MHD Moet Hennessy Diageo K.K. held a Women Empowerment Event online on Wednesday September 16, 2020, as part of its CSR activities.

【Background】

Since 2017, MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. has continuously supported social contribution initiatives such as social gastronomy, art for the disabled, and disaster relief, and from 2020, with the aim of further empowering diversity, we launched our activities from the perspective of Women Leadership and Women Empowerment. Japan lags behind other countries in the Gender Gap Index, ranking 121st* out of 153 countries, and this is an activity that we should focus on even when compared with other countries in the Moët Hennessy Group.

*The Global Gender Gap Index 2020 rankings

【Outline of the event】

Ms. Miku Hirano, winner of the New Generation Award at Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2019, was invited to speak on the theme of "Women's Social Advancement: Changes in Family and Work due to Advances in Digitalization and AI (Artificial Intelligence)".

Ms. Hirano, a female entrepreneur, engineer, and mother of two, spoke about the future of work and women's careers, and answered questions from the audience in an interactive talk event. She also spoke frankly about the differences in leadership style between men and women, the differences in communication methods between Japan and other countries, and the challenges and failures of being a female entrepreneur. Her message to the male employees at the end of his talk was also very true.

Originally scheduled to be held in March to coincide with International Women's Day, the event was postponed to the above schedule (September) and was now held online.

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. will continue to focus on activities that support women's leadership and careers, gender equality and diversity inclusion for a sustainable future.

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.