With the Charter ‘Talent to the Top’ TopBrainstorm and her Taskforce aim to realize and preserve a continuous smooth flow of women in particular into top positions.

The Charter is a code, which companies, government institutions and nonprofit organizations can commit to voluntarily, but on the basis of solid objectives. The basic principle of the Charter is that organizations are responsible themselves for the required cultural shift at the top of their organization. A continuous smooth flow of talent should be a common challenge for both men and women. For this purpose, organizations must take concrete, measurable initiatives.

Signatories set their own organization specific targets focused on middle and top management and fitting into their strategy and current position regarding the number of women in (top) management positions. For illustration and inspiration, the Charter offers an elaborate review of HR best practices.

The Charter focuses on all employers, meaning listed and unlisted companies, institutions and public organizations in the Netherlands.

The Charter consists of a preamble and principles. The preamble describes the context en philosophy of the Charter. Signatories commit to the principles. They will give yearly reports on the progress of their objectives to a Monitoring Committee that is yet to be established.

TopBrainstorm developed and implemented the Charter in cooperation with a project team and the Taskforce ‘Women to the Top’.

Below you can download the complete Charter: