Making diversity, equity and inclusion one of our strategic areas of focus is not only the right thing to do, it is one of the ways we will continue to lead the CRE industry into the future. Simply put, diversity, equity and inclusion make us better. They strengthen our business by enriching our culture, helping us deepen relationships among our people and accelerating success for our clients.
It’s part of our DNA
At Colliers, championing diversity, equity and inclusion is not a commitment we take lightly. We pride ourselves in attracting, developing, and retaining top, diverse talent from around the world. As part of that, we are on a progressive journey to foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers, regardless of background, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or experiences feels respected and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to do their best work.
Our Global Leadership is committed to ensuring that our people in every country, at every level, every day can come
into the workplace and feel like they truly belong.
Our commitment
Establishing processes to continually assess and track our diversity and inclusion progress
We will continue to implement qualitative measurements designed to capture our people’s experiences, as well as quantitative measurements to anchor those results and monitor progress.
Understanding and confronting unconscious biases
We are expanding our unconscious bias education to help our people recognize and minimize their learned biases. As leaders and role models at Colliers, we are holding ourselves accountable to understanding our biases, and interrupting when we see others engaging in biased behaviour.
Creating a trusting environment where meaningful, complex, and sometimes difficult conversations can take place
We will continue to create and maintain environments where our people feel comfortable reaching out to their colleagues and encourage our people to move outside of their comfort zones to learn about the experiences and perspectives of others.
Making tangible progress towards executive gender parity
Our North American mentorship program that was focused on the promotion and advancement of women has expanded to become more inclusive and is now open to all Colliers people across different demographic groups. Colliers also provides annual scholarships for young female professionals to attend CREW training, events, and the annual multi-day conference.
Employee Resource Groups
We believe our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are critical to achieving a truly inclusive culture that will empower employees to be their authentic whole selves and form a true sense of belonging in the workplace. Led by our employees, ERGs will foster more creative thinking and help us better serve our clients and community.