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Show Up for Workplace Inclusion!
Corporations are facing pressure to retreat from their commitments to workplace inclusion, especially for LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, women, and the disabled. Companies such as Ford, Tractor Supply, Lowe’s, and Molson Coors are faltering under this strain. Inclusion is not a buzzword and is essential to both business success and progress.
You can be a force for change.
Whether you champion workplace inclusion as an employer or employee or hold the companies you support accountable to their values, your engagement is crucial.
Join HRC as we advocate for business leaders to uphold the principles of inclusion that for decades have driven profit, innovation, and welcoming workplaces.
Protecting Inclusion in Your Workplace
In today’s corporate landscape, a commitment to workforce inclusion is not merely the right thing to do but a critical business necessity. While many corporations have pledged support for LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, women, and the disabled community, some are now faltering under external pressures.
When companies retract these commitments, they jeopardize the progress toward creating workplaces where every individual can flourish free from discrimination and fear. HRC’s 2024 LGBTQ+ Climate survey found that Three-quarters (72.4%) of LGBTQ+ adults would feel less included or accepted at work if their employer rolled back DEI initiatives. This backtracking can lead to less supportive policies, diminished advancement opportunities, and a decline in safe and affirming workspaces.
We offer resources designed to empower employees and employee groups to advocate for their leaders to uphold or strengthen their inclusion commitments. These tools will help you champion these vital values and foster a workplace where everyone can thrive.
We Want to Hear From You.
To employees working at companies stepping back from inclusion or that do not participate in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, the leading benchmark in LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion: We want to hear from you. We’ve set up an inbox for you to anonymously share experiences where changes in inclusion policy may have impacted you and/or to lift up internal inclusive workplace policies that exist at your companies which the LGBTQ+ community may not otherwise have access to.
Letter Templates to Help Protect Inclusion in Your Workplace
These templates are designed for employees and ERGs to communicate to senior leadership advocating for greater commitment to inclusion within the company. They can serve as a way to amplify your voice or as a unified voice for employees encouraging leadership to prioritize these efforts that will foster a more inclusive environment.
Employee Advocacy 101 Guide
Employees are powerful advocates, in and out of the workplace. We’ve created this guide to empower aspiring advocates in the workforce in how to engage in advocacy, collaborate with coworkers to amplify your efforts and enhance your employer’s inclusion initiatives.
Employee Group Resources
When starting or maintaining an employee resource group (ERG), it is crucial to secure organizational support, understand potential challenges, and clearly define its goals and mission. We’ve created resources to help you navigate this at your job.
The LGBTQ+ Corporate Citizen
Building on decades of work with businesses in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, our first-ever Corporate Citizenship Report examines how corporations can work across all of their business operations to advance the inclusion, safety, and flourishing of LGBTQ+ people within and outside their organizations.
Using Your Consumer Power to Protect Workplace Inclusion
With $1.4T in spending power and 30% of Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ+, the community and its allies hold significant consumer influence. Corporate commitments to inclusion are crucial to LGBTQ+ consumers. According to our most recent climate survey, 80% of LGBTQ+ consumers would boycott a brand that rolled back inclusion policies. Major brands have promised to support LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, women, and the disabled community, but many are now facing pressure to backtrack on these promises.
Holding brands accountable for short-sighted decisions to roll back inclusive policies is essential because of the impact it has on real lives and communities. When companies waver on their commitments, it undermines progress toward equality and creates environments where employees and consumers may no longer feel safe or valued.
By demanding action from the brands that roll back workforce inclusion commitments and thanking the companies that provide steadfast support, you help ensure that these values aren’t just marketing slogans but are reflected in real, positive changes within our communities. When you show up, you can make a difference in helping companies do what is right for the community and their long-term business success.
Content Templates to Use Your Consumer Power to Protect Workplace Inclusion
These templates are designed for consumers to communicate to brands and companies to advocate for a greater commitment to inclusion within the company. They can serve as a way to amplify your voice across different platforms for calling on the company to prioritize these efforts that will foster a more inclusive environment.
Share With Your Community: Digital Toolkit
We’ve created a toolkit to use on social media platforms so you can help us fight back and why inclusion is good for business. We’ve got you covered with our digital swag from graphics to actions.
Share Why Workplace Inclusion is Important to You on Social Media!
Below are three captions that you can use to post on social media with the images from above. Download the image above then click on “copy text” below to easily make use of these tools.
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Inclusion isn't just a marketing slogan. When companies retreat from their commitment to inclusive initiatives, they negatively impact the lives of their employees and customers. But we can be a force for change. Join the Human Rights Campaign in holding companies accountable: https://hrc.im/ShowUpForInclusion
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A company’s commitment to workplace inclusion is important to customers. Companies like Ford, Molson Coors, and others are foolishly retracting from their inclusive initiatives. We need to hold these companies accountable. I'm showing up with the Human Rights Campaign: https://hrc.im/ShowUpForInclusion
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As customers, we must demand that companies honor their commitment to inclusion. Let's join the Human Rights Campaign in holding companies accountable and demand they remain unwavering in their inclusive policies and practices. Learn how you can help make a difference: https://hrc.im/ShowUpForInclusion
Drive Change With HRC
The HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program is at the forefront of advancing inclusion within the corporate sector, ensuring that companies uphold their commitments to LGBTQ+ individuals and intersectional communities.
We develop frameworks for best practices in allyship and offer resources to help companies create inclusive workplace climates, including comprehensive toolkits on non-discrimination policies and benefits. These efforts collectively have driven meaningful change and reinforce the importance of genuine corporate commitment to DEI values.
The Potential Economic Impact of DEI Rollbacks
Our new report analyzes the purchasing trends and preferences of LGBTQ+ and people of color automotive customer bases. The data makes clear the negative business impacts that could result from rolling back diversity and inclusion best practices.
Check out our new report!
LGBTQ+ Views on DEI Rollbacks
As companies like Ford Motor Company and MolsonCoors abandon their DEI commitments, a new HRC Foundation survey finds that LGBTQ+ adults view companies less favorably and would boycott companies that roll back inclusive workplace standards.
Learn More on the New Data!
Other LGBTQ+ Workplace Resources
For over 20 years our Workplace Equality Program has provided leading best practices, resources and tools for building inclusive workplaces, non-discrimination policies, and benefits. Employers and employees can leverage these resources to educate colleagues on the broader issues facing the LGBTQ+ community and ways they can help create a more inclusive workplace.
Explore Our Resources!Protect Workers and Corporate Allyship
Corporate America is facing growing pressure to abandon its commitments — values that support LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, women, and the disabled community. Show up for our communities and future — add your name to make it clear that we champion equality everywhere we work, live, and thrive, and demand they do the same.