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
