About the charter
The Charta der Vielfalt was launched in November 2010.
The charter is run by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Vienna Economic Chamber.
Signatories
The Charter has over 230 signatories from private and public sectors, including
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM Österreich
- Microsoft Österreich
- Novartis Pharma
- TNT Express (Austria)
- UniCredit Bank Austria
- Western Union Financial Services
- BAWAG P.S.K.
- Österreichische Volksbank
- Secretary Search
- Equalizent
- Schweidler&Comfort4all
- Perspektiven Mensch&Wirtschaft
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About the charter
The Brussels-Capital Region diversity charter was launched in December 2005.
The charter is run by the Ministry for Employment and Economy, in collaboration with the Union of Enterprises in Brussels (UEB) and the Ministry of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Signatories
The Charter has over 162 organisations.
Features
Signatories make 5 commitments, from promoting the principle of non-discrimination in their human resource management to introducing a 'diversity plan', a set of concrete measures to promote diversity within their organisation.
About the charter
The Bulgarian Diversity Charter, a joint initiative of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) was launched at a high-profile event in Sofia on 18 September 2020.
Signatories
10 companies became the first signatories of the Bulgarian Diversity Charter: Astra Zeneca Bulgaria, Alaric Securities, Japan Tobacco International, Ecopharm, M3 Communications Group, CEZ Bulgaria, Siemens Bulgaria, Unique Estates, Hewlett Packard Enterprise operated by Selectium, and Shell Bulgaria. Being among the most active member companies of BBLF, they have now sent a clear message to encourage companies and other organisations to recognise and use diversity among their employees, customers and partners as a driver of development and success and a way to building a more tolerant and inclusive society.
Features
The Bulgarian Diversity Charter represents the shared understanding of its signatories that diversity is a driver to creativity, innovation, growth and productivity, and an incentive for individuals to fully reveal their knowledge, competences, talents and skills.
The Charter is one of the results of the special DIVERSE.BG joint project implemented by BBLF and CSD and funded by the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020).
About the charter
The Croatian Charter was launched on 4 October 2017 in Zagreb, with 23 signatories. By the end of 2017, the charter had 38 signatories.
The diversity Charter of Croatia is one of the outcomes of a project I.D.E.A.S. (Innovation. Diversity. Economy. Awareness. Success.)
The implementation of the charter was co-funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union.
Related links
About the charter
The Diversity Charter Cyprus (DCC) was developed in 2019 and is officially represented and managed by the Center for Social Innovation Ltd. (www.csicy.com).
It was locally launched on the 28th January 2019, with its first honorary signatory being the Cyprus Telecommunications Agency (CYTA), and officially launched (EU representation) on the 25th September 2020, within the framework of the 2nd Diversity in Business International Conference 2020.
Signatories
The signatories of the Diversity Charter Cyprus include entities from the public and private sector, such as organisations, public authorities, businesses, companies, educational centres and other institutions operating in Cyprus. Today, more than 40 signatories have joined the DCC and more than 10 public authorities offer their support to the Charter.
Some of the DCC supporters include:
- Civil Defence Unit, Ministry of Interior
- Commissioner of the Office of Electronic Communications & Postal Regulations (OCECPR)
- Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber
- Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
- European Funds Unit, Ministry of Interior
- Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)
- Municipality of Deryneia
- Municipality of Sotira
- Press and Information Office (PIO)
Some of the DCC signatories include:
- Atlantis Culture
- Birdlife Cyprus
- Citizens in Power
- Commissioner of the Office of Electronic Communications & Postal Regulations (OCECPR)
- Cyprus Computer Society
- Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA)
- Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute
- Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber
- Cyprus Telecommunications Agency (CYTA)
- Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
- Digital Cyprus
- Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre
- Euro-Arab Youth Music Centre
- Frederick University
- Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)
- Hope for Children – CRC Policy Center
- HR Innovate
- Jobs2Do
- Karpozilos Constructions Ltd.
- KES College
- KPMG Cyprus
- Nautilos SAR
- Olympion High School
- One Terrene International (OTI)
- Opinion & Action Services Ltd.
