Nike supplier picks up women’s empowerment award
14/03/2013
The company supplies to sports brands including Nike, Columbia Sportswear and Lululemon, and Mr Amalean was one of five business leaders recognised at the inaugural Leadership Awards presentation. He received the award for Cultural Change for Empowerment for the pioneering MAS Women Go Beyond programme.
Of the total workforce, 88% of MAS’s teams comprise female employees. These women improve their skills and knowledge through training, coaching and education as the company works to promote work-life balance, address gender-based violence and reward their accomplishments.
Mr Amalean said: “This award is a global endorsement that we are doing the right thing in a crucial area of ethical business, and encourages us to further refine and strengthen the Women Go Beyond programme. This award will encourage me to continue giving leadership to empowering women in our organisation and the communities in which we live.”
He signed the Women’s Empowerment Principles in November 2011, currently one of three companies in Sri Lanka to have taken this step to integrate the principles into their operations. Nearly 550 chief executives worldwide have declared their commitment to the principles.
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