EOWA would like to thank the following sponsors of the 2007 EOWA Business Achievement Awards (in alphabetical order):

American Express Australia Limited
American Express is a leading worldwide travel, financial and network services company which opened it first Australian office in 1954. American Express employs around 3000 people across Australia.

A regular on Australian employer of choice citation lists, American Express Australia is proud to have been an EOWA employer of choice for the last six years.

American Express attributes its well recognised standing as an employer of choice to its strong internal culture which encourages an open approach and access to senior leaders.

American Express embraces a number of workplace diversity policies, including flexible working arrangements, a childcare referral and research service and subsidised private health cover and work/life balance initiatives.
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Australian Industry Group
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) is Australia's leading industry organisation representing 10,000 employers across a broad and expanding range of sectors. Our members operate businesses of all sizes throughout Australia and employ almost half a million people. We provide practical information, advice and assistance to help members run their businesses more effectively and to become more competitive on a domestic and international level. We also ensure our members have a voice in all levels of government, by representing and promoting their interests on current and emerging issues.
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Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz is one of Australia's leading law firms, employing over 1900 people nationally. We are committed to providing a workplace environment that supports and encourages the personal and professional development of all of our employees, at every level.

Clayton Utz is proud to have achieved its first EOWA Employer of Choice for Women citation in 2007 in recognition of our efforts to foster a productive and supportive working environment for women.

With women accounting for around 63 percent of our national workforce, we understand the importance of an equal opportunity environment. Some of the benefits we offer include paid parental leave, in-house networking groups for female lawyers, a Companion program for female employees on maternity leave, access to childcare and eldercare referral networks and flexible working arrangements, including job sharing.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia
The Commonwealth Bank's EEO/Diversity strategy is very clearly linked to the Bank’s vision and business objectives - "to create an inclusive environment where all staff are treated with respect and dignity, where all staff are able to contribute to their maximum potential and where the diversity of ideas, work styles and perspectives are valued and utilised to assist help grow the business.”
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ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd
ExxonMobil realizes that success depends on attracting and retaining the best, most innovative, most results-oriented employees. Their view is "our people are our competitive advantage and the key factor in achieving our goals".

The organisation is therefore very serious about the people they choose to recruit and develop and so they aim to provide an environment where the right type of person can grow and succeed.
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Hays
Hays is the largest specialist recruitment company in Australia.

Being awarded the EOCFW citation for five consecutive years is an achievement of which we are very proud and one that helps us to attract talent to our organisation.

Hays is committed to the development of our human capital through building a culture of reward, recognition and promotion based on merit. There has been a direct correlation between our investment in our people and our current success. It is a testament to years of developing a company culture that rewards merit and individual performance and which invests heavily in employees’ learning and development.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation, headquartered in Armonk, N.Y., is the world's largest information technology (IT) and business consulting company. IBM's solutions and services span all major industries, including financial services, healthcare, government, automotive, telecommunications and education, among others. It is the diversity and breadth of IBM's portfolio -- spanning hardware, software, services, research, financing and technology -- that uniquely separates it from other companies in the IT industry. IBM drives innovation to help its clients transform themselves to respond to the pressures of increasing globalisation. With approximately 329,000 employees worldwide and over 10,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand, IBM conducts business in 174 countries.

Diversity and inclusion have been integral parts of the IBM corporate culture for more than 80 years. IBM values diversity and recognises the need to capitalise on the skills and talents of all segments of its workforce. Valuing this difference in IBM uncovers new perspectives, taps different knowledge and experience, and generates ideas, suggestions and methods not otherwise considered. IBM's programs and policies encourage, develop and support diversity for all employees. IBM recognises that diversity is a key point of competitive advantage for the company.

Well known for being an Employer of Choice, IBM Australia has won several prestigious awards including: the only triple A rating in the 2005 Reputex Survey for workplace practices, The Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Award for inclusion of people with a disability in 2001, The 2002 and 2003 Leadership in Diversity Awards for inclusion of people with a disability, The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) "Employer of Choice" citation for the past 6 years,

Mature Worker Champion Award from the Minister, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and Diversity @ Works Employment and Inclusion of People with a Disability and Employment and Inclusion of Mature Age Workers Awards in 2006, and the Gold winner of the 2002 National Work and Family Awards.
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