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Inside the company, the Human Resources strategies to recruit and value employees from diverse
backgrounds and the gender equality policies are essential (please also relate to the inclusion and diversity
module and to the labour chapter of this module). You can even go further to insure they have the right
pole of skills in the community by providing or contributing to vocational training.

Another essential component of social inclusion inside the company is gender balance. Research by the
Harvard Business School and the organization Catalyst (Soares et al, 2011) have widely valued the
contributions of gender equality and feminine leadership for companies. Inclusive leadership improves the
quality of CSR policies and increases sustainable wins for companies and societies. More women leader is
also co-related with higher levels of philanthropy from the company. 1

You can find more information on Diversity & Inclusion in the specific SUSTRAINY module dedicated to this
issue.

1 https://www.catalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gender_and_corporate_social_responsibility.pdf