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A Step Closer To Gender Equity: World Bank Group Obtains EDGE Move Certification
The organization has taken another step towards a gender-balanced workplace. The World Bank Group has obtained the EDGE Move certification, accelerating significantly in its progress towards becoming a gender equal workplace. EDGE is the leading global assessment and business certification for gender and intersectional equity. Certification involves a rigorous third-party review of representation across the…
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Nestlé Colombia Sets A New Standard For Gender Equity With Its First EDGE Move Certification
The organization is certified for the first time directly at the EDGE Move level. Nestlé Colombia, part of the world’s largest food and beverage company Nestlé, has obtained its first ever EDGE Certification at the EDGE Move level – the second level of EDGE Certification. Nestlé Colombia is the first organization in the consumer staples…
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UNDP’s Gender Equality Journey And The EDGE Certification
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. Achieving gender parity is at the heart of its mandate not just for sustainable growth and human development worldwide but also for the growth and development of its own people.…
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Measure It, Talk About It, Close It
The concept of equal pay for equivalent work is hard to argue with: it makes legal, moral and commercial sense. However, agreement with the concept does not remove gender pay gaps from our workplaces. Last year’s Gender Balance Index (GBI) found that a large number of institutions, based in countries that have legislation for upholding…