Following the executive order signed by the US President in January, which bans diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programmes from any company with access to US public contracts, the German power plant manufacturing specialist Siemens Energy announced at the end of June that it was abolishing all quotas for women in its US subsidiary (12,000 employees). The group’s HR director Christina Schulte-Kutsch told the newspaper Die Welt that the subject was “emotionally difficult” but said the com
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.