Medias News May 9, 2023
Women in Governance's Annual Recognition Gala was held in Toronto to celebrate prestigious organizations awarded its Parity Certification
The 7th edition of Women in Governance's (WiG) Annual Recognition Gala was held last night at The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, to celebrate the largest cohort of prestigious organizations to date to have been awarded its Parity Certification—Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum level—recognizing their exceptional commitment to gender equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. This morning, WiG also had the honour of opening the market at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
In 2022, a record number of organizations submitted their application to obtain the Parity Certification™. To celebrate this remarkable success, WiG is holding its prestigious Annual Recognition Gala at The Toronto Board of Trade on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. This long-awaited event was presented by the Canadian Bankers Association, in the presence of their CEO, Anthony Ostler, and held under the honorary co-presidency of Najah Sampson, President of Pfizer Canada, and Dino Bianco, Chief Executive Officer of Kruger Products. This event will bring together Canada’s top executive leaders to pay tribute to the 83 organizations that achieved the Bronze to Platinum levels of its Parity Certification™.
WiG’s Parity Certification™—the first of its kind in North America, launched in 2017 helps organizations increase the representation of women in sectors where they have historically been underrepresented, as well as in senior management positions. Evaluation partners Accenture, Mercer, and WTW support the WiG team in assessing applications. Its robust questionnaire evaluates parity at every level of an organization with an added focus on intersectionality, to build a diversified and inclusive pipeline of female talent. More than 700,000 employees across Canada and the USA work for an organization that has been Parity Certified!
“As the positive impact of diversity on financial performance, innovation, employee engagement, and branding is more vastly recognized, an increasing number of organizations are working to close the gender gap. This is where WiG’s Parity Certification™ comes in! This innovative and rigorous tool embeds an intersectional lens so that companies that wish to give women the same opportunities as men do so in a way that accounts for the multiple impacts of diversity in one’s career advancement, and therefore benefits all women regardless of their origin, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, etc. It is still possible for organizations to register for the 2023 Certification. SMEs can now take part in the certification process! » Caroline Codsi, Founder and Chief Equity Officer of WiG.
The following 10 organizations were honored for having obtained the Platinum Parity Certification: Accenture | Bell Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada | Intact Financial Corporation | JLL | Mercer (Canada) Ltd | National Bank of Canada | Sodexo Canada Ltd | Sun Life | Ville de Montréal
The following 54 organizations were honored for having obtained a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Parity Certification: ABB Inc. | Accor | Air Canada | Alithya | Autorité des marchés financiers | BDC | Bishop's University | BNP Paribas Canada | Bombardier | Bristol Myers Squibb | CAE | CAPREIT | Canadian Coast Guard | Canadian Commercial Corporation | Cascades Inc. | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | CNESST | Concordia University | CPP Investments | Danone Canada | Desjardins Group | École de Technologie Supérieure | Export Development Canada | Fairstone Financial | FedEx Express Canada | Gildan | Ivanhoé Cambridge | Kruger Products L.P. | Loto-Québec | McGill University | McKesson Canada | Medicago | Muskoka Brewery | Norton Rose Fulbright | National Film Board of Canada | Palais des congrès de Montréal | Paysafe | Pfizer Canada | Polytechnique Montréal | Pratt & Whitney Canada | PSP Investments | Randstad Canada | Réseau de transport de la Capitale | Rio Tinto | Rolls-Royce Canada | Sandoz Canada Inc. | Sanofi Canada | Schneider Electric | Société de transport de Montréal | Sollio | Telefilm Canada | Telus | TMX Group | WTW
About Women in Governance
Women in Governance is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 to support women in their leadership development, career advancement and access to Board seats. The organization pursues its mission with its Parity Certification, inspiring events, as well as governance training and mentoring programs.
More about Women in Governance: https://womeningovernance.world
More about the Parity Certification: https://paritycertification.org
