Expack celebrates women at workplace, calls for gender diversity

Celebrating the ever inspiring contribution and enthusiasm of women in its workplace, Sri Lanka’s premier sustainable packaging solutions provider Expack Corrugated Cartons held an event at its state-of-the-art factory premises in Kelaniya in view of the International Women’s Day, last month.

Expack recognised and commemorated their fine achievements, highlighting their impressive drive and high spirits towards sharing ideas and knowledge among fellow employees.

“Their entrepreneurial mindset and attitude go beyond the norms and are well commendable,” said Expack Corrugated Cartons Head of HR and Compliance Azhar Sheriff.

“This is very impressive in comparison to their male counterparts. We’ve witnessed numerous such thoughts and contributions with our open door policy. We encourage and place high emphasis towards fostering a culture that embraces women empowerment, inclusivity, diversity and equity. We look forward to having more women onboard and challenge the status quo in a traditionally male-dominated industry sector,” he added.

Gender diversity is very important irrespective of the nature of the business and industry and today many companies of different sizes and types see this as a fundamental need, to close the gender gaps and have a healthy and equal or adequate representation of women at its workplaces. Expack is one such company and has a zero tolerance policy towards gender discrimination. The men and women at Expack are respected, rewarded and compensated equally, with the leadership encouraging a wider acceptance that women and their strengths are a key pillar in both the company’s as well as the overall economy’s growth and success.

With over 300 employees from diverse backgrounds, Expack believes in promoting policies and strategy that provides a platform, which respects and includes the voice of each and everyone, irrespective of their religion, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, norms and beliefs.