Pride in Diversity has held its annual Pride in Diversity Awards, celebrating the top 10 Employers for LGBT employees.

 

The top 10 employers were:

  1. PwC
  2. KPMG
  3. IBM Australia
  4. Accenture Australia
  5. Goldman Sachs
  6. Lend Lease
  7. Joint 7th place and highest ranking public sector organisations (no 8th placement) Macquarie University and University of Western Australia
  8. Australian Federal Police
  9. Chevron

Winners of the awards were determined using Pride in Diversity’s Australian Workplace Equality Index, that evaluates and benchmarks LGBT inclusiveness in the country’s workplaces.

 

“The Australian Workplace Equality Index is close to DCA’s heart, having partnered with ACON and Stonewall UK to establish Pride in Diversity in 2009. The index is now an important indicator of which organisations are strongly committed to embracing and nurturing inclusive workplace cultures. We congratulate the many DCA members who have been acknowledged in this way,” Diversity Council of Australia CEO Nareen Young said.

 

Dawn Hough, Pride in Diversity’s Program Director said the awards provide a valuable platform for organisations to highlight the quality of their LGBT workplace diversity practices:

 

"Pride in Diversity's awards are an important opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the changes happening in our workplaces - and in our society - that make LGBT people feel like they belong," said Dawn.