This website (“Site”) is controlled and operated by McArthurGlen UK Limited (referred to in this Privacy Policy as "McArthurGlen", "we", "us" or "our").

McArthurGlen develops and manages designer outlet centres across the UK, Europe and Canada.  We work with our other Group Companies to provide services at these centres and to facilitate and enhance your experience at these centres and on this Site.

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains what personal information we and our Group Companies collect and record about you and what we do with that information, including when you visit this Site. It sets out a description of your data protection rights, including your right to object to some of the processing which we carry out. This Policy also explains what personal information we collect and record on our in-centre computers and devices and in certain cases offline, and what we do with that information. Annexed to this Policy is additional information that relates specifically to the personal information we collect and record when you use WiFi provided by us and via our Group Companies (“WiFi Annex”).  Please read this Policy carefully.

For the purposes of this Policy: References in this Policy to “you" or “your” are references to individuals whose Personal data is processed by us, including anyone who uses our Site, visits our Centres, signs up for our services or uses the WiFi provided by us. “Group Company” means our parent company and any subsidiaries of our parent company, including us. This includes our subsidiary management companies operating in each of our locations. A list of these Group Companies and their locations can be found at the end of this Policy. We may change this list from time to time. "Centre Owner" means an owner of one of the designer outlet centres which we manage (“Centre”).

For the purposes of this Policy the controller of personal data is McArthurGlen UK Limited, and our contact details are set out at the end of this Policy.

For children and parents

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age. Please do not provide us with personal information if you are under the age of 16, and do not sign up for any technology services at our centres, including the WiFi.

The Information we collect

We collect, receive, store and process the following information about you:

• information that you provide via the Site or our mobile apps, including the McArthurGlen Club app ("apps"), including information you provide when you register with or use the Site or apps (e.g. name, address, telephone numbers, email address, preferred centre, interests and date of birth), join our Privilege Club (our exclusive club where you can sign up to keep up to date with our latest news, events and offers) or the replacement for Privilege Club, known as McArthurGlen Club, purchase a gift card, book parking, enter into competitions or complete surveys, participate in a contest or promotion, or join or post comments on our social media sites;
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to direct marketing;
• information about your computer or mobile device and about your visits to and use of this Site or our apps, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, geolocation, date and time that you visited the Site or apps, the type of Internet browser and computer operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website or app navigation paths;
• information relating to any purchases you make via our Site or apps (e.g. gift cards) or any other transactions that you enter into through our Site or apps (including your name, address, telephone number, email address, card details and transaction history);
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of Click and Reserve via our Site;
• information contained in or relating to any communications that you send to us or send through our Site or apps (including the communication content and meta data associated with the communication);
• information we obtain from private social media companies (see also Social Media below) including from outside the European Union, about your interests and preferences;
• information as set out in the 'Cookies and similar technologies' section below;
• information collected through transactions or interactions offline or on our in-centre computers or devices, including information you provide when signing up to our Privilege Club or the replacement for Privilege Club, known as McArthurGlen Club, when purchasing gift cards, when completing surveys, entering into competitions and when using in-centre computers and devices;
• information about which brands you have visited if you use one of our apps to scan a QR code in-store or you are logged into McArthurGlen Club when you do so;
• information collected by our systems during your visits to our Centres, such as CCTV footage, audio recordings, body worn video camera footage and/or automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) data;
• information about which e-mails from us you open;
• information about your postal code when you register with us (e.g. for McArthurGlen Club) so that we know how far you travel to our Centres and your likelihood of visiting a particular Centre; and
• information described in the WiFi Annex.

We do not attempt to collect special categories of personal data about you, or data relating to criminal offences or convictions. Special category data includes personal data relating to health, race or ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs, political opinions, sex life or sexual orientation, trade union membership and biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying you. However, it is possible that we will on occasion process special categories of personal data about you, where you expressly provide it or when this is inferred from data you provide to us, e.g. where you include it in the personalised message you write when purchasing a gift card. Please do not provide us with any special category information to us such as that related to health, race, ethnicity or religion. 

We may collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical data for any purpose. Aggregated data may be derived from your personal data but does not reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Site feature. 

Use of your information

We use your personal information for the purposes set out in the table below. In this table any reference to “our legitimate interests” will be replaced with “reasonable and legitimate purposes as permitted by law” in respect of Canada only.

