Intrepid‘s gender goals

INTREPID CEO James Thornton revealed the company will this year begin reporting on its gender pay gap, as part of the company’s gender equality goals detailed on Fri at the A Force For Good event in Sydney.

“This is so that we can have an open conversation about what the issues are and then set goals to address them,” Thornton said.

The company is also aiming to double the number of female porters it has globally by 2022 to create jobs for women in places like Nepal, Tanzania and Peru.

By 2022, the company will also support its largest suppliers to create conditions that benefit women and men, sharing best practice and providing mentoring.

“As the world’s largest adventure travel company, we know that we can have a huge and positive impact on our supply chain,” he said.

From this year, the company will also have equal gender representation through its spokespeople and storytellers, including talking to the media and speaking at events.

The men on Intrepid’s senior leadership team are also now turning down all opportunities to speak at events with all male speakers.

The company has also achieved a 50/50 gender balance in its global leadership team, a 60/40 balance on its board and in the past three years has more than doubled the number of its female tour leaders globally.

“That’s a huge achievement in countries like India and Morocco, where being a tour leader is not considered to be an appropriate job for women,” he said.

“It’s had a real ripple effect.”