Yum Brands’ Efforts Towards Sustainable Development Goals
Yum Brands is the largest restaurant company in the world and has more than 1 million employees in its system around the globe.
That makes people development and gender parity in leadership positions an especially tall order. But the company isn’t taking the challenge lying down.
Related: KFC reaches gender parity across its global corporate offices
James Fripp, Yum’s chief equity, inclusion and belonging officer, joined Nation’s Restaurant News executive editor Alicia Kelso at the Women’s Foodservice Forum Leadership Conference to discuss the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, its work to accomplish gender parity, and how it is investing in its people and their careers. Listen to the conversation above on the latest episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches.
Kelso was at the Leadership Conference in Dallas alongside NRN senior editor Joanna Fantozzi and group managing editor Leigh Anne Zinsmeister to speak with several of the 3,000 attendees about how companies are advancing women in the foodservice industry. Subscribe to NRN podcasts Extra Serving and Take-Away with Sam Oches to hear these conversations and visit nrn.com/women-foodservice for more on NRN’s Women in Foodservice content series.
SDGs, Targets, and Indicators
| SDGs | Targets | Indicators |
|---|---|---|
| SDG 5: Gender Equality | 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life | No specific indicators mentioned in the article |
| SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | 8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value | No specific indicators mentioned in the article |
1. Which SDGs are addressed or connected to the issues highlighted in the article?
The issues highlighted in the article are connected to SDG 5: Gender Equality and SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.
2. What specific targets under those SDGs can be identified based on the article’s content?
Based on the article’s content, the specific target under SDG 5 that can be identified is target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life. The article discusses Yum Brands’ efforts to accomplish gender parity in leadership positions.
Under SDG 8, no specific targets are mentioned in the article.
3. Are there any indicators mentioned or implied in the article that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets?
No specific indicators are mentioned or implied in the article that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets.
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