The Group’s energy arm AboitizPower (AP) is likewise an equal opportunity employer. As part of its Human Rights commitment, AP welcomes and celebrates diversity in its organization, ensures inclusivity, and has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination.
Like AEV, AboitizPower has publicly disclosed its anti-sexual harassment and safe spaces act in 2021. Also, AP has seen an increase in the percentage of female employees in the organization from 2019, 2020 and 2021 at 27.60%, 27.93%, and 29.03% respectively.
AboitizPower’s diverse workforce shows that about 29.01% account for team members who are more than 30 years old, 57.82% are those within the 30 to 50-year-old range, while 13.16% account for employees more than 50 years old.
The Group’s infrastructure arm Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC) is also serious in implementing its Business Code of Ethics for Anti-Sexual Harassment. In addition, AIC together with AEV is committed to championing women empowerment as they joined the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment. Through the partnership, the company held an Unconscious Bias webinar for team members and will soon undergo the Gender Equality Assessment, Results, and Strategies program. It also ensures its Human Resources (HR) initiatives are gender-neutral, such as its Mentoring Partnership, 360 Degree Feedback, and Talent Management Program.
Meantime in AboitizLand, fair treatment and psychological safety are highlighted to everyone. Team members are encouraged to express their true sentiments at work via pre-and onboarding experience surveys. Thus, AboitizLand provides multiple channels where team members can freely express their concerns, sentiments, and inquiries.
Externally, the Group has also spearheaded several corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that promote inclusion and equality through education programs. The Aboitiz Foundation for instance, has initiated TecVoc for Women in partnership with Banilad Center for Professional Development; Apprenticeship to Employment Program for SPED Class in Pagbilao; continued support extended to the Benguet Thanksgiving Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) by conducting capability-building training and financial workshops for its women members and officers; and the Mindanawon Program, a college education subsidy for Indigenous Youth in Davao Region.