Gender reporting multi-stakeholder workshop: São Paulo, Brazil
March 5, 2009

On Thursday, March 5, 2009, a multi-stakeholder workshop took place in São Paulo, Brazil. The workshop was attended by 35 participants representing companies (energy, aluminum and agriculture sector), NGOs (women organizations, sustainability reporting and civil society organizations), academics, and donors. Objectives of the session were to:

• gather views of the participants on what gender issues that should be addressed and why
• gain insight from participants on how to report on the issues identified

Similar to the London and Johannesburg workshops, feedback gathered during the sessions will be incorporated in a Gender and Reporting Resource Document, which will help guide organizations with gender and sustainability reporting.

To kick off the discussion, participants were presented with a variety of terms by which to categorize gender issues:

Participants agreed that their priority categories are:

• Gender Equality and Corporate Governance and Values
• Gender Equality and the Workplace
• Gender Equality and the Supply Chain

In addition to presentations by the GRI and IFC facilitators, Itaipu Binacional, which runs the largest operational hydroelectric power plant in the world, gave a presentation on how they manage and report on gender issues.

» London, England
(December 1-2, 2008)

» Johannesburg, South Africa
(December 10, 2008)

» São Paulo, Brazil
(March 5, 2009)

» Delhi, India
(March 24, 2009)

» Washington, DC, USA
(April 24, 2009)

» Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(October 27, 2009)

Resources

Global Reporting Initiative

IFC's efforts to address gender issues

Wikigender

Voice your ideas on gender and reporting

Private Sector Development Blog on Gender

GRI Practitioner's Network

Are you interested in the issue of gender and sustainability reporting? Contact GRI to join GRI's practitioner network on the issue.

This initiative is made possible in part through funding from Germany, Iceland and Switzerland.