Bord Gais Energy is reporting that its Executive Management Team is made up of more women than men for the first time ever.
Female representation on the team rose from 40% in 2023 to 60% in 2024.
Female representation across the wider senior management team also rose to 44% during the same period.
In 2022, Bord Gáis Energy set a goal of having at least 40% women in senior roles on both the executive team and the wider senior management group and has now exceeded that target.
The company has today published its Gender Pay Gap Report which shows a -2% median gender pay gap in favour of women.
It also shows a -1.7% mean gender pay gap in favour of women.
These negative measures indicate the extent to which women earn, on average, more per hour than their male counterparts.
However, this gender pay gap analysis does not consider differences in roles or seniority, unlike an equal pay analysis which shows whether people are paid the same for work of equal value.
Equal pay for equal work is a legal requirement in Ireland which Bord Gáis Energy upholds.
The report is based on 470 employees using a snapshot date of 30 June 2024, and a reference period of 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
59% of the total employees were men and 41% were women.
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Speaking about the 2024 report, Kerry McConnell, CFO at Bord Gáis Energy, said "We are pleased with the progress we have made at senior level in the company, and we are also making good progress at the mid-level.
"However, we are not complacent about either gender balance or other areas of diversity among our colleagues and will continue to build towards parity and inclusion at all levels.
"We know, for example, that we need to encourage more women into the engineering and technician roles at Bord Gáis, as these are areas that have been more traditionally male in the past.
"We have set a goal of 30% of apprentice roles to be filled by women by 2030, up from its current 19%," said Ms McConnell.
"Ultimately, we want parity for all employees, and to foster a company culture that supports every employee in having a rewarding career at Bord Gáis Energy, regardless of gender or any other factor as we seek to energise a greener, fairer future."
