The following is an English translation of an original Japanese article issued in March 2022.
The Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are intended to serve as international guidelines for promoting women's empowerment. The goal is to improve the vitality and growth of corporate activities by encouraging enterprises to prioritize gender equality and women's empowerment in their management. This project was developed in 2010 through multi-stakeholder international engagement and collaboration between the UN Global Compact and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (now UN Women). We released the Japanese version of the framework report to help companies encourage gender-related information disclosure and promote gender equality.
Companies can use the “WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework” to track their progress on gender equality and women's empowerment across their value chains. The framework can be utilized to follow, report, and disclose progress information not only on the WEPs but also on other action guidelines and frameworks including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Principles for Business and Human Rights.
We hope the report will be useful for companies to promote gender equality.
WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework : English
WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework : Japanese
| Contents | The WEPs Journey: Six steps The WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework How should companies report on the WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework? Where does the Framework fit in your WEPs journey? From Measurement to Action: The WEPs Action Planning Tool How to report the indicators on WEPs website? Annex 1: Key Terms and Definitions Annex 2: Indicator Categories and Criteria Annex 3: Definition of Essential Indicators Annex 4: Making the Business Case: Indicator Topics and Rationale Annex 5: Indicator Alignment with Existing Gender Reporting Platforms |
