Catalyst Award is a annual industry award recognizing excellence in Business. Organized by Catalyst Inc., it covers the Global region.
The Catalyst Award is one of the most rigorous recognitions in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion, honoring organizational initiatives — not individuals — that produce measurable, sustained advancement of women in the workplace. Winning initiatives undergo a year-long examination including data review and employee interviews conducted by Catalyst researchers.
Because the evaluation audits outcomes over multiple years (representation, pay equity, retention, promotion rates), a Catalyst Award functions as third-party verification of DEI results rather than intent. Winners are honored at the Catalyst Awards Conference and Dinner in New York.
Companies considering applying should have several years of initiative data and executive sponsorship prepared before entering the process.