The toolkit focuses on:
With concrete examples and real-life actionable suggestions, the toolkit is designed to be practical, goal-driven and sustainable.
Download the toolkitCivil society organisations (CSOs) wish to develop constructive relationships with business but often lack the knowledge and experience to make those first important steps.
While both civil society and the business sector stand to benefit from enhanced collaboration for greater LGBTIQ+ equality, there can be misunderstandings about each other’s motives and there is a significant gap to be bridged.
This Civil Society Business Toolkit tackles these dilemmas through a systematic, sustainable and practical approach to help CSOs build and strengthen relationships with businesses.
Clarifying your aspirations, your business partners’ objectives, how to assess the current situation and how you can best work together.
A summary of the business case for LGBTIQ+ Inclusion together with an understanding of why it makes sense for CSOs to work with the Corporate Sector.
Eight practical tools to help improve collaboration with business partners and to make your work with them both tangible and actionable.
How to turn good intent into a clear and committed set of actions which will advance LGBTIQ+ inclusion in the workplace and in society, now and in the future.
Me Too, Black Lives Matter and the Global Pandemic are some of the major social changes happening in our world today. We are at a crossroads in how societies react to these developments.
Workplaces around the world are impacted by these events and it is unlikely that we will go back to ‘business as usual’. Populism continues to have a negative effect on our community. In some countries ideological challenges are becoming enshrined in legalisation.
However, there are positive signs of progress. In countries from South Africa to Mexico, legislative and societal progress is being made on LGBTIQ+ inclusion.
Many responsible businesses will already have a business case for LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion. Although these will vary by company and by sector, they generally consist of four elements:
Civil society organisations should understand the business case and consider how their skills, experience and networks can help businesses to create more inclusive workplaces.
Each tool includes a review of the facts and issues relating to a specific focus area, then looks at the opportunities and challenges and finally provides practical approaches that you can use with your business partners.
We include quotes from our research and a range of tools to help you make progress.
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