LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY
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Diversity is our pledge to reflect , as a company , what we should protect and defend as a society — respect for every human being ,” explains Irene Schlechter Kutscher , Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Director at Codelco , Chile ’ s stateowned copper mining company . Since 2015 , Codelco ’ s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been placed at the very heart of its operations . Schlechter Kutscher recalls that , four years ago , the company first published its Gender Diversity Corporate Policy , a directive aimed at promoting work-life
42 balance and improving gender parity . Secondly , it began the implementation of the Chilean Standard 3262 , which is the first ISO standard for gender equality at work in the world .
Codelco ’ s strategy is generating a cultural change across all eight of its divisions and two work centres . The company now has a Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Directorate , Diversity and Inclusion Leaders at each operational centre , and is also creating Gender Round Tables with trade unions . With over 17,000 employees ( 1,782 of which are women ) and 47,000 contractors , Codelco is influential in the promotion of gender equality across Chile and contributes to the UN ’ s fifth sustainability goal :
OCTOBER 2019