TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

The New Zealand Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Committee announced the winners of the White Camellia awards at Government House 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 small 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.

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