The percentage of female executives (members of the Management Board excepted) in the voestalpine Group in the business year 2009/10 was at 10% (10% in the business year 2008/09) and thus slightly below the percentage of women of the total voestalpine workforce of 13%. Within the scope of internal leadership development efforts, great importance is being placed on continuing to expand the percentage of female participants. During the business year 2009/10, there were 24 women of a total of 155 participants (15%), bringing the percentage to above that of the Group’s female workforce for the first time.
None of the Group companies has explicit “female quotas.” Rather, the voestalpine Group is striving to implement appropriate measures in order to increase the percentage of women in the Group at all levels. This includes a number of activities, some of which are country-specific, such as participation in Girl’s Day, advancement of women in technical professions, and/or increased hiring of female graduates of technical schools and universities. In the voestalpine Group, women are now employed in top leadership positions in both traditionally male-dominated, technical areas of the Company (e.g., hot-dip galvanizing plant, wire production) and in various central functions (e.g., finances, legal).
In annual human resources reporting, data on the percentage of women in executive positions is collected and analyzed regularly with regard to their qualifications and their status in the training programs, in order to monitor the sustainability of the implemented measures.
