Energy business Centrica has reported a mean gender pay gap of 15% for 2022, down from 20% the prior year.
The employer’s median gender pay gap was 23%, down from 30% in 2021, with women making up 49% of its lowest pay quartile, and 24% of its upper quartile.
Its mean gender bonus pay gap was 30%, down from 31%, and its median bonus gap was 12%, up slightly from 10% the prior year. A total of 95% of women and 92% of men received a bonus during 2022.
Centrica’s mean ethnicity pay gap was 3%, up from 0% in 2021, and its median was 10%, down from 13%. Its lowest oay quartile was made up of 24% of people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while its highest quartile consisted of only 16% ethnically diverse employees.
Its mean ethnicity bonus pay gap was 0%, down from 4% in 2021; its median was 23%, up from 12%. A total of 86% employees from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and 92% of white employees, received a bonus last year.
Chris O’Shea, group chief executive at Centrica, said: “I’m pleased to say that despite 2022 being a really challenging year as we focused on providing urgent support to customers who needed help with their energy bills during the energy crisis, we’ve made solid progress in embedding our action plan which is helping us attract, promote and retain more diverse talent from our boardroom, right through to our customer‑facing teams.
“But we’ve still a long way to go to become more diverse and have a truly inclusive culture. The factors that underpin inequality across our business, sector and society are deep rooted, so unfortunately closing our gender and ethnicity pay gap won’t be quick or easy, and it’ll require everyone to play their part as we play ours. Within this pay statement, we summarise our current position and how we’ll hold ourselves accountable for making change happen.”