Inclusion & Belonging at 7-Eleven.
At 7-Eleven, our purpose is to make every day easier so Australians can live a good life. That means supporting all of our people to thrive, belong, and be their best selves at work every single day.
We believe workplaces should empower people to thrive. For us, this means creating an environment, a company and a community where team members are supported to be themselves, feel valued, and know that they belong. By investing in our people, we strengthen our business, improve performance, and foster a culture where everyone can succeed.
Our partners
We collaborate with leading organisations across Australia that share our values to continuously improve our approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. These partnerships help us challenge ourselves, learn from best practice, and embed inclusive ways of working across the business.
Our partners include Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, and the Sisterhood Club, alongside organisations that support inclusion and connection in communities nationwide in the communities we serve across the country.
Inclusion is central to our culture. We strive to ensure that our workplaces are welcoming, respectful and equitable, and that every team member can show up and thrive as their authentic selves each and every day.
Gender equality
At 7-Eleven, we are committed to creating workplaces where gender equity is a reality, not just a goal. We have achieved gender representation balance across our network, targeting 40% female, 40% male, and 20% identifying as any gender. This commitment spans leadership and non-leadership roles, and we are working towards achieving this balance within all levels of the business.
Our gender equity targets include:
- Achieving 40-40-20 representation
- Reducing the gender pay gap to less than 2% across the network
We are proud that our gender pay gap is steadily reducing year on year, reflecting our focus on fairness and equity in remuneration. While we maintain topline gender balance across the network, and across our senior leadership team we continue to examine representation at different levels to strengthen equity and progression.
To ensure accountability and sustained progress, we conduct quarterly data reviews on both representation and pay.
To support this work, and acknowledging that achieving our representation targets requires continued focus, connection and opportunity our, Technology Women in 7-Eleven (TechWISE) network brings together women and allies to foster community, build capability, and advance gender equity within technology and digital roles.
LGBTQIA+ inclusion
We are proud to partner with Pride in Diversity, Australia’s leading employer support program for LGBTQIA+ workplace inclusion. Through this partnership, we benchmark our policies, practices, and culture against national best practice and continue to strengthen inclusion across our business.
In 2024, 7-Eleven achieved Bronze Accreditation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), recognising the progress we have made in creating safer, more inclusive workplaces for LGBTQIA+ team members.
We want every team member to feel confident and safe to be themselves at work.
Our Out and Proud Employee Network (OPEN) brings together LGBTQIA+ team members and allies across 7-Eleven to foster community, promote safety and belonging, and advance inclusion across our workplaces.
OPEN plays a critical role in helping us build a culture where diversity is celebrated, bias is challenged, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Cultural diversity
7-Eleven has been part of Australia’s multicultural story since our first stores opened in 1977. Our business has long provided pathways for new Australians to start their careers, own and operate small businesses, and integrate into their communities, helping people build both livelihoods and connections in their new homes.
Today, we are proud of our culturally and linguistically diverse workforce, which reflects the communities and neighbourhoods we serve every day. Our team members speak almost 50 languages and come from more than 73 cultural backgrounds, contributing to a rich tapestry of cultures, practices, and perspectives. This diversity not only strengthens our connection with customers but also fosters a workplace where creativity, collaboration, service and innovation thrive.
We are proud that our commitment to inclusion has been formally recognised, being accredited as a Diversity Council Australia Inclusive Employer for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, reflecting our continued focus on building a welcoming and supportive culture where our team feel included to bring their full authentic selves to work every single day.