Empower women for sustainable growth

The solution the W+ Standard offers

The W+ Standard is a results-based solution to support women’s empowerment in a transparent and quantifiable manner allowing your company to:

Increase

the sustainability of your value chain and local economies

Achieve its targets

for women’s empowerment as part of your corporate social responsibility or corporate philanthropy strategy

Report on engagement

towards Sustainable Development Goal # 5 on women’s empowerment and gender equality

“Women are absolutely crucial both to the growth of our business but also to the growth of the local economy in the local community,” “If we can help through economic empowerment of women, their local communities will thrive and business generally will thrive.”

Charlotte Oades, Coca-Cola’s Global Director for Women’s Economic Empowerment

Two ways you can engage

BUY W+ UNITS FROM A W+ CERTIFIED PROJECT

A W+ unit is a realized improvement in women’s lives. Buying W+ units is a cost-effective, transparent and easy way to fund activities that support women’s empowerment.

USE THE W+ LABEL ON A PRODUCT

The W+ label can be applied to a supply chain, and used as a consumer-facing label on a product, bringing higher premiums that benefit women at the sourcing level. This will provide information to customers who want to support women’s empowerment.