Thank you to everyone who has submitted entries for the 2020 newspad all-employee share plan awards. The results were announced during the Centre’s first on-line Annual Share Plans Symposium 24 March 2021 and details will be published in the April 2021 issue of newspad.
The newspad awards recognise the achievements of companies which offer employee share plans and hold up best practice models for other companies to follow.
The finalists who were nominated for one or more of seven categories were:
- BAE Systems
- BT
- Daily Mail and General Trust
- DFS
- Drax Group
- Experian
- Gamesys
- Hiscox
- Imperial Brands
- LPKF
- M&S
- Nokia
- QinetiQ
- Severn Trent
- Siemens Energy
- Sky
2020 winners
Best all-employee international share plan** Participants in at least three countries.winner: BAE Systems
highly commended: BT
special commendation: Gamesys
special commendation: LPKF Laser & Electronics
Best executive/managerial equity reward plan (more than 100 employees)
winner: Imperial Brands
Best share plan communications
winner: Marks & Spencerhighly commended: Sky
Best use of technology, AI or behavioural science in employee share plans
winner: BT
Best share plan adaption to the Covid crisis
winner: Daily Mail & General Trust
Outstanding company leader (for chairman or ceo personally associated with company plans)
winner: Liv Garfield ceo of Severn Trent
Company whose employee share ownership impacts most on company success
Winner – Siemens Energy
The winners were decided by three impartial judges, experts in the use of employee equities, plus Malcolm Hurlston CBE, founder of the Esop Centre.
If you have any questions, please contact us at esop@esopcentre.com or call +44 (0)20 7562 0586.