Corporate Gender Equality Assessment
Corporate Gender Equality Assessment
The Professional Equality Index provides a score. The assessment provides insight. They are not the same thing—and organizations that confuse the two are missing the point.
Accordia conducts workplace equity assessments that go beyond mere compliance calculations: we analyze processes, perceptions, and career paths to identify the true drivers of inequality within your organization.
Why a diagnosis goes beyond the index
The Professional Equality Index (Pénicaud Act) measures five indicators. It is a useful compliance tool—but it has significant blind spots:
- It does not account for biases in recruitment and promotion processes
- It does not capture the experiences of female employees (sense of inclusion, perceived barriers)
- It does not distinguish between structural inequalities and specific instances of inequality
- He says nothing about the causes of the discrepancies he observes
A comprehensive assessment fills these gaps. It turns a score into an action plan.
What the Accordia assessment covers
HR Data Analysis
- Gender breakdown by level, job category, and tenure
- Pay gaps for comparable positions and years of service
- Promotion rates by gender and age group
- Differentiated turnover, reasons for leaving
- Returning from Maternity/Paternity Leave: Career Development After Returning to Work
HR Process Analysis
- Recruitment: drafting job postings, forming selection committees, evaluation criteria
- Annual evaluation: rubrics, calibration, identifiable biases
- Promotion: Formal and Informal Criteria, Succession Pools
- Education: Differentiated Access Based on Gender
Qualitative analysis
- Individual interviews with representative participants
- Focus groups for women / men / managers
- Perceptions of equality, identified barriers, expectations
Deliverables
- Diagnostic report including a factual assessment and root cause analysis
- Prioritized action plan with monitoring indicators
- Presentation by the Executive Committee / CSEE
- Recommendations for Improving the Workplace Equality Index
When to conduct a workplace diversity assessment
- Before an equality agreement: the assessment provides the essential factual basis for negotiation
- After an unsatisfactory index score: Understanding the causes to determine appropriate corrective actions
- As part of a D&I policy: professional equality is the cornerstone of an inclusive approach. See our comprehensive D&I assessment.
- Before certification (AFNOR Diversity, GEEIS): the assessment prepares the way for the audit
What sets Accordia apart
A diagnostic assessment is not a compliance audit. It is an exercise in understanding. The difference lies in the consultant’s ability to read between the lines of the data, ask the right questions during interviews, and provide recommendations that take your operational reality into account—not just theory.
Accordia has been conducting equality assessments for 16 years. Our consultants have seen enough organizations to quickly identify what works, what’s holding things back, and what goes unnoticed by those on the inside.
