Gender Equality at Ausenco

Diversity and inclusion have always been essential elements of what defines us: they’re ingrained in our core values, and they help us challenge what’s possible and find a better way.

We believe diversity contributes to the achievement of our strategic objectives. Diversity helps us attract skilled people and build a team that mirrors our local communities.

At Ausenco, diversity includes level of education, skills and training, LGBTQ+, religion, race, ethnicity, language, gender, individual expression, disability, age, and all other types of diversity.

Our global Fair Treatment Policy ensures our workplace is free from bullying, discrimination, and harassment. We provide a respectful environment with equal access to opportunities for all employees, where individuals can bring their authentic selves to work and contribute openly and honestly.

Diversity & Inclusion Committees

91% of our employees participated in our last global D&I survey. We used that feedback to commit to keep evolving our D&I culture through clear goals and behaviours.

In 2020, we created the Global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Committee, with a team representing our different geographies, businesses and experiences who raise D&I issues, work together to develop strategy, propose actions and measure our progress. In 2021, we established regional committees to deepen our support in North America, South America and APAC/Africa.

We use a global gender pay gap tool to assess any significant gaps and produce a Gender Equity Report with actions to address unsupported disparities. In our 2023 review, we found our salaries were largely even, making 27 corrections among our 3000+ employees, confirming no systemic gender pay gap.

• Unconscious bias training: offered to all employees through our Learning Management System, DECIDE: the neuroscience of breaking bias developed by the NeuroLeadership Institute is an interactive learning program that improves the quality of decisions by helping identify and mitigate unconscious bias.
• Inclusive leadership training: offered to all managers, INCLUDE: the neuroscience of smarter teams also developed by the NeuroLeadership Institute, helps managers build smarter teams through collaboration and inclusive team interactions.
• Foundations of LGBTQ+ Inclusion: created by Pride in Diversity and provided to all employees through our Learning Management System, this course is designed to establish a fundamental understanding of LGBTQIA2S+ awareness and inclusion.
• Indigenous Cultural Awareness: Reconciliation Education and the First Nations University of Canada developed a robust and meaningful program for Ausenco designed to help all Canadian employees better appreciate the benefits of reconciliation based on trust and partnership. And 10% of the proceeds from Reconciliation Education go to First Nations University scholarships.