2021 Inspiring Workplaces Award winners - EMEA and North America

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These are the organisations that the independent panel of judges believe put their people at the heart of their business. This year’s submissions have uncovered a new level of strategic thinking and excellence and the winners are at the pinnacle of that excellence.

Matt Manners, CEO and founder of Inspiring Workplaces Group commented, “Congratulations to all our winners across EMEA and North America. We will be sharing these stories throughout the rest of the year through the Inspiring Workplaces website. We hope they serve as both an inspiration and insightful to those seeking to continue delivering the people experience during the toughest circumstances.

“This will be the last year for the current format of the awards. We will open for the 2022 IW Awards later in the summer with an exciting new way to judge and recognise inspiring workplaces all over the world. Watch this space.”

The full 2021 EMEA winners list is as follows:

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
The Inspiring Workplace of the Year	Pure Planet	Torque Solutions & NatWest Group (joint winners)	Cooper Parry
Inspiring Culture Award	Places for People	Pure Planet	Xalient & Stonbury Ltd (joint winners)
Inspiring Innovation Award	NatWest Group	EMCOR UK
Inspiring Diversity & Inclusion Award	Dorchester Collection	Equatorial Coca-Cola	EY
Inspiring Communications Award	NHS Business Services Authority	Vodafone & Visa (joint winners)	Ikea
Inspiring Well-being Award	Blood Cancer UK & John West (joint winners)	University of Lincoln & Massmart Holdings Limited (joint winners)	Entain
Inspiring Reward & Recognition Award	Co-op	University of Lincoln
Inspiring Employer Brand Award	Parimatch	Applus+
Inspiring Experience Award	Santander UK plc	University of Lincoln
Inspiring CSR	The Cambridge Building Society	Western Union Lithuania
Inspiring Professional of the Year	Debi Marriott-Lavery - Places for People	Jane Austin - Wave Utilities
Inspiring Use of Technology Award	University of Lincoln	EMCOR UK
Inspiring Vendor of the Year Award	Applaud	My Clever Group
Inspiring Consultancy Award	H&H	Home

The full 2021 North American winners list is as follows:

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
The Inspiring Workplace of the Year	Everise	Corporate Finance Institute	Sterling
Inspiring Culture Award	UPMC	Arity	Booz Allen Hamilton
Inspiring Innovation Award	Abstrakt Marketing Group	BridgeComm, Inc.
Inspiring Diversity & Inclusion Award	Adtalem Global Education	Shop Smart LLC (Brad's Deals)	Publicis Sapient
Inspiring Communications Award	Twitter	Concentrix & Rock Central (joint winners)	Dentply Sirona
Inspiring Well-being Award	Brad’s Deals	Reward Gateway Ltd
Inspiring Employer Brand Award	Marvell	Cisco
Inspiring Experience Award	Bank of America	Eurest (Compass Group)
Inspiring Use of Technology Award	Concentrix	Tata Consultancy Services	The Love's Family of Companies
Inspiring CSR	Shiftsmart	Sealand - A Maersk Company
Inspiring Workplaces Vendor of the Year Award	WorkTango	Kudos

The Inspiring Workplaces Awards exist to provide a platform to recognise great places to work and the roles within them. To shine the spotlight on inspirers who strive to deliver a better experience for their colleagues and a competitive advantage to their organisation.