Lynk & Co, the Swedish car-sharing joint venture between Geely Auto Group and Volvo Car Group, is pledging to achieve a 50-50 gender split across the company by the end of 2021 and an equal split in management positions by the end of 2023.
According to research conducted by Lynk & Co and consumer data analysis firm Statista, 15 percent of employees at 43 automotive manufacturers and suppliers are women, with numbers ranging from 30 percent at the top and 2 percent at the low end, the company said in a press release. The research found that management teams are 11 percent female and boards of directors are 18 percent female.
Lynk & Co, which has launched in China and Europe and plans to expand in other markets including North America, says 45 percent of its team is female; 33 percent of management is female; and the board has an even split.
“The gatekeepers of the automotive industry have excluded women, and pretty much anyone that isn’t a straight white man, for too long,” CEO Alain Visser said in the release. “Lynk & Co is committed to changing that.”