LGBTI on Company performance Inclusion Tools, indicators, good - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bianca Nijhof

Foundation Board Member

Impact of Inclusive Working Cultures

• n Company performance

Tools, indicators, good practices

LGBTI Inclusion

Spearheading D&I in Business

OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE: Major Dutch and Multinational Businesses, both public & private sectors, academic and civil society organisations who support LGBTI workplace inclusion

MEMBERS

THE DILEMMA

33% 30%

The percentage of productivity and creativity loss we estimate if LGBTI people cannot be themselves at work

* Based on stats from the SCP, Flemish Government and Workplace Pride’s own research

If you cannot be openly yourself at work, this is bad for you, bad for your employer & ultimately bad for economies due to productivity loss.

Of your total working life is spent at work * World Health Organisation

LGBTI AT WORK

Dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTI people at work

• International events, publications re

LGBTI workplace inclusion: Amsterdam, Nairobi, Chennai, Moscow, Singapore,

• etc. & New Horizons magazine
• Point of reference for HR & D&I

professionals & LGBTI community for best practices: Chair at Leiden Univ.

• Providing tools for real change to

employers, governments & NGOs: Global Benchmark

• Realising the full potential of LGBTI

workplace inclusion for all stakeholders through positive & productive cooperation

WHAT WE DO

• Why do companies engage on LGBTI:
• Retain top talent - fewer illnesses, better teamwork & more creativity
• Win business and loyalty of discerning customers
• LGBTI employee insight drives market innovation
• Best practices:
• IBM & Accenture: Leadership Development Programs:
• ING: Rainbow Families Project - inclusive approach directly impacting employees
• All Workplace Pride Members: Role models & Ally Programs
• How we work with companies:
• Connecting them with each other and with civil society
• Empower them all to make informed decision
• Reaching out to local and international markets - ‘its a global issue!’
• Global Benchmark: Checklist of how to approach this topic at work

BUSINESS IMPERATIVE

• Annual measurement tool for cross-border LGBTI

policies and practices

• Participation reveals many opportunities to make

positive - low threshold - changes in organisations

MEASUREMENT

Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

• Individual results provide specific advice for how to

improve LGBTI inclusion

• Baseline comparison to make changes for LGBTI

workplace Inclusion

THE WAY FORWARD

United Nations

• LGBTI Standards of

Conduct for Business

• SDGs & LGBTI inclusion

Global Initiatives

www.workplacepride.org