The PNG company first in the Pacific will be recognized for its special efforts in gender

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, helped NCS, Papua New Guinea's largest catering and camp management company, become the first company in the Pacific to win the world's first NCS assessment. , which is also a landowners' company, is now partnering with 12 other organizations in the Asia-Pacific region to obtain the EDGE Gender Certification, which assesses women's business performance in the area of ​​gender equality. men. . EDGE Gender Certification provides a competitive advantage by positioning a company or organization as an equal gender environment to work, invest and do business with. EDGE currently works with nearly 200 organizations in 50 countries and 23 industries.

With headquarters in Port Moresby, NCS employs 680 women in 1,300 staff. Through the EDGE gender assessment process and with the support of IFC, NCS has actively pursued the employment and advancement of women within its workforce, through measures such as sending high potential female staff for leadership training and setting up an internal mentoring program. The company has also worked systematically to build a culture that values ​​women as equals. NCS has also benefited from the implementation of a policy on family and sexual violence at work to help its staff, reduce absenteeism and improve productivity.

"I could see how EDGE certification and our work with IFC would help our female staff, especially those affected by violence," said John Gethin-Jones, former executive director of NCS and now chief executive of its parent company, Anitua. "As a business, we have had the benefit of benefiting from a workplace where all employees are considered equal, so that we now have a more productive, more engaged team, more loyal and more competent. "NCS stands out today as an employer of choice for women and we hope more companies will discover the strength of the business case for greater gender equality in the workplace. "said Thomas Jacobs, Country Manager of IFC. for the Pacific. "There is no doubt that businesses can have a greater impact on businesses and be more competitive by promoting a fair and inclusive workplace for women and men."

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