Konica Minolta recognised by NJBIZ for empowering women
November 20, 2024
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced it has been recognised by NJBIZ as an organisation committed to supporting and elevating female employees in New Jersey.
In its second year, the “Empowering Women – Companies Leading the Way” awards programme recognises a wide variety of New Jersey-based organisations for their significant efforts to advance and honour women in the workplace and community. Konica Minolta was among the more than 40 organisations honoured at NJBIZ’s award ceremony on Thursday, 14 November in Somerset, New Jersey.
Award recipients are selected based on the following criteria:
- A commitment to establishing a track record of recruiting, hiring and promoting women
- Offering a mentoring programme for women
- Working toward systemic change in society to combat inequality
- Advancing the cause of women through contributions to outside philanthropic or community endeavours
Konica Minolta explained that it takes a multi-pronged approach to diversifying its talent pipelines to attract and retain female employees. This includes training on inclusive hiring practices, partnering with third-party talent programmes to amplify open roles in diverse communities and showcasing successful Konica Minolta women internally and externally. The company also provides world-class learning and developmental programming and a succession-planning process that ensures leaders view promotions in fair and unbiased ways.
Additionally, Konica Minolta enhances equity and provides environments for women to thrive on a global stage. For instance, the company hosts a global leadership development programme called Women2Lead to enhance the leadership capabilities of its best and brightest female leaders. In partnership with the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), the programme brings together women from all over the world to work on their personal and professional development via assessments, personalised coaching, a team project and meaningful reflection.
“This is such exciting, wonderful news. I am so proud that our company has been recognised by NJBIZ for leading the way in support of women,” said Vicky Ringwood, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Konica Minolta. “We’ve made great progress through our strong contributions to creating an environment for women to excel at every level. By continuing to connect and embed efforts to recruit, develop and support women with our benefits and decision-making, we continually create opportunities for even more impact.”
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