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📣 Bridging the Gaps to 2030: PfW Annual Conference recording now out! 📽️ Missed our conference or want to revisit? Watch the recording of the morning plenary here: https://lnkd.in/eU-cc7GA Hear what our inspiring speakers suggested as bold actions to drive gender equality in energy. HIGHLIGHTS ✨ Minister of State Sarah Jones: The clean energy transition “should be powered by a diverse workforce in skilled and well-paid jobs.” Joanna Whittington: Latest stats on women in energy – some surprises, but also challenges. Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI: Launched the Energy Leaders’ Coalition Annual Report, calling to “accelerate the pace of change by attracting, developing, and retaining talented women.” Key Takeaways from the Day: 💡Keep making the case for diversity and equality. 💡Focus recruitment on tasks, not traditional experience. 💡Remove bias in hiring – diverse panels, reject all-male shortlists. 💡Normalise flexible working for all. 💡Build inclusive cultures systemically. 💡Mental health matters for all. 💡Sponsor and mentor women meaningfully. 💡Start early – internships, apprenticeships for young women. 💡Highlight successful women and foster male allyship. PfW Young Professional Board Member Ola Balbaa: “Carry forward the momentum... Commit to being the change you want to see. Advocate with passion and pragmatic curiosity – sponsor, support, and connect.” Thanks to our sponsors: ⚡ RWE | ⚡ ScottishPower | ⚡ Charles River Associates | ⚡ SSE plc | ⚡ Dalcour Maclaren | ⚡ Emberson Marketing | ⚡ National Grid | ⚡ Shell | ⚡ Subsea7 And the team on the day who made it happen: Anna Stanford, Brilla Sesay AMEI, Natalia Szubert, the Marick team, Prince Philip House & Tania Jonas 👏

We were pleased to take the gender equality message to #COP29 today, to show that better diversity, equity and inclusion is central to a just and inclusive clean energy transition that leaves no-one behind. On the UK Pavilion this morning, in partnership with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, our Board Member Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE (CEO Energy Institute) spoke about "Achieving a STEP change in gender equality for a successful energy transition" ⚡️ Inspiring fellow speakers were Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP (keynote), Debbie Palmer (Director, Energy, Climate and Environment, FCDO), Sophie Westlake, Deputy Director, IEU DESNZ, Evangelos Pastras CEng MICE MBA ACGI, Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Youth Action group, and Rachel McEwen, Chief Sustainability Officer, SSE plc "Climate policy responses themselves can have unintended negative gender-based impacts. If just transition policies are not in place, occupational gender stereotypes are likely to persist even in the emerging green economy, preventing women from benefitting from the new jobs created." - Nick Wayth 💡 What are 3 actions that can achieve a step change? 1️⃣ be bolder with ambitions: adopt targets and report data to closely monitor progress 2️⃣ be open to learning and collaboration 3️⃣ engage the majority to show that better DEI benefits everyone, while giving greater visibility to women having an impact in the sector 📽️ The recording from this morning's session is now live here: https://lnkd.in/eXXhF5mi Our thanks to Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE for your powerful advocacy, to the UK government for partnering with us on this event and to Alison Flower (FCDO), Tania Kumar CBI (Confederation of British Industry) and Julie Evans (DESNZ). #COP29Azerbaijan #climateaction #diversityequityandinclusion #DEI #womeninenergy

Heading to #COP29? Don’t miss our events on gender equality and #WomenInEnergy! 🚨 Both in the Blue Zone with amazing speakers! 👇 Find further details and register below!

