Home » HR practices » Diversity » Corporate pratices : gender equality in the Finnish Neste Oil Company Corporate pratices : gender equality in the Finnish Neste Oil Company Neste Oil, an oil company listed on the stock market which made more than €12 billion in sales in 2007, is the first Finnish private company to win the equality prize, awarded every year to a model public or private company in this field. On December 31, 2007, it employed 4.810 people, of which more than 3.600 work in Finland, mostly in the refining industry, gas supply, and specialized production such as biofuels. This article is the first of a series dedicated to corporate practices regarding HR important issues. (Ref. 080252) Through . Published on 01 April 2008 à 8h59 - Update on 01 April 2008 à 8h59 Resources Diagnostic phase. Before 2006, nothing predisposed Neste for an award in the field of equality. As the company’s managers willfully admit, the equality issue didn’t exist in the company, either for the management of for the employees and their representatives. In fact, the strengthening of the law on equality in 2005 led the company to reexamine its statistics concerning the staff, to divide them according to gender, and to discover an unpleasant truth : the situation was very disadvantageous for women in the company.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels