DIVERSITY
& INCLUSION

INTERSPORT Elverys is one of Ireland’s oldest sports retailers. It was founded in 1847 and it has grown from a single shop into a national brand with over 40 stores and over 700 employees, maintaining a strong family-owned ethos and deep commitment to supporting Irish sport at all levels.

The company’s robust Diversity and Inclusion strategy focuses on fostering an inclusive workplace, enhancing diversity through recruitment and training, and engaging with communities and organisations to champion equality.

Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy & Action Plan
outlines five key objectives:

To raise awareness of, and celebrate, equality, diversity, and inclusion.

To cultivate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion through structured training, knowledge sharing, and leadership.

To track and transparently report on our progress.

To establish the right structures, policies, and support systems for a diverse, inclusive, and positive working environment, along with delivering respectful and welcoming service to our customers.

To enhance our diversity in recruitment and progression, making Intersport Elverys an employer of choice for all, especially those from underrepresented groups.

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Empowering Women at Intersport Elverys

At INTERSPORT Elverys, we are actively supporting our female athletes and staff members, from the grassroots to the elite, to be the very best they can be. Our goal is create an inclusive and supportive environment where woman can thrive in their sports.

Gender Balance within our Management and Staff Roles

INTERSPORT Elverys is proud to report a very favourable gender balance in management roles, as well as general staff, across the company. Historically, INTERSPORT Elverys has always represented a close to 50% gender balance in management roles, which is well above the worldwide average of around 31%.

Our goal for 2025 was to continue to show that INTERSPORT Elverys is a truly inclusive employer, and we aimed to do this by embedding Inclusive practices across the business as well as developing and fostering a sense of fairness and belonging among colleagues.

51:49

As of 2025, our workforce consists of 797 employees, with a 51:49 gender balanced workforce. Our management breakdown is 51% male, 49% percent female.

4.52%

Our mean gender pay gap is 4.52%. This is an increase on our 2024 mean value, but it is still lower than the national average and is a positive reflection of the gender diversity in our team.

0.01%

Our mean gender pay gap for part-time employees is almost zero, at 0.01%.

0.37%

Our median gender pay gap across the company is 0.37%. The median gap is often a better representation of the general pay gap, as it is less likely to be distorted by unusually large or small values.

See below links to our Gender Pay Gap Report

Gender_Pay_Report_2025 — Gender Pay Gap Report 2025

Gender_Pay_Report_2024 — Gender Pay Gap Report 2024

Gender_Pay_Report_2023 — Gender Pay Gap Report 2023

Gender_Pay_Report_2022 — Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

AWARDS

INTERSPORT Elverys is committed to a workplace environment that promotes diversity and inclusion and creates an open and inclusive culture where everyone feels valued. We believe that embracing equality and diversity in the workplace benefits not just our employees, but also our customers.

We achieved the Irish Centre for Diversity Bronze award in 2023 and progressed to the Silver Award in 2024, being one of two Irish retailers (currently) with this award. We recently made it to the final three in the Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Awards – Retail.

With the support of the leadership team, INTERSPORT Elverys partnered with the Irish Centre for Diversity, a leading provider of Diversity and Inclusion training, in 2023. Having successfully achieved the ICD Bronze (2023) and Silver (2024) awards, we have performed ahead of the National Benchmark level with regards to inclusive leadership, recruitment, data recording, and monitoring to benefit our D&I.

In 2024, at the INTERSPORT Leadership Summit in Cannes, we emerged victorious in the INTERSPORT Team Member category for Best Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. This accreditation recognised our commitment to building a culture of fairness, respect and belonging, and provided a platform to share our Diversity & Inclusion journey and lived experience.