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2021 Inspiring Workplaces Award winners - EMEA and North America

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 | 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.
