TORONTO,
June 14, 2017
/CNW/ - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that it will
achieve a gender-balanced workforce, with 50 percent women and 50
percent men, by 2025.
"Diversity makes our business stronger and more innovative
and, most important, it makes the world a better place," said
Pierre Nanterme, Accenture's chairman and CEO. "With this new goal,
we are sending an important message to our people and our clients
confirming our commitment to a gender-balanced
workforce."
Currently, Accenture has 150,000 women, nearly 40 percent
of its global workforce. Over the past several years the company
has set milestones on the path to gender equality. These
include:
- Setting a goal to reach 40 percent women new hires by
2017 – and achieving it a year early
- Promoting its largest percentage of women to the managing
director level in 2016 (30 percent)
- Growing its percentage of women managing directors to 25
percent globally by 2020
Accenture has taken a number of steps to attract, retain,
advance and sponsor women on its path to achieving a gender
balanced workforce,
including:
- Sponsoring the company's most senior women to advance in
P&L roles. Since its inception six years ago,
approximately 80 percent of the women in the global executive
leadership program have been promoted or have significantly
expanded their areas of responsibility.
- Delivering on a commitment to transparency. The company
has set and published clear, measurable targets to grow its number
of women, and has published its workforce demographics in many
countries including the U.S., Canada, South
Africa, Japan, India and ASEAN countries.
- Launching initiatives that provide women with in-demand
skills. For example, the company's Women in Technology program
helps fast-track the careers of high-performing women toward the
position of Technical Architect, a high-demand and short-supply
role.
- Collaborating across business and government to further
gender equality in the workplace, with commitments that include the
White House Equal Pay Pledge, Paradigm for Parity, and Catalyst CEO
Champions for Change.
"We embrace diversity as a source of creativity and
competitive advantage," said Ellyn
Shook, chief leadership & human resources officer at
Accenture. "As we work toward '50 by 25,' our ultimate goal is to
create a truly human environment where people have a real sense of
belonging, where they can show up every day, be who they are and be
their best, both professionally and personally."
For more, visit:
accenture.com/gettingtoequal
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world's largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
401,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
SOURCE Accenture