EDGE (Economic Dividends for Gender Equality) is the leading global assessment methodology and business certification standard for gender equality. It measures where organisations stand in terms of gender balance across their pipeline, pay equity, effectiveness of policies and practices to ensure equitable career flows as well as inclusiveness of their culture. Launched at the World Economic Forum in 2011, EDGE Certification has been designed to help companies not only create an optimal workplace for women and men, but also benefit from it.
EDGE Certification’s diverse customer base consists of 200 large organizations in 37 countries across five continents, representing 24 different industries and encompassing more than one million employees. BCGE is the sole partner offering EDGE Certification in Myanmar and leading in the region with 13 certified companies.
Building more diverse and gender-equal workplaces is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, resulting in higher business growth and performance.
The Diversity Inc. Top 50 Companies outperform stock exchange performance by an average of 25%.
CEO’s whos organizations have a diversity and inclusiveness strategy say its enhanced performance.
Higher operating margins generated by gender diverse management teams.
In terms of return on sales, companies with the highest percentage of female board directors outperform those with the least by 42%.
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The Diversity Inc. Top 50 Companies outperform stock exchange performance by an average of 25%.
Diversity Inc.
CEO’s whos organizations have a diversity and inclusiveness strategy say its enhanced performance.
PwC. 18th Annual
Global CEO Survey
Higher operating margins generated by gender diverse management teams.
McKinsey
In terms of return on sales, companies with the highest percentage of female board directors outperform those with the least by 42%.
Catalyst
Taking on the EDGE Assessment and Certification will help your organization achieve:
EDGE Certification operates under the principle ‘what gets measured gets done’.
An online assessment – EDGE Assessment Tool – examines three sources of company information.
Organizations benchmark themselves against the EDGE Standard and peer organizations. The benchmark serves as a basis for an action plan.
After a successful independent audit by a third party certification body, the organization receives the EDGE Certification Seal – in one of three levels.
Public display of the EDGE Certification Seals sends a clear message of commitment to the organization’s stakeholders. The globally recognized business certification enhances the brand’s credibility.
Implement EDGE action plan and strategic roadmap and stay well-informed of leading practices within the EDGE community.
EDGE’s assessment methodology and global business certification standard is based on three sources of information:
Each source of information is important in its own right, but EDGE goes further by examining the alignment or gaps between all three. This triangulation enables a company to compare and contrast its efforts to build gender equality infrastructure most effectively, in terms of both workplace experience and impact on the gender mix of the talent pipeline. The outcome enables the organization to create clear milestones in the process of building an inclusive culture and reap the economic dividends of workplace gender equality.
Organizations benchmark where they stand against the EDGE Standard and peer organizations. The benchmark serves as the basis for an action plan.
The results become the basis for a concrete action plan that is grounded in accountability and business impact.
Organizations become EDGE Certified for their commitment to workplace gender equality and progress through three levels of certification on their journey to achieve excellence.
To maintain impartiality, EDGE Certificates are issued by independent certifiers who are approved and trained to audit organizations against the EDGE Standard.
EDGE Certification embraces a philosophy of continuous improvement. The EDGE Certification Seal is visible, credible recognition of a company’s commitment to workplace gender equality. It is valid for two years.
The company is making a public commitment to maintain strong gender balance across the talent pipeline, proactively manage gender pay equity, effectively implement gender equality policies and practices, and foster an inclusive workplace culture with high engagement levels of both the male and female employees. At the same time, the company is identifying a concrete action plan for further progress.
The company has already achieved certain milestones pertaining to strong gender balance across the talent pipeline, proactively managing gender pay equity, effectively implementing gender equality policies and practices, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture as revealed by the high engagement levels of both the male and female employees. It commits to improving its action plan for even greater impact.
The company demonstrates strong gender balance across the talent pipeline, proactively manages gender pay equity, has effectively implemented gender equality policies and practices, and has an inclusive workplace culture as revealed by the high engagement levels of both the male and female employees. At the same time, the company puts gender equality to work for sustainable business success.