GENDER EQUALITY CULTURE

•  The Group has introduced an #EnergiseEquality initiative, where we encourage a culture of dialogue on the topics of gender equality and equal opportunities. The initiative is based on international method called ‘Barbershop Toolbox’, which was created by the initiative of the UN Women in Iceland. The method outlines the guidelines on how we can discuss sensitive and complex topics more effectively, including gender equality and equal opportunities. This method includes an equal number of men and women into the development of gender equality culture.
• Employees (men and women) who were interested in the method were trained to apply it in practice and are currently organising and leading discussions on gender equality with their colleagues.

WOMEN IN LEADING POSITIONS

• We aim to improve gender balance in the succession programme for strategic positions and in the high-potential employees list through targeted communication measures. 
• We encourage recruitment agencies to consider the gender balance principles when drafting short-lists for the top-management positions. 
• We are increasing the public visibility of female energy experts through communication measures. 
• To increase the number of female candidates, job titles in all our job advertisements are given in the feminine form first, and the masculine form in parentheses (the opposite is a common practice in the market). 
• We have an ongoing Inclusive Recruitment Program as a tool to improve the number of women candidates in selection for top-management positions. 

MENTORSHIP

• To encourage women to choose IT and engineering positions, we continued our collaboration with the Women Go Tech programme for several years. Every year our colleagues have been improving their technology skills in a 6-month-long mentoring programme.