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The 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards Application

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*Note to applicants:

Awards can be granted to a business of any size and sector, ranging from enterprises with less than 10 employees up to multi-national corporate with more than 10,000 employees can be awarded in any of the main categories. Awardees from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 WEPs Awards are welcome to apply in 2024 but they must apply with a different initiative or project than the one for which the organization was previously awarded OR the awarded initiative must have additional or expanded elements and/or the results are significantly updated from the previous application. Each category will award a Winner, 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up. In addition, to recognize the valuable contributions of SMEs to the regional economy, three applicants from SMEs (smaller enterprises (< 200 employees)) across the 5 categories may be awarded as a WEPs Awards SME Champion. Whilst potentially not having the same level of documented policies and practices in place as more established organizations, this will allow us to make the 2024 Asia-Pacific Awards as inclusive as possible.
2024 Highlighted Category: Innovative Financing

Innovative Financing for Gender Equality: Inspired by the 2024 International Women’s Day theme ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,’ this category seeks to showcase the pivotal role that private sector financing plays in advancing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. This category will recognize financial institutions, investors, corporates, stock exchanges and others for exemplary and innovative efforts to design products and services, financial instruments, funds, investing frameworks and/or other innovative programs that advance gender equality in alignment with any of the 7 Principles. Examples of such efforts might include, among other things, issuing a gender bond, launching a gender-lens investing fund, leading the development of an innovative financing product and/or mechanism for women entrepreneurs, and developing tools or frameworks to accelerate and guide investments for gender equality. This category is not applicable to organizations that have only provided or facilitated financing for gender equality initiatives without substantial involvement in the design, implementation, and/or tracking of progress and results.
Leadership Commitment and Action (Aligned to WEP 1)

This category recognizes business leaders of any age who have been instrumental in setting strong corporate commitments inclusive of progressive polices, regulations or practices that aim to promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This may include company leaders taking specific roles and responsibilities in promoting gender equality within the company and making public commitments or delivering gender sensitive messages to the public. This Award is not intended only for C-level executives but may be granted to employees at director and management level, as well as emerging leaders promoting gender equality in corporate settings, and individual entrepreneurs and founders. This award may be granted to a leader of any age, but young leaders and enterprise founders below the age of 30 who display particularly innovative solutions or leadership qualities may be considered for additional special recognition.
Gender-inclusive Workplace (Aligned to WEPs 2,3)

This award recognizes achievements that corporations have demonstrated in adopting relevant gender-inclusive measures in the workplace. This may include innovative approaches to equal recruitment, support to provide flexible work arrangements, addressing specific needs of female and male employees, transformational initiatives to support family responsibilities of female and male employees to address the unequal care burden, and accelerative actions to guarantee the safety and well-being of female and male employees, accelerating progress towards equal pay, and promote women’s career development and leadership. This can also include efforts towards creating broader diversity and inclusion within the workplace by addressing additional considerations such as disability, age, ethnic background, and/or sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, among others.
Gender-responsive Marketplace (Aligned to WEPs 4,5)

This category recognizes corporations for embracing a gender-lens throughout their value-chains from sourcing to disposal. This may include championing supplier diversity, gender-inclusive distribution and selling and gender responsive marketing and advertising. It may include supporting women entrepreneurs through capacity development or market access opportunities, implementing progressive programs and/or policies to incentivize procurement from women-owned businesses or other gender-responsive companies. This category will also award actions and programs that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in advertisements and other sales and marketing activities.
Community Engagement and Partnerships (Aligned to WEP 6)

This category recognizes corporate champions that promote gender equality through community engagement and partnerships. This engagement may include integrating gender equality into their sustainability strategies, CSR or philanthropy programs, and especially supporting and collaborating with NGOs, international organizations, or other organizations committed to promoting gender equality within wider communities. Beyond community engagement, this category will also award actions to promote transformational action or systemic change through partnerships. This can include individual companies participating in any advocacy or multi-stakeholder platforms to promote gender equality, such as the Unstereotype Alliance, or also Industry Associations, Chambers of Commerce, and Stock Exchanges working with others working to promote change within and industry or among a large group of companies.
Transparency and Reporting (Aligned to WEP 7)

Tracking performance and progress towards gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is a core value of the WEPs since it allows companies to uphold their commitments to gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community. This category recognizes commitment to transparency and reporting of gender data that goes beyond minimum requirements and seeks to measure, analyze and report on performance of their gender policies and practices across the value chain. The category will reward companies and organizations that have accountability frameworks in place and have set targets and consistently reported and taken steps to improve their performance on gender indicators (i.e. recruitment and retention, women in management). This category may also be awarded to companies conducting an audit and analysis of a particular gender-related issue, such as the gender pay gap, or also to companies committing to increase the number of gender indicators they publicly report on each year. In addition, this category may be highly relevant for Industry Associations and Stock Exchanges integrating more gender criteria into their sustainability and/or reporting criteria.

