Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2016 WEPs CEO Leadership Awards, which recognize business leaders for their exceptional championship of gender equality and support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles.
The Awards salute concrete and innovative actions taken to advance the 7 Principles and particularly Principle 1: Leadership Promotes Gender Equality.
Award recipients will have the opportunity to speak directly about their commitment at a ceremony held at the United Nations during the Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event, March 2016.
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
Award categories
- Benchmarking for change: recognizes a company for embedding accountability to achieve gender equality through meaningful metrics
- Business case for action: recognizes a company for implementation of a cross-cutting strategic initiative to sustainably establish inclusion and equality and transform company’s behavior
- Community engagement
- Cultural change for empowerment
- 7 principles
ELIGIBILITY
- CEOs (present or past) who have signed or intend to sign the WEPs CEO statement of support by 30 October 2015
- Companies that are participants of the united nations Global compact or intend to become participants within the next six month
Deadline: October 30, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
