Good practice Imported

Advancing Female Leadership: The Central Chamber of Commerce's Commitment to Gender Equality in Finnish Business

Finland · Helsinki · National · See the Finland profile

The Central Chamber of Commerce is at the forefront of promoting female leadership within the Finnish corporate sector, emphasizing the importance of meritocracy in leadership selection, irrespective of gender. This initiative is part of a broader commitment to self-regulation ai

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: The Central Chamber of Commerce (Keskuskauppakamari)) — website
Power domain: Political Power
Methods / tools: Monitoring
Keywords: Female Leadership, Gender Equality, Corporate Diversity, Social Responsibility Initiatives, Equal Opportunity in the Corporate World

Context

The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland promotes female leadership in the Finnish corporate sector through self-regulation and its Women's Leadership Programme, which won the best social-responsibility project award at the 2015 World Chambers Congress in Turin.

Implementation

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14

Quality score: 96/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 13% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by ProPEGE consortium (Equal Leadership)

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

How readily the practice can be replicated or transferred to other contexts (graded 0–3).

Impact on gender equality1/1

Whether the practice demonstrably improved gender-equality outcomes.

Effectiveness1/1

Whether it achieved its intended objectives.

Efficiency1/1

Whether results were achieved at a reasonable cost and effort.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Whether the outcomes were formally evaluated or measured.

Achievement / evidence1/1

The strength of documented evidence that the practice worked.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

How well gender equality is embedded across strategy, continuity and financing.

Sustainability1/1

Whether the practice is ongoing or has lasting institutional structures.

Curator validation1/1

The ProPEGE curators' validation of quality, scope and final approval.

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Evidoria. Advancing Female Leadership: The Central Chamber of Commerce's Commitment to Gender Equality in Finnish Business. Persistent ID: fdbdda6b-d5f1-43b7-bfa9-3c75cc828bb5.

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