Submissions are now open for the Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Award at Digital Revolution Awards (DRA). Revolent is sponsoring this award for the third consecutive year. Find out more about the award and how you can nominate organizations that you believe deserve the recognition.
Now in their third year, the Digital Revolution Awards recognize and celebrate excellence across the cloud sector. The Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Award is designed to celebrate those who are making a real and tangible impact on fostering inclusivity, championing equality, and promoting diversity in their organization, operating within the cloud sector.
The state of diversity in the cloud
Despite research suggesting that more ethnically diverse teams outperform their less diverse peers financially by more than a third, the tech sector is still seeing a huge imbalance in terms of gender parity and ethnic diversity. For instance, approximately half of the UK’s workforce are women, but this figure drops to just 20% when it comes to tech roles. What’s more, in the US, only 17% of tech leadership positions are held by ethnic minorities, dropping to 2.6% in the UK. In addition, although there has been a rise in hybrid and remote work since the onset of the pandemic, the tech sector is also failing to attract more workers with disabilities, accessibility needs or neurodiverse individuals.
“Simply put, there isn’t enough diversity in tech which is filtering through to the cloud, the fastest-growing arm of tech,” says Nabila Salem, President of Revolent, who received Globant’s Women that Build Inspiring Executive Award in 2021 for her efforts in promoting diversity in tech, promoting female role models and building gender-diverse management teams.
“But in order to innovate and catch up with the fast-changing market demands, you need the fresh ideas and perspectives that only people from diverse backgrounds can bring to your team. By sponsoring the Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Award, we want to reward the pioneers and champions of diversity in the cloud while inspiring others to follow suit.”
This is the third year that Revolent is sponsoring this category at the Digital Revolution Awards, having themselves been recognized as the Diversity Employer of the Year at Computing Women in Tech Excellence Awards two years running.
The shortlist for the Diversity and Inclusion Employer of the Year Award and 18 other award categories will be announced early next year, with winners selected by an independent panel of judges made up of cloud experts and revealed at a series of regional ceremonies and fundraisers across Germany, the UK, and US during April and May, and at a virtual global awards ceremony on Friday, 2 June 2023.
Past winners of the award include Merkle and American Express for their exceptional work in fostering diversity of thought and taking radical action to make their organizations truly inclusive.
“This is an opportunity for us to give back to the cloud ecosystem, showcase all the great work that others are doing to promote diversity and, hopefully, inspire each other to do even more,” Salem adds.
About the Digital Revolution Awards
Founded in 2020, DRA aims to highlight and celebrate excellence across the global cloud tech ecosystem. There are 19 award categories this year, recognizing outstanding contributions to the cloud ecosystem by both organizations and individuals, with some categories focused on the work done in particular cloud technologies, such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Salesforce.
How to submit a nomination
The nominations for this and other award categories will remain open until 31 October 2022. Applications are welcome from any geographical region, and nominees should be able to demonstrate the impact of their policies and initiatives, and showcase ways in which they are supporting access to opportunities in the cloud space for all.
All we need is a short statement or video explaining what makes the person or individual stand out against their peers. You can find out more about our categories here before sending your nomination here, as well as reading this useful guide to writing the perfect entry.
And, for every nomination we receive this year, we’ll be planting a tree via our friends at Tree Nation!
