1. PRESS RELEASE
Paris, March 7th 2013
FRENCH COMPANY REWARDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS
FOR ITS EXEMPLARY ACTIONS IN FAVOR OF GENDER EQUALITY
Taj, a French business law firm member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, and its
managing partner Gianmarco Monsellato, received the “Business case of action” award
on March 6th 2013 at the Women’s Empowerment Principles Event. Organised by the
United Nations Global Compact and UN Women, this event was an opportunity to reward
five companies in the world for their exemplary actions in favour of gender equality and
diversity in the workplace.
Gender Equality at Taj
· 50% of women in the Executive Committee, and 40 % of women in management bodies (Board
of Directors and Executive Committee)
· Nearly 50% of partners and of the staff are women
· Strong measures initiated by the leader of the firm:
o Ongoing monitoring to make sure that promotions within the firm reflect gender
equality
o Mentoring based on individual development and not on quotas
o No internal meetings before 9 :30 am (to allow parents to take their children to school if
they wish)
o No impact of maternity leave on promotions and evaluations as only performance is evaluated,
regardless of presence
The WEP Leadership Award has been granted to Gianmarco Monsellato and Taj on the basis of
these elements, rewarding actions and concrete results in favour of gender equality.
1st edition of the WEP Leadership Awards
The objective of the Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Awards (Link) is to promote
equal rights and opportunities between men and women. It brings together 7.000 firms in over 135
countries and chose for the first time, this year, to reward 5 executives who have worked in favour
of gender equality (Link).
Honouring International Women’s Day, five awards were given out in the presence of United Nations
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women.
”The UN’s recognition of what we have accomplished for gender equality is an honour for Taj and
for me personally. It rewards our actions at all levels of the company as well as the results we have
obtained. But, above all, it will help us promote the real economic value of gender equality, that
should not be regarded as a purely societal phenomenon, but as an imperative for competitiveness
and exemplarity” said Gianmarco Monsellato.
International press contacts :
Dorothée Duron +33 1 53 92 80 02 / Jérémy Seeman +33 1 53 92 80 24
About Taj
Taj is one of the leading French law firms, specialized in international tax and legal strategies. Taj is based in Paris, Bordeaux,
Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Perpignan and Tours. Its primary areas of expertise include international taxation and transfer pricing,
mergers and acquisitions, indirect taxation, tax audit and litigation, international mobility taxation, labor law, business law and
insolvency law.
Taj is a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, enabling its clients to benefit from the expertise of 27 000 Deloitte tax
and legal experts in 150 countries.
For more information, see www.taj.fr or www.taj-strategie.fr