Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Walt Disney Company is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce, fostering a company culture that is welcoming and respectful, creating content and experiences that resonate with our global audiences, and collaborating with community organizations to make our industries more accessible to all.
People
We are focused on developing, engaging, and retaining a diverse workforce and leadership team because the more our workforce reflects the diversity of our consumers worldwide, the better and more authentically we are able to serve those consumers.
To view representation in our workforce, click here.
Culture
Across Disney, we cultivate, value, and encourage curiosity, collaboration, and creativity from everyone and we strive to build supportive environments that inspire optimism and drive innovation. We work to create a culture that is welcoming to all, celebrates our unique perspectives, and promotes respect for one another, regardless of identity or background.
Content
Across our platforms, we champion storytelling that reflects the world around us and helps us develop meaningful relationships with our consumers. We strive to present genuine, authentic, and respectful storytelling. To do so, we engage individuals, families, and communities across the globe, and we embrace different perspectives in our filmmaking, both in front of and behind the camera.
Community
Through charitable grants and collaborations, we strive to increase access to the entertainment industry, including nurturing future generations of diverse storytellers and innovators. We direct more than 50% of our annual charitable giving to programs serving underrepresented communities and intend to spend at least $1 billion annually with diverse suppliers by 2024.
Transparency & Accountability
Achieving our goals demands transparency and accountability. From our culture to our content and experiences, we are working together to translate our intentions into actions. We have greatly increased transparency around our diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics, including representation of women and people of color at different levels both in front of and behind the camera in our most recent Workforce Diversity Dashboard and Content Representation Dashboard.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Highlights
51%
Of employees worldwide were women in FY22
$140M+
Directed to programs serving underrepresented communities in FY22*
$800M+
Spent with diverse suppliers in FY22
47%
Of U.S. employees were People of Color in FY22
* Charitable giving that we report includes grants specifically directed towards historically underrepresented and protected communities, including the Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans/Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ community, People with Disabilities, Veterans and Women. We also include grants to organizations where a percentage of their services reach underrepresented and protected communities. If the organization spends a majority of their efforts on these communities, we count the entire grant and if the organization does not spend a majority, we count a proration of the grant. For grants to these two types of organizations, we rely on their self-reported percentages regarding communities served. On a sample basis, we validate the percentages that are reported.
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