Diversity at Arup

Just based on the workforce at Arup there is significant diversity with a much more even male to female ratios than other companies in the industry. There is significant LGBT support with a whole team looking after this and promoting equality in the workplace. From what I can see there is no obvious sexism in the leadership roles with a fairly even split of males and females in leadership roles (at least within my group and team).

Equal recruitment of male/female (/other) graduates.

Ambitious gender pay targets

Initiatives for respect to women, and LGBTIQA+ are prevalent in the office. There are efforts to raise awareness for ethnic minorities too. Good parental leave programs.

Diversity is celebrated. Please are encouraged to be their authentic self in a respectful way. I believe the company has achieved a good balance of embracing individuality and collective mission.

We have a RAP, DEI committees and great diversity for a private, professional services company. I have heard diverse employees' personal experiences and perspectives and they tend to be very satisfied with the company's efforts and culture.

Throughout the year events are run by the Office services team and global team to raise national holidays, pride days against hate etc. There does not appear to be any bias in recruitment based on gender identity, ethnicity or sexuality. The workplace has many people from many different groups

There are clear targets around hiring and retention of women in a male dominated industry, and it makes a huge difference, with ~50-50% gender balance in the office. There is still an overrepresentation of men in management, but there are many women in key positions, my direct manager is a woman, and the co-chairs of the Australasia region are women. There is a generous amount of both maternity and paternity leave, and support for anyone to work part time/4 days a week any time they need. There is clear representation of ethnic minorities and LGBTIQA+ communities within the office, although i am not aware of specific targets around this.