Cummins Africa Middle East (AME) emerged a major winner at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards at the Ticketpro Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg on Thursday 13 September. The awards are an initiative of the Business Engage Association NPC, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The awards aim to encourage more meaningful representation of women in mainstream business. Entrants had to comply with the criteria of a 44-page document entitled ‘Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming in the Private Sector’, the end result of two years’ research into international trends, based on more than 200 global academic papers, commercial reports, blogs, and general articles, and combined with local knowledge and practice.
In total, Cummins AME entered six categories, was short-listed as a finalist in five, and ultimately won three at the gala awards evening, where it competed against the likes of major Blue Chip companies such as Vodacom, ABSA, Barloworld, PPC, Thomson Reuters, Standard Chartered, AngloGold Ashanti, and De Beers. Cummins AME was a runner-up in the ‘Investing in Young Women’ and ‘Empowerment of Women in the Community’ categories.
Contact Deepa Rungasamy, Cummins Africa Middle East, Tel 011 589-8512, deepa.rungasamy@cummins.com
