Expack celebrates its women at workplace and 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 during the week in view of the International Women’s Day.

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 goes beyond the norms and is well commendable,’’ said Azhar Sheriff, Head of HR and Compliance- Expack.

‘‘ 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.’’

Gender diversity is very important 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 the growth and success of the company and the wider economy.

With over 300 employees from diverse backgrounds, Expack believes in promoting policies and strategy focused on inclusivity irrespective of one’s religion, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, norms and beliefs.

Expack was recognised as one of Sri Lanka’s best workplaces for 2018, 2019 and 2020 and also one of Asia’s best workplaces for 2019 and 2020 by Great Place to Work Institute.