Power management company Eaton has been awarded the Zinnov Award 2015 for ‘Gender Diversity at the Workplace'. Eaton's focus on gender diversity and the initiatives implemented at India level were well received by the jury and scored across parameters such as; key drivers, initiatives, benefits, change mechanism, implementation of specific policies.

Eaton has a well-defined Inclusion and Diversity strategy globally and has implemented robust initiatives to accomplish the Inclusion and Diversity goals. One such initiative has been the launch of Inclusion ERGs (Eaton Resource Groups).

These ERGs are WAVE - Women Adding Value at Eaton and ENGAGE - Eaton Next Generation Achieving Goals and Excelling. WAVE focuses on enhancing Gender Diversity for Women and has active participation from global and India leadership team. Through WAVE, Eaton has launched initiatives for talent attraction, development and retention.

"It is a great honor for us to win this prestigious recognition from Zinnov," said, Viswanathan Krishnamurthi, vice president - IT, Asia Pacific, Eaton. "We are glad that our efforts towards enhancing gender diversity at our workplaces have been acknowledged so well. It motivates us to continue with and further strengthen our commitment towards building a gender inclusive culture and achieve better business results, growth and foster innovation."

Pari Natarajan, CEO, Zinnov Management Consulting said; "Zinnov would like to congratulate Eaton on winning the Zinnov Award for Gender Diversity at the Workplace, which was truly well deserved. The Award was instituted given the relevance and scale of the problem today.

"Gender diversity is becoming a key focus for India based MNCs, especially in the technology space and it is encouraging to see a company like Eaton set the example for its peers. Their focus and commitment to Gender Diversity along with the balance and structure of their initiatives were very well received by the jury."

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