- Oxygono
- Pattichion Municipal Museum - Historical Archive - Limassol Studies Centre
- Shell – Lykavitos Station, Nicosia
- Sistema Cyprus
- Synthesis
- Thimame
- Travel House
- T. Solonos and Sons Stationers
- University of Central Lancashire – Cyprus (UCLan)
Features
The Center for Social Innovation, as the EU official representative of the Diversity Charter Cyprus aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace, ensuring equal opportunities for all employees by fostering diversity thinking and implementation of inclusive practices.
Diversity, within the framework of the Diversity Charter Cyprus, is the principle that encourages and provides an opportunity to individuals to fulfil their potential, regardless of their personal uniqueness’s. Cognizant application of the principles of the DCC generates acceptance, support and further development of the employees’ capabilities. This approach results in opportunities to innovate and it enhances the performance, effectiveness and competitiveness of any organisation. Diversity Charter Cyprus offers detailed information and guidelines, encouraging public and private organisations, businesses, companies, institutions and any other type of entity in Cyprus to develop and implement diverse and inclusive policies in the workplace, making it a valuable tool to combat discrimination and promote equality at work.
For more information on the Diversity Charter Cyprus please visit www.csicy.com or the Facebook page @Diversity Charter Cyprus.
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.
Related links
Diversity Charter in the Czech Republic website
BPS – Business for Society website
Documents
About the charter
The Danish diversity charter was launched in 2011.
The Association New Dane established the Danish Charter for Diversity with support from the Danish Ministry for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs.
Signatories
The Danish Charter for Diversity is the unifying body of several regional and local charters in Denmark. The Copenhagen Diversity Charter was launched in 2011 and reached 500 signatories in less than two years.
In 2014 the experience from Copenhagen was passed on to the second and third city of Denmark, Aarhus and Odense, which set up diversity charters of their own with 640 signatories between them.
About the charter
The Estonian diversity charter, Eesti Mitmekesisuse Kokkulepewas, launched in November 2012.
The charter was launched at a conference in November 2012 by the Tallinn University of Technology. It is now run by the Estonian Human Rights Centre.
Signatories
The companies currently signed up to the charter include some of the biggest and best-known in Estonia, including
- Swedbank Estonia
- Selver
- Microsoft Estonia
- Kaubamaja
as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Features
The objective is to promote effective diversity management, prevent discrimination and promote workplace equality and diversity.
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The Diversity Charter Finland, Suomen monimuotoisuusverkosto, was launched in October 2012.
The charter is run by FIBS, the leading corporate responsibility network in Finland.
Signatories
The Diversity Charter Finland has almost 100 signatories. All companies and other types of organisations are welcome to join Diversity Charter Finland by signing the charter.
Features
Organisations signing the charter commit to equal opportunities, recognising and utilising individual skills and needs, and having fair human resource and customer management systems in place.
FIBS provides the signatories with know-how, tools and networking opportunities to increase the organisations’ capabilities to manage diversity and inclusion.
About the charter
The French diversity charter was launched in October 2004.
The charter was launched by Claude Bébéar, CEO of Axa It was the first of its kind in Europe, subsequently inspiring similar initiatives across Europe. The charter is hosted by Les Entreprises pour la Cité (previously IMS-Entreprendre pour la cite), an organisation working to promote corporate social responsibility.
Signatories
There are currently more than 3,200 signatories to the French charter, mostly small and medium-sized businesses, but it also includes public institutions.
Features
Signatories commit to raising awareness about diversity among staff involved in the recruitment processes, and to dedicating a chapter in the organisation’s annual report on the concrete diversity measures undertaken.
About the charter
The Charta der Vielfalt was launched in December 2006.
The charter was launched by four German multinationals in December 2006 with the support of Maria Böhmer, the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration at the time. The patron of the German charter is Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Signatories
There are currently more than 2,900 signatories to the German charter.
