WHAT IS A DRIVEN BY WOMEN COMPANY?

IF YOUR:

• COMPANY’S TOP MANAGEMENT IS REPRESENTED BY WOMEN.

• COMPANY HAS WOMEN MANAGING KEY DEPARTMENTS

• COMPANY HAS MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP OR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT WOMEN
GROWTH AND PROMOTION WITHIN THE COMPANY.

• COMPANY’S VALUES INCORPORATE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUALITY FOR WOMEN.

• COMPANY’S PERFORMANCE METRICS INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TO INCREASE WOMEN

EMPLOYMENT, PROMOTION AND INCLUSION IN TOP MANAGEMENT ROLES.

IF YOUR COMPANY COMPLIES WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE CRITERIA, PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN OUR
DRIVEN BY WOMEN COMPANIES PROGRAM

PROGRAM AND AWARDS

PROGRAM AND AWARDS

The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association Industrial Women's Chapter is committed to inspire and empower professional
females with the talent, capabilities and desire to reach their next level.

PRMA Women’s Chapter is working on projects that would enable women to not only increase participation in the labor
force but also support their development to leading roles within business and corporations. 

Companies Driven by Women are more competitive as they demonstrate their support of diversity and women. This
supports their capacity to attract more women and provides a competitive advantage to hire the best talent.  In addition, it
is a great branding within their communities as a responsible and inclusive company.

Studies demonstrate that companies lead by women are more productive and competitive.

A 2007 report from the non-profit research organization Catalyst found the Fortune 500
companies with more female board directors attained “significantly higher financial
performance” than those with the lowest female representation. Catalyst took three important
factors into account: return on equity, return on sales and return on invested capital. It found
that in all three areas, the companies that had higher female board representation were doing
better. These companies outperformed those with the least amount of female representation
by 53 percent in terms of return on equity, 42 percent in terms of return on sales and 66
percent in terms of return on invested capital.

 https://wallstreetinsanity.com/14-ways-businesses-benefit-from-having-women-in-leadership-positions/

Follow the Money

If these 5 reasons aren’t enough, think about this. A 2016 survey of 21,980
publicly traded companies in 91 countries concluded that “the presence of
more female leaders in top positions of corporate management correlates
with increased profitability of those companies” (source). This confirms what
study after study for more than a decade have found–that having increased
female leadership on your team or board leads to increased financial results.
If that doesn’t convince you, what will?

https://medium.com/@theBoardlist/5-reasons-why-having-women-in-leadership-benefits-your-entire-company-labor-day-2
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With the objective to promote our members competitiveness and to recognize their commitment to support and promote
women leaders in their workforce, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association Industrial Women’s Chapter has established
the Driven by Women Companies Award Program, that will be complemented by a certification program and sharing best
practices. The first awards will be presented at the Second International Women’s Conference to be held on December
12-13, 2019.

We encourage our members to participate in this important recognition program where you can showcase your support to
women leaders and demonstrate your commitment with inclusion. Also, to use this platform to recognize forward thinking
companies that have demonstrated with facts their commitment and support of the woman labor force.

Cordially,

Elizabeth Plaza Lydia Crespo

President Leader
Industrial Woman’s Chapter Driven by Women Companies Program
DRIVEN BY WOMEN
COMPANIES AWARD
OBJECTIVE
The PRMA Industrial Women’s Chapter has created the Driven by Women Program with the objective of recognizing
companies that have excelled in developing women leaders.

This program aims to develop a certification program where companies that have excelled in these objectives share their
best practices so that other companies can learn and become more competitive.

The award will be granted to corporations, enterprises, companies that excel in hiring, developing and promoting women
within their companies.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Nominations must strictly comply with the following:

• Company must be a PRMA member in good standing

• Company must have at least five years operational experience in Puerto Rico

• Company must have at least one representative in the PRMA Woman’s Chapter

• All metrics must be provided by site.

Companies will be evaluated for their achievements from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

CRITERIA

1) Company’s top management (staff, board of directors, management positions) is represented by women.

2) Company has women managing key departments

3) Company has mentorship, leadership or development programs to encourage and support women growth and
promotion within the company.

4) Company’s Values incorporate diversity, inclusion and equality for women.

5) Company’s performance metrics include a performance indicator to increase women employment, promotion and

inclusion in top management roles.

NOMINATION FORM

Company name:

Postal address:

Telephone:

Email:

Check one of each

Multinational US Based Local

Manufacturing Service

Number of employees

Number of employees in leadership roles

Companies will be evaluated from October 1, 2017 to Sept 30, 2018. All Metrics must be provided by site.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
Company’s top management (staff, board of directors, management positions)
are represented by women.

Total Women %

All employees

Staff

Board of directors

Management positions

Company has women managing key departments

Key departments Total key departments Led by Women %

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Company has mentorship, leadership or development programs to encourage and support women growth and
promotion within the company. Companies can report employee participation in

Total Women %

Mentorship

Leadership

Development

Company’s Values incorporate diversity, inclusion and equality for women. (Provide copy of the program)

Company’s performance metrics include a performance indicator to increase women employment, promotion and
inclusion in top management roles.

2016-2017 2017-2018 increased percentage

(Oct to Sept) (Oct to Sept)

Women employment

Women promotion

Women in top management roles

Nomination by

Name:

Company

Direct Phone

Email

Approval of nomination by principal executive officer

Name

Position

Date

Signature

Incomplete nominations will not be evaluated. Please write in, print and send by fax (787) 641-2535 or email to assistant@prma.com, not later
than Monday, November 12, 2018 at 5:00 pm