The managing director of Bord Gáis has expressed “delight” at the fact that the company now has a gender pay gap “in favour of women”, and he hailed the fact that the women now outnumber men in the organisation’s management team.
“Bord Gáis Energy has published its Gender Pay Gap Report for 2024 which shows a -2% median gender pay gap in favour of women, and a mean gender pay gap of -1.7% in favour of women,” the company said in a statement.
“A strong driver of the company’s performance on gender pay has been the increase in the number of women in senior management roles in the last two years.
“In 2022, Bord Gáis Energy set a goal of having at least 40% women in senior roles on both the executive team and the wider senior management group.
“The company has now exceeded that target, with 44% of senior roles now being held by women while representation on the executive team grew to 60% in 2024.”
Speaking about the 2024 report, Kerry McConnell, CFO at Bord Gáis Energy, said the company was “pleased with the progress we have made.”
“However, we are not complacent about either gender balance or other areas of diversity among our colleagues, and will continue to build towards parity and inclusion at all levels,” she said.
“We know, for example, that we need to encourage more women into the engineering and technician roles at Bord Gáis, as these are areas that have been more traditionally male in the past. We have set a goal of 30% of apprentice roles to be filled by women by 2030, up from its current 19%.
“Ultimately, we want parity for all employees, and to foster a company culture that supports every employee in having a rewarding career at Bord Gáis Energy, regardless of gender or any other factor as we seek to energise a greener, fairer future.”
Meanwhile, the company’s Managing Director Dave Kirwan, said he was “delighted” with the results.
“I am delighted to report that our median pay gap is close to parity this year at -2.0% in favour of women,” he said, adding: “In particular, we are determined to attract more women into roles traditionally held by men, including trades. We’ve set a goal of 30% of apprentice roles filled by women by 2030. Today, the proportion is 19% and we are working to improve this area of our business in 2025.”