18 companies were awarded the SHARE Equality Mark, the Mark for the promotion of practices and initiatives for gender equality, during an event held today at the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The 18 companies that received the Equality Mark are:
1 ALPHA BETA VASILOPOULOS
2 APPROVED GROUP – COOPERATION SA
3 HELLENIC GOLD Sole Proprietors Societe Anonyme
4 Athens Stock Exchange Group
5 AtosGreece Sole Proprietors Societe Anonyme
6 BLUE OCEAN A.E. (former BLUE VALUE)
7 Commit Global
8 DEL MONTE HELLAS
9 e-Mentor solutions I.K.E.
10 ECOLAB A.E.
11 Grant Thornton (Business Solutions)
12 Grant Thornton (Chartered Accountants)
13 Human Rights 360
14 Lidl Greece
15 OTS SA (Open Technology Services)
16 PRINTEC (HELLAS Sole Proprietorship-IT Systems)
17 The Body Shop
18 WELLA COMPANY
Opening the event, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, stressed: “With the SHARE Equality Mark, the State comes to reward companies that actually implement actions and policies for gender equality and to eliminate prejudices and stereotypes. And at the same time it seeks to push even more to follow the same path. Tackling prejudices and discrimination is our main priority and that is why, for the first time in the government, we have a deputy minister, Maria Syregela, who deals exclusively with these issues. It is an indication of the will of the Prime Minister to raise this issue on the political agenda and not only at the level of symbolism, but mainly at the level of action. We do not dwell on theory, we put our words into practice and today’s initiative comes to emphasize just that “.
For her part, the Undersecretary of Labor and Social Affairs, in charge of Demographic Policy, Family and Gender Equality, Maria Syregela congratulated the companies that developed policies to address stereotypical gender roles and implement friendly working and family working conditions.
“For the first time in Greece, companies and enterprises have taken initiatives to harmonize personal and professional life and create a friendly working environment for both women and men,” said the Undersecretary and urged all businesses in our country to promote equality. gender in the workplace, emphasizing that the benefits will be manifold for both employees and the companies themselves.
It is noted that the companies that received the Mark participated in the project “SHARE: Promoting the balance of work and family life in companies and a better distribution of care responsibilities between men and women.”
The SHARE project was implemented by the General Secretariat for Demographic and Family Policy and Gender Equality (Coordinating Body) in collaboration with KETHI and the Organization for the Professional Empowerment of Women On Top, with the co-financing of the “Rights, Equality and Citizenship” Program of the European Union.
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