2017 FLOR Awards
Recognitions
Corporations
Winner: Accenture
Finalists: Newsan, JP Morgan
SMEs
Winner: Declarado desierto
NGOs
Winner: Diagonal
Finalists: Fundación SIMAS, Fundación Encontrarse en la Diversidad para la Educación Intercultural
For the second consecutive year, Fundación Liderazgos y Organizaciones Responsables (FLOR) held the FLOR Awards for Diversity at the Assembly Hall of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. The event was attended by more than 150 people, including company members, MeD graduates, nominated organizations, members of the foundation's network, and journalists. The evening was hosted by Teté Coustarot and Agustina Torchio Grobocopatel.
The FLOR Awards for Diversity were created with the objective of promoting the subject and recognizing organizations that are already working on inclusion and diversity issues, so they may become beacons that inspire other organizations and motivate them to generate real change in society.
The awards process began with the dissemination of the proposal and a call for organizations. To apply, organizations had to describe the policies they use to manage diversity internally, providing their members with an environment in which they can thrive. These policies must consider a plurality of perspectives and, through their implementation, foster actions such as the promotion of more women into decision-making positions, the incorporation of employees with different abilities, and the hiring of personnel regardless of their sexual orientation or age.
Then, a Jury of Honor composed of distinguished representatives from the public sector, consulting, and academia—including Bernardo Kosacoff, Luis Ovsejevich, María Rigou, Andrea Grobocopatel, Daniel Arroyo, Lucas Utrera, Eugenia Botta, and Alejandro Melamed—met to exhaustively evaluate each case and select the winners. The entire process was audited by the international consulting firm BDO.
According to the characteristics of the nominated candidates, categories were defined based on the differences in scope and ways of approaching diversity, relative to the size or type of organization.
The winner in the Large Companies category was Accenture, one of the leading companies that has been working on these aspects for many years. Additionally, a special mention in the NGO category was awarded to Diagonal, which works toward the labor reintegration of people over 45 years of age.
The event also featured a panel of graduates from the MeD – Mujeres en Decisión program, with Gabriel Corrado serving as moderator, questioning them about the changes they noticed after participating in FLOR.
During the event, the President of the Foundation, Andrea Grobocopatel, stated that FLOR aims to foster leaders and organizations that operate more responsibly every day. She emphasized that everyone in the world is different, everyone has something to contribute, and everyone has the right to work, to be heard, and to be included. However, a leader cannot do it alone; they need followers, institutions, and organizations to unite behind common goals to defend and align interests, avoid transaction costs, teach us to dialogue, achieve consensus, and learn to prioritize collective interests over individual ones to change paradigms and create collective building. We want to move from speeches and panels to action and transformation; that is why we create programs like MeD (Mujeres en Decisión) and why the FLOR Award drives change. To conclude, she shared a quote from Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations: "Equality for women: progress for all."
“Countries with greater gender equality experience higher economic growth. Companies with more women leaders achieve better performance. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments with more women pass more laws on key social issues such as health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support. The evidence leaves no room for doubt: women's equality means progress for all.”
Fundación FLOR expands its mission with a commitment to fostering the value of diversity and inclusion.