Achievement Award in Supporting Women’s Power to Alstom!

Alstom, the global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, is celebrating after winning two major awards for the seventh consecutive year.

Alstom was presented with both the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team Award and the Social Value Award at the event, which recognizes companies that have made a significant contribution to improving gender balance, diversity and inclusion in the UK rail industry.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team Award

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team Award recognized Alstom for the tangible and positive impact its efforts have on its workforce and beyond.

The jury said: “Alstom’s leadership was aware that its culture was not creating the desired diverse and representatively balanced workforce. They listened, learned, nurtured and strengthened Alstom’s ‘silent voices’ to create and embed an inclusive and resilient culture; Creating four employee networks that carry the voices of Women, Disability, Cultural Diversity and Pride+.”

Last year, Alstom rolled out widespread equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) training for more than 2.100 employees in the UK and Ireland; He carried out his ‘all-inclusive Be USA’ roadshow to most of the company’s 37 facilities in the two countries; It has shown improvements in increasing the number of female employees.

Social Value Award

Earlier in the evening, Alstom was also presented with the Social Value Award. The jury said: “Alstom; Created and embedded an agile, inclusive and responsible culture committed to delivering social and environmental value to communities, employees and customers. “As well as the Community Project Fund, it focuses on tackling social inequality, promoting equal opportunities, improving health and wellbeing and tackling climate change.”

Last month Alstom announced ten charity and community-led projects across the UK and Ireland that are now benefiting from this aid. Alstom employees are also encouraged to use their annual volunteer day to offer additional support to beneficiaries.

Elsewhere, Alstom’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ambassadors and school support program helped 9.000 students in deprived areas last year alone.

Highly Commended – Best Training or Development Program Award

Alstom was also Highly Commended by Women in Rail for its ‘Springboard’ initiative in their Best Training or Development Program Award. Springboard is a dedicated development program that encourages and supports women to compete for senior positions at Alstom UK and Ireland.

Charlotte Briers, Alstom Rolling Stock Performance Leader and Head of Women’s Voices, said: “Women in Rail’s recognition is testament to the hard work and dedication of the teams across our three businesses in the UK and Ireland – rolling stock, train services and digital and integrated systems. “For example, our bespoke development programme, Springboard, has been completed by over 40% of women at Alstom, and recruitment and retention rates are increasing across the company,” he said.

The 2024 Women in Rail Awards were attended by more than 780 people from across the British rail industry, who came together to celebrate colleagues, teams and companies working hard to support others and help create a more gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive working culture. in industry.

As the country’s leading supplier of new trains and train services and a leading provider of signaling and infrastructure, Alstom is committed to being a fully inclusive organisation.

In 2017, Alstom launched a biannual EDI count to identify areas for improvement in the UK and Ireland. Based on the findings, the company developed and delivered Alstom8 workshops to raise awareness and provide practical advice on how to successfully promote inclusion in the workplace. Alongside this, four ‘Voices’ groups (Women, Pride+, Cultural Diversity and Disability) help share lived experiences; challenging groupthink in their strategies and policies; have oversight of relevant key performance indicators (KPIs); and act as ambassadors.

Meanwhile, Women in Rail was founded in 2012 to increase diversity in the UK rail industry by providing networking opportunities and support for all women in the industry, encouraging enterprises and stakeholders to embrace diversity as a business strategy and designing initiatives aimed at positioning rail as a business strategy. Attractive career choice for young people.

Marie Daly, Chair of Women in Rail, said: “I am proud to continue the journey started by visionary Adeline Ginn MBE, who founded the charity Women in Rail more than a decade ago to improve industry diversity by supporting women in the industry.” and Chief Customer and Culture Officer at Transport for Wales.

The Women in Rail Awards 2024 took place on Thursday 16 May at the Roundhouse, a Grade II* listed former railway locomotive shed at Chalk Farm in London. The event was hosted by the Rev. Canon Kate Bottley, vicar, journalist, media presenter and reality television star.

Alstom submitted 2024 entries to the 16 Women in Rail Awards and were shortlisted in eight categories.