{"id":769790,"date":"2018-03-12T18:18:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-03-12T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:18:35","slug":"schneider-electric-stands-gender-equality-international-women-s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/schneider-electric-stands-gender-equality-international-women-s-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Schneider Electric stands up for gender equality on International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rueil Malmaison\u2013 March 8, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today honors International Women\u2019s Day, a day observed on March 8th\u00a0 to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women worldwide, while calling to action to accelerate gender equality. At Schneider Electric, International Women\u2019s Day is an opportunity to celebrate our longstanding commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, our most recent achievements for a more gender equal world but also to engage our leaders and employees on our next steps to foster gender equality.<\/p>\n

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International Women\u2019s Day at Schneider Electric this year<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Schneider Electric, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of who we are and what differentiates us. Our ambition is to provide equal opportunities to everyone everywhere and to ensure all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. This is how we drive innovation, engagement and high performance.<\/p>\n

Every year, March 8 is taken as an opportunity to celebrate our most recent achievements for gender equality but also to engage our leaders and employees in constructive discussions on how we can continue to advance gender equality within the company.<\/p>\n

In 2018, events will be rolled out worldwide to focus on how to build a more inclusive culture. In many of our sites \u2013 including our global hubs in Paris, Hong Kong, Boston \u2013 All our employees and leaders will be mobilized on a key step in our journey to improve gender equality: broadening the cooperation and support of male colleagues for gender equality. Because research has shown that diversity does not work without inclusion, everyone at Schneider Electric is to be included in the gender equality conversation.<\/p>\n

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Schneider Electric starts the year as a proud member of the 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on a self-disclosure survey, the index lists 104 companies that have made strong commitments to gender diversity.<\/p>\n

Olivier Blum, Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President at Schneider Electric, commented: \u201cOur diversity and inclusion philosophy aims to provide equal opportunities to everyone everywhere, and ensure that all our employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. The Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index gives us an opportunity to be evaluated among the best performers, while serving as a barometer for our efforts as a gender-equal employer. Our inclusion in the index strengthens our resolve to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are valued<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Schneider Electric\u2019s longstanding commitment to gender equality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schneider Electric\u2019s recent inclusion in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index is a great recognition our numerous initiatives to drive positive change and monitor progress towards a gender equal company as well as a gender equal world.<\/p>\n