New Delhi: Packaged client items firm Procter & Gamble India on Tuesday promised investments to the tune of ₹500 crore on women-led companies within the nation between 2021 and 2025.
“Final yr, P&G dedicated to spending a cumulative complete of ₹300 crore by intentionally working with women-owned and women-led companies in India, from the yr 2021 to 2025. With already greater than ₹200 crore invested by way of this initiative within the first yr throughout India, the corporate is now elevating this dedication to ₹500 crore by 2025,” the maker of Tide and Pantene manufacturers mentioned in a press release.
The corporate additionally hosted its third annual #WeSeeEqual summit geared toward enhancing equality and inclusion throughout India.
As a part of its dedication, P&G India will even introduce the ‘P&G ReLaunch program’ that may welcome again professionals who took a break from their profession and want to restart their careers in STEM roles. This program is a part of the corporate’s dedication to strengthening range in STEM (Science, Know-how, Engineering, and Arithmetic) and can concentrate on individuals seeking to relaunch their careers in IT, analysis & growth, and product provide, the corporate mentioned.
P&G India will even enhance the accessibility of its model promoting, together with social media content material and web sites, by making it accessible to individuals with sight and listening to impairments by 2024.
The corporate can be set to introduce the ‘P&G Shiksha Betiyan Scholarship Program’ to offer monetary support and mentorship to younger women.
“In India, we’ve got made sturdy progress in driving equality and inclusion inside and outdoors of P&G by taking deliberate actions that break limitations and deal with biases that maintain us again. This yr, taking this additional, we’re saying daring actions and new commitments and likewise increasing present ones which is able to allow us to play an lively function in driving equality and inclusion in society,” mentioned Madhusudan Gopalan, CEO, P&G Indian Subcontinent.
Supply: Live Mint