Diversity Charter Sweden

Diversity Charter Sweden works for a world where different ideas, knowledge, experiences and competences count, where diversity is a resource

About us

Welcome to the world's largest diversity and inclusion network. Diversity Charter Sweden is a springboard for companies and organisations that want to increase their creativity and competitiveness with the help of the dynamics of an organisation that puts diversity before sameness. Here you will have the opportunity to gain knowledge in all seven grounds of discrimination linked to your business and operational benefits.

There are a number of studies that show that diversity in the workplace is positive for the development and profitability of companies and organizations. Therefore, we believe that diversity and inclusion should be an obvious and integrated issue in every modern company and organization's strategy. That is the basis for why Diversity Charter Sweden was started.

Companies and organizations have an important role to play in ensuring non-discrimination, diversity and inclusion. By signing the so-called diversity statutes make the organizations a voluntary commitment to create and maintain an inclusive work environment for their employees without discrimination in terms of gender, race or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation

Diversity Charter Sweden is part of a larger European network. Please visit The European Commission's platform for the European Diversity Charter.

Gruppbild med sex personer stående, en sittandes på stol och tre deltar digitalt via skärm bakom
Parts of the Management Board 2025-2026

Activities

To increase knowledge and commitment to diversity and inclusion issues, a large number of activities are carried out. They are divided into four parts, monthly Learning Fridays, Regional member meetings and the two annual activities Diversity Month and Signature event. The activities are in the form of physical, digital and hybrid meeting

Bilden visar en studio med grå inredning. På bild är det tre kvinnor som sitter ned i en soffa och pratar med varandra. I rummet finns utrustning samt två andra personer som sitter och spelar in då kvinnorna talar.

Learning Fridays web-broadcast seminars are the basis of Diversity Charter Sweden's dissemination of knowledge and experience about diversity and inclusion in working life.

Bilden visar fem personer som sitter i en ring och samtalar med varandra.

At our regional meetings, fantastic opportunities are offered through in-depth conversations in small groups as well as networking with other companies/organizations with similar challenges and conditions.

EU Diversity Month 2026 (1)
I maj månad varje år firas Diversity Month runtom i EU. Vi uppmanar företag och organisationer runtom i Europa att gå samman med oss och EU-kommissionen och rikta strålkastarljuset mot vikten av mångfald och inkludering på arbetsplatsen och i samhället, genom att anordna evenemang och aktiviteter under hela månaden.
Gruppbild från Next Level evenemang. Bilden visar ett gäng personer som ler mot kameran. Fyra personer sitter ned medan sju andra står bakom.

Gives you the opportunity to participate in in-depth workshops with a professional facilitator on inclusion work to create lasting change and increased organisational benefit. With the professional support of an inclusion expert, you will take your work to the next level, creating increased impact and change in the organisation.

Signatory Event 2024. Avtackning på scen av Anna Carlsson Sigstedt till Anna Bergholtz. Johanneshov FF och Jakob Forssmed.

This is the big diversity and inclusion event of the year where we welcome/sign up new members and where we have a large number of renowned and interesting speakers on a specific theme. The activity is a hybrid where members can choose to participate in person or digitally.

Bilden visar ett gäng personer som står i en konferenssal och ler mot kameran. I bakgrunden ser man en skärm där det står "EU Platform of Diversity Charters meeting"

The European Commission organises digital workshops and seminars on their reports and directives. There are also opportunities to participate in other Charters' seminars and to be invited to physical EU meetings in Brussels. The European Commission's activities are in English.

Membership

Become part of the world's largest network of companies and organisations actively seeking successful ways to work on diversity/inclusion issues. The network provides great opportunities for experience sharing and knowledge development through our regular activities.

Meaning

Signing a statute/charter implies a public commitment to promote diversity and inclusion together with others. Visibility of commitment to the issues in the workplace, both inside and outside the company, and dissemination of messages/knowledge about the benefits of equality and diversity and against discrimination.

What is included

Regular digital, physical and hybrid activities that provide opportunities for knowledge and experience sharing, increased insights and networking. Access to European network/platform within the European Commission that conducts workshops and, together with other charters, organises European Diversity Month in May.

Benefits

Get in touch with other companies/organisations both in Sweden and the EU, exchange good practices, EU directives and learn from policies and measures. Be part of a network within the European Commission.



Membership fee

The membership fee is based on the size of the company/organisation and is between SEK 6,300-26,250/year. This in turn affects the membership benefits in the form of access to physical membership activities. Paid membership fee gives democratic influence on Diversity Charter Sweden where each member has one vote at the annual meeting.

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Knowledge bank

Här samlar vi kunskap och erfarenheter från tidigare aktiviteter som våra medlemmar, EU-kommissionen, EU och andra Charters generöst kunskapsspridit om. Kunskapsbanken är uppdelad i nio avsnitt och till grund ligger de sju diskrimineringsgrunderna samt de tre aktuella områdena ”Mäta mångfald”, ”Inkluderande rekrytering” och ”Inkluderande ledarskap”. Texterna om diskrimineringsgrunderna är hämtade från Diskrimineringsombudsmannen (DO).

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European Network

Network of 27 Diversity Charters in Europe, organised by the European Commission

European Diversity Charters enable public and private sector organisations across the EU to design and implement effective diversity and inclusion strategies. By signing up to a Charter, organisations make a public commitment to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Charters are organised at national level, with one charter per country. Together, they have over 17,500 signatories covering over 17 million employees.

Once a year, a summit is organised at EU level for Diversity Charter member charters. In addition, the European Commission funds "Exchange Platforms", for the exchange of experience on inclusion in working life from a European perspective, and Diversity Month.

We are Diversity Charter Sweden

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Impact Hub Stockholm
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Nordic Growth Market
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People people people
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