NEEOPA Award Winners
Many NEEOPA members have been recognised for their leadership and implementation of innovative equal employment opportunity programs. Below are details of some of the awards that have been won in recent years.
in alphabetical order...
Anthea Lowe & Associates
• 2006 Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Award for Excellence
For more information contact Anthea Lowe at Tel: 0425 200 511 Email: anthealowe@gmail.com, Website: Anthea Lowe & Associates
Australia Post
• 2009 - National Champion 'Diversity and Inclusion' (Large Corporation) from Diversity@Work
• 2008 - Employment and Inclusion of Indigenous Australians Award (Large Corporation) from Diversity@Work
For more information contact Vanessa Cotton at Australia Post Tel: 02 9202 6968, Email:vanessa.cotton@auspost.com.au
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• EOWA Employer of Choice for Women - every year till 2009 since it’s inception in 2001
For more information contact Kathy Finckh Email: kathy.finckh@cba.com.au
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We are excited to announce that the Commonwealth Bank has been awarded the 2012 Catalyst Award.
This global award honours exceptional business initiatives that advance women in the workplace. It recognises innovative organisational approaches with proven, measurable results that address the recruitment, development and advancement of all women in the workplace.
Catalyst’s rigorous, six-month assessment of our diversity and inclusion initiatives involved an intensive on-site evaluation at our offices in Sydney where representatives from Catalyst conducted focus groups and interviews with a range of our employees.
Our award focuses on our transformational culture change and diversity programs that provides opportunities for women and diverse employees to excel.
Specifically it focuses on:
- Our long term culture change program launched in 2004 that has strengthened our reputation as an employer of choice and created an environment where diversity and inclusion can flourish
- Demonstrating a commitment to gender diversity by setting the first public target in Australian financial services for women’s representation at senior levels
- Implementing unique diversity programs including mandatory and in-depth unconscious bias training for all senior leaders; and
- Ensuring that leaders are held accountable for diversity progress and are measured on diversity-related goals and performance indicators
As one of only two recipients honored in 2012, our CEO will accept the award in New York in March alongside Sodexo, the other award winner.
This news will be announced to the media today.
ABOUT CATALYST
Founded in 1962, Catalyst is the leading non-profit membership organization expanding opportunities for women and business. With offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and India, and more than 500 preeminent corporations as members, Catalyst is the trusted resource for research, information, and advice about women at work. Catalyst annually honours exemplary organizational initiatives that promote women's advancement with the Catalyst Award.
Freehills
• 2009 - 2007 EOWA Employer of Choice for Women
For more information contact Freehills Tel: 02 9225 5355
Hunter New England Area Health Services
• 2007 Commonwealth Prime Minister’s Employer of the Year Award for their leadership in the employment of trainees and apprentices with disability
For more information contact Amanda Reitsma at Hunter New England Health Tel: 02 4985 3284, Email: Amanda.Reitsma@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
IBM
• EOWA Employer of Choice for Women - every year since it’s inception in 2001
• 2008 - Employer of Choice for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Award from Diversity@Work
• 2007 - Organisation of the Year Award by the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (ASLIA)
For more information contact Rosalind Reidy, Diversity Program Manager Tel: 02 9397 8560, Email: rosreidy@au1.ibm.com
KPMG
• 2007 - 2010 EOWA Employer of Choice for Women
For more information contact Amelia Britton at KPMG Tel: 02 9335 7043
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• 2007 - 2011 EOWA Employer of Choice for Women
• 2010 - 2011 - Australasian Legal Business Employer of Choice (Gold award, 2010)
• 2009 - Diversity@work award for Employment and Inclusion of Women in Leadership (Large Organisation)
For more information contact Neil Cockroft. Email: neil.cockroft@mallesons.com
Orijen
• 2008 - EOWA Award for the Women in IT Executive Mentoring program
For more information contact Jenny Morris at Orijen Tel: 02 9416 2560, Email: jenny@orijen.com.au
SageCo Pty Ltd
• 2008 - Award for the Employment and Inclusion of Mature Workers from Diversity@Work won for the Adage.com.au mature age job board
• Special Commendation award at the 2009-10 National Work-Life Balance Awards, in recognition of delivering work-life balance initiatives in the small business sector
Case Studies available on -
http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Programs/worklife/Pages/SageCo.aspx
For more information contact Alison Monroe at SageCo Tel: 02 9232 7949, Email: alison.monroe@sageco.com.au
Sydney Community College
• 2010 – “Adult Learning Program of the Year” for the Skilled Migrant Mentoring Program and Refugee Mentoring Program from the Annual ALA Conference which was held in Adelaide November 11-13. Adult Learning Australia are the national peak body representing individuals and organisations in the adult learning field.
For more information please see - http://getskilled.sydneycommunitycollege.com.au/awards
• 2010 - Diversity@Work Award for "Employment & Inclusion of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians" in the Small/Medium enterprise category - more details
• 2008 - Perpetual Award for Business Innovation in Community Colleges from St.George Bank and Community Colleges NSW for its Skilled Migrant Mentoring Program
For more information contact Frank Storey, Manager Social Inclusion Tel: 02 8752 7544
Sydney Water
• 2008 Work/Life Balance Award from Diversity@Work
• 2008 Employment and Inclusion of Women in Leadership Award from Diversity@Work
• 2008 Australian HR Awards 2Discover Award for Best Graduate Intake Program - information available at Sydney Water
For more information contact Catherine Ng, Sydney Water Tel: 02 8849 3668, Email: catherine.ng@sydneywater.com.au
2discover
• 2008 - The Fairfax Employment Marketing Award for Best Recruiterfor support of mature workers, people with disabilities and placement of indigenous employees in government organisations
For more information contact Julie Carran, 2discover Tel: 02 8211 0626, Email: juliec@2discover.com.au
University of New South Wales
• 2009 - 2005 - EOWA Employer of Choice for Women
For more information contact Lisa O’Dwyer, University of NSW Tel: 02 9385 2736, Email: l.odwyer@unsw.edu.au
Westpac
• 2007 – ASLIA NSW ‘Organisation of the Year’
• 2007 – NSW Association of the Deaf ‘Fair Go Award’
• 2008 – NSW Association of the Deaf ‘Fair Go Award’
• 2009 – ASLIA NSW ‘Organisation of the Year’
• 2009 – Deaf Australia Inc ‘Fair Go Award’
For more information contact Kate Blizard at The Westpac Group on kblizard@westpac.com.au