Prodware Belgium is proud to have signed the Women in Dynamics Pledge!
Women in Dynamics is supported by Directions 4 Partners, to promote diversity and inclusion within the international Dynamics Community. Women in Dynamics launched this initiative to create more awareness and to ignite a change within the international Microsoft Dynamics community.
We are proud to share Women in Dynamics’ values as well as their belief.
Women in Dynamics Pledge goals
The Women in Dynamics Pledge focuses on the three goals below and here at Prodware Belgium, we are making sure to be aligned with them:
- Create a network of like minded individuals (male, female & non binary) within the global Dynamics community
- Identify & understand the challenges in our community so we can help drive a positive change
- Promote Dynamics as a totally inclusive community and a wonderful place to work
The Partner Pledge
Here’s the 3-step process the Partner Pledge follows:
Step 1 – Enact the Women in Dynamics Principles within your organization
To be an official Women in Dynamics supporter, organizations need leadership-level backing and commitment to these 4 core principles:
BUY IN: Change starts with leadership. We need a senior point of contact to become a Women in Dynamics member and champion the cause within their business. All communication will go through this person who will, within their organization…
STRATEGIZE: In order to be successful in making an impact you must plan intentionally and strategically. Employers need adoptive strategies for inclusive recruitment, and career growth.
DO: Actively engage with the community of other Women in Dynamics member to develop best practice, and discuss and collaborate on current issues.
MEASURE: Share your numbers on the areas outlined so we can track our progression and lead by example for the rest of the industry.
Step 2 – Enroll and show that your company supports inclusion and diversity in the Dynamics community
Step 3 – Enact the pledge by developing, testing new and proven strategies for a more inclusive Dynamics future
Actively engage and network with fellow Women in Dynamics members to discuss strategies on shared experiences. Empower and encourage other organizations and contacts in both your professional and personal networks to embrace the Women in Dynamics Principles and to sign the Women in Dynamics Partner Pledge.
About Prodware:
Whether it is enabling ambitious Cloud strategies, artificial intelligence driven decision-making solutions, IoT enabled applications, Prodware, with more than 3 decades of expertise and know-how, is in a class of its own. Prodware has always leveraged the latest technological advancements to help companies step into the future by building the business processes of tomorrow in the Retail, Distribution, Professional Services and Finance sectors.
Earlier this month, some of our employees had the pleasure to join The Nine, Belgium’s first female-focused members’ club, and to start participating in their events.
The Nine is a community that believes in making equality a reality and offers a perfect space from a beautiful library to fully equipped co-working spaces and meeting rooms to its members. The Nine also organises a large number of cultural, professional, and social events throughout the year, aimed at inspiring and empowering its members by putting women at the centre of the gender equality conversation.
At Prodware, we believe in diversity and inclusion and are putting a special focus on Women in Tech, which is also mirrored in the Microsoft Partner Pledge we signed in April of this year.
We are looking forward to see the synergies created by this participation.
About Prodware:
Whether it is enabling ambitious Cloud strategies, artificial intelligence driven decision-making solutions, IoT enabled applications, Prodware, with more than 3 decades of expertise and know-how, is in a class of its own. Prodware has always leveraged the latest technological advancements to help companies step into the future by building the business processes of tomorrow in the Retail, Distribution, Professional Services and Finance sectors.
Prodware Belgium is proud to have signed the Microsoft Partner Pledge !
Microsoft launched this initiative to shed light on how nations can « adopt technologies in a deep and ethical way and ensure everyone possesses the right skills and opportunity to make the most of what lies ahead » .
We are proud to share Microsoft’s values as well as their belief in the role technology can play in addressing broader societal challenges.
This Partner Pledge focuses on four goals and here at Prodware Belgium, we are making sure to be aligned with them. Here is how:
Digital Skills
- Raise internal awareness of the Digital Skills initiatives and take advantage of all opportunities to provide staff with new training skills
- Promote the Digital Skills initiatives to customers
Diversity
- Having a plan to improve inclusion including adopting inclusive recruitment and promotion processes and practices to support the development and retention of a diverse workforce
- Ensure managers have a deep understanding and commitment to building inclusive culture within their organization
- Addressing racial inequality in the workforce by striving for strong representation at all levels from individuals contributors to senior management
- Ensure everyone in the organization regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation or other relevant protected status feel included
- Endeavour to build accessible solutions and services to empower our employees and customers with disabilities for a more inclusive future
Responsible and Ethical AI
- Use AI to drive efficiencies while protecting dignity and guarding against bias
- Decisions made by AI must be accountable to citizens and consumers
- AI must be explainable and understandable
- AI must assist humanity and respect rights, such as privacy
Sustainability
- Endeavor to make sustainability part of every supplier and customer engagement moving forward
- Embedding sustainability into strategic alliances
- Increasing transparency around our carbon footprint for our services and offerings
- Projects to improve partner’s own environmental impact
- Utilize new tools to enable customers to better monitor and manage their carbon footprint, for example using the Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard
About Prodware:
Whether it is enabling ambitious Cloud strategies, artificial intelligence driven decision-making solutions, IoT enabled applications, Prodware, with more than 3 decades of expertise and know-how, is in a class of its own. Prodware has always leveraged the latest technological advancements to help companies step into the future by building the business processes of tomorrow in the Retail, Distribution, Professional Services and Finance sectors.