PART 3: CATEGORY QUESTIONS (75% of total score)

There is no time limit to when the action or initiative referred to should have begun, but at the time of application the initiative should still be active and/or the intended target group should still be benefitting. Please use the guiding questions in each section to create your response. As in Part 2, the supporting evidence provided in Part 3 responses will be used to verify claims made in the application. All information in the supporting documents will be kept confidential and only used for awards selection.
Select up to two categories for which you are applying:

[Leadership Commitment; Gender-inclusive Workplace; Gender-responsive Marketplace; Community Engagement & Partnerships; Transparency & Reporting; Innovative Financing for Gender Equality]
Leadership Commitment and Action (Align to WEP 1)

This category recognizes business leaders of any age who have been instrumental in setting strong corporate commitments inclusive of progressive polices, regulations or practices that aim to promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This may include company leaders taking specific roles and responsibilities in promoting gender equality within the company and making public commitments or delivering gender sensitive messages to the public. This Award is not intended only for C-level executives but may be granted to employees at director and management level, as well as emerging leaders promoting gender equality in corporate settings, and individual entrepreneurs and founders. This award may be granted to a leader of any age, but young leaders and enterprise founders below the age of 30 who display particularly innovative solutions or leadership qualities may be considered for additional special recognition.
Nominee Name and Date of Birth (DD/MM/YEAR)*
Summary: Brief description of the vision, program, action or initiative for which the leader is being nominated (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and /or challenges to be solved.

2. Why did the nominated applicant start the programme or initiative? What was the specific purpose of the programme or initiative?

3. Describe any other actions the nominated person has taken and/or led, or initiatives they have been involved in, during their professional career that advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. If applicable, list any relevant awards or recognition given the nominated leader.
Background (max. 400 words): *

0/600
Key Actions Taken & Lesson Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative? What role did the nominated leader play? What specific actions did they take to implement the programme or initiative?

2. Describe how the nominated leader engaged in partnerships and/or collaboration with peers, existing campaigns, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits. How was collaboration used to enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lesson Learnt (600 words)*

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 Words)

1. What are the key results to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the nominated applicant plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)?
Results and Sustainability (400 Words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same. *

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Gender-inclusive Workplace (Aligned to WEPs 2,3)

This award recognizes achievements that corporations have demonstrated in adopting relevant gender-inclusive measures in the workplace. This may include innovative approaches to equal recruitment, support to provide flexible work arrangements, addressing specific needs of female and male employees, transformational initiatives to support family responsibilities of female and male employees to address the unequal care burden, and accelerative actions to guarantee the safety and well-being of female and male employees, accelerating progress towards equal pay, and promote women’s career development and leadership. This can also include efforts towards creating broader diversity and inclusion within the workplace by addressing additional considerations such as disability, age, ethnic background, and/or sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, among others.
Title: Enter the title and short description of the initiative (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and/or challenge to be solved.

2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address?

3. Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved?
Background and Context (400 words): *

0/400
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative?

2. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words) *

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 words)

1. What are the key results to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)?
Results and Sustainability (400 words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same. *

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Gender-responsive Marketplace

This category recognizes corporations for embracing a gender-lens throughout their value-chains from sourcing to disposal. This may include championing supplier diversity, gender-inclusive distribution and selling and gender responsive marketing and advertising. It may include supporting women entrepreneurs through capacity development or market access opportunities, implementing progressive programs and/or policies to incentivize procurement from women-owned businesses or other gender-responsive companies. This category will also award actions and programs that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in advertisements and other sales and marketing activities.
Title: Enter the title and short description of the initiative (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and/or challenge to be solved.

2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address?

3. Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved?
Background and Context (400 words): *

0/400
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative?

2. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words) *

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 words)

1. What are the key results to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)?
Results and Sustainability (400 words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same*

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Community Engagement and partnerships (Aligned to WEPs 6)

This category recognizes corporate champions that promote gender equality through community engagement and partnerships. This engagement may include integrating gender equality into their sustainability strategies, CSR or philanthropy programs, and especially supporting and collaborating with NGOs, international organizations, or other organizations committed to promoting gender equality within wider communities. Beyond community engagement, this category will also award actions to promote transformational action or systemic change through partnerships. This can include individual companies participating in any advocacy or multi-stakeholder platforms to promote gender equality, such as the Unstereotype Alliance, or also Industry Associations, Chambers of Commerce, and Stock Exchanges working with others working to promote change within and industry or among a large group of companies.
Title: Enter the title and short description of the initiative (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and/or challenge to be solved.

2 . Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address?

3. Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved?
Background and Context (400 words): *

0/400
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative?

2. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company or organization take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words*

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 words)

1. What are the key results to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)?
Results and Sustainability (400 words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same. *

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Transparency & Reporting (Aligned to WEP 7)

Tracking performance and progress towards gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is a core value of the WEPs since it allows companies to uphold their commitments to gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community. This category recognizes commitment to transparency and reporting of gender data that goes beyond minimum requirements and seeks to measure, analyze and report on performance of their gender policies and practices across the value chain. The category will reward companies and organizations that have accountability frameworks in place and have set targets and consistently reported and taken steps to improve their performance on gender indicators (i.e. recruitment and retention, women in management). This category may also be awarded to companies conducting an audit and analysis of a particular gender-related issue, such as the gender pay gap, or also to companies committing to increase the number of gender indicators they publicly report on each year. In addition, this category may be highly relevant for Industry Associations and Stock Exchanges integrating more gender criteria into their sustainability and/or reporting criteria.
Title: Enter the title and short description of the initiative (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and/or challenge to be solved.

2. What kind of sustainability reporting was in place before the specific initiative? Is reporting in line with any national regulations or policies? If so, please describe.

3. What was the rationale for undertaking the transparency and reporting initiative? Explain the specific purpose and objectives.

4. Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Is it a global/regional/national initiative? In the case of Industry Associations, Chambers of Commerce or Stock Exchanges, please be specific as to whether the initiative is targeted internally (for the internal workforce) or externally (for member or listed companies).
Background and Context (400 words): *

0/400
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative? In the case of undertaking research or a report, how was the study designed? How was data collected?

2. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company or organization take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words) *

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 words)

1. What are the key results to date? What were the key findings of the study? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data. How was the initiative reported? Was it reported internally or externally?

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan) or take action?
Results and Sustainability (400 words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same. *

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Innovative Financing for Gender Equality

Inspired by the 2024 International Women’s Day theme ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,’ this category seeks to showcase the pivotal role that private sector financing plays in advancing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. This category will recognize financial institutions, investors, corporates, stock exchanges and others for exemplary and innovative efforts to design products and services, financial instruments, funds, investing frameworks and/or other innovative programs that advance gender equality in alignment with any of the 7 Principles. Examples of such efforts might include, among other things, issuing a gender bond, launching a gender-lens investing fund, leading the development of an innovative financing product and/or mechanism for women entrepreneurs, and developing tools or frameworks to accelerate and guide investments for gender equality. This category is not applicable to organizations that have only provided or facilitated financing for gender equality initiatives without substantial involvement in the design, implementation, and/or tracking of progress and results.
Summary: Brief description of the vision, program, action or initiative for which the leader is being nominated (max. 50 words) *

0/50
Background and Context (400 words):

1. Provide some background about the issue and/or challenge to be solved.

2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address?

3. Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved?
Background and Context (400 words): *

0/400
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words)

1. What are the key actions that have been/are being taken to implement the policy, programme or initiative?

2. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative?

3. What were/are the biggest challenges in implementing the policy, programme or initiative? How are these being overcome, and what are the key lessons learned?
Key Actions Taken & Lessons Learnt (600 words) *

0/600
Results and Sustainability (400 words)

1. What are the key results to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.

2. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?

3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)?
Results and Sustainability (400 words) *

0/400
Supporting Documents (can include company policies, press release, company newsletter, photos, CSR reports or other report from the company, etc.) *Note: Some form of supporting documentation is required in order for your application answers to be verified. If you do not have any supporting evidence, please note this and provide reasons for the same. *

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