COPENHAGEN, Denmark,
May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Forum was held in
Copenhagen, Denmark on
May 24. Unisun Energy Group
officially joined the organization at this forum with the intent of
working hand-in-hand with China's
domestic and international institutions and businesses to promote
the values of gender diversity, accelerate the participation of
women in the clean energy sector and achieve the United Nations'
sustainable development goals. More than 30 prominent women
representatives from companies in the clean energy and related
sectors within China and around
the world attended the conference to talk about their company's
clean energy development plans and the importance of the role of
women in the fulfillment of those plans.
The forum is one of the most important side events of the 9th
Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9). Data shows that gender diversity
and the extensive participation of women in the energy sector are
necessary conditions for the transition to clean energy. However,
the energy sector remains one of the most gender-unbalanced
industries, with women accounting for only 20% of the
workforce.
Of note is that Unisun Energy Group's shareholder ENGIE Group is
also a member of the organization. ENGIE Group has been engaged in
the formulation and implementation of gender diversity policies
since 2008 in an effort to help women within the group achieve
their career development goals. The shareholder has established as
one of its non-financial indicators the percentage of the workforce
who are women. Unisun Energy Group Chairwoman He Yisha said Unisun is also
taking action to address the structural and cultural challenges
facing women in the energy sector, actively supporting the Clean
Energy Ministerial's gender diversity campaign and working towards
achieving real progress.
The C3E initiative was launched by the governments of the
25 countries that
attended the first Clean Energy Ministerial in 2010,
with a goal of fully mobilizing the wisdom of women and
promoting their active participation in clean energy reform and
development. In recent years, as a result of the unremitting
efforts on the behalf of different parties, women are becoming
increasingly involved in the sector, and the contributions of a
large number of outstanding female workers have been recognized as
a result.
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SOURCE Unisun Energy Group