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.

Every company has a social and moral responsibility towards those at the bottom of economic pile… but helping them can, in turn, help the company in question.

That’s the message from Claire Martin, Renault’s Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Managing Director of the Renault Foundation at the 2013 Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum held in Deauville, France (16-18 October).

How do we get more women into the car industry? That was one of the main topics we discussed at last week’s Women’s Forum where a delegation of more than 30 people from Renault-Nissan took part.