Diversity and Sustainability Awards

London, UK
16 October 2024
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You joined us at the inaugural ACT Diversity & Sustainability Awards

The ACT Diversity & Sustainability Awards took place on 16 October at The View, London.

The awards recognised the outstanding organisations and individuals who have championed positive change in diversity and sustainability in the treasury profession.

The awards were presented at a black-tie dinner, where the treasury community came together to honour our award winners, their remarkable impact, and their progress across EDI and sustainable finance initiatives.

Event timings

18:45 | Drinks reception
19:30 | Call for dinner and welcome speeches
20:00 | Dinner commences
21:30 | Awards presentation
22:00 | Post-dinner networking drinks
23:00 | Close of event

Award categories

The awards encouraged finance functions to drive EDI and sustainable finance initiatives across their organisations and seek out creative and innovative solutions that make a difference, whatever the size of the business. 

Diversity awards

  • Small corporate and medium corporate (up to 9 team members)
  • Large corporate (10 + team members)
  • Bank
  • Technology and professional service provider

Sustainability awards

  • Small corporate (under 5 team members) and professional service provider
  • Large corporate (10 + team members)

Individual award

  • Diversity Business Leader

Criteria

We have identified a range of criteria against which submissions will be judged in each category. Categories and criteria for these awards have been developed in collaboration with our policy and technical team, with contributions from our advisory panels which include FTSE members and a range of representatives from banking and financial services.

General nomination criteria
  • Awards will be presented to those who, either on their own account, or as part of an organisation’s wider initiative, have demonstrated practices we can share across the treasury community.
  • Applications are open to any organisation operating in the above categories but should originate from the treasury or client facing team. 
  • While application material should specifically relate to initiatives from the start of 2023, submissions can also include supporting information/ activity that falls outside this timeframe.
  • You may choose to nominate against a number of these or choose one area where you have really made an impact.  
  • Judges will be looking in particular for initiative and progress rather than necessarily a ‘finished product’ in recognition of ‘we all need to start somewhere’.
Diversity award criteria

These awards will be presented to individuals or organisations who have gone the extra mile to champion diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives either across the organisation or more widely.

Criteria may include (but are not limited to):

  • accessibility: an organisation that provides an accessible and supportive workplace for their employees (for example, visible and non-visible disabilities, working parents, mental health schemes and hybrid working solutions)
  • diversity: those taking steps to encourage and support diversity across ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ and neurodiversity at all levels of the organisation or more widely
  • equity/social mobility: considerations made to provide equal opportunities irrespective of background and socio-economic status, and span to include those championing non age-biased recruitment
  • future forward: investment in upskilling teams, mentoring, positive hiring practises and changing the organisational culture.
Sustainability award criteria

These awards will be presented to individuals or organisations in recognition of the contribution the treasury or client-facing team has made towards sustainability in their organisation or more widely.

Criteria may include (but are not limited to):

  • environment: solutions that take into consideration and make a positive impact on the environment
  • social: solutions that address social challenges, either on a large (e.g. modern slavery) or small (e.g. volunteering in the local community) scale
  • governance: innovative solutions to manage the demands of greater scrutiny on a team or organisation
  • innovative finance solution: whether loan, bond, supply chain finance or something other, if you’ve raised debt using an innovative solution or to address an innovative need (e.g. to support the wider social agenda), we’d like to hear from you.
Individual award criteria

Diversity Business Leader
Recognising an outstanding individual business leader who has displayed passion, commitment and creativity in delivering on their company’s diversity agenda.

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Diversity & sustainability at the ACT

Diversity and sustainability are at the heart of what we do at the ACT. Our work in these areas includes the annual ESG conference, our Guiding Principles for Diversity and Inclusion,  and a collaboration with the Bank of England on their ‘meeting varied people scheme’. We are also a founding signatory to the Sustainable Finance Education Charter. We are delighted to launch these awards as part of our mission to support the treasury community in their work on diversity and sustainability. Learn more.

Contact us

Awards enquiries

If you have any enquiries about the awards, please contact the ACT Events team: awards@treasurers.org

Sponsorship enquiries

Denis Murphy, Commercial Director

T: +44 (0)20 7847 2581

E: dmurphy@treasurers.org

Press, media, and marketing enquiries

Press and media enquiries:

Anne Hogarth, Director of Marketing and Communications

T: +44 (0)20 7847 2575

E: ahogarth@treasurers.org

 

Marketing enquiries:

Rachel Sayer, Marketing Manager

T: +44 (0) 20 7847 2544

E: rsayer@treasurers.org

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