Brazil: a case study for rapidly improving gender diversity at the Renault-Nissan Alliance

MAY

2014

Renault-Nissan Alliance Team

Brazil: a case study for rapidly improving gender diversity at the Renault-Nissan Alliance

Brazil has become a case study for rapidly improving gender diversity at the Renault-Nissan Alliance, where the world’s fourth largest car group by volume is expanding its manufacturing footprint.

For instance:

• Renault has increased the total percentage of women employees in Brazil 50% in five years

• Since 2009, the number of female workers on Renault’s assembly lines in Brazil has doubled

• In just one year, Nissan nearly tripled the number of female managers in Brazil. Women now account for nearly 20% of all its managers.

• Women account for 20% of the workforce at Nissan’s headquarters in Brazil

• 15% of the workers at the Nissan Resende plant are women; Nissan aims to boost that figure to 25% by 2016.

“Brazil is a key pillar of growth for both Renault and Nissan, along with other emerging markets such as China and Russia,” said Marie-Françoise Damesin, Alliance Executive Vice President, Human Resources. “In these markets, we have been hiring rapidly – and that means we can execute change faster than in mature markets. That’s great news for gender equity.”

To cement its commitment to closing the gender gap in Latin America, the Alliance is partnering with Women’s Forum Brazil 2014, a networking summit in São Paulo for women in the public and private sectors. This marks the third straight year the Alliance is sponsoring the annual event which will take place May 26-27 at the São Paulo Hyatt Hotel.

More than 500 participants, including government officials and CEOs of leading companies from Brazil and other South American countries, will attend to discuss women’s achievements and challenges in creating a more gender-neutral society.