Celebrating the companies that prioritise diversity and inclusion, from hiring to their workplace culture. They go above and beyond to build inclusive environments for their employees, empower the minorities within their organisation and are committed to make an impact in the tech industry.
Utilities can no longer rely on traditional vegetation trimming cycles to keep up with the vegetation risks around their network, which are causing wildfires and power outages at unprecedented rates. More frequent and severe extreme weather events, increased labor costs, and failing infrastructure are literally the perfect storm, and utilities need a better way to understand risk across their entire network. Overstory gives electric utilities objective, network-wide vegetation intelligence. This vegetation intelligence helps utilities prevent those wildfires and power outages before they happen, enabling smarter infrastructure management, safer communities, and a more reliable path to a decarbonized future.
Taxfix is based on the simple idea that doing taxes should be easier, and that everyone should be able to take their finances into their own hands. Taxfix believes in creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that embraces different perspectives and experiences. In 2023 they hosted Women in Tech Madrid in partnership with Women in Tech Global Network to bring together women from all levels of the tech industry to share their experiences, challenges, and successes in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Used by over 26 million people worldwide, Blinkist is an award-winning app that finds the most relevant, impactful books and podcasts and distills them down to their key ideas, which can be read or listened to in 15-minute explainers called Blinks. Over the last few years, Blinkist has stayed true to its commitments to DE&I and has consistently communicated its goals and achievements around employee belonging and psychological safety. Their company values are in close alignment with their Code of Conduct which documents expected and cautious behaviours accross the organisation. Alongside establishing the code, they have developed several learning modules for their teams on Systemic Racism & Black Experience, Pride & LGBTQIA+ Experience, Anti-Asian Racism & Violence.
Parloa has become one of the leading SaaS platforms for Conversational AI. They aim to build the most comprehensive solution in this sector to enable every company in the world to have better conversations with their customers. In 2023 Parloa was listed as one of the Top 10 Startups in Germany by LinkedIn. Parloa believes in equal opportunities for everyone
PPRO is a fintech company that provides digital payments infrastructure to businesses and banks so that they can scale their checkout, acquiring, and risk services through one connection. They have a strong focus on employee experience, people and organisational health, equal opportunities and diversity and inclusion. Their team have, in recent years developed a code of conduct and commit to new goals annually .