Cultural & Linguistic Diversity at Energy Queensland

We know that a diverse workforce and inclusive work environment help us to deliver better outcomes for our business, our employees and our customers.

Council for Diversity and Inclusion

Our Council for Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) was formed in 2016. The Council is chaired by our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with passionate advocates from our Executive Team and across our business. The Council members meet quarterly to steer the D&I strategy and sponsor each of our working parties.

Our working parties

We believe the best way to be inclusive is to put our people at the heart of what we do. All employees can contribute to our D&I working parties, which include:

First Nations Connections Plan working party
Supporting Parents and Carers working party
Women in Technical and Operational Roles working party
Cultural Inclusion working party
LGBTI+ Inclusion working party
Disability Inclusion working party.

Each working party is made up of employee volunteers tasked with researching and identifying ways to improve inclusion. The working parties make proposals to the Council for D&I on what they’d like to implement in line with our diversity and inclusion strategy.

Putting it in practice

Our 2024 Equity and Diversity Audit Action Plan (PDF 98.5 kb) outlines twelve (12) key actions we are undertaking. We will provide further updates on this page to contextualise in the next couple of months.

Connecting with our communities

Joining NAIDOC celebrations

EQL employees are encouraged to join the NAIDOC celebrations near them.

Multicultural Australia's Luminous Lantern Parade

We are proud supporters of Multicultural Australia’s Luminous Lantern Parade, welcoming new Queenslanders.

Brisbane Pride

Our people have proudly represented our businesses at the annual Brisbane Pride March.

Participating in AccessAbility Day

We participate in JobAccess’s AccessAbility Day giving jobseekers with disability the opportunity to job shadow across our business.

Introduction to the Electrical Supply Industry Workshops

Our Training team have run more than a dozen workshops for:

Women
First Nations peoples, and
new Queenslanders through Multicultural Australia

introducing people to our industry and the possibility of an apprenticeship at EQL.

Recognition and membership

We’re proud to have been recognised for our diversity and inclusion work. We're proud members of Pride in Diversity.

2018 Australian HR Awards Finalist for Best Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Program
2018 Australian Human Resources Institute HR Diversity Champion Finalist
We're proud members of Pride in Diversity.