Nasdaq Commits to Further Empower Women in the Workplace
March 08 2018 - 8:00AM
Nasdaq has enhanced its commitment to equal opportunity for women
by signing the CEO Statement of Support for the Women's Empowerment
Principles (WEP). This United Nations initiative covers seven broad
areas of engagement, committing signatories to action on human
rights, nondiscrimination, health and safety, education, public
reporting, and other principles related to gender dynamics. The
signing coincides with International Women's Day (March 8) and caps
off a day of activities by stock exchanges around the world.
This also is a significant step forward for the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)—and SDG 5, in particular, with its focus
on gender equality, inclusion, protection, and empowerment.
"To compete and win in a global marketplace, companies have to
leverage every social and economic asset,” said Adena Friedman,
President and CEO, Nasdaq. “Nasdaq strongly believes that women’s
empowerment is a critical pillar of business value creation, global
sustainability and essential to creating inclusive, prosperous
economies. Nasdaq is committed to giving women every opportunity to
succeed and thrive because it ultimately drives better outcomes for
our business and stakeholders.”
Commitment to the WEPs is the latest step in Nasdaq’s engagement
on diversity and inclusion:
- Organizational changes recently enabled Nasdaq to join the 30%
Club, which is an organization committed to striving for at least
30% representation of women on boards in U.S. companies.
- Nasdaq has signed the Parity Pledge, in which the company has
committed to interview at least one qualified female candidate for
every open position at the VP level and above.
- The company is now a part of CECP, a CEO-based membership
organization focused on creating a better world through
business.
- Nasdaq recently published a series of principles and policy
statements on its website, covering human rights, diversity,
inclusion, cultural values, and other related topics.
- The company’s Women in Nasdaq (WIN) initiative launched in 2014
and today has 650 members in 20 local chapters across its worldwide
network of offices.
Among diversity-related initiatives that impact global
economies, the firm is working with the UN Women Global Innovation
Coalition for Change, which is a dynamic partnership between UN
Women and key representatives from the private sector, academic and
not-for-profit institutions. As part of this initiative, Nasdaq is
focused on developing the innovation market to work better for
women and to accelerate the achievement of gender equality and
women’s empowerment. “Nasdaq has long been a signatory and
supporter of the UN Global Compact,” said Evan Harvey, Global Head
of Sustainability, Nasdaq. “That work requires an annual
communication of progress on gender equality and economic
inclusion, and offers us an ongoing platform to discuss these
values and engage stakeholders on business impact.”
About Nasdaq:
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global provider of
trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and
public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of
solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute
their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies
that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global
capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic
stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50
countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total
listings with a market value of approximately $13 trillion. To
learn more, visit: http://business.nasdaq.com.
Nasdaq Media Contacts:
Emily Pan+1 646.441.5120emily.pan@nasdaq.com
Heli-Kirsti Airisniemi+358 (0)9 6166
7941heli-kirsti.airisniemi@nasdaq.com
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