Anglo American makes the grade on gender equality index

Anglo American has made it on to Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the first time.

The Bloomberg GEI was created to bring more transparency to the statistics surrounding companies’ performances in the area of gender equality. It assesses internal company statistics, employee policies and what, in general terms, companies are doing to advance gender equality in their companies and communities.

Increasingly, our stakeholders care about how we treat our colleagues and our wider communities

Liz Douglas Head of Inclusion & Diversity for Anglo American

Our reputation in this area helps to inform investors’ decision-making and helps us to attract new, talented colleagues and retain our current ones.

We are delighted to find ourselves on Bloomberg’s 2019 Gender-Equality Index for the first time, which reflects our commitment to creating a more inclusive Anglo American.”

Bloomberg’s GEI features 230 companies from across 10 sectors. The index has doubled in size since 2017 and, with a combined market capitalisation of USD9 trillion, the 230 companies employ more than 15 million people around the world, seven million of which are women.

This year saw 13 more markets represented, including Argentina, China, Israel, and South Africa.

Facts and figures about companies on Bloomberg’s GEI:

There was a 40% increase in women in executive positions between 2014 and 2017
33% of their revenue-producing roles are held by women
43% of promotions in 2017 were earned by women
60% of the firms conduct compensation reviews to identify gender-based variations in pay
68% of the firms evaluate advertising and marketing content for gender bias before publication
20 firms have a gender-neutral parent leave policy, offering the same amount of paid leave regardless of gender.

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