LGBTQ+ at Arup Australia
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Connect Out is Arup's LGBTIQ+ community, who advocates for a work environment that respects, welcomes and supports LGBTIQ+ staff and empowers them to perform to their fullest potential. The network is open to all staff supportive of the principles of LGBTIQ+ inclusion and is championed by senior staff.
- Arup parental policies are inclusive of LGBTIQ+ families.
- Arup is a Pride in Diversity partner organisation.
- Arup is a bronze employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards.
- Arup uses pronouns within signature blocks.
Arup is part of of the Interfirm Engineering professional network, which was established in 2022 to promote LGBTIQ+ inclusion across engineering spheres.
Arup recently took part in a research project, ‘Queering Cities in Australia’, which provided recommendations for making public spaces more inclusive through urban policy and practice.
Find out more about Arup’s queering public spaces research here: