Ellevate Network Honored with Best for NYC Changemaker Award
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 20, 2017 -- Ellevate Network, the leading organization for professional women, was honored as a Best for NYC Changemaker on Tuesday by B Lab, the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, and Townsquared.
Yesterday, B Lab, the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, and Townsquared, recognized the Best for NYC’s Changemakers, businesses who are actively creating a more inclusive economy. The award recipients are redefining business success by creating quality jobs, building stronger communities, and supporting a more sustainable environment.
The 1,500+ companies that partook in the Best for NYC Challenge are all leaders in demonstrating the many ways businesses can be a force for good. A Changemaker is a business who has taken action to improve job quality for New Yorkers, has taken the Best for NYC Challenge, taken a pledge to improve one internal business practice, and fulfilled the pledge by making a change to a business practice that positively impacts employees at the company.
“Ellevate is very excited to be recognized as a Best for NYC Changemaker. We take our role as a NYC-based company seriously and constantly strive to support and grow our local community. The greatest strength that a company has is its workforce and we hope that the work Ellevate Network, B Lab, and the NYC Mayor’s Office for Workforce Development are doing to create pathways for career success, to advocate for economic opportunity, and to champion a diverse workforce and entrepreneur community will have a lasting positive impact on the world.”
As a Certified B Corporation, Ellevate Network is required to consider the impact of business decisions on employees, suppliers, community, consumers, and environment -- and must complete the comprehensive B Impact Assessment to stay certified. Ellevate Network is on a mission to close the gender achievement gap in business, and is committed to improving the landscape of business through its work with professional women, companies, and the community.
The Best for NYC award recognizes the local impact that Ellevate Network is making in the NYC community, and highlights the ongoing commitment that Ellevate Network has made to providing a positive working environment for its employees as well as the community it serves.
About Ellevate Network: Ellevate Network is a global network of professional women committed to elevating each other through education, inspiration, and opportunity. Our mission is to close the gender achievement gap in business by providing women with a community to lean on and learn from.
Tina Pettigrew, Ellevate Network, http://www.ellevatenetwork.com, +1 646-517-1160, [email protected]
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