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Thames Water named in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women
ThamesWater has been recognised as one of the country’s top employers forwomen, as the company reveals its CEOSarah Bentleywill chair a prestigious gender equality business group.
The Times Top 50 Employers forWomen is the UK’smost high profile andwell-established listing of employers striving for gender equality in theworkplace.
Run by the charity Business in the Community (BITC) – The Prince ofWales’ Responsible Business Network – the register identifies and celebrates companieswhich put gender equality at the forefront of their business at all levels.
During the application process, ThamesWater was assessed on a range of areas, including its approach to recruitment, family-friendly policies and howit has championed gender equality during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, thewater company has encouragedmorewomen to apply formanual frontline roles by changing the ‘masculine’ wording of its job adverts and improved its family-friendly policies, including time off for looking after dependents, to enhance the support provided toworking families and carers during the pandemic.
In addition to today’s announcement, Sarah Bentleywill become the next chair of BITC’s Gender Equality Leadership TeaminMay. The group ismade up of business leaders and
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aims to ensurewomen can achieve their full potential atwork.
The teamfocuses on helping BITCmembers create inclusiveworkplace cultures and to promote gender balance through policies on equal caring responsibilities and closing the gender pay gap. The group also celebrates best practice through its partnershipwith The Times Top 50 Employers forWomen.
Sarah Bentley, ThamesWater CEO, said: “I’m passionate about ensuringwe embrace equality and that’swhy I’mdelightedwe’ve been recognised as one of the top 50 employers for women. It’s so important to champion the talent and experiencewomen can bring to every business and I’mbeyond proud that our commitment and efforts towards gender equality have beenmaking such a positive impact.
“There’s always stillmore to do andwewill keep pressing forward to ensurewe achieve a truly diverse and inclusiveworkforce that’s fully representative of the amazing communitywe serve.With that inmind, I’mthrilled to be invited to chair the Business in the Community Gender Equality Leadership Team. I look forward to working together towards helping companies see the benefits of gender-balanced and
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inclusiveworkforces.”
AmandaMackenzie OBE, chief executive of Business in the Community, said: “We couldn’t have a better Chair for our Gender Leadership Team. Sarah is driven, committed and passionate on the agenda; a superb business leader and an all-round great rolemodel.”
ThamesWater has a thrivingWomen’s Network where employees fromacross the business work together to improve gender inclusivity, share knowledge and learning, andworkwith the company to recruit and retain female talent.
ThamesWater has been recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’workplace by leading charity, Carers UK. It is also the firstwater company to provide an ‘Online Safe Spaces’ service to support victims of domestic abuse.
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