44 leading companies participate in Global DEI Awards for 2025
ISLAMABAD: The 44 leading multinational and national companies participated in the Global DEI Awards for 2025, following a rigorous, evidence-based disclosure and independent evaluation by an international jury.
Four companies were declared “Most Inclusive Companies of the Year” included Bank Alfalah Limited, Jazz, HBL, and Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited. In terms of DEI score, Bank Alfalah is the winner, and Jazz is the runner-up for the year.
The Top 10 inclusive companies included HBL Microfinance Bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited, Engro Fertilizers Limited, Faysal Bank, Fatima Group, and ABACUS. These organizations demonstrated remarkable tangible progress in embedding DEI into their governance, workforce, and value-creation models, delivering positive social and economic outcomes for internal and external stakeholders.
The GDEIB were authored by Julie O’Mara (USA), Alan Richter (USA), and Nene Molefi (South Africa) and published in 2021 by the Centre for Global Inclusion. The framework comprises 15 categories, 5 maturity levels, and 275 benchmarks, enabling organizations to systematically assess DEI maturity through documented evidence reviewed by an independent international jury.
Overall companies winning awards in selective GDEIB categories are AGP Limited, Soneri Bank Limited, METRO Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan Tobacco Company, Fauji Foundation, National Bank of Pakistan, Jubilee Life Insurance, Engro Energy Limited, Yunus Textile Mills Limited, EngroVopak Terminal Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Martin Dow Group, Bayer Pakistan Private Limited, K-Electric Ltd, The Bank of Punjab, Gray Mackenzie International Restaurant Limited (KFC Pakistan), Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan Limited, Riphah International University, Faysal Funds, HRSG, Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company, BankIslami Pakistan Limited, CCL Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd, Jaffer Business Systems Pvt Ltd, Jaffer Brothers (Pvt) Limited, The Beaconhouse Group, Telenor Pakistan, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Liberty Mills Limited, Descon Engineering Limited, Pakistan Petroleum Limited, MG Apparel, Raqami Islamic Digital Bank, and DVAGO Pharmacy & Wellness Experts.
The Global DEI Awards reaffirmed that inclusion is not only a moral obligation but a strategic imperative for sustainable organizational growth and national development. The GDEIB Awards Ceremony will be held on 15th April 2026 in Karachi.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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