Accenture Chairman & CEO says gender equality is fundamental for business
“At Accenture, our commitment to inclusion and diversity starts at the top, and we empower all of our people – including our more than 130,000 women – to lead. We believe strongly that gender equality is essential for a high-performing, talent-led organization. This commitment extends to pay, and we strive to ensure that all our people – women and men – are compensated fairly and equitably from the moment we hire them through the milestones of their careers here,” said Nanterme.
Accenture has pledged to grow the percentage of women it hires to at least 40 per cent worldwide by 2017 and has made steady progress toward this goal. In the fiscal year 2015 – the 12 months ended August 31, 2015, approximately 39 per cent of the company’s more than 100,000 new hires were women...Read more
