FUTURE needs DIVERSITY Award

Diversity is a location factor that is decisive for competitiveness in regions and companies today and in the future.

Organizing cooperation and supporting different needs and starting situations of people in companies is a matter of course and necessary for many companies. Appreciation for others is promoted, lived and developed through many small and large measures.

Whether knowledge transfer between generations, flexible working hours and locations for carers or caregivers, barrier-free IT solutions, specific requirements in other markets, etc. - There are many good examples of how companies are meeting the current challenges of skills shortages, demographic developments and crises, among other things.

We are on the lookout for these good examples and want to give them even more visibility and provide financial support for this valuable work!

With the FUTURE NEEDS DIVERSITY Award , the Hannover Region honors companies that pay particular attention to the diversity - i.e. age, ethnic origin & nationality, gender & gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion & ideology, sexual orientation and social background - of their employees and thus shape the Hannover Region as a business location.

One company will be honored in each of the award categories:

"Role model" : exemplary diversity-related measures have been implemented in the company, the award winners should be an encouragement for other companies - many small measures that can be easily adopted by other companies can also be helpful for this.
"Intersectional" : this category pays particular attention to the broad participation of people from different diversity dimensions in the development and establishment process of diversity measures.
"Transformation" : the diversity reference is integrated into the transformation process.

The application period for 2025 has ended. - Many thanks to all companies that are committed to diversity and have submitted an application!

Our jury consisting of

Jasmin Arbabian-Vogel (Interkultureller Sozialdienst GmbH)
Ayten Berse (ÜBV e.V., Hanover region)
Annelies Bruhne (Regional Church of Hanover & Protestant Association Church-Economy-Workplace)
Prof. Dr. Johann Nils Foege (University of Münster)
Ulf-Birger Franz (Hanover Region)
Martha Lisiewitz (UVN e.V.)
Ermana Nurkovic (Hanover Region)
Dr. Carl Michael Vogt (Hanover Chamber of Crafts)

will select the winners. The ZUKUNFT braucht VIELFALT Awards 2025 will be officially presented by the patron Regional President Steffen Krach at the summer reception of the Economic Development Agency on 02.07.2025.