UNITED KINGDOM - Initiating change to bring more women to the nuclear industry

Assystem’s global inclusion strategy aims for gender parity by focusing on recruitment, career development, and retention. The company attracts future talent by engaging young girls through mentoring and female role models, while supporting its current female workforce into senior roles via bespoke leadership training and job shadowing.


This internal progress is underpinned by a culture that prioritises work-life balance, offering enhanced parental support and a zero-tolerance policy towards sexism.

Crucially, as the sole engineering sponsor of the Women & Work APPG since 2021, Assystem leverages its unique position to highlight female under-representation in the nuclear sector directly to policymakers. This influence was recently showcased for International Women in Engineering Day 2025, when Assystem co-founded the "Engineering the Future: Women Leading STEM" conference. This high-level event brought together over 100 industry leaders and resulted in the inclusion of specific STEM recommendations within the APPG’s 2025 Annual Report, demonstrating the company's commitment to driving systemic change at the highest levels of government.

KEYPOINTS

  • 2
    STEM POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2026 TO THE UK GOVERNMENT
  • +100
    SENIOR LEADERS OF POLICY AND NUCLEAR
INDUSTRY AT NEW WOMEN IN STEM CONFERENCE
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UNITED KINGDOM – Launch of the ‘Energised by Sport’ initiative

Energised by Sport is an Assystem initiative aimed at strengthening the company’s social impact whilst supporting the development of a future pool of diverse talent committed to the low-carbon transition. As part of the Switch to ImpACT commitments, it addresses the challenges of social mobility, equal opportunities and the under-representation of women in STEM subjects and the nuclear sector.

Developed in partnership with Asfordby Amateurs, the programme primarily targets girls aged 12 to 16, a key period in their educational choices. It is based on an innovative approach combining sport, education and an introduction to industrial careers, with the aim of removing socio-educational barriers and boosting the participants’ confidence and ambition.

At the heart of the initiative is the Female Leadership Academy, which offers workshops on leadership, teamwork and personal development, drawing on the values of sport. These activities are complemented by STEM workshops, awareness-raising sessions on low-carbon careers and discussions with Assystem employees, who act as role models and mentors. The initiative also includes funding for sports equipment and structured development pathways.

Keypoints

  • 1:5
    CHILDREN FACE
LITERACY DISADVANTAGE
  • 12 - 16
    Age group targeted
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