
Advocating gender equality is firmly enshrined in our company culture. To publicly underline this engagement, Lidl has signed the United Nations’ Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
Lidl Malta is actively promoting gender equality in our own company and along the value chain. We’re convinced: Equal opportunities and diversity are core components of longterm corporate success. Which is why we have enshrined it in our corporate principles and code of conduct.
In practice, this means:
The WEPs were established in 2010 by UN Women and the UN Global Compact. They represent the first worldwide initiative to target the topic of promoting and strengthening the role of women in companies.
The following seven principles aim to offer guidance to companies in promoting gender equality:
The principles have been derived from business practice and are aimed at supporting companies in adapting existing regulations and programmes for the promotion of women or in introducing such new and necessary regulations and programmes.