A global leader in industrial software, AVEVA, has reiterated its commitment to developing a workplace environment where all employees feel included and are treated with dignity and respect.
Recall that AVEVA has significantly increased gender representation in 2023 with 39.9 per cent of new hires, 29 per cent of managers and 26.5 per cent of leaders being women.
Global head of sustainability, AVEVA, Lisa Wee, in the company’s 2023 Sustainability Progress Report, made available to LEADERSHIP, averred that, the company has vowed to continue to include more women by raising the bar to 50 per cent of new hires, 40 per cent of managers and 30 per cent of leaders by 2030.
“Besides, we have reached our goal of less than one per cent pay equity, and it currently stands at 0.5 per cent”,commented Wee; in addition, AVEVA demonstrated its commitment to society donating £ 310,000 to causes supported by AVEVA employees’ communities around the world.
In the US for instance, the company has developed a partnership with two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for an ‘AVEVA Scholars Programme.
Spanning three years, the program includes scholarships and immersive onsite experiences, ultimately paving the way for talented Black scholars in Engineering and Computer Science to join the AVEVA team upon graduation. The pilot will kick-off mid-June 2024 and count 12 students,” she disclosed.
Speaking on the company’s effort to reduce carbon footprint, Wee stated that, “Beyond our efforts to reduce our own carbon footprint, we recognize that our biggest opportunity to make a positive impact and accelerate our journey towards NetZero is through our core products, digital solutions that can help industries improve efficiency, circularity, traceability and resilience.
“With this regard, the company has developed a green new logo program that has supported in the first six months the deployment of clean tech activities for 25 customers. In addition, with 13 new case studies quantifying the reduction of emissions AVEVA software enables for customers, the company demonstrates how it walks the talk through tangible achievements contributing to sustainability. Last but not least, hackathons run in 2023 generated 80 sustainability-led technology ideas for future innovations.”
2023 saw the launch of AVEVA’s Sustainability Accelerator programme, aimed at advancing sustainability use cases and capabilities across the company’s portfolio and partner ecosystem, including via AVEVA’s industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT.
Director of Sustainability in charge of the program, Joana Mainguy, said: “AVEVA’s Sustainability Accelerator program aims to enable faster uptake of existing sustainability solutions across the industrial landscape, while we continue to invest in product capabilities and partnerships that will push out the frontiers of sustainability innovation for industry.”