We will also inform you from time to time of other products and/or services we offer which we consider may be of interest to you by email / phone / SMS / post, where permitted by applicable law (which may require that we obtain your consent). As well as unsubscribing within communications, you may email us at any time at dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com to indicate that you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us.

We may combine information we collect about you through transactions or interactions offline or on our in-centre terminals or our email and SMS communications with the customer profile we hold about you in order to tailor our subsequent communications and communication channels to better match your interests and preferences and provide you with a better customer experience.

Social media

We also use personal information we obtain from social media sites online including, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TripAdvisor for our (and our businesses’) research and analytics purpose. Where appropriate, and in line with their own policies, we may match information from these sites to better understand, and improve, our customers' experience. This includes posts or other information made public or made available to us where you use hashtags or tags relating to us, our Group Companies, our business, the Centre Owners, the Centres and our industry. Information from these sites may include information which has been held outside the European Union.

Sharing your information

We disclose or transfer personal information to other parties as follows:

• to any Group Company for the purposes identified in this Policy, including those uses set out above (a list of our Group Companies and their locations can be found at the end of this Policy);
• to third party service providers that perform functions on our behalf in relation to the Site and apps or our Centres and for the purposes set out in this Policy (for example, website hosting, social media analysis providers, marketing email service providers, data analysts and website developers);
• to brand partners (stores) in order to fulfil Click and Reserve orders;
• media agencies and their advertising partners in order to run targeted marketing campaigns as described above;
• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation;
• in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions or other agreements or to protect the rights, property, or safety of McArthurGlen, the Group Companies, our customers, or others;
• to government authorities, and to other third parties when compelled to do so by government and law enforcement authorities or otherwise as required or permitted by law, including but not limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas. We also disclose user information when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other users of our site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Additionally, we cooperate with law enforcement inquiries and other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property rights and other rights;
• to sellers or buyers as part of a sale or merger of our business or assets;
• in compliance with and to the extent permitted by GDPR, to an applicable Centre Owner or one of its group companies or to buyers as part of a sale or merger of a Centre Owner or Centre.  In addition, if we or one of our Group Companies ceases the role as a manager of a designer outlet centre, we will need to transfer your personal data to the Centre Owner or the replacement manager to ensure the continuity of our, or our relevant Group Company's products and services; and
• as described in the WiFi Annex.

In addition, with your consent where required by law, we share your personal information with carefully selected third parties so that they can send you information about special promotions and offers.

To enhance your shopping experience, our Site may include links to other websites. Those websites will have their own privacy policies that you may wish to review. We have no control over, or responsibility for, the data processing carried out by these linked websites.

We also share information about visitors to this Site and our apps in an anonymous or aggregate form with third parties including advertisers, business partners, and sponsors, to understand customer trends and patterns and manage and improve our business relationships.

We require all third party service providers to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law, maintaining minimum standards of confidentiality. We do not allow our third-party service providers who process your personal data on our behalf (data processors) to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

If you would like a list of the third parties with whom we share personal information, please contact dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com.

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information as you visit and use the Site and our apps and to protect such information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. Unfortunately, no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and we recommend that you follow reasonable precautions e.g. when using public WiFi networks to transmit data.

You understand and acknowledge that by using this Site and our apps, we collect and use personal information in the UK, in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and in Canada.  We transfer personal information to countries outside the UK and EEA to our Group Companies and to third parties, including to countries which have different data protection standards to those which apply in the EEA. Our Group Company locations are set out in the 'Our Group Companies' section below. Our service providers include locations in Australia and Canada.

Where service providers process your personal information in countries (or if the service providers themselves are) deemed adequate by the European Commission or the UK (depending on which one is relevant), we rely on the European Commission's or the UK's decision to protect your personal information.

For transfers to Group Companies and service providers outside the EEA or UK where there is no adequacy decision in place, we use EU standard contractual clauses, UK standard contractual clauses or rely on (data protection authority approved) corporate rules that are in place to protect your personal information. You have a right to ask us for a copy of the standard contractual clauses or a copy of the other methods used (by contacting us as set out below).

We retain personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected (including as permitted or required by law). For example, the personal information used to send you direct marketing is retained for as long as we can lawfully market to you. Where we no longer have grounds to market to you (e.g. because you opt-out) or the details we hold are no longer up-to-date (e.g. the email address we hold is invalid), or as otherwise required by law, we will delete personal information we hold about you from our marketing data base but retain some information on a 'suppression list' on an ongoing basis so we can manage your preferences going forward.

