News - Workplace Pride

“Trans+ in the workplace: A Talk across Generations

Trans activists come in many forms. To dig a bit deeper into this topic the Trans+ Community at Workplace Pride organised a cross-generational talk on November 17th at the Foundation’s offices in Amsterdam. This event, which all Workplace Pride members were invited to, highlighted the experiences of two leading activists…

Workplace Pride Member Exchange Session

Workplace Pride’s second Member Exchange Session was held on November 8, 2022, on the topic of Embedding Leadership Support. Thank you to our two presenters, Jose Nava from Unilever and Ronald Niewenhuis from KPN, for sharing some great insights, to the Workplace Pride Relationship Managers for organizing, and to our…

Monkeypox and LGBTQI+ employees: How employers can avoid stigmatization

Now that the Monkey Pox infection rate is going down in many countries including the Netherlands, it is a good moment to reflect on the implications and lessons learned for the workplace from this particular virus. In this article in the management magazine MT/Sprout Dr. Kai…

2022 Leadership Awards Gala Recap

What an energising evening last Friday night at the Workplace Pride Leadership Awards Gala! Close to 400 of the Foundation’s members came to celebrate a year full of hard work and progress towards creating workplaces around the world where LGBTIQ+ can truly be themselves. Held at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange…

Workplace Pride announces Global Benchmark 2022 results

Congratulations go to all of those organisations that have committed a great deal of time and effort into completing the Workplace Pride 2022 LGBTIQ+ Global Benchmark survey. Their work is a good indication of how organisations are more and more taking societal changes into account in their daily business…

The Future is Now: Workplace Inclusion in Japan

The groundbreaking conference entitled “The Future is Now: Workplace Inclusion in Japan” took place on Friday, September 30th, 2022 at the Accenture Innovation Hub Tokyo. This filled-to-capacity event was attended by enthusiastic members of the business community, government, and civil society. The evening before, The Embassy of the Kingdom…

The 2022 Leadership Awards Nominees Announced!

Workplace Pride is pleased to announce the top nominees per category for our 2022 Leadership Awards Gala. The winners of the five categories, as well as the top-scoring organizations in the 2022 Workplace Pride Global Benchmark, will be announced at the Gala taking place at…

2022 Pride Week Recap

Workplace Pride held three wonderful events for our members and other stakeholders during this year’s Amsterdam Pride. Workplace Pride was pleased to have an ‘Open House’ reception for our members on July 28th at our new office. With a larger office, the Foundation can now organise more events and activities,…

“Not every Pride sponsor engages in ‘Pink Washing’”

As 2022 Pride week in Amsterdam continues, it is important to stop and take stock of the ongoing controversy surrounding ‘Pink Washing’ and the impact this has on both business and the LGBT community. The following article, which does just that, was published in the main financial newspaper in the…

This is what GOOD looks like for LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion!

July 20th, 2022 The 2022 Global Benchmark is now complete! All the submissions have been received and evaluated and results have been distributed to participants. The top scorers, and in particular those organisations that innovated in the field of LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion will be announced very soon! The Global Benchmark…