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Pandora, the world’s biggest jewelry maker, has realized its male-dominated C-suite looks out-of-whack with its customer base.
The jeweler, whose products are made almost exclusively for women, wants to reach gender parity among its leaders by 2030, Chief Executive Officer Alexander Lacik said in a LinkedIn post. Currently, only 23% of leaders are female, a spokesperson for the Copenhagen-based company said.
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Companies that adopt the rule pledge to add at least one candidate to their interview slate to increase gender and racial diversity.
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Before the pandemic struck, women already faced a century-long wait to reach parity with men, a daunting prospect that now risks becoming further out of reach if the economic disparities unleashed by the crisis are ignored.
“For public company executives, who by nature of their position have to be out and about, the risk can be quite high.”
