Top 10 companies
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)
The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is the leading institution focused on eliminating poverty in Pakistan. Founded in 2000, the company has been continually growing and thus far, it is working across 130 districts in the country with 130 partner organizations. With ‘inclusion’ being the core value, PPAF is defined as “recognizing demographic diversity – women, children, elderly, persons with disabilities, indigenous groups and methodology to reducing poverty.”
Metro Pakistan
METRO is a Pakistani cash & carry wholesale center and a subsidiary of German chain ‘Metro Cash & Carry’. They opened their first store in 2007 but now operate 10 chain stores in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, and Multan. METRO as a leading international wholesale company operates in 24 countries with around 670 stores countries across Europe and Asia, METRO’s success was always founded on the deep understanding and solid relationship with their 16 million customers, 100,000 employees around the world and suppliers.
Engro Fertilizer Limited
EFERT’s organizational vision powers its passion towards serving the country, the community, and the people. This vision has enabled Engro Fertilizers to launch its Diversity & Inclusion initiative in recognition of the changing talent landscape in Pakistan, with women increasingly entering the workforce and becoming productive members of the economy. The organization took on a three-pronged approach to the subject, encompassing a razor-sharp focus on creating an inclusive culture, channeling efforts towards attracting and recruiting women.
Nestlé
The best way to promote diversity in workplace is by embracing it and having a broader outlook. Connecting with colleagues regardless of their cultural background, finding a common ground, deepening appreciation of differences and promoting an inclusive and welcoming environment. Nestle believes that their efforts as an organization and more importantly as individuals will help create opportunities for everyone all around them and build a safer more inclusive world for all. Nestle’ Pakistan uses Global DEI Benchmarks to create opportunities for all stakeholders. It is among top 3 most inclusive companies in Pakistan. During 2021, it won 6 awards in the categories of Vision, Leadership, Structure, Recruitment, Benefits and Social Responsibility.
Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Ltd.
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Pakistan Ltd. is the oldest and largest international bank in Pakistan. It is also the first international bank to be awarded Islamic banking license and the first to open an Islamic banking branch. The Bank employs over 2,800 people in Pakistan and has a network of 47 branches in 10 cities.
Abacus
Since 1987, Abacus has pioneered the business transformation services industry in Pakistan. Over our 30-year journey, they have evolved through a focus on building deep partnerships with global leaders and sustained investment in widening our global reach. Abacus has constantly been expanding their operations and currently have offices in 5 countries, serving over 600 enterprise clients across the globe, with a special focus on emerging markets. They provide advisors, consultants, technology specialists, systems integrators, outsourcers, and other services to their clients.
Pakistan Tobacco Company
Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) is a Pakistani tobacco manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT). The Group’s purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™ by reducing the health impact of its business through offering a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky products for their consumers. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) has always been at the forefront PTC. The diversity of workforce gives PTC a key competitive edge and an enabler to work together and deliver in their purpose of building A Better Tomorrow. They believe in building diversity of capability and thought to achieve commercial excellence and deliver value and growth for their shareholders. To create a future-fit business and organisational culture, PTC lives on 5 Ethos: Bold, Fast, Empowered, Responsible & Diverse.
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL)
Faysal Bank is a Pakistani Islamic and commercial bank, a subsidiary of the Bahraini bank Ithmaar Bank. With the belief in core Islamic Values of equality, Faysal Bank values diversity and inclusivity as its primary driving force, which allowed to benefit its people and simultaneously help their business grow. Faysal Bank holds gender diversity and differently abled inclusion as the cornerstone of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) strategy. As part of FBL’s D&I vision 2030, they have adopted specific cadre wise targets for gender diversity that aim to systematically work on eliminating any discrimination that may exist, disseminate equal opportunities to all, and establish an inclusive and empowered environment. “Our leadership at Faysal Bank is fully committed towards the two pillars of Gender Diversity and Disability Inclusion as the cornerstone of our Diversity Strategy”.
The Aga Khan University (AKU)
Founded in 1983 as Pakistan’s first private university, AKU is a not-for-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. Starting in 2000, the University expanded to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, and the United Kingdom. The mission of the Aga Khan University (AKU) is to improve quality of life in the developing world and beyond through world-class teaching, research, and health-care delivery. The University educates students for local and global leadership, generates new knowledge to solve problems that affect millions of people, and raises standards and aspirations in the countries in which it works. “We empower women and the disadvantaged, build support for pluralism, and collaborate with local partners and world-renowned organizations to achieve shared goals”.
Engro Energy Limited
Engro Energy Limited is a fully owned subsidiary was incorporated by Engro Corporation in 2008 to develop power projects in Pakistan and beyond. Engro Energy believes in investing in sustainable initiatives that can change the face of communities – and are geared towards impacting people and enriching lives across a wide spectrum of areas including economic empowerment and sustainable development through livelihood intervention, responsible living through preservation of the environment and humanitarian philanthropy through corporate social responsibility.