In 2022, 77,436 people were employed by signatories to the Sustainability Report, a rise of 4.4% on the previous year. In the same period, the proportion of women employed by signatories rose by 0.9 percentage points to 13.4% of the total workforce. Following a Covid-affected 2021, there was also a rise in the number of apprentices and trainees taken on within the industry, rebounding 45.3% compared to the previous year.
