Diversity & Inclusion Award

Sponsored by Cormac:

The Diversity & Inclusion Award celebrates a business that has demonstrated a genuine commitment to creating an inclusive, equitable, and supportive workplace where everyone is valued and empowered to succeed. This category recognises an organisation that goes beyond compliance, actively fostering a culture of respect, understanding, and opportunity for individuals from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities.

The winner will be a company that has implemented meaningful initiatives to promote diversity, challenge bias, and encourage equality, while ensuring that every team member feels a sense of belonging and is able to reach their full potential. Beyond internal culture, this award honours a business that influences others through its leadership, advocacy, and positive example, showing how diversity and inclusion can drive creativity, collaboration, and long-term success.

The Diversity & Inclusion Award shines a light on a business that is shaping a more fair, open, and inspiring future for Cornwall’s workforce, proving that inclusivity is not just the right thing to do—it is central to thriving, innovative, and forward-thinking business practice.

Kindly sponsored by Cormac:

Cormac is an established business who employs 1,200 colleagues across Cornwall and the Southwest – we are experts at what we do. We are a multi-faceted business providing services to the built & natural environment.

Cormac has grown significantly over the last 5 years and our services now include highways, environment, facilities management and consultancy, along with infrastructure, civil engineering & construction contracting, and material production through our quarry and recycling centres.

We are driven by our strapline of “delivering value for our communities”, which alongside our services  includes a significant contribution of Social Value to Cornwall through local employment and skills development. We pay all of our employees at least the Real Living Wage and are proud that this makes us a Living Wage Foundation Employer Fair pay commitment.

We are a people focused business, a career development organisation and an employer of choice, who has high employee retention. We are investing in our future and offer a wide range of apprenticeships (levels 2-6), graduate and formal training opportunities, some of these recruit at specific times of year (but you can still email us at recruitment@cormacltd.co.uk to register interest)

Our values are important to us – Committed, Trusted, Inclusive & Collaborative – we work and support each other to serve our communities

By joining us, you will be part of a growing organisation with great employee benefits. We value all our colleagues and recognise efforts by providing a competitive package when you are a member of the Cormac team, good annual leave, flexible working (some roles), pension scheme, life assurance, health & wellbeing, discount scheme, travel benefits and learning & development opportunities.