Will you be at #COP29? Do you know colleagues who are? POWERful Women is delighted to be partnering on two events to promote #womeninenergy and diversity & inclusion for the clean energy transition. They are both in the Blue Zone, so you'll need to be accredited. We'd love to see you. If you're not going, but know someone who is, please share / tag them! 📽️ The first one will be recorded, so we'll share the link afterwards for all to see. 🗓️ ⏰ 14 November 09.30-10.30 AZT (GMT+4):  'Achieving a STEP change in gender equality for a successful energy transition' 📍UK Pavilion, Blue Zone In partnership with UK government, we are running a morning panel event with a great line-up of speakers: including a keynote from The Right Hon Anneliese Dodds MP, Minister of State (Development), and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) and a panel including PfW Board Member and CEO Energy Institute Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE. Check out the flyer for details 👇 🗓️⏰ 14 November 18:30-19:30 Reception: 'Celebrating and Supporting Women in Energy'   📍We Mean Business Coalition Pavilion at E13, Blue Zone We have joined with National Grid to co-host an informal evening reception to celebrate female leaders involved in the energy transition, bringing together female leaders and male allies to discuss COP29, the challenges in the energy sector and the value of diversity and equity. Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/ed55y2xQ #COP29Azerbaijan #climateaction #diversityequityandinclusion #skills #energytransition

❓How are some of the UK's largest energy employers doing on gender diversity, equity and inclusion - within their own companies and as a force for change in the industry? 🔎 Yesterday we launched the 2024 Annual Report of our Energy Leaders' Coalition, the CEOs or UK heads of 14 companies, alongside the energy regulators, all of whom have made a commitment to supporting better female representation: bp Centrica Drax Group EDF (UK) ENGIE National Grid Ørsted RWE ScottishPower Shell So Energy SSE plc Subsea7 Wood Ofgem North Sea Transition Authority With thanks to this year's Chair Alistair Phillips-Davies, the report was launched at our Annual Conference by incoming Chair Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI and reveals: 💡 companies' latest data on women at board, leadership and middle management level 💡practical examples of good policies and initiatives that are making a difference 💡an honest exploration of persistent challenges in reaching targets "My ambition as incoming Chair of the ELC is to harness the progress that has been made to date and build on it to further accelerate the pace of positive change that we are seeing." - Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI, President, National Grid Electricity Distribution Read the press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/ej7VREh3 Download the report 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyPf4mJS #energyleaders #DEI #leadership #womeninenergy #PfWConf

It’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who joined #PfWConf 2024 & for the support of our fabulous speakers, sponsors & event teams. It’s been an energising and stimulating day! We’ll be sharing our highlights & the livestream recording soon – watch this space!  Until next year… 🙏 Image Credit: Aniseed PR & Photography

Our Young Professional Board Member Ola Balbaa closes #PfWConf 2024 with some reflections & key takeaways "Carry forward the momentum we gained today, commit to being the change you want to be... Work to appoint, develop and retain female talent within [your] organisation. Achieving greater diversity means taking fewer risks, breaking group thinking, and fostering inclusive environments, that complement diversity. Female representation still has a long way to go, so, advocate with passion with and pragmatic curiosity - sponsor, support, and connect"

Huge thanks to our afternoon workshop hosts, the brilliant: Men for Inclusion, Bain & Company, EDF (UK) & Emberson Marketing with great strategies on #inclusiveworkplaces #sponsorship #pluggingthedatagap #thepowerofcommunication Lots of great ideas & practical tips to take away! #PfWConf Image Credit: Aniseed PR & Photography

We are delighted to hear from Minister of State Sarah Jones MP Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business and Trade, to open our sold out Annual Conference today. "To be here in such a diverse room makes a big difference to how confident I feel that we can all make the progress that we want to see." But knowing that the energy sector as a whole has poor female representation, she made a commitment to improving gender diversity: "I am personally motivated to do something about this, with collaboration between industry and government... the energy transition and growth of the economy are foundational aims of the government and equality has to be at the core. The net zero transition is a national mission, creating thousands of jobs across the country. It's a truly exciting time to work in industry." We're looking forward to finding out more on the government's plans on skills and equality. Our thanks to the Minister for joining us. #PfWConf #DEI #netzero #jobs #skills

👏👏 Our thanks to our sponsors who are making our Annual Conference today possible: Charles River Associates, Dalcour Maclaren, Emberson Marketing, National Grid Electricity Distribution, RWE, ScottishPower, Shell, SSE plc and Subsea7. #DiversityandInclusion #womeninenergy #PfWConf