It’s also the sector that needs the most rapid innovation, especially as the planet reaches yet another record CO2 level. And, a diverse workforce drives innovation the most. What will it take to get more women hired and promoted into leadership in the energy sector? Six ideas....
For an insider’s perspective, I spoke with Katie Mehnert, who founded
after 20 years in the industry to dramatically shift it from its historic white male-wildcatter roots to one that more closely resembles the population it serves today.... [+] week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas, residents are beginning the long process of recovering from the storm. For Mehnert and her Houston neighbors it’s personal. Like thousands of other Houstonians, her house and business were washed away by Hurricane Harvey.Katie Mehnert: “The companies that care about diversity, sustainability, climate and safety are the companies that are going to win when it comes to the war for talent,” Mehnert told me.
Investors’ intense focus on environment, social and governance issues are focusing energy leadership more on these issuesWomen are key to cleaning up the industry. “Women absolutely need to be a part of our energy transformation: “Women are fired up, quite literally, about climate and sustainability,” Mehnert said, “and women have a tendency to care just a tad bit more about these issues than men….We are waking up and realizing this is something we need to do.”
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