Women Business Collaborative (WBC) will convene more than 3,000 participants, including CEOs, thought leaders and the workforce-at-large, at its third annual summit.
With 8.4% of Fortune 500 CEO positions currently held by women – up from 5.7% in 2019, women are slowly, but surely on the rise in Corporate America. Committed to accelerating the progress to include more women across all leadership roles, the WBC Annual Summit will bring together the organisations, companies and leaders that are working tirelessly to create cultures of diversity, equity and inclusion; across every industry and area of business. The virtual event entitled Empowering Through Gender Equity and Diversity will take place this week over two days (21-22 September 2021).
SHARING BEST PRACTICE
“We are crystal clear that all are no longer just talking, but now collaborating on building pathways and non-traditional ways of accelerating women business leaders,” said Edie Fraser, CEO of WBC. “Over the next several days, we will hear from trailblazers in DE&I, work to better understand the intersectionality of diversity and discuss how to continually advance the WBC’s Nine Action Initiatives to create equal position, pay and power for all businesswomen.”
The summit will also share key insights and best practices on how these leading organisations are taking action. Featured speakers include CEOs from GM, Walmart, P&G, BlackRock, State Street, Dow, Progressive, Siemens, PepsiCo, IBM, Humana, Sodexo, CVS, TIAA; and more.
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY CHAMPIONS
In addition to engaging discussions, WBC will recognise and highlight achievements in diversity. WBC’s 2021 Excellence in Gender and Diversity CEO Award recognises top officials in major companies for their efforts to diversify their companies; and increase opportunities for women in business roles. This year’s honoured awardees include:
- Mary T. Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors
- David Taylor, Chairman, President & CEO, P&G
- Ronald O’Hanley, Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation
- Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart
- Jim Fitterling, Chairman and CEO, Dow
- Laurence D Fink, Founder, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
- Tricia Griffith, President & CEO, Progressive Insurance
- Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens Corporation
fairplaytalks.com readers can access the event for free, using the promotional code PEPI_WBC – thanks to WBC’s CEO Edie Fraser. Click here to register for the event or for more information.
Earlier this year, Business Roundtable partnered with WBC to accelerate gender equity and diversity. Click here to read more.
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