Corporate Pride
We examine the relationship between business and LGBTIQA+ communities across sponsorship, purchasing and public commitments, asking what each does and what can reasonably be measured.
All corporate pride pieces
AnalysisCorporate Pride commentary has overlooked procurement, which on public evidence was never built at scale
Commentary on the retreat from visible corporate Pride has focused on sponsorship and marketing. This analysis looks at the procurement side of the relationship and finds that, on the public evidence, it was never built at scale.
AnalysisLGBTIQA+ ownership in Australian procurement rests on the voluntary commitments first withdrawn in the United States
Several of the best known corporate supplier diversity programs in the United States were cut back within months of a change in the political climate, while obligations set in public policy took an executive order to undo. In Australia, LGBTIQA+ ownership does not appear in any Commonwealth or Victorian procurement policy we have reviewed, which leaves it in the more exposed position.
AnalysisAustralian Workplace Equality Index materials cover workplace inclusion and do not address purchasing
The Australian Workplace Equality Index asks employers detailed questions about their LGBTIQA+ staff, but its published materials say almost nothing about suppliers. This analysis sets out what that means for a buyer reading a tier result.
AnalysisThe Sydney WorldPride 2023 impact report gives no figures for LGBTIQA+ owned businesses
The report commissioned by the organisers of Sydney WorldPride 2023 found that the festival added $185.6 million to the New South Wales economy. It provides no breakdown by business ownership, so it cannot show how much of that spending reached LGBTIQA+ owned businesses.
