London-based IT managed services provider OryxAlign has won the Corporate Culture of the Year category in the IT Europa Channel Awards 2023. The award recognises OryxAlign’s £500 staff bonus to help with higher energy bills, its fundraising of over £12,000 for charity and planting of 2,900 trees.
It also recognises the company’s senior leadership team consisting of 50 per cent women, and a workforce where a quarter of all staff are from ethnic minorities and almost 40 per cent from overseas. OryxAlign provides managed IT services for a variety of sectors including pharmaceutical.
Now in its 15th year, this was the first time the IT Europa Channel Awards introduced the Corporate Culture of the Year award. The award is designed to recognise individuals, teams, and companies, including channel partners, vendors, and distributors, that show how they have delivered excellence in critical areas to impact their organisation positively.
OryxAlign demonstrated excellence in the corporate culture category, having rolled out mental health awareness training for all its managers to support staff during the pandemic and, now, the cost-of living crisis. In addition to its private healthcare and pension contribution, the company gave each member of staff a £500 bonus to help with higher energy bills.
After probation, staff are also given a paid volunteering day and encouraged to volunteer in their communities, which the company supports through further charitable donations. In total, these activities have raised over £12,000, helping charities as varied as London Youth Rowing and the British Red Cross.
“Winning IT Europa’s first ever Corporate Culture of the Year award is a testament to living our core values of caring, supporting, striving, trusting and enjoying, and demonstrates that we take everything to do with our people very seriously,” explained Carl Henriksen, CEO of OryxAlign.
The company was also recognised for its diversity. Currently, 24 per cent of staff are female, but 50 per cent of the senior leadership team are women. Twenty-five per cent of all staff are from ethnic minorities, and almost 40 per cent are from overseas, many of whom have been sponsored by OryxAlign to work in the UK.
“My congratulations to OryxAlign in what was the single most difficult category to judge due to the strength of the entries,” explained Will Garside, editor of IT Europa. “OryxAlign was commended by the judging panel for not just its race and gender diversity, but also outstanding sustainability efforts and practical aid it gave staff during both the pandemic and ongoing cost of living crisis.”
On its sustainability efforts, OryxAlign has partnered with Ecologi and is working towards becoming a Climate Positive Workforce. To date, through this initiative, the company has offset 2000 kg of CO2 by purchasing carbon credits and planted 2,900 trees.
This award win builds on the company’s other recent wins including two coveted top-three wins in the Best Companies Q1 2023 awards, which included second place in the Best Mid-Sized Company to Work For in London, and third place in the Best Business Services Company to Work For in the UK.