carsales.com Limited (carsales), the leading online automotive,motorcycle and marine classifieds business in Australia, has again retainedits WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation; this is thethird year that carsales has been recognised by WGEA as an Employer of Choicefor Gender Equality. The company is one of just 120 employers in Australia tobe awarded the citation today.
carsales CEO Cameron McIntyre said the citation is extremelyimportant for carsales and its journey to have a truly diverse workforce.
"I am extremely proud that carsales has retained its citation, whichrecognises the commitment and hard work we have put in to achieving genderdiversity across the company. In 2014 we saw that working towards the EOCGEcitation would be a vital goal to drive diversity across all parts of thebusiness," said McIntyre. "As a technology business working as part of the autoindustry, we saw only too clearly the lack of diversity across Australianbusinesses. This guided our strategy to implement diversity best practice andthe citation is further evidence that this is paying dividends".
The WGEA EOCGE citation provides valuable public recognition of anorganisation’s commitment to gender equality.
"This year, I am particularly delighted to see some of theinnovative and exciting initiatives by our EOCGE citation holders on such issuesas flexibility, paid parental leave, supporting women in leadership andaddressing gender pay gaps," said WGEA Director Libby Lyons.
"I congratulate all the 2017-18 citation holders for theircommitment and recognition of benefits improved gender equality can bring totheir business. These employers are setting the benchmark for other Australianworkplaces to follow."
"It is extremely pleasing to see more organisations than ever havebeen granted the EOCGE citation, reflecting the growing commitment to workplacegender equality in Australia," said McIntyre. "This is a vital program thatsupports and drives gender equality across Australian businesses".
McIntyre said the way everyone in the company has taken up thediversity challenge demonstrated that the carsales culture is robust and that ourpeople are determined the company lead by example.
"It is vital for businesses across Australia to lead by example,"said McIntyre. "Australians rightly expect organisations to act ethically anddemonstrate leadership. At carsales, I am proud that we try and lead byexample. We have a self-fulfilling culture that says this is the expectation,so let’s keep challenging ourselves at being a better and more diverse company.Our staff expect it and our customers quite rightly demand it". ---
