'We are incredibly proud of this recognition today. We have worked hard on real implementation and change for ten years to be recognised as leading the way in gender equity, not just in
'Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz led this approach together with our Board and senior leadership team, prioritising our inclusive culture right across our business, in a genuine and authentic way - it is not simply a case of stated quotas and policies.
'While we are delighted with our progress and impact to date, our work is ongoing. The property and construction sectors have made excellent progress, but there is more to be done and
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The company mainstreamed flexible working several years ago, has an ongoing investment in women's mentoring programs and pays close attention to its gender pay parity analysis, where it has maintained a zero pay gap for like-for-like roles for the past seven years.
'It is particularly encouraging that this leadership comes from the construction & property sector, demonstrating that male dominance is not inevitable in any industry and that the opportunities created by gender equality are available to everyone. Congratulations to the
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'Our experience with over ten years of focus and sustained effort around gender equity and diversity is that it's not just the right thing to do - it is actually best practise for business,' said outgoing CEO and Managing Director and current President of Chief Executive Women,
'It makes commercial sense to foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and that has certainly been our experience at
'Moving forward we are broadening our diversity and inclusion strategy - our Belonging Strategy aims to foster an inclusive environment where everyone can 'be you and belong', and we are proud to be launching our first official LGBTQ+ working group, the Mirvac Pride Committee, which will provide advice and recommendations on emerging LGBTQ+ issues, policies and initiatives and has also been tasked to develop and launch the
'We know this will help to further strengthen our culture but also has a huge positive impact on engagement and productivity levels,' he said.
This year, Equileap researched 4,000 companies globally and ranked them based on 19 gender equality criteria, including gender balance across the workforce, the gender pay gap, paid parental leave and non-discriminatory hiring and promotion, and supply chain safety. These participating companies are all publicly listed and have a market capitalisation of more than
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