SDG 5: Schneider Electrics

How does Schneider Electrics promote gender equality?

Schneider Electrics leaders have signed up to the Woman Empowerment Principles (WEP) to promote gender balance at all levels across multiple territories. The Women Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace. Senior Schneider Electric leaders have pledged to the following:

• Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality 

• Treat all women and men fairly at work - respect and support human rights and none discrimination 

• Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers 

• Promote education, training and professional development for women

• Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women

• Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy 

• Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality

40 country presidents of Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, ratified the global Women’s Empowerment Principles  (WEPs) set out by UN Women and the Global Compact. These 40 leaders oversee more than 90 percent of Schneider Electric employees.WEP signatories publicly commit to making every possible effort to provide men and women with the same opportunities and enable them to reach their potential. They must also engage employees in business development in addition to promoting a process of ongoing gender equality improvements across the organization.

Pursuing gender equality is a critical priority for Schneider Electric. The Group is convinced that team diversity is a prerequisite for successful business. Promoting an HR policy that empowers women at every level is one of the Group’s strategic objectives, helping to boost the attractiveness of its employer brand, as well as its performance. It is also part of the company’s broader commitment to diversity and inclusion.For several years now, Schneider Electric has been actively committed to better integrating women at every level of the company, both locally and globally. It does so through four main ways:

1.Leaders who are also role models, in particular by their commitment to the WEPs;

2.Increasing the number of initiatives in support of women empowerment and career development, especially through its Women in Leadership workshops; 

3.Organizing change management campaigns, while actively participating in initiatives such as #HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10, launched by the United Nations in 2015;

4.Aligning all of its major human resource processes and policies with this objective, particularly through its equal pay policy. 

Marie-Michelle DINDE EBANDA.....2017-12-03 12:24:39 UTC