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Question 11: Health, Safety, and Hygiene
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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 address the specific
health, safety, and hygiene
needs of employees, with particular attention to those of women at work and while commuting to work?
Select an option:
Yes, our company has an approach to address the specific
health, safety, and hygiene
needs of women at work and while commuting to work.
No, our company currently does not have an approach, but:
Please select all that apply:
Commitment
Has health and safety protocols that include explicit reference to the
health, safety, and hygiene
needs of women
Implementation
Ensures adequate and safe toilet facilities for women that accommodate hygiene needs such as clean water and soap and disposal methods for feminine hygiene products
Regularly checks company grounds to ensure they are adequately lit and secure
Provides breastfeeding/pumping rooms that are clean and safe
Provides access to transportation to and from work and while on business travel (including in environments where public transport is unsafe or unavailable)
Provides training to staff on ergonomics, exposure to hazardous materials, and other occupational risks, taking into account the differential biological impacts of health and safety on women and men
Not applicable: Staff is not exposed to hazardous materials or other occupational risks
Provides personal protective equipment for both men and women, especially taking into consideration the needs of pregnant and nursing women
Not Applicable: Staff does not use personal protective equipment.
Consults with women and men employees to determine if
health, safety, and hygiene
services and protections meet employee needs
Has a menstrual health policy that provides adequate facilities, reasonable absence provisions for menstrual health conditions (including endometriosis and PMDD), and ensures workplace culture treats menstrual health without stigma
Measurement
Tracks health and safety incidents, disaggregated by sex
Transparency
Reports publicly to company
stakeholders
health and safety incidents, disaggregated by sex
Reports to the board health and safety incidents, 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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