Article 1 | Awards

  1. Every year, the Nors Group organises the We Nors Awards initiative.

Article 2 | Objective

  1. The objective of the We Nors Awards is to:
  2. Recognise that effort and dedication from Nors’ employees and teams must be appreciated and celebrated. We strive to highlight wins, talent and excellence.
  3. Promote development, based on the value of all the people in Nors community and that every one of us stands to grow, learn and improve from each other. We aim to propagate this mindset from our movers and shakers to the furthest reaches of our community.
  4. Reward great work, and bring everyone together and celebrate each and every one of our successes. It is a reminder that our work goes beyond ourselves and that we, together, are Nors.
  5. Through this initiative we aim to recognise exceptional, individual and collective contributions in the following dimensions: team spirit, innovation, leadership, being Nors, customer orientation and business performance.

Article 3 | Evaluation Categories

The We Nors Awards categories are as follows:

  1. We Unite – celebrate team spirit;
  2. We Innovate – celebrate innovation;
  3. We Lead – celebrate leadership;
  4. We Are – celebrate being Nors;
  5. We Perform – celebrate business performance;
  6. We Deliver – celebrate customer-orientation.

Should circumstances so justify new We Nors Awards categories might be created.

Article 4 | Application Eligibility

  1. We Nors Awards are open to all employees of the Nors Group;
  2. Eligible employees can put themselves forward, be indicated by their line manager or by work colleagues;
  3. Applications will not be considered, in any of the categories, if the associated actions are part of the candidates’ functions/responsibilities;
  4. Applications that do not fulfil the necessary and compulsory requirements, in terms of their completion, may be excluded from the evaluation process, due to lack of information enabling the Head Office of People and Communication (HOPC) to carry out an objective and thorough analysis of the respective application;
  5. Applications from CEOs/COOs will not be considered for the We Are category and should be submitted under the We Lead category.

Article 5 | Submission of Applications

  1. The applications are made by filling in the online Application Form, and may submit videos, images and other content formats, being the responsibility of the Human Resources Departments (HRD) to support employees in accessing the Form;
  2. The application period will take place during a period to be set by the HOPC;
  3. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Article 6 | Application Receipt and Evaluation

  1. Applications are received online, within the established deadline;
  2. Analysis of the applications and selection of the nominees is made in accordance with the content submitted, and with the quality and merit of the contributions mentioned;
  3. It is the responsibility of the HOPC Committee to analyse and sort the applications;
  4. It is the responsibility of the HOPC to send, within a deadline to be set, all applications received in PDF format to the HOPC Committee, maintaining the confidentiality of the Nominator and Nominee, together with a file where the representatives of the HOPC Committee must evaluate and classify each of the applications;
  5. The HOPC Committee may ask HOPC for additional relevant information needed to make a proper evaluation within the context of the applications;
  6. Each application is evaluated vis-à-vis the quality of the action and its impact on a scale of 4 (from 0 to 3). The final score of each application is the result of the sum of the values attributed to the auality of the action and its impact and is represented on a scale of 7 (from 0 to 6);
  7. The file with the evaluation of the applications, completed by members of the HOPC Committee is sent to the HOPC at a set date, communicated in a timely manner;
  8. Applications with a final score of 3 or lower will automatically be excluded. In cases where there are no applications for a certain category with a final score above 3, the applications with the 3 highest scores may be considered, if the quality of the action and its impact so justify, the final decision being made by the HOPC;
  9. The HOPC Committee select the 3 applications per category they wish to be nominated, by the set date communicated in a timely manner;
  10. Nors Group CEO and DGPC calibrate nominees before their release;
  11. The winner of each category is determined by the sum of the worldwide votes of the Nors Group employees, weighted according to the size of each region, and the individual vote of the members of the Executive Board, CEOs and Directors of Nors;
  12. Voting is carried out by electronic voting, through a dedicated website;
  13. The result of the voting remains secret and is only known to the HOPC until the time of the Ceremony, when the winners in each category are announced.

Article 7 | Structure and functioning of the HOPC Committee

  1. The HOPC Committee will be consisting of 1 Board Member, 4 HR Directors, 3 Nors Holding Managers, 1 Communications Technician and 1 HR Technician;
  2. HOPC Committee decisions are made by simple majority, if necessary, at face-to-face meetings convened for that purpose, Group People and Communication Director having the deciding vote if there is a tie;
  3. HOPC Committee decisions are final and cannot be appealed;
  4. Under no circumstance may the HOPC Committee or any of its members disclose the way members of the Panel have voted, individually or collectively;
  5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraph, information on the nominees and winners in the different categories can be made available to the Group CEO of Nors, if he so requests, prior to their disclosure;
  6. Enough evidence will be preserved to prove the regularity and conformity of the winner selection process, to be made available solely to the Head Office of Risk and Compliance.

Article 8 | Disclosure of the winners

  1. The results of the contest and the winners in each of the categories of the We Nors Awards will be announced at a specific ceremony for that purpose;
  2. The date and location of the event are disclosed in a timely manner by the HOPC and the finalists/nominees are informed by appropriate means;
  3. The Company CEOs, the nominees and, subsequently, the remaining employees are informed of the nominations.

Article 9 | Additional information and loopholes

  1. Any queries regarding the regulations and functioning of the We Nors Awards should be raised using the means provided for that purpose or by sending an email to dgpc@nors.com.