At dentsu, we believe that our differences make us stronger. Our mission is to be a champion for meaningful progress and a force good – with and for our people, clients, consumers and communities. To achieve this, we embed diversity in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable culture. By building equity within our teams, we aim to become better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
DEI Report 2023
At dentsu, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is central to our vision, “To be at the forefront of people-centered transformations that shape society”.
We believe that to deliver on our vision we must ensure that we are truly representative of the societies we serve and that our culture embraces inclusivity to drive long term, sustainable outcomes for all and growth for our clients.
It is our responsibility to empower business and societal transformation and in DEI we do this across our five global diversity themes of Gender, Anti-racism, LGBTQ+, Mental Health and Disability. We have the power to convene and change lives through, media, technology, and education not only for our people, but also our clients and wider society.
Our 2023 report is a celebration of more than 72,000 dentsu colleagues from around the world and the contributions they have made to bring diversity, equity and inclusion to life at dentsu.
Explore the 2023 DEI Report to learn how we're building diversity, equity, and inclusion into everything we do.
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Our commitment towards Indigenous Reconciliation
We want to be champions for a corporate Canada that recognizes and values First Nations, Inuit and Métis histories, cultures and knowledges. This vision for Reconciliation is grounded in our commitment to meaningful progress and our mission to be a force of good – with and for communities, our people and our clients.
Belonging Is Essential to Thriving
Where do you belong? And what does belonging really mean?
In our latest blog, Marème Touré, Vice-President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion explores these seemingly simple questions, uncovering the complexity of belonging, and why it is essential to thriving.
Our Commitments in Action
As a modern marketing solutions company, we understand and value the significant role that we play in creating positive change, progressive policies and representation. We take a top-down and grassroots approach to our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts so that DEI permeates every aspect of our business. Our cohesive organizational design, with Lines of Business and centralized functions, allows us to truly operationalize this at the dentsu level and within our agencies. View our social impact commitment>
Attracting, developing and promoting diverse talent
We are committed to progress through how we attract, onboard, develop, and promote talent at all levels. It is critical that our people have the support and programs where they will be engaged and thrive.
Building Future Leaders
From how we invest our peoples’ careers with ongoing education, to our campus recruiting programs and relationships with diverse student organizations, partnerships with organizations like Onyx, and building internally-developed early career programs within our brands and, dentsu’s The Code program for high school students, we’re creating a workforce that is rich in diversity of thought and representation.
Growing community & client impact
We are committed to leveraging our craft to create platforms and social solutions that push reform and drive sustainable change, to collaboration and sharing all that we learn with clients, partners and our industry community to advance progress.
Deepening research and learnings
We work to deepen understanding around anti-racism, anti-sexism and equity in all forms through our educational efforts and BRG events, partnership with organizations like Allyship & Action, and through our craft, such as the research from our Strategy team that provides value and insight to our industry.
Advancing representation in the media
We’re drawing awareness of minority-owned,-operated and -targeted media partners and on a mission to advance diversity across media supply chains.
Partnering with diverse suppliers
At dentsu, we believe our suppliers, like our employees, should have equal opportunity to thrive, and that equitable actions are needed to achieve this. By including and encouraging diverse businesses in our supply chain and, we create fair opportunity, promote innovation, and stimulate growth.