White Camellia Award Winners 2017 - Celebrating Business Embracing the 7 Women's Empowerment Principles

Congratulations AWARD WINNERS

Principle 1. Leadership promotes gender equality. Principle 2. Equal opportunity, inclusion and non-discrimination. Principle 3. Health, safety and freedom from violence. Principle 4. Education and training.

Principle 5. Enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices.

Principle 6. Community leadership and engagement.

Principle 7. Transparency, measuring and reporting. 

1. Award Winner: Simpson Grierson

2. Award Winner: KPMG New Zealand

3. Award Winner: The Warehouse Group Ltd

4. Award Winner: Simpson Grierson

5. Award Winner: The Warehouse Group Ltd

6. Award Winner: Westpac New Zealand

7. Award Winner: Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) Ltd

Supreme Award Winner for Overall ExcellenceSimpson Grierson

Small organisation award for excellence in implementing the WEPs  

Far North Safer Community Council

Small Business Award 2017 - Far North Safer Community Council

Congratulations to the Far North Safer Community Council who won the Small Business Award for Excellence in implementing the 7 Women's Empowerment Principles. Rowena Jones accepts this award with Ciaran Torrington on behalf of the Far North Safer Community Council.

Rowena Jones and Ciaran Torrington

Rowena Jones, The Right Honorable Dame Patsy Reddy, Ciaran Torrington and Sir David Gascoigne

LAW FIRM WINS WHITE CAMELLIA AWARDS 2017

Law firm Simpson Grierson took out the top award at the White Camellia Awards which were presented by the Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House tonight.

“The overall commitment of law firm Simpson Grierson to improving gender equality in their workplace put them head and shoulders above the rest,” says NZ WEPs Committee Chair Vicky Mee.

“This year we also included a new award for small businesses and organisations, with the inaugural winner being the Far North Safer Community Council.

Alongside supreme winner Simpson Grierson, other categories were won by KPMG, Westpac, The Warehouse Group and Coca-Cola Amatil.

“The calibre of work towards gender equality carried out by participants in the White Camellia Awards made judging hard,” says judge and EEO Commissioner, Dr Jackie Blue.

“All of the entrants are to be commended for showing real commitment to gender equality in the workplace, however, as always with these things – there can only be one winner.  

The White Camellia awards celebrate organisational commitment to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a UN Women and UN Global Compact initiative which encourages gender equality in the workplace.

The five organisations who make up the NZ WEPs Committee are: UN Women National Committee Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Federation of Business & Professional Women, Human Rights Commission, Diversity Works NZ and Zonta International District 16.

ENDS

For more information or to schedule an interview please contact the NZ WEPs Committee Chair Vicky Mee on 021 116 8948

Press Release: UN Women

Invitation to the White Camellia Awards 2018

WEPs invites you to attend this years White Camellia Awards 2018.

We are looking forward to celebrating the evening to honour businesses promoting gender equity through the Women's Empowerment Principles.

Please email admin@weps.org.nz if you would like to order a ticket to the Awards evening.