Award Timeline
Training on GDEIB Framework
1 March – 30th April 2025
Early Alert 1
1 May 2025
Early Alert 2
1 June 2025
Call for Award Submissions Opens
1 July 2025
Call for Award Submissions Closes
30 August 2025
Data Validation by HR Metrics
30 August – 16 September 2025
Jury Assessments
1 October – 15 November 2025
Result Compilation
16 November – 14 December 2025
Result Announcement
15 December 2025
Top 10 Companies’ Speaker Nominations
16 December 2025 – 1 January 2026
GDEIBAwards & Conference
15 April 2026
What is the Submission Process for GDEIB Awards 2025?
Please read following guidelines for GDEIB Awards 2025
Please Note:
- Call for DEI Awards will start on 1 July 2025 and close on 30 August 2025.
- DEI initiatives/ programs for award submission should be undertaken during period 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025. If started in previous years, then it must be ongoing.
- GDEIB Awards submissions will be based on GDEIB Standards. To obtain a copy of the standards, please contact info@thehrmetric.com
- From this year onward, submissions will be made via an online portal. Access will be provided to the organization’s Focal Person by HR Metrics.
- The GDEIB Awards has total 15 categories.
- Each category will include five levels:
- Inactive
- Reactive
- Proactive
- Progressive
- Best Practice.
- Awards are applicable to top three levels: Proactive, Progressive, and Best Practice.
- Organizations can apply for at least 1 category and a maximum 15 categories.
- To win an award, an organization must comply with more than 50% of the benchmarks in each category. For example, if a category has 6 benchmarks, compliance with at least 4 benchmarks will be required.
- Each award submission is required to include a description (not exceeding 300 words) of the relevant benchmark.
- Each award submission is required to include evidence supporting a description of the relevant benchmark.
- Evidence can include extracts from annual reports, sustainability reports, internal communication, and external communication in the form of pictures, JPG, PNG images, videos, and URLs. All the evidence must be tagged for relevant benchmarks and embedded in a pdf document. In case of any video evidence, please upload the video on YouTube and provide the URL in the PDF document so that it is clickable for the jury to review.
- Upload PDF document for relevant category(s) on the awards portal.
- HR Metrics will ensure the confidentiality of all information provided. If the applicant organization wants HR Metrics to sign a “Confidentiality Agreement”, it can provide. HR Metrics authorized person will sign and return the contract before accepting data.
- Organizations will express their interest in the GDEIB Awards 2026 through registration at the HR Metrics website or email to info@thehrmetrics.com before 1 July 2025.
- Once HR Metrics will confirm the interest of organization the team will create your account on GDEIB Submission portal. (Please note that HR Metrics does NOT accept any financial support or sponsorship for the award. The processing fee is meant to cover administrative costs. Awards submissions are evaluated by an Independent Jury. Payment of the fee is not a guarantee of winning the award).
- Applicant organization needs to make the payment for the processing fee within 30 days or issue a “promise to pay” undertaking.
- Upon confirmation, HR Metrics will provide access to the Online GDEIB Submission portal.
- Focal Person will receive an email containing the username and password for the respective organization along with the link of portal.
- The organization’s Focal Person can log in and enter the essential information about the organization.
- After filing out the registration form on the portal you will login in and should see 15 categories of GDEIB for which awards are applicable.
- You should select the category(s) for which you wish to apply, then choose the relevant level.
- You should select more than 50% of benchmarks for the level selected.
- Write or paste a narrative of up to 300 words for each selected benchmark.
- Submit one PDF document containing all relevant evidence for each benchmark. Clearly label each piece of evidence with the corresponding benchmark number for clarity.
- After uploading the narratives and evidence, press the submit button.
- HR Metrics Team will review the submission and provide feedback on whether the benchmarks’ narratives and evidence are complete/incomplete.
- Feedback is meant to ensure the completeness of submissions and documents. It is NOT an indication or guarantee of winning the award, because awards will be assessed by an independent jury and not by HR Metrics.
- Feedback from the HR Metrics Team is an optional feature for you. HR Metrics Team can provide the above feedback if the submission is made before 30 Aug 2025.
- You can modify/update your submission till 30 Aug 2025.
- You will get an alert that awards submissions have been processed for jury review. From this point onward, your access to the portal will be closed.
- The Jury will assess all submissions and provide results to HR Metrics for compilation.
- Awards will be announced on 15 Dec 2024 (4-5 pm Pakistan Time) via Zoom.
- A press release will also be published in leading national newspapers.
- The GDEIB Awards presentation ceremony is held on the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March. Given the holy month of Ramadan in February, the awards ceremony will be held on 15 April 2026 at Marriott Karachi.
Processing Fee:
Submission fee for GDEIB Awards 2025 is Rs 100,000 per category.
Important
Processing fee is meant to cover following costs:
- Remuneration of assessment team.
- Awards venue booking, event management, seating and branding.
- Souvenirs for winner organizations.
- Food and refreshments during awards ceremony.
- Publication of D&I magazine to publish organizations success stories.
- Awards are decided by independent assessors and jury members on a merit-based criteria.
- Payment of processing fee is NOT a guarantee to win the award.
- Organizations participating in awards are not eligible to sponsor awards.