Personal information collected for the purposes of our competitions or prize draws, or for the processing of gift cards, is deleted when it is no longer needed.

In general, we will only retain your personal data so long as the original purpose for which that personal data was collected still applies although we may retain it longer if necessary for legal reasons such as retaining data to deal with any disputes or for regulatory reasons such as tax and accounting purposes. For more details on specific retention periods relating to your personal data please contact dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com.

• The information below is further to the table at section Use of your information. We process your personal information with your consent when you agree that we may place certain types of Cookies, when you agree to receiving direct marketing or on other occasions where we ask you for consent, for the purpose which we explain at that time. Where we do process personal information based on consent, your consent is revocable at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal).

We process your personal information when we are required to do so by law, including in response to requests by government or law enforcement authorities conducting an investigation or court orders.

We process your personal information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. This applies in any case where we provide or deliver products and services to you pursuant to a contract, such as when you have signed up for Privilege Club or its replacement, known as McArthurGlen Club, or when you purchase a gift card, process your registration on the Site or enter into a competition. If you do not provide the personal information that we need in order to provide or deliver the service, we will not be able to provide or deliver services to you.

We also process your personal information when it is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party (when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights). These legitimate interests include the administration and running of our business, marketing to current and potential customers, servicing our existing customers, and improving our services to current and potential customers.

You may ask us for a copy of your information and, where applicable, to correct it, erase it or to transfer it to other organisations at your request. You also have rights to object to some processing and, where we have asked for your consent to process your personal information, to withdraw this consent. Where you withdraw your consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data which was carried out before the withdrawal of your consent.

You have the right to restrict the way in which we process your personal data in some situations which means you may limit the way in which we use your personal data. Where we process your personal information because we have a legitimate interest in doing so (as explained above), you also have a right to object to this. These rights may be limited in some situations – for example, where we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement to process your personal information.

We hope that we can satisfy queries you may have about the way we process your personal information. However, if you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to data protection authorities. The data protection authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate have been listed below. You can bring the complaint in your country of residence, place of work or where an alleged infringement of data protection law occurred.

If you receive an e-mail from the Site and you would prefer not to receive such communications in the future, you can choose to unsubscribe (opt-out) by following the instructions in the e-mail or send an e-mail to dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com. mailto:Dataprotection@mcarthurglen.comWe will make commercially reasonable efforts to implement your opt-out requests promptly, but you may still receive communications from us that was already underway before we process your request and update our systems.

To protect your privacy and security we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity when dealing with requests.

We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time. Changes to this Policy will be posted on the Site and we will email you with updates if we have your email address. We recommend that you review this Policy frequently.

If you have any queries, comments or requests in relation to your personal information or this Policy, you can email us at dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com or contact us by post at: Data Protection Officer, McArthurGlen UK Limited, Nations House, 3rd Floor, 103 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1WH, United Kingdom.

Introduction

This Annex to the Privacy Policy (“Policy”) relates to your use of a WiFi service (the “WiFi Service”) which is provided by or on behalf of McArthurGlen UK Limited (referred to in this WiFi Annex as "McArthurGlen", "we", "us" or "our") from our venues when you have applied to access or accessed the WiFi Service. This Annex, in addition to the Policy, explains in further detail how we use your personal information we collect and generate when you use the WiFi Service. 

For the purposes of this Annex, “Group Company” has the same meaning as set out in the Policy.

Information we collect

We collect, receive, store and process the following information about you:

• information that you provide when registering for the WiFi Service (e.g. name, address, telephone numbers, email address and date of birth);
• your device details and MAC address (see below for further information about MAC addresses);
• details about when and where you connect to the WiFi Service including your venue location and the WiFi access point(s) where you are using the WiFi service. This data will be collected automatically by the wireless access point unless your phone/device is switched off or you have switched off WiFi on your phone/device; and
• your communications with us in connection with the WiFi Service.

We will collect your personal information from you and from your use of the WiFi Service, from our WiFi providers and from social media providers if you register using a social media account.

