Asia Honours LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Wellbeing and D&I Champions Promoting Responsible and Inclusive Business Practices
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Community Business has announced the winners of its inaugural awards promoting responsible and inclusive business practices across Asia. The not-for-profit organization advancing responsible and inclusive business practices in Asia, revealed the winners at the 2022 Community Business Virtual Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Citi.
Introduced for the first time this year, the Community Business Awards are designed to celebrate responsible and inclusive business practices in Asia by shining a spotlight on strategic, proactive, impactful and sustainable approaches across the region, as reported.
“I was astounded by the number organizations and the diversity of industries from across the region that submitted nominations for this inaugural year of the awards. By taking part, they have demonstrated that commitment to D&I and employee wellbeing lies at the heart of their business strategy, especially as we know how important this work has been during the last two years of this global pandemic. It was also impressive to see some organizations applying for awards for work they have done as part of their pandemic response. We thank all of those who submitted nominations or nominated others," stated Peter Sargant, CEO at Community Business.
The importance of advancing responsible and inclusive businesses as well as employee wellbeing "is crucial to creating a better workplace environment for all of us and those that come after us,” added Sargant. "I hope that through the Community Business Awards we provide an opportunity to catch our breath and celebrate success, but also create momentum and build a library of best practices from leading organisations and individual leaders, for others to learn from and perhaps even emulate.”
With a number of high-calibre nominations for across 16 award categories, the winners for each category of the awards, are as follows:
LGBT+ INCLUSION
- LGBT+ Inclusion Champion in Asia Award sponsored by Credit Suisse: Ada Ho, Equinix
- LGBT+ Ally in Asia Award sponsored by Manulife: Odile Thiang, Mind HK
- LGBT+ Newcomer in Asia Award sponsored by Shell: Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited
- Transgender Inclusion in Asia Award: Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Limited
RESPONSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE AWARDS
- Responsible Business Leader in Asia Award sponsored by Thomson Reuters: Angel Ng, Citi
- Employee Network in Asia Award: Citi
- Pioneering Initiative in Asia Award, sponsored by Northern Trust: Allen & Overy
- D&I in Asia Intersectionality Award, sponsored by Standard Chartered: Linklaters
- Promoting Social Inclusion in Asia Award: Google
EMPLOYEE WELLBEING
- Work-Life Harmony in Asia Award: Talawakelle Tea Estates
- Physical Wellbeing in Asia Award, sponsored by Shell: Marriott International
- Emotional Wellbeing in Asia Award, sponsored by Intel: Booking.com
D&I IN INDIA
- Advancement of Women in India Award sponsored by Credit Suisse: Infosys Limited
- Building Disability Confidence in India Award sponsored by Goldman Sachs: Wipro Limited
- LGBT+ Inclusion in India Award sponsored by Goldman Sachs: Credit Suisse
- D&I Champion of Change in India Award sponsored by LSEG: Aditya Batavia, formerly from Thoughtworks
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