Pride and WWF-UK
We celebrate Pride with our LGBTQ+ colleagues, supporters and friends, not just in Pride Month but all year round.
Why is WWF supporting Pride?
We believe everyone should be included in bringing our world back to life.
That’s why we’re using our platform to support the LGBTQ+ community for Pride Month and beyond. For our LGBTQ+ colleagues, supporters and friends.
To tackle the biggest challenges our planet faces, we need to include everyone
A message from our CEO for pride month 2025:
"I am proud that our panda will again appear in rainbow colours on our social media channels in support of #PrideMonth 2025. All colleagues are encouraged to be good allies, better citizens and represent the values we hold dear at WWF in the way they interact with each other and how they represent us. We have created spaces for our LGBTQ+ colleagues to come together; it’s important to us that ours is a supportive and safe workplace for everyone. And we offer a range of resources and learning opportunities for our team to help their understanding of the very real issues that still affect the LGBTQ+ community today.
Strength and innovation come from diversity; so if we are to solve the global challenges facing our planet right now – and build a future in which both people and nature thrive – we can only do this by working together. This Pride Month, we will continue to support our LGBTQ+ colleagues and the wider community – standing for unity and against the discrimination and prejudice that are sadly still an all-too real experience for many."
- Tanya Steele, Chief Executive
What is WWF UK doing to support its LGBTQ+ employees?
We remain committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can feel free to be themselves.
Pride is a really important time to show our support to our LGBTQ+ colleagues and communities and we will continue to support every year. We recognise that we need to do that as part of our wider Diversity Equity & Inclusion commitments, and that we need to do more for the LGBTQ+ community. This is something we are actively working on. Alongside our Diversity and Inclusion Champions, we have an LGBTQ+ staff group (Rainbow Pandas) who we work closely with to ensure we are appropriately supporting our LGBTQ+ colleagues, and that our work recognises the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ communities.
We are always striving to learn more and better support our staff in the best way we can, this includes creating trans inclusive spaces for our colleagues. For LGTBQ+ history month, we had a webinar for all staff and have a range of activities planned during Pride month. We also provide lots of other learning opportunities for colleagues to improve their understanding and allow them to become better allies. Last year we participated in Edinburgh Pride and are looking at opportunities to take part in Pride events this year too.
If you’d like to share your experience or feedback with us, we’d love to hear from you.
More information, resources and support for LGBTQ+
Survivors Network
Rainbow mind
Human Dignity Trust