A MAC address unique identifier for your device that tells us the make of a device e.g. Samsung or Apple, but it does not tell us your name or phone number, or allow us to access any data held on your device.  If your WiFi settings on your mobile device are turned on when you visit one of our locations (including the parking area but no further) then we automatically collect the MAC address from your device. We explain how we use MAC addresses in the next section.

Use of your information

In addition to the purposes described in the Policy, in respect of WiFi we use your personal information for the purposes set out in the table below. In this table any reference to “our legitimate interests” will be replaced with “reasonable and legitimate purposes as permitted by law” in respect of Canada only.

We use MAC addresses to determine your distance from WiFi sensors located across the location you are visiting.  We aggregate this information to create reports on the movement of visitors to our locations.  We use this information, for example, to optimise the layout of our locations, design marketing promotions, change staffing hours, or measure the impact of a campaign. You can opt out of having your location data collected at any time by visiting http://optout.mcarthurglen.com. With your consent, we use your location data for the purpose of selecting and sending you marketing offers and alerts which might interest you during your visit to a location.

Sharing your information

In addition to the disclosures described in the Policy, we disclose or transfer personal information to third party service providers that perform functions on our behalf in relation to the WiFi Services and the purposes set out in this Annex and the Policy. Third party providers of analytics and reporting services include AM Networks Ltd, 77a Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BA; Skyfii Group Pty Ltd, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia; and Aislelabs Inc, 210-43 Hanna Ave, Toronto ON, M6K 1X1, Canada.

If you would like a list of the third parties with whom we share personal information, please contact dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com.

Transfers

See the 'Transfers' section of the Policy.

Retention

We retain information that you provide when registering for the WiFi Service and your device details and MAC address for two years from collection unless stated otherwise in Jurisdiction Specific Information.

Legal basis for processing

This information is further to the section Use of your information in this Wifi Annex. We process your personal information when we are required to do this by law, including in response to requests by government or law enforcement authorities conducting an investigation or court orders.

If it is mandatory for you to provide personal information, we will make this clear at the time and will also explain what will happen if you do not provide the information.

We process your personal information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (for example, when we provide or deliver services to you pursuant to a contract). If you do not provide the personal information that we need in order to provide or deliver the WiFi Service, we will not be able to provide or deliver WiFi Services to you.

We process your personal information when it is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party (when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights). These legitimate interests include the administration and running of our business, marketing to current and potential customers, servicing our existing customers, and improving our services to current and potential customers.

Where we do process personal information based on consent, your consent is revocable at any time. Where you withdraw your consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data which was carried out before the withdrawal of your consent.

Your rights

See the ‘Your rights’ section of the Policy.

Contact

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted via dataprotection@mcarthurglen.com.

Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Annex at any time. Changes to this Annex will be posted on the Site or on WiFi Service log-in or registration pages, and we will email you with updates if we have your email address. We recommend that you review this Policy frequently.

Background

We have been measuring our gender equality index in France since March 2020. The equality index assesses inequalities between men and women.

Criteria

The equality index is composed of four main criteria, with each criteria weighted to provide a total score of 100. The criteria are:
• Gender pay gap (40%)
• Distribution of individual pay increases (35%)
• Percentage of women receiving a pay increase on return from maternity leave (15%)
• Gender distribution among the ten highest paid employees (10%)

To calculate the gender pay gap, we grouped our people by professional category (Bands) and age groups, before separating by gender. To be eligible for comparison, each grouping must include at least three men and three women.
As stipulated by law, this indicator cannot be calculated if the number of employees we are able to compare represents less than 40% of the total workforce.

Results

In 2022, and for this year 2023, due to changes of age and people within bands, we are not able to calculate the gender equality index as we can not compare at least 40% of the total workforce. Therefore, as per legal requirement, we had to use the standard categorisation system (grouping people by status Cadre/Employee).
As a result, our final gender equality index is 83/100. Here is the detail of each indicator:
• Gender pay gap: 23/40
Only Cadre colleagues in the age range [30-39] and [40-49] and [50+] are comparable. The gap is the most obvious in the age range [30-39], who represents 14% of our total comparable population, and is in favor of women. This is explained by the fact that within this age and status category, a wide range of roles are included, from executive roles to operations management.
• Distribution of individual pay increases: 35/35
81.3% of female colleagues received a salary increase in 2023, versus 88% of male colleagues. The few employees that have not been increased were newly hired at the time of our salary reviews.
• Percentage of women receiving a pay increase on return from maternity leave: We count 1 colleague returning from maternity in 2023, and she has been included in the salary reviews
• Gender distribution among the ten highest paid employees: 10/10
We have 4 women vs 6 men in the top ten highest paid employees.

