Accenture has become in the midst of the first firm in India to move away from gender binaries system. Policies will concentrate on the caregiver rather than gender or marital status.

Accenture India’s life insurance benefit was previously restricted to the employee’s spouse and family members. At the present, the nominee can be anybody chosen by the employee. Accenture employees who identify themselves as LGBT+ can nominate their partners as well.

“We undertook an extensive review of our people policies with a view to making them gender-neutral and to ensure that our people feel valued, included and for them to benefit equally from our policies. We are breaking some of the gender stereotypes to focus on the role of a caregiver. Gendered language and people policies often also leave non-binary individuals feeling left out and prevents them from availing certain benefits,” said Lakshmi C, MD and lead — HR, Accenture India.