This has resulted in considerable progress, with representation of women on De Beers Group’s Executive Committee increasing from zero per cent in 2017 to 31 per cent. In addition, the appointment rate of women to leadership roles is 41 per cent, up from 22 per cent in 2017.
The representation of women overall within De Beers Group is 27 per cent, with senior representation at 32 per cent – up from 17 per cent in 2017. Women in STEM-related roles is at 16 per cent, with a target of 21 per cent by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030[1] .
In 2021, De Beers announced a five-year extension to its global partnership with UN Women which also saw CEO, Bruce Cleaver, appointed a Champion of the HeForShe Alliance.
The current focus of the partnership is on increasing the representation of women in technical and leadership roles across De Beers Group through enhancing talent development and succession programmes and extending training and awareness.
In addition, De Beers launched ‘CountYourSelfIn’ to help improve understanding of workforce demographics and support employees in their home and work lives. A ‘Recognising and Responding to Domestic Violence’ policy was also introduced to support colleagues who are survivors of domestic violence.
About WomEng
WomEng is social enterprise developing women and girls for the engineering and tech industry. Founded in 2006, WomEng has worked across 24 countries to support partners delivering on diversity and inclusion mandates. WomEng works from attraction of girls into engineering through the GirlEng programme as well as the Ambassador programme to support 1 million girls through STEM education.
