Holcim Philippines CEO says policies will help women to get to the top

Holcim Philippines' CEO, Sapna Sood, says that by 2030 she hopes women will account for roughly a third of the company's total number of employees.

Ms Sood is calling for greater diversity in the company that is associated mainly with men. On the senior level, Holcim Philippines' workforce is 32 per cent female.

"What we're doing in order to enhance the participation of females in the company first of all it's about policies, having the right policies, having the right infrastructure so that females are welcomed and that includes the plant," Ms Sood told ANC News Channel.

"We're just ensuring that we have the right infrastructure and the right mindset to welcome women, not just to welcome them but to keep them," she said.

"We are really looking at women in engineering and in showing them that Holcim Philippines is a place where you can have a career in engineering, and that there are a lot of opportunities both here in the country and also abroad," she said.