Equality and diversity
The strategic goal of promoting equal opportunities in the Port involves improving the conditions of under-represented groups or groups with greater difficulties. That is why it works to promote a greater presence of women in the sector and guarantee the social and labour integration of people with disabilities and risk of social exclusion.
Diversity adds
Active policies are needed for people with disabilities and at risk of social exclusion, groups that are especially unprotected in the face of crises and under the law. That is why the Port of Barcelona works to:
- Favour companies that exceed the legal minimums in this field in the bidding documents (2% people with disabilities in workforces of more than 50).
- Strengthen the role of the CARES Foundation as a benchmark for the labour insertion of these groups. Goal 2025: 50% of the workforce is employed in projects of the Port Community (in 2021 it is 20%).
- Further the elimination of access and circulation barriers for people with disabilities.
Equal benchmarks
The principle of equal treatment and opportunities between men and women governs all their actions and they want to be a benchmark as a port. To do this, they propose influencing policies that favour these attitudes, respecting the legal system, but with decisive actions: for example, taking it into account in tenders and contracts.
In addition, the Port of Barcelona seeks to attract female talent, since gender equality has been shown to be an important factor in the creation of innovative ecosystems.
Institutional video from the Port of Barcelona on the occasion of International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, 2021. The content visualizes the port's commitment to advocating and working for the necessary gender equality in a port sector that remains predominantly male.
The video shows images of women workers at the Port of Barcelona performing various functions in the port environment: loading and unloading operations, logistics management, traffic control, merchandise inspection and administrative tasks. Women wearing personal protective equipment (helmets, reflective vests) working in container terminals, port cranes, offices and operations areas are visualized.
It highlights the port's institutional message reaffirming its commitment to the values that govern its behavior: commitment to people, ethical and professional management, customer orientation, social responsibility and innovation. The video emphasizes that the Port of Barcelona assumes the responsibility to advance in rights, duties and respond as society demands and as expected of a public entity.
Data on the situation of women in the port sector is visualized: female employment does not reach, on average, one third of the total workforce in the port (31%), and women in management committees represent 21%, a figure that varies according to organizations (at the APB it reaches 30%). The video also shows the composition of the Port's Management Committee, which includes six women, as an example of progress toward balance between women and men within the organization.
The content refers to the Equality Plan that the Port of Barcelona has been implementing since 2010 in different areas of action: access to employment and selection, work-life balance, training, promotion, harassment prevention, communication and representation. Actions such as equal opportunities in accessing work, work-life balance measures, equality training and awareness-raising for all staff, promotions under the principle of balanced presence between men and women, protocols of action against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, elimination of sexist language throughout the organization and the creation of the equality officer figure are mentioned.
The video connects this claim with UN SDG 5 on gender equality, highlighting that empowering women has a multiplier effect and helps promote economic growth and development globally. Images of the gathering of women and men workers at the inner plaza of the World Trade Center Barcelona as a symbolic act of reaffirmation of these values are shown.
More women and higher up
In logistics and port activity, women are still under-represented.
Specific plans and programmes, informative actions and a greater and better training offer in the port must contribute to increasing the presence of women and their role.
Sustainable Development Goals
Relationship with the SDGs
The strategic goal of Port OSS2: Promoting equal opportunities is related to the three sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
Good practices in the Port Community
Cares Foundation: BIP success story
YEP MED: future port in the Mediterranean
Open Data: information as an opportunity
