GENDER EQUALITY
for those around them on a daily basis , to become allies and stewards of corporate communities . Showing stewardship by championing equality , in all forms , means taking a stand and using influence and decision making to drive change where it is needed .
“ Inequality should be challenged wherever it exists . Individuals should not underestimate their ability and the related responsibility that they have to assist in driving change where it is needed . After all , if corporate organisations cannot make meaningful , long-lasting change toward greater equality and representation , how can we expect other parts of society to do so ?”
Profiting from Parity Speaking at BizClik Media Group ’ s SUSTAINABILITY LIVE LONDON event in February this year , Fannie Delaville , Europe
Manager at Bpifrance , gave a keynote address on ‘ Profiting from Parity ’, in which she said that the business community was missing a trick by not investing in women founders . “ Does anyone in the room know how much more revenue female entrepreneurs deliver for every dollar invested in their firm ? Is it 0.5 % more ? Is it 20 % more ?” Delaville then shocked the audience by revealing that it ' s actually twice as much . “ So , for every dollar invested in a female company , the revenue they produce is twice as high as the revenue that a male entrepreneur would produce .”
Delaville said that female entrepreneurs have , by virtue of being a female , had to face so many obstacles to get where they are that their businesses are much more efficient than a lot of their male counterparts , as a result .
However , the female narrative around seeking investment needs to change too ,
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