awareness and education
Our ERGs, ambassadors, and the DI&B team regularly host several educational webinars on various topics relating to gender inclusion, including the “Women in JM achievement awards”, the “Why Equity Matters” panel session with female leaders at JM, and the “Women’s health through the life course” session.
International Women's Day
Our Gender Equality Network, with the support of our DI&B Ambassadors, organised several events at JM sites across the world to raise awareness about discrimination, take action to drive gender parity, and celebrate women’s achievements. Tent Mentorship Initiative
Johnson Matthey is mentoring refugee women in the UK, Sweden and Germany as part of Tent's Mentorship Initiative.
Community Investment
The Gender Equality Network has made a charitable donation to the following organisations:
- Wellbeing of Women, a charity which saves and changes the lives of women, girls, and babies. From period problems and starting a family, to menopause and gynaecological cancers, they are here for women’s gynaecological and reproductive health.
- VIHAAN, an organisation that works at the grassroots level to fight human trafficking and other forms of abuse and exploitation.