Analysis and progress objective
For the year 2023 (Reference period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023), our index is 83/100. We must therefore define progress objective on criterion 1 to achieve at least the score of 85 out of 100.

Only 2 socio-professional categories are represented at MG RB EUROPE SAS: “Cadres and Non Cadres”. However, as mentioned above, for the same category, there are numerous positions whose levels of responsibilities, skills and salaries vary enormously.
The Management and the CSE therefore decided to change the categories for the calculation of the Index using the internal classification method (by grades/bands), which they deemed more representative of the salary policy.
Unfortunately, for the 2023 reference period this method did not allow us to calculate the pay gap indicator, and as the texts provide in this case, we recalculated the Index using the categories proposed by default. In doing so, we obtained a score of 23/40.

Our progress objective is to get closer to 40 points by reducing the pay gap in order to ensure equal pay between women and men.

At the same time, the Company is continuing its analysis and updating of the annual Action Plan on Professional Equality and Quality of Life at Work. This integrates the measures aimed at achieving our progress objective.
These measures are fully in line with the Inclusion, Equality and Diversity strategy deployed by MG RB EUROPE SAS.

You understand and acknowledge that by using this Site, we collect and use personal information in the UK.  The same applies in other situations where we collect and use personal data. However, where another Group Company is identified as the data controller, the location will instead be the country where this Group Company is established. Our Group Company locations are set out in the 'Our Group Companies' section below.

We transfer personal information to countries outside the original country to our Group Companies and to third parties in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and beyond, including to countries which have different data protection standards to those which apply in the UK and EEA. Our service providers include locations in Australia and Canada.

Where service providers process your personal information in countries deemed adequate by the European Commission (such as Canada or Jersey), we rely on the European Commission's decision to protect your personal information. As a result of the UK's exit from the European Union in future we may also take account of decisions of the UK government that a particular country provides adequate protection for the receipt of personal data.

For transfers to Group Companies and service providers outside the UK or EEA, where the country to which the data is transferred has not received an adequacy decision, we use standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission to protect your personal information, a service provider's (EU data protection authority approved) corporate rules that are in place to protect your personal information  or any other valid data transfer tool or derogation that is compliant under data protection laws. You have a right to ask us for a copy of the standard contractual clauses (by contacting us as set out below).

Jurisdiction specific information

France specific information

• We will not hold your personal data on an indefinite 'suppression list'.
• We will not retain your personal data after 3 years from the date of our last interaction.
• If you do not wish to be contacted by phone, you can register on the Bloctel opt-out list (for more information, please click here. You also have a right to set down instructions on the management of your personal information after death. 
• We retain information that you provide when registering for the WiFi Service and your device details and MAC address for two years from collection.

Germany specific information

• Where you have given your consent, we also use personal information we obtain from social media sites online including, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TripAdvisor for our (and our businesses’) research and analytics purpose. Where appropriate, and in line with their own policies, we may match information from these sites to better understand, and improve, our customers' experience. This includes posts or other information made public or made available to us where you use hashtags or tags relating to us, our Group Companies, our business, the Centre Owners, the Centres and our industry. Information from these sites may include information which has been held outside the European Union.

Netherlands specific information

• To the extent that we process your personal data for marketing purposes, we will collect and rely on your consent as a lawful basis.
• Where we collect personal data and MAC address to track your location through our WiFi sensors, we will collect and rely on your consent as a lawful basis.
• We will only retain your personal data and MAC address used to track your location for up to 24 hours from the last point at which your device has connected to our Wifi network.

Spain specific information

• If you do not wish to be contacted by phone, you can register on the Lista Robinson opt-out list (for more information, please click here). If you are registered we will not send marketing communications to you unless you have given your consent to receive marketing communications.

Italy specific information

• For transfers to Group Companies and service providers outside the EEA or UK where there is no adequacy decision in place, we use the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure that your Personal Data is adequately protected. If none of these criteria is met, MG may still transfer Personal Data outside the EEA if you explicitly consent or the transfer is legally necessary. You have the right to ask us for a copy of the standard contractual clauses or a copy of the other methods used (by contacting us as set out in this Policy).
• You may withdraw your consent in the same manner which you gave consent.

