The Australian Workplace Giving Awards 2024
About the Awards
The Australian Workplace Giving Awards celebrate outstanding workplace giving programs across the country. The Awards are designed to spotlight leading programs that will inspire and motivate businesses, charities and employees to grow workplace giving.
2024 Award Winners
Congratulations to the following Award winners:
Best Payroll Giving Program
Winner: SEEK
Runner Up: Macpherson Kelley
Runner Up: Pacific Equity Partners
Best Corporate and Charity Partnership
Winner: HalfCut Limited and Ben & Jerry's
Runner Up: Lifeline Australia and nib
Highly Commended: QBE Insurance and Leading Cities, Australian Red Cross
Best Volunteering Program
Winner: Origin Energy Foundation
Runner Up: Intrepid Travel
Runner Up: Ernst & Young, Australia (EY)
Best Grants Program
Winner: Westpac Group Foundations
Runner Up: QBE Insurance
Runner Up: Australia Post
Highly Commended: Endeavour Energy
Best Innovation
Winner: UNICEF Australia
Runner Up: SEEK
Runner Up: ANZ
Workplace Giving Champion Of The Year
Winner: Andy Maxey, SEEK
Runner Up: Griffith University - Ruth McPhail
Runner Up: ANZ - Kathleen Jagger
Highly Commended: Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand - Pamela Lee
Workplace Giving Program Of The Year
Winner: QBE Insurance
Runner Up: Westpac Group
Runner Up: JB Hi-Fi
Highly Commended: Give Where You Live Foundation
Awards Ceremony
The 2024 winners were announced at a celebration ceremony held in Sydney on Wednesday, 20th November, generously hosted by Westpac Group, by the Master of Ceremonies Brigid Glanville.
Meet the Independent Judging Panel
- Simon J. Robinson, Judging Chair & Director, Business for Societal Impact (B4SI)
- Adam Swirski, Associate Partner, Bain & Company
- Arabella Gibson, Chief Executive Officer, Gidget Foundation Australia
- Janet Liu, Head of Social Impact and Community Partnerships, ANZ
- Jessica Mendoza-Roth, Founder and CEO, Social Impact Hub
- Jo Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Siddle Family Foundation
- Krystian Seibert, Executive Director - Policy, Government Relations and Research, Philanthropy Australia
- Lisa Allan, FFIA and GAICD, Head of Fundraising, The Smith Family
- Mark Pearce, Chief Executive Officer, Volunteering Australia
- Pero Stojanovski, Deputy Chief Economist, Business Council of Australia
- Rachel Riordan, Group Workplace Giving Manager, JB Hi-Fi
- Saskia Ilott, Social Impact Manager, King & Wood Mallesons