Grieg in top 10 in Norway gender equality index
Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood has been placed in the top 10 in a gender equality index of Norwegian companies.
Grieg is eighth on the 2019 SHE Index, compiled by accounting and consulting firm EY and the Norwegian gender equality firm SHE. The company was 12th last year.
“We have a very long way to go before we have reached gender equality both in the industry and in Grieg Seafood,” conceded Grieg Seafood chief executive Andreas Kvame. “That goes particularly for employment in production. We are, however, working systematically to get women into the company and into management positions.”
The Index scores companies based on the gender balance in management teams on different levels, as well as the company’s policies to improve female representation in management.
Talented people
From the seafood industry, Bremnes Seashore and AKVA group have also decided to participate in the SHE Index.
Kvame believes that the seafood companies have been single minded in recruitment for too long, and that the industry must start rolling up its sleeves.
“Over the next years, the aquaculture industry will develop a great number of new solutions aimed at reducing our environmental footprint and improving fish welfare. We need the most talented people, regardless of gender, age and other backgrounds,” Kvame said.
“Diversity is not only the right thing to do. It definitely also serves our own interests.”
Media group Schibsted came first on the Index, followed by housing cooperative OBOS and DNB bank.
