Our Partners

Partnering for a common cause

Sydney WorldPride have proudly partnered with some of the world’s leaders in diversity and inclusion

At Sydney WorldPride, our partnerships are vitally important to us, and we value the active engagement of our partners with our LGBTQIA+ communities. Our partnerships enable us to hold more events, make our events more accessible and allow us to pay our staff, artists, and creatives.

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Our Ethical Charter

All partners of Sydney WorldPride must align with our values and be approved through our Ethical Charter Framework. Sydney WorldPride at its core aims to promote and advocate for all LGBTQIA+ human rights, equality, and inclusion globally. This value informs all our work, including our partnership agreements.

Our vision and values

Working with our communities
Celebrating diversity and inclusion
Building and maintaining strong relationships
Ensuring safety and wellbeing
Honouring our history

Our principles

Openness and Transparency
Integrity
Strengthening the global Pride network
Building agreements that help us work
Contributing to the sustainability of LGBTQIA+ communities

Our promises

Our promises bring to life our values and principles, explaining how these are to be lived in relation to our stakeholder communities.

Living our promises

We live our promises through the actions we take, and our three key focus areas support our role in promoting visibility and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people globally.

Partner alignment with values

Through the questions we ask and the information we collect we assess the degree of alignment of each partner’s values with those of our own.

Partners in the news

Googling how best to celebrate queer joy

Authenticity is so important, particularly amongst the LGBTIQA+ community, many of whom had to hide part of their true selves when younger. It’s why Dan Lavis, partner lead for several of Google Cloud’s strategic partnerships in Australia and New Zealand, loves working at the world’s number-one search engine company.
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Bringing the rainbow back into Deloitte

Bringing the rainbow back into Deloitte By Stephen Russell Robbie Robertson, a change-making design guru in the Deloitte Australia team and the senior exec sponsor for Sydney WorldPride and Sydney […]
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“Showing up and standing up” – Optus’ employee pride network turns ten

“Showing up and standing up” – Optus’ employee pride network turns ten Following Optus’ appointment as Premier Network partner of Sydney WorldPride, we caught up with Kirsty Hunter, Chair of […]
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Meet our partners

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Principal partner

American Express

American Express is committed to supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce, marketplace, and society.

American Express’ dedicated PRIDE+ Network is committed to raising awareness and advancing changes that allow all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, to be respected and valued.

Presenting partner

Coles Group

Coles Group is committed to attracting and employing people that represent the communities they work in – building a safe and supportive working environment for all team members, regardless of age, disability, race, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, family responsibilities or cultural background.

Strategic partner

NSW Government

The NSW Government is proud to support Sydney WorldPride in 2023.
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Government partner

City of Sydney

The City of Sydney, Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Council have long supported Sydney’s LGBTIQ communities.
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Premier Network partner

Optus

Optus has long supported and empowered their LGBTQIA+ employees to foster greater inclusion through visibility, awareness and support and be a place where their people can bring their full selves to work.