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Question 18: CSR, Philanthropy, Advocacy, and Partnerships to Support Gender Equality
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1: Does your company have leadership commitment and support for gender equality and women's empowerment?
2: Does your company have a non-discrimination and equal opportunity policy, either stand-alone or clearly included in a broader corporate policy?
3: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in recruitment processes?
4: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in professional development and promotion processes?
5: Does your company have an approach to ensure women and men are compensated equally?
6: Does your company offer and support paid maternity leave?
7: Does your company offer and support paid paternity leave?
8: Does your company have an approach to support employees as parents and caregivers?
9: Does your company have an approach to accommodate the work/life balance of all employees?
10: Does your company have an approach to ensure a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH)?
11: Does your company have an approach to address the specific health, safety, and hygiene needs of employees, with particular attention to those of women at work and while commuting to work?
12: Does your company have an approach to promote access to quality health services that meet the specific health needs of women employees?
13: Does your company have an approach to gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that expands relationships with women-owned and gender-responsive businesses?
14: Does your company encourage suppliers and vendors to advance performance on gender equality?
15: Does your company have an approach to responsible marketing that eradicates harmful stereotypes in all media and advertising content?
16: Does your company have an approach to assess differential impacts on women and men when developing products and/or services?
17: Does your company have policies and processes in place to ensure the responsibility to respect the rights of women and girls in the local communities in which it operates?
18: Does your company have an approach to embed gender equality in its sustainability strategy, community investment, public advocacy, and multi-stakeholder partnerships?
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Does your company have an approach to embed gender equality in its sustainability strategy, community investment, public
advocacy
, and multi-stakeholder partnerships?
Select an option:
Yes, our company has an approach to embed gender in corporate social responsibility activities, philanthropy, public
advocacy
, and partnerships.
No, our company currently does not have an approach, but:
Please select all that apply:
Commitment
Has a stand-alone policy or a commitment embedded in a broader corporate policy that addresses embedding gender in
corporate sustainability
activities, community investment, public
advocacy
, and multi-stakeholder partnerships
Has a gender lens investing policy or approach, incorporating gender equality criteria into investment or, for financial institutions, lending decisions, or advocates for gender-smart finance practices in its banking relationships
Implementation
Provides financial or pro-bono support for programmatic gender equality work at the global and/ or grassroots level
Provides
financial support
to civil society organizations at the global and/or grassroots level that are working to empower women and girls
Joins public
advocacy
campaigns and or advocates in public forums for gender equality, including for enabling policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g., pay transparency, ratification of ILO C190, childcare investment)
Partners with local or global organizations or other companies on gender equality and women's empowerment
Provides training to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs
Provides
financial support
and investment, or partners with banks and financial institutions, to provide credit and other financial services to women entrepreneurs
Advocates for the removal of legal barriers that restrict women's economic empowerment
Participates in multi-stakeholder platforms promoting the rights of women and girls
Consults with external
stakeholders
to understand the spectrum of opportunities to empower women and girls
Measurement
Has clear goals on the impacts it is seeking to achieve for women and girls when developing and implementing community projects, including a theory of change that identifies how the company's actions contribute to structural change for women's economic empowerment, not only individual-level outputs
Tracks the number of beneficiaries from community projects and initiatives, disaggregated by sex
Transparency
Reports publicly to company
stakeholders
the number of beneficiaries from community projects and initiatives, disaggregated by sex
Reports to the board the number of beneficiaries from community projects and initiatives, disaggregated by sex
We are interested in learning more.
We plan to take steps in the next year.
Some of our country offices or business units have taken steps.
None of the above.
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