Women Empowerment
• 40 Schneider Electric country presidents have signed the Women’s Empowerment Principles
• These leaders oversee more than 90 percent of the Group’s employees
, 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.
Team diversity: a prerequisite for performance and quality
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.
• These leaders oversee more than 90 percent of the Group’s employees
, 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.
Team diversity: a prerequisite for performance and quality
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.