Azzurri Group Limited Sustainable Dining Update Report 2021 OUR PEOPLE Creating an inclusive workplace We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture and a diverse workplace where people can be themselves and are given opportunities to develop their careers with us. We know that in our business, as in the sector generally, people of colour are under-represented, as are females in some of our operational roles – in particular, head chefs (9% female) but also operations managers (23% female). This is re�lected in our gender pay gap of 9.5% in 2020, despite having gender balance across the Boards of ASK and Zizzi. It is critical that we fully understand the reasons for these disparities and develop our new approach based on the Shaping careers evidence. As we do so, we will listen to our people and focus on Developing our people continues to be a priority for us. We’re the data before engaging more broadly with the sector and passionate about the opportunities that our sector offers, and we experts, to work out how we can take meaningful action to have designed fast-paced development programmes across our reverse these trends. brands. ASK’s Italian Journey and Avanti leadership programme, and Zizzi’s Viaggio, are now well established, providing exciting career paths for both front and back of house staff who want to progress in the business. We are now seeing tangible outcomes, with 80% of area managers having come through these programmes and over 65% of positions �illed by internal candidates. Lots of recent work has gone into continuing these online, and we are also now looking to scale them up, to get better at identifying high-potential people, and to build an executive development programme to support succession planning at the top of the business. 80% Having launched our restaurant apprenticeship programme in 65% ASK in 2017, we currently have 13 people who have come of area managers through this route. Our ambition is to increase the reach of the of positions filled come through apprenticeship programme and broaden it by establishing it in both Zizzi and Coco. We’re also excited by the possibilities of by internal candidates internal management supporting the UK Government’s traineeships – 12-week work programmes experience placements – as a further route into our business. We have a number of professional and leadership apprenticeship programmes running successfully for our central teams including the newly created ‘Women In Leadership’ programme. 04