Supporting the wellbeing of our LGBTIQ+community

135

survey responses
115

identified as LGBTIQ+
~30%

of identifying LGBTIQ+ community at PwC

The Shine Network (PwC’s LGBTIQ+ employee network) and firmwide Diversity Inclusion & Wellbeing (DI&W) team have worked together to continue to test and enhance the organisational support we provide to the LGBTIQ+ community at PwC.

To do this, we partnered with SuperFriend - Industry Funds’ Mental Health Initiative (“SuperFriend”), a not-for-profit group insured charity organisation, to complete research into the wellbeing of the LGBTIQ+ community at PwC - through an internal survey in late 2021. This research measured workplace mental health and wellbeing through the Thriving Workplace Index and also gathered important perspectives on psychological safety at work, LGBTIQ+ wellbeing at work, wellbeing outside of work and the broader impact of COVID-19.

Prior to the internal survey, desktop research was completed to look for and consider international wellbeing benchmarks and other related surveys of the LGBTIQ+ community (including with reference to the impacts of COVID-19, that could be used as comparators) - the findings of this desktop research were factored in the survey questions set and reviewed by SuperFriend.