Features
Inspired by the French charter, the German charter covers 9 fields of discrimination
- gender
- race
- nationality &nd ehtnic origin
- religion
- physical ability
- age
- sexual orientation and identity
Over half of the signatories belong to the private sector, 18% are large corporations, and 16% are from the public sector.
The charter association is funded by
- Adidas Group
- Allianz Deutschland
- BASF
- Bayer
- BMW
- BP Europa
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Commerzbank
- Daimler
- Deutsche Bahn
- Deutsche Bank
- Deutsche Post
- Deutsche Telekom
- Ernst & Young
- Henkel
- Innogy
- Internationaler Bund
- Metro
- Novartis
- OSRAM
- Sanofi
- SAP
- Schaeffler
- Siemens
- Volkswagen
- the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
About the charter
The Greek Diversity Charter was launched by KEAN-Cell of Alternative Youth Activities in May 2019 in Zappeion Hall.
The charter is supported by the Greek General Secretariat for Gender Equality of Ministry of Interior, by the Economic and Social Council of Greece ,by the Federation of Municipalities in Greece and by Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.
Signatories
About 150 private enterprises with over of 50,000 employees, have signed the charter.
Founding members are OTE-Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. and Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos -Supermarket Chain.
Features
The charter covers all fields of discrimination: gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and religion, with a particular focus on gender equality at work.
About the charter
The Hungarian diversity charter was launched in October 2016.
The charter is run by
The Hungarian diversity charter was launched on 16 October 2016 by the Hungarian Business Leaders forum (HBLF), in partnership with mtd Consulting, and supported by the Hungarian Ministry of National Economy.
Signatories
The Charter was launched with 50 signatories, comprising of multinationals, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profit organisations, including Shell Hungary, Magyar Telekom, IBM Hungary, Bosch Hungary, Legrand, Henkel, British Petrol and Vodafone Hungary.
Features
The main objective of the Hungarian diversity charter is to reflect the diversity of Hungarian society in the workforce and to create a work environment free of discrimination.
The HBLF aims to encourage companies to integrate corporate social responsibility and the principles of sustainable development into everyday business practice. It is an association of local business executives, local representatives of international joint ventures and other influential business people in Hungary.
Since 2008, mtd Consulting has been working to make responsible employment and equal opportunities at workplaces an integral part of CSR activities of Hungarian businesses and institutions. mtd Consulting is also the organiser of the Equal Opportunities Conference, a bi-annual event which is very popular amongst diversity experts in Hungary.
About the charter
The Diversity Charter Ireland was launched in October 2012.
The charter is run by
The charter was launched by eleven organisations, representing the broader business community and including IBEC, the group that represents Irish business.
Signatories
The founding signatories are
- An Post
- Dell
- Dublin Bus
- Dublin City University
- ESB
- Equality Strategies
- Ibec
- Permanent TSB
- Rehab
- Sodexo
- Telefonica.
An additional 13 companies subsequently joined the charter
- Citi
- Eircom
- Irish Rail
- Bus Eireann
- Vodafone
- Valeo Vision
- University of Limerick
- Brown Brothers Harriman
- Cisco
- Arthur Cox
- Medtronic
- KPMG
Features
The signatories commit to effective diversity management, preventing discrimination and promoting equality with respect to all their stakeholders and the environment in which they operate.
About the charter
The Italian Charter for Equal Opportunities and Equality at Work was launched by the Ministry of Labour.
The charter is supported by the Italian Minister of Labour and the Minister of Equal Opportunities, and was launched by the National Counsellor for Equal Opportunities of the Ministry of Labour, Fondazione Sodalitas and a steering committee promoting the charter.
Signatories
About 895 private enterprises, including around 450 SMEs and 160 public authorities, with over 700,000 employees, have signed the charter.
Features
The charter covers all fields of discrimination: gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and religion, with a particular focus on gender equality at work.
About the charter
The Diversity Charter Latvia was launched on 12 February 2019 by association Open Centre with an aim to develop a respectful society and strengthen equal opportunities principles in the workplace.
Features
Diversity Charter consists of 15 commitments to strive for respecting the diversity in the workplace and in Latvia. By signing a Diversity Charter, an organization commits to promoting diversity and equal opportunities for its staff. Latvian Diversity Charter is open for all companies, organizations, international, state and municipal institution.
About the charter
The Diversity Charter Lithuania was launched on 3 October 2018 by Diversity Development Group and SOPA and was signed by 25 companies.
Features
By signing the Diversity Charter, organizations commit to maintaining a workplace environment that is open to all, irrespective of their gender, race, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation and gender identity or religion. By taking this step, organizations contribute to an environment of mutual respect and trust, which will in turn have a positive effect on the organization, the society in Lithuania and beyond.
About the charter
Launched in September 2012 by IMS Luxembourg (Institut pour le Mouvement Sociétal), the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg has gradually grown its signatories base to 188 in 2019, with both private and public actors. The Patron of the Diversity Charter is Mrs. Corinne Cahen, Minister of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region.
The Charter contributes to Luxembourg's progress and innovation in the fields of diversity management and integration, working closely on answering today and tomorrow's challenges with the support of its privileged partners:
- The Ministry for Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region
- PwC Luxembourg
- Deutsche Bank Luxembourg
- RBC Investor and Treasury Services
- Sodexo
- Linklaters
- HSBC
For more information on the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg, please visit Luxembourg diversity charter.
About the charter
Malta Diversity and Inclusion Charter was launched in March 2024 by CORE Platform. The Charter is supported by the Ministry for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights.
About the charter
The Dutch diversity charter, Charter Diversiteit, was launched in July 2015.
The charter was launched in The Hague in July 2015 by Lodewijk Asscher, minister of social affairs and employment, with 22 employers from the public and private sector.
Signatories
The first signatories were
- ABN AMRO
- Municipality of Amsterdam
- Asito Ltd.
- The National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands (CNV Vakcentrale)
- De Nieuwe Zorg Thuis
- Municipality of The Hague
- EY
- Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (FNV)
- Court Garden Hotel
- Humanitas Foundation (Stichting Humanitas)
- IBM
- L’Oréal
- Pameijer
- Dutch National Police
- PostNL
- Municipality of Rotterdam
- Schiphol Group
- Shell
- Sodexo
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
- Municipality of Utrecht
- Zeeland Refinery
About the charter
The Polish diversity charter, Karta Różnorodności, was launched in February 2012.
The charter was launched by the Responsible Business Forum in collaboration with the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment and the Office of the Polish Human Rights Defender.
Signatories
The Polish diversity charter has almost 270 signatories. The full list is available on http://odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/karta-roznorodnosci/sygnatariusze-karty/
Features
The charter document, which goes further than the legal provisions of the Polish labour code, was created in collaboration with public administration, non-profit organisations, trade unions and business representatives.
The main objectives of the charter are promoting diversity management in Poland and creating tools and guidance for companies, public institutions and non-profit organisations for diversity management in the workplace.
About the charter
The Portuguese diversity charter, Carta Portuguesa para a Diversidade, was launched on 31 March 2016.
The promotion of the charter is the responsibility of:
- GRACE Corporate Citizenship (non-profit organisation)
- ACM, IP: Portuguese High Commission for Migration (public body)
- CIG: Portuguese Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (public body)
- CITE: Portuguese Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment (public body)
- INR, IP: National Rehabilitation Institute (public body)
- Aga Khan Foundation, Portugal (non-profit organisation)
Features
The Portuguese diversity charter has diversity as its principle, understood as the acknowledgement, respect and appreciation of the differences between people, including particularly the differences related to:
- gender identity and sexual orientation
- ethnicity
- religion, faith and beliefs
- country of origin, culture and language
- nationality, birthplace and ancestry
- age
- political, ideological or social orientation,
- marital status and family structure economic situation
- health and disability
- personal style and training
The signatory organisations of the Portuguese charter commit to diversity as an ethical imperative, as a basic principle guiding all its activities, both internally and externally, as part of its core values and its institutional identity.
Documents
About the charter
The Romanian Diversity Charter was launched on 18th of April 2018 in Bucharest, with 80 signatories.
