Ashland’s Responsible Solvers program lauds women change agents inside and outside the company

Wilmington, DE – Ashland Global Holdings Inc highlighted critical accomplishments of female employees via the Ashland Women’s International Network (AWIN) and its annual Business Impact Award winners. The celebration, which coincides with International Women’s Day, is a vital component of the company’s Responsible Solvers™ philanthropic program that puts the power of Ashland’s people and products in the hands of its communities to responsibly solve for a better world.

Each year, AWIN recognizes women employees for their outstanding and noteworthy contributions to the company’s bottom line. In 2021, seventeen women were selected from among hundreds of nominations across the company, for their positive contributions including: improving efficiencies and cost-savings; solving a particularly complicated problem (internal or external); providing business critical support to a major project or initiative; or for delighting a customer beyond expectations.

In recognition of this year’s 17 AWIN recipients, the company donated $20,000 dollars to greenlight for girls, an international non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring girls of all ages and backgrounds to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects by introducing them to the world of science in fun and exciting ways.

“Ashland is committed to the global, philanthropic focus of our social agenda on STEM,” said Guillermo Novo, chair and chief executive officer, Ashland. “Through our corporate and regional Responsible Solvers™ program, we will provide opportunities for more students at all levels to experience STEM careers and expand the number of students pursuing advanced degrees in STEM. Through our work, we also intend to broaden the participation of women and minorities.”

“Through the Ashland Women’s International Network (AWIN), we are raising the visibility of seventeen exceptional women from across Ashland and recognizing their positive contributions to our company,” said Novo. “This donation supports the mission of greenlight for girls as well as the academic institutions training the next generation of women leaders. It also reinforces Ashland’s passion for STEM, its pervasiveness in our lives and contributions to our business success.”

Ashland plans to share more success stories and best practices on these and other initiatives from Responsible Solvers™ in the weeks and months to come.