On the eve of International Women’s Day 2024, HR Metrics organized the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB) 2023 awards on March 6. Dr. Ishrat Husain Former Governor State Bank of Pakistan presented the GDEIB Awards to the winning companies. Notable speakers included Consul General Conrad Tribble in Karachi, Dr. Ruediger Lotz German Consul General Karachi Atif Bajwa President Bank Alfalah Limited Zaffar A. Khan Former CEO Engro Corporation Musharaf Hai Former CEO Unilever & L’Oréal Pakistan Maheen Rahman CEO InfraZamin Pakistan Memosh Khawaja CEO Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance Zahid Mubarik CEO HR Metrics , Jamal Nasir CHRO HBL and Hajra Omer Head HR Nestlé Pakistan Limited,
During this speech, Dr. Ishrat Husain noted that women’s labor force participation has a positive impact on the economy. In Bangladesh, 38% female representation helped minimize inequality. Based on the 2023 results, three companies were named “Most Inclusive Organizations 2023”; including HBL, Bank Alfalah Limited and Nestlé Pakistan Limited. The top 10 comprising companies were Engro Fertilizers Limited, HBL Microfinance Bank, Jazz, Faysal Bank Ltd, METRO Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, Aga Khan University and Standard Chartered Bank. The top 20 companies include Engro Energy Limited, Soneri Bank Limited, Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Tobacco Company Ltd, United Bank Limited, Greenstar Social Marketing Limited, PepsiCo Pakistan, AGP Limited and Abacus Consulting Technology Limited
The overall awardee companies in the selected categories were HRSG, Martin Dow Group, Novo Nordisk Pakistan, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited, Jubilee Life Insurance, K-Electric Limited, U Microfinance Bank Ltd, TPL Corp Limited, Bayer Pakistan Private Limited, foodpanda Pakistan, Mashreq Global Services (SMC-Pvt) Limited, TPL Insurance Limited, Jaffer Business Systems, BRB Group, Allied Bank Ltd, HABIBMETRO Bank, Karandaaz Pakistan, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited, JS Bank, Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX), The Millennium Universal Secondary school – TMUC, DVAGO and International Center of Excellence (ICE) Pakistan.
The “Inspirational Woman of the Year” award went to Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Acting Finance Minister of Pakistan, and Musharaf Hai, former CEO of Unilever and L, OREAL Pakistan.
