The Annual Australian Workplace Giving Awards Announce 2023 Winners
Winners for the 8th annual Australian Workplace Giving Awards have been announced for 2023, with entries providing the opportunity to celebrate Australia’s largest corporations and their employees’ incredible impact on much-loved charities. As the leading organisation supporting Australian employees to donate to charities through their places of work, Workplace Giving Australia was proud to announce the winners at a dual event in Sydney and Melbourne on 31st of October at an evening ceremony generously hosted by King & Wood Mallesons.
Workplace Giving Program Of The Year 2023 winner JB Hi-Fi L-R: Tim Carter, Group Supply Chain Director, Cameron Trainor, Managing Director, Rachel Riordan, Workplace Giving Manager
The 2023 winners are:
Best Corporate + Charity Partnership
Winner: Auto & General Australia
Runner up: QBE Group
Highly Commended: Optus
Highly Commended: The Smith Family
Best Grants Program
Winner: South East Water
Runner Up: QBE Group
Highly Commended: Australia Post
Highly Commended: REA Group
Best Pro Bono/Volunteering Program
Winner: Norton Rose Fulbright
Highly Commended: Macquarie Group
Highly Commended: Origin Energy Foundation
Best Innovation
Winner: TOGA
Runner Up: QBE Group
Highly Commended: Commonwealth Bank
Best Payroll Giving Program
Winner: The Smith Family
Runner Up: EnergyAustralia
Highly Commended: Macpherson Kelley
Workplace Giving Program of the Year
Winner: JB Hi-Fi
Runner Up: REA Group
Highly Commended: EnergyAustralia
This year’s judging panel, chaired by Associate Professor Wendy Scaife, Director of The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies and QUT Business School, all felt an increase in the quality of the applications and diversity of organisations.
Generously sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Social Services, the awards highlight workplace giving programs that enable support for causes while fostering a sense of purpose and unity within organisations.
Recent research highlights that workplace giving offers advantages beyond good corporate citizenship and taxation benefits, with analysis highlighting workforce expectations and talent retention advantages and 85% of the survey respondents saying it is personally important that a company has a workplace giving program. The research also shows that if employers matched staff donations and these employees gave one extra dollar per week, charities could receive an additional $1 billion annually.
Workplace Giving Australia CEO David Mann says that:
With 85% of employees reporting that they would prefer to work for an organisation that genuinely creates great places to work by supporting charities, there are obvious benefits to employers who promote workplace giving. This year’s award finalists provide outstanding examples of best practice corporate philanthropy in today’s dynamic business landscape.
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