Diageo Colombia has been recognised for its efforts to promote gender diversity within the business, ranking fifth out of 209 companies in the PAR: Ranking of Gender Equality in Organisations. 

"We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. And we view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow," said Diageo.

Gaining recognition

The PAR: Ranking of Gender Equality in Organisations is put together by Aequales in partnership with the College of Higher Studies of Administration - CESA, and the District Secretariat of Women of Bogotá. Now in its fourth year, the index evaluates the performance of organisations in Peru and Colombia based on their initiatives and policies to drive gender equality. 

The index evaluated 209 private and public companies in the region, with Diageo Colombia gaining recognition for its initiatives to reduce gender inequality and champion diversity within the organisation. 

In addition to being named in the top five, Diageo Colombia was the only beverages company to be included in the top 20 as well as the highest ranking food and beverages company to feature in the list.

Champions for diversity

This is not the first time Diageo has ranked highly for its promotion of gender diversity in the workplace.

Diageo has also been recognised for leading the FTSE 100 for the representation of women on boards in the Cranfield School of Management Female FTSE Board Report. Diageo has also been included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index which highlights the steps Diageo has taken and the progress it has made in forging gender equality within its business, as well as in the communities in which it operates. Diageo has also pledged to support the 'Free the Bid' campaign that promotes equal opportunities for women working in the advertising industry.

Join talented women at Diageo 

As an inclusive employer with diversity at the top of its corporate agenda, Diageo is keen to attract passionate and dedicated candidates from the widest talent pools around the world. Operating in 180 countries, Diageo has many opportunities for candidates to join their team of more than 30,400 people who help grow their thriving business.

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