About the charter
Diversity Charter in the Czech Republic was introduced in 2014 under the auspices of the Minister of labour and social affairs and the Minister for human rights and legislation. The signature and implementation of Diversity Charter in the Czech Republic have been organized and coordinated by the national coordinator BPS – Business for Society who joins together important national and international companies. The Czech Diversity Charter was introduced by BPS alliance in October 2014 at the European conference of UNESCO in Paris.
After its signature, Diversity Charter becomes one of key strategic documents for the employer. It is based on the presumption that the economic interest of a company is to build such corporate culture that would be professionally open to anybody, regardless of their gender, race, skin colour, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, world views, disability, age or sexual orientation. Diversity Charter is a voluntary commitment made by companies and employers that gives them an opportunity to declare their acknowledgement of diversity principles and inclusion at work.
Signatories
At present, the Czech Diversity Charter has been joined by more than 100 signatories from different sectors and their number is constantly on the rise.
Some of the first signatories of the Czech Diversity Charter in 2014 included:
Accenture, Allen & Overy, Antalis, British Chamber of Commerce Czech Republic, Česká spořitelna, ČSOB, Moneta, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM Czech Republic, Kooperativa pojišťovna, Microsoft Czech Republic, Novartis, Pivovary Staropramen, Plzeňský Prazdroj, PwC Czech Republic, ČEZ Group, Sodexo, Sodexo Benefits, O2, Unilever ČR, Zentiva Group
Meet all signatories of Diversity Charter in the Czech Republic
Features
The national coordinator of Diversity Charter is promoting its signatories, providing them with professional expertise, information and networking platforms, sharing best practice in respective areas of diversity and inclusion as well as international background of the European project. Signatories have an opportunity to get involved, using and sharing know-how in workshops, projects, thematic conferences and programme platforms, such as Age Management, Workplace and Labour Market Flexibility, Parents at Work, New Job New Life programme for the young people, Sandwich Generation and Caregivers, international employers at the labour market, ethnical minorities at the labour market or LGBT community at the labour market. At the same time, signatories gain access to expert studies, surveys and publications in the field of diversity and inclusion that have been fully or partially prepared by BPS.