Women@Lenzing

Lenzing Fibers (

Private sector

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Description

For over 80 years, Lenzing has been looking beyond fiber. With wood as our natural resource, Lenzing’s solutions are as inventive as they are effective when it comes to caring for our partners’ success, our planet’s protection and people’s needs in everyday life.
Gender equity: Diversity and inclusion are crucial for businesses to succeed. Lenzing is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace by setting targets to improve diversity, particularly in gender balance, and encouraging employee involvement through resource groups.

Implementation of the Project/Activity

We know that diversity is more than just gender, yet we want to start with the topic of Women's Empowerment Principles, on March 8 2023, International Women's Day. The charts show that there is definitely room for improvement to reach a better gender balance. Therefore, as a first step in the right direction we have set the target to increase the proportion of women to 22.5 % in all positions graded 5a and above by 2025 - to senior leadership positions. The Women's Empowerment Principles stem from the UN Global Compact.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

For now, this initiative is internal as we track our progress. As we make gains to increase the percentage of women in leadership roles, we will share our successes externally. Employee Resource Groups are internal groups dedicated to fostering communication, education and action to promote diversity and inclusion at Lenzing. The ERGs will be our bottom up method to hear from employees how their experiences at our company can shape our efforts to become a more inclusive and empowered company.

Coordination mechanisms

In order to support Lenzing`s women empowerment efforts, a global Employee Resource Group (ERG) under the motto “Women@Lenzing” is launched, for which all employees can apply. ERGs are internal forums where involved or supporting employees have the opportunity to actively participate in the development of actions that advance the inclusion of all employees with regards to all beliefs, backgrounds and/or identities. We plan to launch ERGs on a variety of different topics to have space for exchange, identify barriers, develop activities for more diversity and inclusion and learn from each other.

Evaluation

Women's Empowerment Principles: 1. Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality 2. Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination 3. Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers 4. Promote education, training and professional development for women 5. Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women 6. Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy 7. Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality To underline this commitment also from the Managing Board, the Women's Empowerment Principles that stem from the UN Global Compact were officially signed today by our CEO, Stephan Sielaff. We look forward to presenting our first successes to you on the next International Women's Day!

Partners

Lenzing AG

SDGS & Targets

Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

5.1

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

5.1.1

Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

5.2.1

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

5.3.1

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

5.3.2

Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

5.4.1

Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

5.5

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

5.5.1

Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5.2

Proportion of women in managerial positions

5.6

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

5.6.1

Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

5.6.2

Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

5.a

Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

5.a.1

(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

5.a.2

Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

5.b

Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women

5.b.1

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

5.c

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels