WEPs : White Camellia Award Winners Announced September 4...

WEPs : White Camellia Award Winners Announced September 4...: The White Camellia Awards celebrate and recognise the New Zealand business community's support for gender equity.  Equal treatment ...

White Camellia Award Winners Announced September 4th 2018

The White Camellia Awards celebrate and recognise the New Zealand business community's support for gender equity. 

Equal treatment of women and men is not just the right thing to do – it is also good for business. The full participation of women in our enterprises and in the larger community makes sound business sense now and in the future. A broad concept of sustainability and corporate responsibility that embraces women’s empowerment as a key goal will benefit us all. 

We are pleased to announce the following winners:

ANZ Bank Supreme Award Winner

Mayor Phil Goff presents the WEPs award for Principle 6, Promote equality through community  initiatives and advocacy to Hannah McDonald, Talent and Culture Analyst ANZ and Gina Mcjorrow, Senior Business Manager, Talent and Culture ANZ Bank.

Lisa Millard, HR Consultant ANZ, Gina McJorrow of ANZ presented the WEPs award for Principle 2,  Treat all men and women fairly at work respect and support human right and non-discrimination, and Principle 5, Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women by the Governor General, The Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy.

Governor General The Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy with Dr Jackie Blue, Human Rights Commissioner, present Gina McJorrow of ANZ Bank the Supreme Award for the White Camellia Awards 2018.

ANZ was the winner of the Supreme Award through demonstrating their exceptional commitment to gender equality in the workplace and working with the community to empower women.

ANZ have taken some really practical steps to ensure gender equality such as closing the gender pay gap, having excellent parental leave and carers policies, right through to putting a gender lens on their supply chain and marketing provisions.

Awards for Principle 1, Establish high level corporate leadership for gender equality, and Principle 7, Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality were taken out by leading organisation Sovereign.

 Sovereign

The Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy presents awards to Brynlea Hunter-Morpeth, Chief People and Culture Officer AIA NZ and Theresa Gattung, Chair of Sovereign. 

The Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy with Sovereign representatives Tansey McLoughlin, Head of HR Business Partnership, Linda Page, Chief Financial Officer, Theresa Gattung, Chair, Brynlea Hunter-Morpeth, Doune Connett, Chief Risk Officer, Actuary and Rosalyn Lambert, Internal Communications Manager.

Westpac Bank NZ received awards for Principle 3, Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers, and Principle 4, Promote education, training and professional development for women.

Westpac Bank

The Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy presents the awards to Jennie Ryan, HO Learning, Talent and Culture and Chelsea MacMillan, Organisational Development Consultant.

2018 Small Business Award Winner Ebborn Law. 

The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy presents the award to Erin Ebborn of Ebborn Law

A warm congratulations to all our winners for the 2018 White Camellia Awards

MEDIA RELEASE: WHITE CAMELLIA AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The New Zealand Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Committee announced the winners of the White Camellia awards in Auckland tonight.

“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,” says NZ WEPs Committee Chair, Vicky Mee.

“We are pleased to announce that ANZ was the winner of the Supreme Award through demonstrating their exceptional commitment to gender equality in the workplace and working with the community to empower women.

“ANZ have taken some really practical steps to ensure gender equality such as closing their gender pay gap, having excellent parental leave and carers policies, right through to putting a gender lens on their supply chain and marketing provisions.

“We would like other companies in New Zealand to follow ANZ’s example in recognising that treating women fairly is the right thing to do, and makes good economic sense”.

“Alongside the supreme winner ANZ, Sovereign and Westpac won two categories each.

“Both Sovereign and Westpac have been doing great work to empower women by ensuring women progress into leadership roles and that comprehensive talent identification, support and training opportunities are in place for staff at all levels.

“The White Camellia Awards ismall business award was won by Ebborn Law.

“We were impressed by Ebborn Law’s incorporation of the WEP’s principles into their business practise, and their valuable work in the community to promote gender equality” says Mrs Mee.

ENDS

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.

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

2018 White Camellia Awards

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.

Welcome to our newest Signatory Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology

WEPs Signatory Certificate presented to Cathy Cooney, Chair of the Te Ohomai Council, and CEO of Te Ohomai, Dr Leon Fourie by Vicky Mee, the Chair of WEPs

WEPs Signatory Toi Ohomai

At a stakeholder event held at Mokoia Campuson on the 21^st February, Toi Ohomai Chief Executive Leon Fourie said the organisation was delighted to become a signatory and take a leading role to achieving gender equality in the workplace. At Toi Ohomai, women make up 61% of staff, 50% of the executive leadership team and 55% of the leadership team.

“We are committed to establishing and demonstrating a high level of corporate leadership in this area and will continue to use our size and influence to work towards women’s rights,” Dr Fourie said.

Vicky Mee, Chair of the NZ WEPs committee, was pleased that Toi Ohomai, as an educational institute, had joined UN WEPs because young people being exposed to good modelling of gender equality at work is so important, she said.  “We want young people to see a mixture of men and women working together in managerial roles so we are delighted that Toi Ohomai is now going to join us and demonstrate their commitment to gender equality.”

Toi Ohomai Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships and Māori Success Ana Morrison who is leading the UN WEPs initiative at the Institute, said she would now work closely with UN WEPs to implement a plan using the resources and expertise available, and contextualise this to the unique Toi Ohomai demographic.