Marketplace: Ellect Stars

Start Your Ellect Stars Accreditation Journey

Ellect Stars offers organisations recognition that they are committed to creating gender-balanced leadership teams and building stronger workplaces where talent can thrive regardless of gender.

From extensive research across over 10,00 companies and in depth interviews with CEOs, CFOs, Board Chairs and senior executives, Ellect’s research showed fewer than 5% of listed companies achieve leadership gender balance.

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Why Ellect Stars?

Gender-balanced leadership is no longer simply a diversity initiative. It is increasingly recognised as a business imperative. Employees, customers, investors and stakeholders expect organisations to demonstrate their commitment to balanced leadership and inclusive workplace practices.

Ellect Stars provides organisations with an opportunity to:

Demonstrate leadership commitment
Strengthen employer brand and reputation
Build stakeholder trust
Attract and retain diverse talent
Celebrate achievements publicly

4

steps process

How it works
Step 1

Measure

Complete your application through the Atlas platform.
Step 2

Assess

Atlas conducts an independent assessment against the Ellect Stars accreditation criteria.
Step 3

Be Recognised

Eligible organisations receive Ellect Stars accreditation and recognition materials.
Step 4

Celebrate

Promote your achievement across your website, annual reports, recruitment materials, social media and stakeholder communications.

Ellect Stars Accreditation Criteria

To qualify, organisations must meet at least three (3) of the following four (4) criteria. These criteria are designed to recognise organisations that demonstrate meaningful representation of women in leadership and governance roles.

Why 3 out of 4?

Ellect Stars recognises organisations that have demonstrated meaningful progress towards gender-balanced leadership while acknowledging that every organisation is on a different journey.

The accreditation focuses on leadership representation across executive and governance roles rather than a single metric.

Have at least one woman Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Have a woman Board Chair
Have at least 25% women on the Board of Directors
Have at least 25% women on the Senior Leadership Team

What Information Will Be Required?

To complete the assessment, organisations will be asked to provide:

  • Organisation name
  • Website
  • Country
  • Executive Leadership Team members (names and LinkedIn profiles)
  • Board members (names and LinkedIn profiles)
  • Organisation chart (optional)

This information enables Atlas to independently assess eligibility against the Ellect Stars accreditation criteria. The assessment process is designed to be practical, transparent and focused on leadership representation.

Accreditation Fee

There is no fee to submit an application. Applications are reviewed first to determine eligibility for Ellect Stars accreditation. Organisations that successfully meet the accreditation criteria will be invited to proceed with accreditation fee of USD $495 per year,payable following approval and prior to receiving accreditation.

The accreditation fee includes:

Ellect Stars accreditation status

Digital accreditation badge

Recognition materials

Listing as an accredited organisation

(where applicable)

Ongoing use of the Ellect Stars accreditation

For 12 months

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