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2020 Global Benchmark Top Scorers

PRESS RELEASE 9 OCTOBER 2020 Top Scorers in Annual LGBTI Global Benchmark Show Cross Sector Progress Workplace Pride publishes 2020 results measuring inclusion among employers The spotlight for Workplace Pride’s 2020 annual Global Benchmark goes to those organisations whose outstanding performance indicate true milestones for LGBTI inclusion in…

Important News – Conference Lite Cancelled

In light of this weeks official announcements regarding the escalation of the COVID-19 situation and subsequent effects on social gatherings, distancing and travel, it is with deep regret that we have to make the logical decision to cancel the Conference Lite event at the WTC in Rotterdam on the 9th of…

LGBTI Persons of Colour Webinar Recap

From left to right: Kevin Kabatsi, Cheyenne Smaal, Aurora Guds, Winsten van Niel With a live international audience of over 100 participants, four unique voices of LGBTI people of colour shared their passion, professionalism and humanity as they discussed the hard issues facing their community in…

Workplace Pride Announces Academia@WorkplacePride

1 September 2020 The topic of academia and the inherent challenges for LGBTI persons studying or working within its many layers, is an area sorely in need of attention and discussion. To officially launch this historic new program, Workplace Pride hosted an inaugural event in the form of a…

Agency Organizes Re-integration of Trans People at Work

Being transgender in the workplace has always come with significant challenges. Whether this is the communication process with your colleagues, arranging leave for medical procedures, or the sheer uniqueness of a person’s transition for the organisation, it can be both daunting and frustrating. Now, however, there is a new agency…

New Horizons Summer Edition is here!

31 July 2020 Workplace Pride members, allies and friends, We are very proud to announce the launch of this year’s edition of our New Horizons magazine! Our goals with this year’s edition in particular have been to stay the course, adapt and keep pushing for sharply relevant content from all sides…

Workplace Pride welcomes Danone into the family

16 July 2020 We are happy to announce that Danone, a leading global food & beverage company built on three businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition has joined the Workplace Pride Foundation. Amidst all of the adversity thrust upon us all in these anxious times, Danone has…

Online Symposium Recap | Unilever Signs Declaration

1 June 2020 Friday, June 19th was the big day! After re-designing our entire 2020 program due to the global pandemic, overcoming extreme technological challenges, and shifting mid-stream to embrace the growing conversation surrounding the Black Life Matters movement, our 2020 Online Symposium finally hit the airwaves. With over 400…

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…