FIGURE 2.22 DEI programmes focusing on women, by industry Share of organizations surveyed that select women as the priority of their DEI programme Energy and Materials 91.1% Agriculture and Natural Resources 90.9% Supply Chain and Transportation 84.6% Financial Services 84.3% Education and training 83.3% Care, Personal Services and Wellbeing 81.8% Retail and Wholesale of Consumer Goods 77.5% Infrastructure 77.1% Manufacturing 7.07% Information Technology and 75.8% Digital Communications Accommodation, Food, and Leisure 75% Professional Services 74.3% Health and Healthcare 73.1% Non-governmental and 72.7% Membership Organisations Government and Public Sector 70.0% Automotive and Aerospace 68.8% Real Estate 61.5% Media, Entertainment and Sports 60.0% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Share (%) Source World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2023. The World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (31.8%); and Jobs Survey suggests that more than two-thirds Energy and Materials (31.2%). The sectors that of the organizations surveyed have implemented have invested the least on DEI targets and quotas a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programme. are Education and Training (13%) and Real Estate DEI programmes are one pathway to closing (12.5%). workplace gender gaps and can include mentoring, sponsorship, leadership training, speci昀椀c policies The majority (79%) of companies surveyed are for caregivers or increased 昀氀exibility of working implementing DEI programmes with a focus on arrangements. This can encompass action around women. The survey suggests that those efforts gender parity, racial and ethnic equity, LGBTQI are primarily designed around training, and less so inclusion and inclusion of people with disabilities. around material actions to close gender gaps at DEI efforts, however, vary signi昀椀cantly across both industry and economy level. industries. The sectors that have invested the most in promoting a more inclusive workforce, with at The industries which focus the highest percentage least 30% of companies reporting DEI initiatives, are of their DEI activity on gender parity issues, and Nongovernmental and Membership Organizations where female workers are typically scarce at (41.2%); Supply Chain and Transportation (37.3%); all levels of seniority, are Energy and Materials Global Gender Gap Report 2023 56