At Eden Refrigeration, we not only celebrate the achievements of women, but also care about their future. On this International Women’s Day, let us look through the eyes of Ms Han, Head of HR at Eden Refrigeration, to understand how the company, guided by its ESG philosophy, is unleashing the power of “Her Power”!
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Chris: In recent years, more and more companies have incorporated the proportion of female employees into their core ESG indicators. As Head of HR, do you think the company maintains gender equality in its recruitment and promotion systems? Could you share how the proportion of female employees has changed over time?
Ms Han: I believe data speaks the truth best. Currently, female employees account for 40.91% of the company’s frontline manufacturing workforce, and the proportion of women in management is as high as 62.5%. Behind these figures lies our Talent Development Equality Programme, which we have adhered to for many years. From recruitment to promotion, we ensure that female employees enjoy development resources equal to those of their male counterparts.
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Chris: To provide female employees with fairer and more reasonable training opportunities, what actions has the company taken?
Ms Han: The company is committed to providing female employees with in-depth opportunities for capability improvement. We regularly organise various professional training courses, seminars and industry exchange activities, and encourage female employees to participate in key internal projects and core business initiatives. In the selection of training participants, we have built a scientific screening mechanism based on three dimensions — capability assessment, job-requirement matching and performance data — to minimise the influence of subjective factors. Training sessions are also scheduled during working hours wherever possible, reducing the constraints that family responsibilities place on female employees’ development.
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Chris: Apart from gender equality policies, what distinctive investments has the company made to support women’s career development?
Ms Han: The company has always regarded role-model leadership as an important driver of its corporate culture. Through the “Her Power” career-sharing sessions, female executives and technical backbone members within the company tell their own growth stories, sharing the challenges and opportunities they have faced in their careers based on personal experience. These outstanding role models are like “little suns” in the team, fostering a positive, resilient and energetic atmosphere within the company.
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Chris: In addition to statutory maternity and nursing leave, does the company provide differentiated benefits for female employees?
Ms Han: The company has always regarded the protection of female employees’ rights and interests as an important practice of corporate social responsibility, building a comprehensive care system through institutional innovation. In health management, we implement special physical examination programmes covering all age groups. For employees in the “three special periods” (menstruation, pregnancy and nursing), we adjust work intensity based on medical assessment, grant flexible leave autonomy, and ensure that positions and job levels remain unaffected. Every year on International Women’s Day, we deliver the “Her Power Gift Box”, supporting female employees in balancing health and work in every way.
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Chris: What deeper value have all these actions brought to the company?
Ms Han: Through the implementation of gender equality policies and a diversified management philosophy, the company has built a virtuous cycle ecosystem. For female employees, the journey from entry-level positions to management, and the stories of role models, inspire more people to firmly believe that “the glass ceiling can be broken”. For the company, a diversified management philosophy enhances the team’s innovation capability and decision-making quality — female managers often possess keen emotional perception and unique ways of thinking, enabling them to approach problems from different perspectives, fully considering the interests and feelings of all parties. For society, the company’s efforts and achievements in advancing women’s career development allow more people to see that women can shine just as brightly in the technology sector, and encourage society to advocate the precious values of gender equality as well as diversity and inclusion.
In Ms Han’s view, the company’s sustainable development strategy is not a cold collection of data and indicators, but a series of stories full of warmth. Eden Refrigeration will continue to build a more fair, diverse working environment, enabling every female employee to find a sense of belonging and achievement here, and jointly driving the company towards its governance goal of long-term sustainable development. On this International Women’s Day, Eden Refrigeration pays tribute to every “Her” who shines in the workplace — the future is worth looking forward to because of you!
