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Question 13: Women-Owned Businesses
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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 gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that expands relationships with women-owned and gender-responsive businesses?
Select an option:
Yes, our company does take proactive procurement steps to expand relationships with women-owned businesses in the
value chain
and when contracting
vendors
.
No, our company currently does not have an approach, but:
Not Applicable, The company does not have
vendors
or suppliers.
Please select all that apply:
Commitment
Has a stand-alone policy or a commitment embedded in a broader corporate policy that includes proactively sourcing from
women-owned business
Implementation
Has outreach initiatives to communicate procurement opportunities to women-owned businesses
Uses databases to identify women-owned businesses in the purchasing process
Sets procurement targets and/or goals for the amount and percentage spent with gender-responsive businesses
Participates in trade fairs that engage gender-diverse and gender-responsive suppliers
Provides training to women to complete formal bid processes
Provides or connects women-owned businesses with access to working capital,
supply chain
finance, or other financial instruments to support their participation
Classifies
vendors
and suppliers by their gender equality maturity level
Includes gender equality criteria (e.g., equal pay, anti-harassment policies, women in leadership) in supplier selection and evaluation processes, beyond ownership status alone
Measurement
Tracks percentage spend with gender-responsive businesses
Transparency
Reports publicly to company
stakeholders
on percentage spent with women-owned businesses
Reports publicly to company
stakeholders
on gender-responsive businesses
Reports to the board on percentage spend with women-owned businesses
Reports to the board on gender-responsive businesses
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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