It is one of the outcomes of a project I.D.E.A.S. (Innovation. Diversity. Economy. Awareness. Success.)
The implementation of the Charter was co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union.
More details on www.cartadiversitatii.ro.
About the charter
The Slovak diversity charter, Charta Diverzity, was launched in May 2017.
It run by Pontis foundation (Nadacia Pontis), supported by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, and Family of the Slovak Republic
Signatories
The charter was originally signed by signatories : 16 companies and 2 non-governmenatl organisations (NGOs).
The charter is in compliance with the action plan for the prevention of all forms of discrimination for 2016-2019 of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, and Family of the Slovak Republic. The Slovak diversity charter is administrated by The Business Leaders Forum at the Pontis Foundation.
Features
By signing the diversity charter, the signatories commit to respect diversity and an inclusive approach in the workplace, to equally foster an inclusive culture by creating a work environment that values and understands differences and that is founded on fairness, openness and trust, where people feel that they belong, that people are respected and heard.
About the charter
The Slovenian Diversity Charter was launched on 14 November 2017 and is coordinated by Dobrovita Ltd.
The charter has over 60 signatories.
The diversity charter of Slovenia is one of the outcomes of a project I.D.E.A.S. (Innovation. Diversity. Economy. Awareness. Success.)
The implementation of the charter was co-funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union.
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About the charter
The Spanish diversity charter was launched in March 2009 by the European Institute of Diversity Management and the Alares Foundation with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Equal Opportunities.
Signatories
More than 1300 companies have already signed the Diversity Charter in Spain, including organizations from both the private and public sector, such as:
- Orange
- Iberdrola
- Alares
- Allianz
- Axa
- Admiral Seguros
- Bankinter
- BASF
- BD
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- British Council
- Clarios
- JTI
- Leroy Merlin
- Lilly
- Nationale-Nederlanden
- Orange
- Penguin Random House
- Provital Group
- Richemont and Sacyr
All companies and institutions can express their commitment to the principles of the Charter at no cost, committing themselves to the need to extend this message to the entire environment of the company - employees, customers, suppliers - to foster a community that shares the same principles and therefore enhances the quality of life and work of people and their organizations. The companies that voluntarily sign of the Diversity Charter pledge to respect the current regulations on equal opportunities and anti-discrimination and to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Contact: Sonia Rio: srio
fundaciondiversidad [dot] com (srio[at]fundaciondiversidad[dot]com)
About the charter
The Diversity Charter Sweden was launched in December 2010.
Signatories
The Diversity Charter Sweden is a non-profit association that was initiated in December 2010 by
- Skanska
- Volvo Cars
- Axfood
- A-Search
- Novartis
- Scandic
- L’Oréal
- Sodexo
- Managing Diversity
- Lectia
Today, the signatories include organisations from private as well as public sectors, large companies and also small and medium-sized businesses, such as
- IBM
- Ericsson
- Folksam
- GEA
- 3M
Together the signatories employ over 300,000 people.
Features
The Diversity Charter Sweden highlights the benefits of cultural, demographic and social inclusion within organisations, and supports policies and processes to strengthen a work environment which is free of bias and discrimination.
The EU Platform of Diversity Charters was created in 2010 under the initiative of and with funding from the European Commission. The Platform offers a place for existing European Diversity Charters to exchange and share experience and good practices more easily through Platform meetings, expert seminars and annual high level forums.
Diversity Charters encourage organisations (NGOs, public bodies, private companies…) to develop and implement diversity and inclusion policies. By signing a charter, the organisation voluntarily commits to promote diversity and equal opportunities in the workplace, regardless of, for example, age, disability, gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation. Becoming a signatory to a Diversity Charter provides for example access to vast peer network, publications and supporting tools for benchmarking, measuring and monitoring.
Through the platform, promoters can meet regularly, to share their experience and develop common tools.
Questions about the platform?
Email: JUST-EU-DIVERSITY-CHARTERSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (JUST-EU-DIVERSITY-CHARTERS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
