DP WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2021
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OUR FUTURE, WOMEN WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN SUPPORTINGWOMEN GLOBALLY AS PART OF ‘OUR FUTURE’.
We have the dual goal of creating valuable career opportunities for women within our Group as well as making a long-term impact on girls’ career choices in the communities where we operate. In 2021, we made significant investments in our own operational initiatives, with several landmark moments throughout the year. Our gender equality statement provides a clear vision for every business unit on how to approach gender equality. DP World signed the UNWEP in 2015 and has strived to implement change in terms of women’s representation across the Group ever since. 2021 saw good progress as female employee representation across the Group rose, from 8.9% in June 2020 to 14.4% in December 2021. While this rate of improvement has been majorly driven by the addition of new entities to the DP World portfolio, we have also implemented several women-oriented training programmes to help facilitate women’s development and progression within the company. That said, there is clearly a large proportion of untapped female talents and skills at the global level, and we will continue to work towards addressing this gender balance. We made a significant start to our ‘Women’ focused efforts in March, with the launch of a series of initiatives and workshops for International Women’s Day. Our Chairman led the effort via a list of commitments the Group was undertaking, both in terms of training initiatives and dedicated resource allocation for Inclusion & Diversity at the Group level.
We followed up in November with another series of workshops, made available throughout the month for women Group-wide in a virtual setting. We currently have 12 active women networking groups across the company, which were set up in November 2019 as part of Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) month, to ensure a diverse and inclusive workplace. Additionally, we launched a series of management training modules for women at several levels of the organisation, from middle management to more senior roles to help them prepare for the responsibilities that come with career progression. Examples include: ‘OWN YOUR POWER’ TRAINING This was a 90-minute training session, which was attended by 453 female participants from across the organisation. This programme enabled participants to: • Demand feedback to enable continuous improvement and growth • Foster an inclusive and supportive workplace culture, by encouraging clear accountability and taking credit for accomplishments, as well highlighting other women’s ideas and contributions • Identify and confront occurrences of subtle gender bias in the workplace MENTORHER Our annual Global Mentoring programme gives women in the business access to senior mentors, to help advance their careers. In 2021, 204 mentees and 147 mentors from across the Group participated in the programme.
SENIOR WOMEN LEAD@DP WORLD: The Women Lead@DP World Advanced aims to support our Senior Women Managers to increase their impact and contribution in their roles and future career aspirations. It is a first of a kind programme at DP World. The programme comprised 8 modules, with line managers sessions, group and individual exercises, delivered virtually in a period of 6 to 8 months. In 2021, our first set of 24 senior female managers participated in the programme. WOMEN LEAD@DP WORLD The Women Lead@DP World Intermediate programme aims to support female managers to increase their impact and contribution towards their current roles and future career aspirations. The programme was delivered virtually within 6 months. In 2021, we had 21 participants in this programme. This year, we also hired a full-time I&D Manager, who will lead the I&D strategy at the Group level to further improve our diversity metrics. For 2022, our plans and targets include the continued application of the UN Women’s Empowerment Gender Gap Analysis Tool to conduct a self-assessment of our performance, to further increase our performance score. We also plan to develop global KPIs for female recruitment, representation and retention. We plan to launch relevant global policies in 2022 to foster inclusion and harness a conducive work environment for all colleagues at various levels. A new training programme will be launched called Women on Board, which aims to develop a new generation of women to serve in DP World Companies across the world.
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