Search Menu Home Resources News Crayon-Singapore-Enabling-Mark NEWS Crayon Singapore receives national accreditation for its diversity and inclusion 8/27/2021 CATEGORY Announcements The Enabling Silver Mark Award recognizes organizations for best practices and outcomes (SINGAPORE) -- Crayon, a leader in IT services and innovation, announced today that its office in Singapore has won the Singapore Enabling Silver Mark Award, a national accreditation for Crayon’s best practices and outcomes in disability-inclusive employment. I am proud of the Singapore team for their devotion to diversity and making sure everyone has the opportunity to be successful. Melissa Mulholland, Crayon CEO “At Crayon, we value inclusivity and embracing all forms of diversity because everyone has their own perspectives and bringing diverse viewpoints to the table helps spark innovation," Mulholland said. The award is part of Singapore’s accreditation framework that benchmarks employers for their inclusion when it comes to people with disabilities. "These employers made remarkable efforts to tap on a wider talent pool of persons with disabilities,” said Singapore President Halimah Yacob. “By focusing on the abilities, persons with disabilities can be gainfully employed along with a sense of identity, purpose, and social connectedness." Crayon Singapore employee Owen Viloria accepts the Enabling Mark Award on behalf of the company. Since 2020, Crayon has promoted a more diverse and inclusive workforce through hiring practices in the Asia Pacific region. Under the initiative, Crayon has achieved an 8% of employees with disabilities in Singapore. Crayon is a people-first organization, and we believe that we should use technology for the greater good. Rhonda Robati, Senior Vice President for the Asia Pacific. "This starts from within: promoting inclusivity values and encouraging people from diverse backgrounds to join the Crayon family,” Robati said. In addition to its inclusive hiring practices, Crayon has organized a series of awareness workshops in partnership with NGOs in Singapore and the Philippines that focused on people with disabilities, providing guidance on important language and etiquette fundamentals and assistive technology tools to enable its diversified workforce. Also, several employees are part of an ongoing mentoring program that provides regular career advice to students with disabilities at Nanyang Polytechnic. “Receiving this award from the Singapore Government is an honor for the Crayon team. It is a recognition of our contribution towards an inclusive future for all highly qualified individuals, regardless of their condition,” said Sun Whye Mun, General Manager for Crayon Singapore. Crayon is also working to improve its talent acquisition in the region to encourage people with disabilities to apply. Job postings now include inclusivity clauses, and onboarding processes have been modified to accommodate employees with disabilities better. “Helping people with disabilities is a cause that is close to my heart because my son has autism,” Mulholland said. “Words cannot express my gratitude and admiration for Singapore’s team spirit and commitment to this cause. I am grateful they are all part of the Crayon family.” For additional information: Melanie Coffee PR and Media Relations Director Melanie.coffee@crayon.com +47 46 74 8648 Ana Pedraza APAC Marketing Communications Specialist Ana.pedraza@crayon.com +65 82 51 4136 WRITTEN BY Crayon Editorial Team SHARE Search Menu Let's talk Find your local office Follow us Services Resources Career About us Privacy and security Crayon Group Holding ASA, Sandakerveien 114 A, NO-0484 Oslo P O Box 4384 Nydalen - NO-0402 Oslo - Norway