Our path
Over the past few years, EDI at DNEG has grown from being a series of locally-led initiatives to a structured global programme supported by members of our senior management team.
Together, our crew, our EDI Task Group, and our employee-led groups work towards one goal: fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging globally.
Our employee-led groups
We have several employee-led groups at DNEG. These identity or experience-based communities aim to create an open forum for our crew to meet and support one another in building networks and a sense of belonging. They include communities such as:
dnWomen – a discussion group for our women-identifying employees
Thrive – a discussion group for mental health and wellbeing
Proud – a discussion group for our LGBTQ2S+ employees
DNEG Black Voices – a discussion group for our Black employees
Parent/Caregiver Resource Group – a discussion group for our employees with parental and caregiver responsibilities
Neurodiversity Working Group – a working group focused on increasing the visibility of neurodiversity within DNEG, and accounting for it in our methods of communication
Accessibility Working Group – a working group focused on making DNEG’s products and services universally accessible to everyone, including identifying, preventing, and removing barriers for people who live with forms of disability
DNEG Indigenous Voices – a group for all Indigenous peoples, and non-Indigenous allies, aiming to build connections between communities, support Indigenous voices, and highlight Indigenous experiences by learning, listening, and recognizing the diversity and richness of Indigenous cultures
Our EDI programme
Our ongoing EDI programme includes a number of initiatives designed to support our crews in their day-to-day work, and to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture at DNEG.
We are in the process of bringing these initiatives to all our global sites:
Mentorship Scheme – focusing on underrepresented individuals in the business and to increase our gender equality, our mentors and mentees meet regularly to provide career support and boost personal development.
Career Coaching – providing regular support for our colleagues at all levels, with regular support and help in identifying larger career goals, to help invest in our talent and form stronger, well-connected teams.
Parental Leave Coaching – helping our crew approach parenthood with the time and space to take stock, and to return to work with confidence and able to flourish in both their professional and family life.
Leadership Training – our various industry specific leadership training programs are designed to equip our crew and production leads, supervisors, and managers to lead and empower their teams with confidence, insight, and self-awareness.
Thrive: Mental Health and Wellbeing – our mental health and wellbeing initiatives aim to provide an environment which fosters good mental health, to break down stigma and barriers around mental health issues, and to help our talent access mental health support when needed. To support our crew we trained a cohort of Mental Health Champions and Allies in our studios in London and India. They act in the same way as physical first aiders, able to respond to health emergencies.
Gender Pay Gap Reporting – We continue to work towards being an inclusive and diverse organisation and we are dedicated to building on our commitments in relation to this. Our mean gender pay gap in the UK for 2021 is 29%, which is due to more men occupying senior roles. We are taking positive action to close the gap by championing inclusion and diversity at an industry level, and supporting career development within DNEG for all employees.
Download DNEG’s UK Pay Gap Reports: DNEG’s UK Pay Gap Report 2021 | DNEG’s UK Pay Gap Report 2020 | DNEG’s UK Pay Gap Report 2018 | DNEG’s UK Pay Gap Report 2017
Our partners
We are proud of our external partnerships with associations doing brilliant work to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Here are some of our partners:
ACCESS:VFX is a global, industry-led, non-profit which focuses on actively pursuing and encouraging inclusion, diversity, awareness, and opportunity through Inspiration, Education, Mentoring, and Recruitment. DNEG is proud to be a member and to have supported ACCESS:VFX since its inception.
Animated Women UK supports professionals from all backgrounds of the VFX and Animation industries, and at every stage in their career, offering networking and mentoring opportunities to help grow and support industry talent.
The Academy Software Foundation provides a neutral forum for open source software developers in the motion picture industry to share resources and collaborate on technologies for image creation, VFX, animation, and sound. The ASWF Diversity & Inclusion Working Group aims to address the state of D&I in the open source VFX Community.
ScreenSkills is an industry-led skills body for the screen industries – film, television, VFX, animation and games - which provides insight, career development, and other opportunities to help people get into the industry and progress within it, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability status, address, socio-economic background, or any other dimension of diversity.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) is a non-profit professional, honorary society, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of VFX and to improving the welfare of its members by providing professional enrichment and education, fostering community, and promoting industry recognition.
Women in Animation (WIA) brings together the global animation community to empower and advocate for people of underrepresented gender identities in the art, technology, production, and business of animation, inspiring excellence and justice in all facets of the industry. WIA launched the 50/50 by 2025 initiative to advocate for change, and provide programmes and connections to drive toward gender equality by 2025.