Aitken Spence signs UN's Women's Empowerment Principles

Among the first 38 companies worldwide:

Aitken Spence PLC is among the first 38 leading companies worldwide who have signed up to the United Nations' Women's Empowerment Principles, comprising of actions that advance and empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community, and communicate progress.

The diversified conglomerate is the only publicly-listed company in Sri Lanka to sign up to the Women's Empowerment Principles.

The Women's Empowerment Principles-Equality Means Business, an initiative by The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the United Nations Global Compact were launched at the UN on 8 March 2010.

"Aitken Spence has embraced the Women's Empowerment Principles, in an effort to strengthen our commitment towards internationally proclaimed human rights.

We believe that concerted action on these principles would help businesses perform better by facilitating the development of a stronger human resource. We commend UNIFEM and the UN Global Compact for spearheading this initiative," Aitken Spence PLC. Deputy Chairman/Managing Director, J M S Brito said.