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Women who transform the future

Advances in gender equality at Vale leverage a more cooperative, innovative and attractive environment for new talents. ​

At Vale, we believe that the women's representation is essential for building a more egalitarian and sustainable future. Our initiatives focused on diversity, equity and inclusion help us to make increasing progress in creating a more collaborative, innovative and attractive environment for new talent.

Studies, research or actions at Vale, with the participation of women, are advancing in all countries. They are present and shed new light on our challenges in all sectors. In sustainability, for example, several solutions for adapting, mitigating and responding to climate change have been led by our scientists.

In this space, we present our vision on gender equality, the evolution of the goal of doubling the number of women at Vale by 2025 and stories that recognize their contribution to the company and inspire future talent.​

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A woman's place is also in mining! We rely on your skills for our vacancies, in the various career possibilities within Vale.

We always have opportunities throughout Brazil for women who want to evolve with us. For this, we offer a work environment that prioritizes respect, where everyone has room to stand out and grow.

Vale's commitments to gender equity

In December 2019, Vale made a commitment to double the representation of women in the company by 2030. Historically, men have been the vast majority of the mining workforce. At Vale, women corresponded to only 13% of the total number of employees, two years ago.
We have achieved our public commitment to double the representation of women in our operations, from 13% to 26% of women in our workforce. This represents 8,000 more women working at Vale since 2019.
Due to the good performance and the rapid advances, the goal of doubling the representation of women in the company was brought forward to 2025.
Vale is a signatory to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles, focusing on sustainable principles. Gender equality is a topic that connects directly with the purpose of the company: “Improve life and transform the future. Together. ”
Actions carried out in recent years reinforce Vale's objective of being, increasingly, an inclusive and receptive work environment for women, providing not only the attraction, but also the retention of these talents. 
Between 2020 and June 2021 alone, more than 4,000 leaders participated in trainings and workshops with discussions on toxic masculinity, unconscious biases, gender intelligence, among others. 
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Vale’s progress in gender equality

% Representativeness of women by hierarchy

+ 96% / +8,000

more women in the workforce since 2019 

Of the total number of leadership positions held by women, 32.8% were black women in 2021 and this rose to 42.1% in 2024. 

Access the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report here and learn more.

What is the role of Vale's women in the sustainable development of the planet?

Vale has invested in several initiatives to promote a more sustainable tomorrow. In this scenario, the focus on diversity and inclusion for recruiting new talent contributes to the creation and development of innovative actions.

In all Brazilian states and countries where Vale operates, women with inspiring stories lead major projects focused on sustainability. The actions have major impacts on communities and contribute to Vale's environmental goals.

Among the commitments made by Vale is to become a zero carbon company by 2050, protect 500,000 hectares of forests, achieve 100% self-production of renewable electricity in Brazil by 2025 and achieve 100% consumption of clean energy sources globally.

Learn about the stories of women at Vale who are working for a better tomorrow:​

Tereza Giannini

Patricia Daros

Miaad Alshidi

Olga Kovalik

Priscila Herrera Diez

Claudia Nobre​

Luciana Rodrigues

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Women at Vale

66% of those selected in the 2021 Trainee Program declared themselves to be black ou brown.
68% of those selected in the 2021 Trainee Program are women.
We achieved our public commitment to double the representation of women in our operations, from 13% to 26% of women in our workforce. More than 8,000 women have joined Vale since 2019.
We also increased our presence in leadership positions, closing 2024 with 22.69% women leaders.
As of 2024, 46% of new hires by Vale were women - in an industry historically with a majority presence of men.​​
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