Accenture Announces Progress Toward a Gender-Balanced Workforce as Part of Its International Women’s Day Celebration
March 08 2018 - 6:59AM
Business Wire
As part of its celebration of International Women’s Day,
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that women now account for 41
percent of its global workforce, up from just under 40 percent in
June 2017, when the company first announced its goal of achieving a
gender-balanced workforce by 2025.
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“We believe that the future workforce is an equal one, and our
ambition is to be the most inclusive and diverse company in the
world,” said Pierre Nanterme, Accenture’s chairman & CEO. “Our
diversity makes us stronger – and we embrace it as a source of
innovation, creativity and competitive differentiation.”
Accenture currently has more than 170,000 women in its global
workforce. Over the past several years the company has set – and
achieved – milestones on the path to having women account for 50
percent of its workforce by 2025. Accenture surpassed its goal of
having women comprise 40 percent of new hires worldwide by 2017.
The company reached this goal a year early, in 2016, and last year
women comprised 45 percent of new hires.
“While we are pleased with our progress, attracting and
advancing our women continues to be a key priority,” said Ellyn
Shook, Accenture’s chief leadership & human resources officer.
“Setting goals and making them public allows us to collaborate with
our people, clients and communities to accelerate the pace of
change. It takes bold leadership and comprehensive action to create
a culture of equality where everyone can advance and thrive.”
Earlier this week, Accenture released new research, “Getting to
Equal 2018,” which shows that creating a culture of equality
unlocks women’s potential and uncovers the key drivers of a
workplace culture in which everyone can advance and thrive. By
identifying the factors that can foster a culture of equality, the
report helps leaders of businesses and organizations define and
implement strategies to close the gender gap in career
advancement and pay. Additionally, Accenture is committed to
the Paradigm for Parity® 5-Point Action Plan to support its
goal of achieving a gender-balanced workforce.
The company is celebrating International Women’s Day in nearly
50 countries. Its San Francisco event will be broadcast live on
accenture.com/IWD.
To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Accenture,
visit accenture.com/diversity.
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 more than 435,000
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.
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