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Test---As the industry rapidly expands its use of materials and resources, Carey Causey, president of Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA, speaks to Packaging Insights about why more women should be employed in engineering positions to create better packaging solutions.

Aluminum packaging leader Ball attributes a part of its success to the diversity in its team. It calls creating a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive “vital” to retaining talent and innovating in the packaging industry. 

As the industry rapidly expands its use of materials and resources, Carey Causey, president of Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA, speaks to Packaging Insights about why more women should be employed in engineering positions to create better packaging solutions. 

Ball has set goals to close the gender gap in the engineering industry.  “We need all perspectives to respond to these challenges and support our customers. Women are and will continue to play a key role in designing the innovations that help our sector address the sustainability challenges of today,” she says. 

According to the report titled “Women Of Colour In The Engineering Workplace from 2020,” approximately one in four women leave the engineering profession within the first five years, a rate much higher than their male counterparts. This statistic is exacerbated when considering women of color, who are typically “held to stricter standards of competence than white women and are less likely to be recognized for their skills.”

“Manufacturing and engineering historically have been male-dominated. Therefore, companies must provide their employees with resources and education to identify and implement the strategies that retain women engineers and allow them to thrive. We aim to train, recruit and retain diverse female talent at all levels of our business,” explains Causey.

“By promoting gender equality and inclusivity in engineering, we can harness both men’s and women’s diverse perspectives, experiences and talents, resulting in more innovative and creative solutions to today’s challenges.”

Last year, Ball’s women’s network division came up with the idea of creating a limited-edition beer produced 100% by women. It launched “Às Mulheres,” meaning “To women” in Portuguese. 

“From the ingredients to the design to the 20 women from Ball’s plant in Extrema, Brazil, who manufactured the can, it is undeniably a 100% female beer. Innovation in the engineering space depends upon various views, talents and people,” explains Causey.

“From the ingredients to the design to the 20 women from Ball’s plant in Extrema, Brazil, who manufactured the can, it is undeniably a 100% female beer. Innovation in the engineering space depends upon various views, talents and people,” explains Causey. 

“From the ingredients to the design to the 20 women from Ball’s plant in Extrema, Brazil, who manufactured the can, it is undeniably a 100% female beer. Innovation in the engineering space depends upon various views, talents and people,” explains Causey. 

“From the ingredients to the design to the 20 women from Ball’s plant in Extrema, Brazil, who manufactured the can, it is undeniably a 100% female beer. Innovation in the engineering space depends upon various views, talents and people,” explains Causey.