Catalyst Awards

The Catalyst Award is a recognition program that is open to organizations across the globe and recognizes specific initiatives or programs that promote gender diversity and inclusion within an organization. In contrast, Catalyst Honours recognizes Canadian business leaders who accelerate progress for women in the workplace.

Both recognitions are celebrated at their namesake conferences, which bring together trailblazing speakers from across industries to discuss inclusive workplace trends and strategies. Catalyst Awards is held in New York in the spring and Catalyst Honours, in Toronto in the fall.

Corporate leaders from around the world who are intentional about inclusion and belonging.

The Catalyst Awards Conference & Celebration Dinner is open to all. Individual tickets to the Conference & Celebration Dinner are available for purchase online.

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The Catalyst Award is the premier recognition of organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that drive representation and inclusion for women.

The global Catalyst Award attracts organizations from around the world. Every year, Catalyst identifies and receives applications from companies of all sizes, regions, and industries whose groundbreaking initiatives to advance women—including women from marginalized ethnic and racial groups as well as across other intersections of identity—make them eligible for the Award.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is a strategic imperative for organizational success. That is a proven fact. How you get there…that’s the real story. By applying for the Catalyst Award, your company or firm will:

• Benefit from an external perspective on your organization’s culture and DEI efforts.
• Showcase your internal and external strategies, talent, and progress
• Learn how to continuously improve your efforts
• Show your commitment to being an employer of choice

Winning initiatives must show proven, measurable results that benefit women across a range of dimensions, among them race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, generation, nationality, disability, and Indigenous peoples.

To apply for the Catalyst Award, initiatives must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• There must be at least two women on the Board of Directors.
• Women must represent at least 20% of Band 1 executive leaders (one or two reporting levels from the CEO or Managing Partner).
• For initiatives headquartered in any region where it is legal to collect data on race/ethnicity:
  • There must be one woman from a marginalized ethnic or racial group on the Board of Directors or in Band 1.
  • In addition, in companies whose Band 1 exceeds 20 people, 5% of Band 1 employees must be women from marginalized ethnic or racial groups.
• Applications must provide at least three years of complete data and supporting metrics, including for the start year and current year.
• Metrics must show a positive change between the starting year of the initiative and the current year.
• The Global CEO or Managing Partner must be available to accept the Award at our Awards Conference & Dinner.
• The organization must NOT have hired Catalyst for an in-depth consulting engagement in the past three years. The initiative must include significant work other than work led or created by Catalyst.
• The organization must NOT have applied for the Catalyst Award within the past two years.
• The organization must NOT have been involved in a merger with another organization in the past three years and must not be currently involved in a pending merger.
• The organization must NOT have divested a significant portion of its business in the past three years and must not be currently undergoing such a divestiture.

Visit: https://www.catalyst.org/events/awards/apply

Read the criteria for selection and fill out the nomation application here:
https://www.catalyst.org/events/awards/apply