Premium Parking Services – McArthurGlen Pass Terms and Conditions

• These terms and conditions (“Terms”), govern the McArthurGlen 10% Off Pass (“McArthurGlen Pass”). The operator of the McArthurGlen Pass is McArthurGlen UK Limited, Nations House, 3rd Floor, 103 Wigmore Street, London, England, W1U 1QS (“we” or “us” or “McArthurGlen”).
• Each booking for our Premium Parking Services will constitute as one household (“Household”). Each household will receive 1 (one) McArthurGlen Pass to be redeemed at all participating brands (“Participating Brands”) in accordance with these Terms and the terms and conditions of that Participating Brand. Please see below for a list of brands participating in this promotion at the Site.
• The McArthurGlen Pass will only be valid for the day on which it is issued to you. 
• The McArthurGlen Pass cannot be claimed retrospectively.
• The McArthurGlen Pass is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and no cash alternative is offered.
• The McArthurGlen Pass cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotions offered by McArthurGlen or a Participating Brand. 
• McArthurGlen reserves the right to suspend, cancel or amend the promotion and/or review and revise these terms and conditions at any time without giving prior notice and by continuing to take part in the promotion subsequent to any revision of these terms and conditions, users shall be deemed to have agreed to any such new or amended terms.
• This promotion is governed by English law and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Background

We have been measuring our gender equality index in France since March 2020. The equality index assesses inequalities between men and women.

Criteria

The equality index is composed of four main criteria, with each criteria weighted to provide a total score of 100. The criteria are:
• Gender pay gap (40%)
• Distribution of individual pay increases (35%)
• Percentage of women receiving a pay increase on return from maternity leave (15%)
• Gender distribution among the ten highest paid employees (10%)

To calculate the gender pay gap, we grouped our people by professional category (Bands) and age groups, before separating by gender. To be eligible for comparison, each grouping must include at least three men and three women.
As stipulated by law, this indicator cannot be calculated if the number of employees we are able to compare represents less than 40% of the total workforce.

Results

In 2022, and for this year 2023, due to changes of age and people within bands, we are not able to calculate the gender equality index as we can not compare at least 40% of the total workforce. Therefore, as per legal requirement, we had to use the standard categorisation system (grouping people by status Cadre/Employee).
As a result, our final gender equality index is 83/100. Here is the detail of each indicator:
• Gender pay gap: 23/40
Only Cadre colleagues in the age range [30-39] and [40-49] and [50+] are comparable. The gap is the most obvious in the age range [30-39], who represents 14% of our total comparable population, and is in favor of women. This is explained by the fact that within this age and status category, a wide range of roles are included, from executive roles to operations management.
• Distribution of individual pay increases: 35/35
81.3% of female colleagues received a salary increase in 2023, versus 88% of male colleagues. The few employees that have not been increased were newly hired at the time of our salary reviews.
• Percentage of women receiving a pay increase on return from maternity leave: We count 1 colleague returning from maternity in 2023, and she has been included in the salary reviews
• Gender distribution among the ten highest paid employees: 10/10
We have 4 women vs 6 men in the top ten highest paid employees.

Analysis and progress objective
For the year 2023 (Reference period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023), our index is 83/100. We must therefore define progress objective on criterion 1 to achieve at least the score of 85 out of 100.

Only 2 socio-professional categories are represented at MG RB EUROPE SAS: “Cadres and Non Cadres”. However, as mentioned above, for the same category, there are numerous positions whose levels of responsibilities, skills and salaries vary enormously.
The Management and the CSE therefore decided to change the categories for the calculation of the Index using the internal classification method (by grades/bands), which they deemed more representative of the salary policy.
Unfortunately, for the 2023 reference period this method did not allow us to calculate the pay gap indicator, and as the texts provide in this case, we recalculated the Index using the categories proposed by default. In doing so, we obtained a score of 23/40.

Our progress objective is to get closer to 40 points by reducing the pay gap in order to ensure equal pay between women and men.

At the same time, the Company is continuing its analysis and updating of the annual Action Plan on Professional Equality and Quality of Life at Work. This integrates the measures aimed at achieving our progress objective.
These measures are fully in line with the Inclusion, Equality and Diversity strategy deployed by MG RB EUROPE SAS.