Pride is where we come together to celebrate our LGBTQ+ communities, recognize the issues that continue to occur in many parts of the world and commit to make ERM a place where you can be yourself."
Louise Pearce
Global Account Director, ERM
Pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward LGBTQ+ people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Although there have been many positive steps towards an equal world for our LGBTQ+ colleagues, there are still places where they suffer discrimination every day, and for whom the fight is far from over. ERM wants to be a safe space where everyone can bring their full self to work and this means being safe from discrimination with equal access to opportunities.
Following on from Global Inclusion Week 2020, which ERM celebrates in May, we continued to explore Pride month with our theme of All Inclusive: Respect. Accept. Empower. We know that achieving our aspiration for our inclusive culture will not be possible if we work in isolation. It requires the involvement of both members of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Some of the other ways ERM is supporting our LGBTQ+ employees include:
Global Account Director, ERM