Sterling HoldCo recognised for responsible workplace

Sterling Financial Holdings Company PLC (Sterling HoldCo) has been recognised by the Institute for Work and Family Integration (IWFI) in collaboration with Lagos Business School (LBS), as one of the standout organisations demonstrating leadership in responsible workplace practices at the Corporate Family Responsibility Index Awards.

This recognition places Sterling among a select group of companies demonstrating strong institutional commitment to workplace policies that enable employees to effectively balance professional responsibilities with family and personal obligations.

Sterling’s approach to family responsibility is anchored on their strategic mandate of enriching lives, through the provision of structured, life-stage-responsive support systems, with a particular focus on parenthood and caregiving. This support has led to interventions such as paid maternity and paternity leave, a purpose-built maternity hub, an onsite crèche, flexible work arrangements, comprehensive health insurance coverage, and routine integrated wellness programmes that focus on providing extensive and continuous mental, and emotional wellbeing support for employees.

Group Executive, Human Capital and Corporate Services, Sterling Financial Holdings Company, Temi Dalley, said the award reflected the organisation’s long-standing belief that sustainable performance is driven by supportive work environments.

“People thrive when work is designed around real human needs, and at Sterling Financial Holdings Company, this strong sense of family responsibility is embedded in how we structure work, support our people, and build a culture anchored on empathy, flexibility, and wellbeing.

“One of the Group’s differentiating initiatives is ‘Bloom After Birth’, its postnatal and postpartum support community. Through the initiative, Sterling Financial Holdings Company provides employees with access to expert medical and emotional guidance, while also providing compassionate support to families who have experienced pregnancy loss,” Dalley said.

The Corporate Family Responsibility Index serves as a national benchmarking framework for assessing how organisations embed family-responsible practices into workplace design, culture, and leadership priorities. The awards promote practices that strengthen workforce sustainability, inclusion, and long-term organizational effectiveness.

This recognition followed several Great Place To Work awards that Sterling Financial Holdings Company and its subsidiaries have received in recent years, further reinforcing the Group’s position as a forward-looking employer committed to providing an environment where employees can thrive both professionally and personally.