From the Green Tick acknowledging sustainability, the Blue Tick for animal welfare, and the Accessibility Tick awarded to businesses which make their products and services available to those with disabilities – it seems a good time to be in the tick certification business in New Zealand. There's also the Gender Tick, which last month, was awarded to Kiwibank – making it the first bank to get it. "Gender Tick seemed a really good place for us to start because we thought we were doing pretty well in gender equality, but we weren't positive." George says getting the gender tick revealed areas which Kiwibank needs to do better in, for example, how it words job advertisements. The process of getting the tick involved interviewing staff, analysing payroll data, and investigating the company's policies and practices.

Source: Stuff July 04, 2019 16:52 UTC