Under the banner of ”Recruit, Retain, Reward”, Women in Maritime
Charter signatory ABP is seeking to reduce its gender pay gap
to 0% and increase the proportion of women in its workforce.
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Talking later to the Telegraph, chief officer Susan
Cloggie-Holden and Commodore Duncan Lamb of the RFA
commented on how the Taskforce had provided a welcome
opportunity to meet colleagues from other maritime
organisations – some very different to their own – and to
work together as a cohesive force. ‘We’ve got huge compa-nies,
small companies; everyone is sharing resources, case
studies, what works and what doesn’t, said Ms Cloggie-
Holden. ‘I don’t think there’s another industry out there
that’s doing this on this scale.’
Also speaking at the launch was the current UK
shipping minister Nusrat Ghani, who said she was passion-ate
about promoting women’s careers in all sectors, but
was particularly pleased to see UK shipping taking the
initiative to catch up with and even overtake other
industries. ‘I want this industry to be a shining beacon of
diversity,’ she announced.
And of course, the Charter initiative has come in a year
when large UK companies have been legally obliged to
produce their first gender pay gap report and are now seek-ing
to close this gap. In his speech at the launch event,
ABP chief executive Henrik Pedersen said the Charter
would help his company in its aim to reduce its gender pay
gap to 0%. Under the banner of ‘Recruit, Respect, Reward,’
ABP is also seeking to increase the proportion of women
in its workforce from the current level of 15%, and to have
more women on the executive board.
‘We have much stronger companies if all voices are
listened to,’ he stressed, ‘and the failure to harness the
talents of 50% of our population simply does not make
sense.’ •
Nautilus International has a longstanding Women’s Forum offering an
opportunity for female members to engage in discussions on the
specific challenges facing women in the maritime profession. Members
also consider how to promote maritime careers to women, identify the
organising needs of women and encourage female members’
participation in the Union’s activities. The next meeting of the Forum is
on 1 October 2018 in Liverpool: see page 66 for details. •
E UK shipping
minister
Nusrat Ghani.
F Julie Lithgow
of the Institute
of Chartered
Shipbrokers.