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Workplace Pride appoints new co-chairs to further foster LGBTI-inclusion

PRESS RELEASE Amsterdam, June 22 2020 Amsterdam, June 22 2020 – Workplace Pride – a nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTI-people in workplaces worldwide – announced two new co-chairs to its Foundation Board. Michiel Kolman (Senior Vice President at Elsevier) and Bianca Nijhof (Managing Director atNetherlands Water…

Historic Ruling Against LGBTI Workplace Discrimination

16 June 2020 Photography: Susan Walsh/AP Workplace Pride is absolutely delighted with the USA Supreme Court ruling that LGBTI people can no longer be discriminated against in the workplace in the United States. This 6 to 3 ruling is both groundbreaking and historic and will have far-reaching implications around the…

2020 Online Symposium on 19 June 2020

11 June 2020 ACCESS ONLINE SYMPOSIUM HERE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED You are cordially invited to the Workplace Pride 2020 Online Symposium. With the theme of “Great expectations, Envisioning a new decade of LGBTI Workplace…

“I am a new me” Webinar

10 June 2020 For the eighth episode in our “Keeping Member Connected” live webinar series, the theme was Transgender issues and how they affect people in the workplace and life in general. To speak about the challenges and struggles of being Transgender is something many people are probably…

AkzoNobel signs Declaration of Amsterdam

3 June 2020 Workplace Pride member AkzoNobel, has reaffirmed their commitment to LGBTI inclusion at work by signing the Declaration of Amsterdam. The Declaration is a 10 point action plan, created by the Foundation in 2011, which outlines the responsibilities of employers as well as employees to create work environments…

IDAHOBIT DAY

Keeping the Rainbow flag flying 18 May 2020 Christiaan Rebergen and Mark van Enckevort raise the flag and the Ministry of Finance in The Hague On Friday the 15th of May, the rainbow flag was raised at government locations nationwide (as well as all Dutch Embassies…

Amsterdam: The world’s most LGBT+ inclusive and competitive city!

14 May 2020 Workplace Pride Foundation congratulates our member, the City of Amsterdam for scoring the highest in the Open for Business 2020 report on the world’s most competitive and inclusive LGBT+ cities. Open For Business, a coalition of global companies promoting LGBT+ inclusive societies, released their report today that…

Workplace Pride Launches UN LGBTI Standards Toolkit

14 May 2020 Workplace Pride Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of our Toolkit for the United Nations Standards of LGBTI Business Conduct. This toolkit is designed as a one-stop-shop to help organisations implement the general principles outlined in the Standards of Conduct. It takes practical examples…

Website Update!

3 April 2020 Welcome to the new and improved Workplace Pride Foundation website. In our ongoing efforts to be more effective for our members and stakeholders, the Foundation website has been made more user-friendly with simpler navigation and clearer terminology. Here you will find the most important information you need…

Redesign 2020 Conference

March 31st, 2020 Dear Workplace Pride Members and Friends, As the world slowly begins to adjust to the new reality of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Workplace Pride has also been busy preparing our own response to the crisis. The pandemic has led to the…