It was a great honour to be at the Grand Palais in Paris today, for the ChangeNOW Summit 2025, together with thousands of changemakers from around the world.
WJI 2030 hosted a fireside chat on “Driving the Gender Agenda: The Business Case”, an inspiring conversation with Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering, Charlotte Saint-Arroman, Executive Director, ONU Femmes France, Dr Anino Emuwa, Managing Director, Founder, 100 Davos Women, Julien Rivals, Global Sustainability A&A Leader, Deloitte, Garance Aulagne, Head of Global Engagement, Women for Change Lead, ChangeNOW.
As moderator, Iris Van der Veken, Executive Director & Secretary General of WJI 2030, brought to the fore a critical conversation on why gender inclusiveness is not just a moral imperative — it’s a business one.
At WJI 2030, we believe fostering inclusiveness is central to building fairer, future-ready companies. There is a strong business case for embedding gender equality into corporate strategy — diverse and inclusive companies consistently outperform their peers in profitability, productivity, and long-term growth.
Earlier this year, WJI 2030 launched a Whitepaper at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling for greater accountability and transparency through a new reporting framework aligned with the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). This initiative spans the workplace, marketplace, and community, and is a first step toward closing global data and reporting gaps in gender equity.
Let’s stay the course. Let’s drive gender equality not as a checkbox, but as a cornerstone of sustainability, resilience, and growth.
