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The Community Business Awards celebrates leaders (organisations and individuals) across Asia who have worked passionately and achieved great strides in diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing. This year marks the second year of the awards with an impressive list of finalists with significant achievements in their categories. The awards will be held on the 5th of September 2024 at the Soho House in Hong Kong. The CEO Janet Ledger mentioned an uphill task for the judges since the bar was set very high the year before. With over 250 nominations across 16 award categories, what followed was a rigorous selection process.

Each category boasts of finalists who have dedicated their lives in their respective categories and the list can be found below in alphabetical order.

CREATING SOCIAL IMPACT

Creating Social Impact in Asia: Community Leader Award

To recognise a community leader in the public and social services sector (including not-for-profits and social enterprise) based in Asia who has demonstrated personal passion and used their influence to advance social change.

Ahmed Imtiaz Jami – OBHIZA TRIK Foundation

Brian Henderson of Whole – Business Wellness Limited

Faride Shroff – SENsational Foundation

Lindsay Davis – Femtech Association Asia

Creating Social Impact in Asia: Specific Initiative Award

To recognise a specific initiative driven by a not-for-profit or social enterprise that has had a positive and measurable social impact on under-represented or disadvantaged groups in the broader community in Asia.

Asia Pacific Youth Development Foundation Limited

Inspiring Girls Hong Kong

Resolve Foundation

Science and Technology for Autism Remediation (STAR) Limited

Creating Social Impact in Asia: Partnership Award

To recognise a specific initiative driven by both a not-for-profit/social enterprise and a corporate in partnership that has, through its overall strategy and wider approach, has a positive and measurable impact on under-represented or disadvantaged groups in the broader community in Asia.

Caritas Hong Kong and Hong Kong Land Limited

Dentsu, Kreaby Studio Indonesia, Spotify and Sun Eater

FWD Group Holdings Limited and JA Asia Pacific

HELP Limited and Linklaters

GENERAL DE&I

DE&I Business Leader in Asia Award

To recognise a leader/senior executive in the business sector based in Asia who has demonstrated personal passion and used their influence to advance DE&I business practices in their organisation and beyond.

Ashwani Bhargava – Boeing

Sarada Vempati – Wells Fargo

Susheela Rivers – DLA Piper

DE&I Innovation in Asia Award

To recognise a specific business initiative that demonstrates a bold, new, different or creative approach to advancing DE&I practices in Asia.

EY

MTR Corporation

Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC

Employee Network in Asia Award

To recognise an employee network that has played a strategic and proactive role in advancing DE&I business practices in Asia.

Boeing

EY

Intel

J.P. Morgan

Achieving Gender Equality in Asia Award

To recognise an organisation that has made a positive and measurable impact in achieving gender (including nonbinary, trans and intersex) equality in the workplace in Asia.

Deacons

Luuna

Michael Page International

LGBTQ+ INCLUSION

LGBTQ+ Ally in Asia Award

To recognise a leader/senior executive in the business sector based in Asia who has demonstrated personal passion and used their influence to advance DE&I business practices in their organisation and beyond.

Amy Hanly – Morgan Stanley

Edward Mears – DLA Piper

Holly McGhee – EY

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Champion in Asia Award

To recognise an LGBTQ+ employee who has taken proactive and effective steps to promote an LGBTQ+ inclusive culture in the workplace and beyond in Asia.

Amita Karadkhedkar – Citi

Kevin Li – Citi

Tanvi Nair – Northern Trust India

Zhijun Hu – PFLAG China

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Organisation in Asia Award

To recognise a non-LGBTQ+ focused organisation that has built an LGBTQ+ friendly workplace culture with inclusive policies in Asia.

AMS

Eaton HK

Godrej Properties Limited

Transgender Inclusion in Asia Award

To recognise an organisation that has adopted a strategic and proactive approach to advancing transgender inclusion in the workplace in Asia.

PeriFerry

Publicis Sapient (TLG India Pvt. Ltd.)

Transtalents Consulting Group

Varun Beverages Limited

WELLBEING

Wellbeing in Asia Award

To recognise an organisation that has implemented a strategic and proactive approach to promoting good health and wellbeing, in different aspects of wellbeing, including financial inclusion, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and social wellbeing.

EY

Fair Employment Agency

FWD Group Holdings Limited

Sheraton & Four Points by Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung

INDIA

DE&I Champion of Change in India Award

To recognise an employee who has been a visible and committed champion of change by promoting DE&I in the workplace and beyond in India.

Dhanashri Jogal – State Street

Dr. Kishora Shetty – Boeing

Shashwati P. – Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

Vieshaka Dutta – Publicis Sapient (TLG India Pvt. Ltd.)

Advancement of Women in India Award

To recognise a specific initiative that has had a positive and measurable impact on supporting and promoting the advancement of women in the workplace in India.

Aditya Birla Capital

Citi

EY

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Championing for Neurodiversity and Disability Confidence in India Award

To recognise an organisation that has demonstrated a strategic and proactive approach to champion neurodiversity or build disability confidence in the workplace in India.

EY

Godrej Properties Limited

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Wells Fargo

LGBTQ+ Inclusion in India Award

To recognise a non-LGBTQ+ organisation that has demonstrated a strategic and proactive approach to creating an inclusive workplace for LGBTQ+ employees in India.

Citi India

Morgan Stanley

Northern Trust India

With over 150+ guests in attendance the Business Community Awards will announce the winners from the various awards categories at Soho House. If you wish to attend the award ceremony, please click here.

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