Procter & Gamble to spend Rs 300 crore on women-owned businesses
It will also educate more than 2.5 crore adolescent girls, on puberty and hygiene over the next three years.
New Delhi: FMCG major Procter & Gamble on Wednesday said it will spend Rs 300 crore towards driving gender equality in India by working with women-owned businesses over the next three years.
It will also educate more than 2.5 crore adolescent girls, on puberty and hygiene over the next three years.
P&G India had in 2018 announced to invest in women-owned businesses and said it has already spent more than Rs 200 crore with women-owned businesses in India.
It has so far educated more than 4 crore girls in India on menstrual hygiene date.
P&G Indian Subcontinent Chief Executive Officer Madhusudan Gopalan said: “We want to drive equal opportunities for women and girls in education, at home, and in the workplace.”
P&G India said in order to provide equal opportunity for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) roles, it will build digital and technological capability of over 10,000 women across the company’s external network, including customers, retailers and agency partners among others, over the next year.
The company will also annually engage with over 150 colleges that offer STEM curriculum via a programme focused on breaking gender barriers in STEM and supply chain.
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