Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) joined on Wednesday, February 4, the Pact for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Federal State-Owned Companies, signed between the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (MGI) and 34 public companies, at Petrobras’s auditorium in Brasília (Federal District). The pact signed between the state-owned companies proposes the establishment of cooperation mechanisms for the improvement of public policies related to the topic and strategies that promote diversity within the companies.

According to the Technical Director and acting President of PPSA, Tabita Loureiro, the company is committed to ensuring an inclusive, diverse, and representative work environment. “We will hold a public competition soon and will launch a campaign to increase the diversity at PPSA. We want to attract more women to increase the workforce at PPSA. Similarly, we aim to increase racial diversity and will have quotas for Black individuals and people with disabilities (PCDs). We will work on these issues more intensively starting from the pact,” she said.

During the event, the Minister of Management, Esther Dweck, reminded us that state-owned companies generate over 400 thousand direct jobs and are certainly a driving force for good practices in the market. “This pact is fully aligned with the MGI's mission to build a truly inclusive State,” she assessed.

With the pact signed, the signatory state-owned companies commit to creating a space for exchanging experiences between companies on best practices for equity and inclusion, as well as carrying out joint actions, potentially optimizing costs, to increase the visibility of the topic in society and the business world.