He's not the audience for that quote.
As we've seen time and time again, a mob will form against almost any company that doesn't parrot lines like that.
Companies issuing statements, whether internally or externally, are never going to issue anything that can be construed as less than 100% in support of women.
On the other hand, the HR person is just a person, and they sometimes make mistakes, like issuing a statement about their official policy when that policy is supposed to be secret.