Workday Customer Awards EMEA
Celebrating forward thinkers leading the way
Submissions have now closed for this year’s awards – thank you and good luck if you’ve entered. Come back for more updates soon.
Award categories
Congratulations to all our finalists and winners on their outstanding achievements! Next year could be your year.
Global Workplace Transformation
ING
ING rolled out Workday Extend and Kainos EDM to power 85k workers across 40 countries and managed 1k changes – driving faster, smarter global success.
Finance For The Future
DeepL
DeepL leveraged Workday Prism Analytics, clearing 1.25M unreconciled payments in a weekend – now reconciling automatically in under an hour.
Powering Innovation
Capita
Capita turned to Workday Illuminate – launching Recruiting Agent in five months and cutting candidate screening time by 43%.
Future Ready
Mango
Mango unlocked €5.8M in benefits and 626% ROI – shifting 60% of HR to strategic work with 86% adoption driving standout success.
Highest Impact Overall Transformation
Cambio
Cambio turned to Workday for one secure HR and finance platform – tight controls from day one, now paving the way for Illuminate insights.
Ready for the Industry Innovation Awards?
As a bonus, eligible customer award submissions are automatically entered into our existing Industry Innovation Awards. These awards recognise tech innovators sharing best practices with their community, design partners working to address unique use cases and much more.
Scoring criteria
Here’s how award submissions will be assessed. Our expert judging panel will be announced soon, so check back for more details.
Innovative approach
How compelling is the use case? Is it truly innovative and transformative?
Project delivery
Has the project effectively solved a specific business challenge? What impact has it had?
Evidence of success
Can the impact be quantified with return on investment and metrics?
Get ready for some amazing prizes
Your exceptional accomplishments deserve to be rewarded.
Charitable gift
A donation of €5,000 to a charity of your choice.
Award recognition
On-stage recognition at Workday Rising EMEA in Barcelona.
Brand exposure
Brand amplification on our website and social media.
A free pass to the event of the year
A complimentary pass to Workday Rising EMEA next year.
Charitable gift
A donation of €5,000 to a charity of your choice.
Award recognition
On-stage recognition at Workday Rising EMEA in Barcelona.
Brand exposure
Brand amplification on our website and social media.
A free pass to the event of the year
A complimentary pass to Workday Rising EMEA next year.
FAQ
Customer Awards FAQs
- Submissions have now closed.
- Winners will be announced at Workday Rising EMEA in Barcelona on 20 November.
Any Workday customer who is using one or more Workday product(s), for example, they are live and in production.
Partners involved in the implementation can be highlighted in the submission.
Workday Partners who are using a Workday product within their own organisation can also submit an entry and are considered a Workday customer within this awards programme.
Yes, Workday Partners and third parties can submit an entry, but they must confirm in their entry form that they have permission from the customer to participate in the awards.
Customers headquartered in EMEA are eligible to participate.
Round one: A panel of Workday experts review entries and select a shortlist for each category.
Round two: The judging panel assesses and ranks the short-listed entries against each other according to the judging criteria.
Submissions have now closed.
If you are shortlisted as a finalist, a member of the team will notify you by 10 October. If you are not contacted, that indicates that your submission has not been selected as a finalist. If you still have questions, you can reach out to references.europe@workday.com.
Please submit your entries in English.
A donation to a charity of their choice worth €5,000 (one per winner)
Main-stage recognition at Workday Rising EMEA
Brand amplification opportunities
A complimentary pass to Workday Rising EMEA in 2026 (one per winner)
Note: Government and government-related entities are not eligible to receive charitable donations and Workday Rising EMEA passes. Entries for customers where the subject has an open RFP with Workday will not be eligible to receive the charitable donation or the complimentary Workday Rising EMEA pass for 2026. In the entry form, they must also confirm they’re able to accept the award, per their own policies.
Finalists will be notified in October at least four weeks in advance of the event date.
Please email references.europe@workday.com.
Please review the rules for entry carefully.
The Workday Industry Innovation Awards recognise organisations that are using Workday in innovative and inspiring ways to address issues that are particularly important to their respective industry.
Specific industries covered by the Industry Innovation Awards programme include:
Tech and Media
Financial Services and Insurance
Manufacturing
Professional and Business Services
Retail, Consumer Goods and Hospitality
Each industry listed above will determine award winners in three or more categories that are relevant to their industry.
Simply apply to the overall Customer Awards Competition and you will automatically be entered into the Industry Innovation Awards for your industry. We will also tag your submission for consideration in additional industry-specific categories if there is one that is a better match than the original category you chose.
Your submission will be judged using a panel and process that is appropriate for your respective industry based on how your submission addresses the unique challenges, opportunities and composition of that industry.
Winners will be recognised during your industry-specific summit or user group meeting at Workday Rising EMEA. Details on prizes and promotional opportunities for Industry Innovation Award winners will be shared as we get closer to the judging cycle.
Please see the terms and conditions for additional information.