NEW CEO- Day 1 welcome video

Open For Business enters a new phase today as Dominic Arnall joins us as our new CEO. We are thrilled to welcome him onboard. Here's a brief message from Dominic as he starts day one.

Human Rights Day Event with Victor Madrigal-Borloz

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in conversation with Jon Miller, Founder and Board Chair, Open For Business.

Human Rights Day Event with Jessica Stern

Our 2021 Human Rights Day event featured Jessica Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for LGBTIQ+ Rights, in conversation with Jon Miller, Open For Business Founder and Board Chair. We also announced four new Coalition Partners and other appointments.

Find the full interview here

Kenya Country Lead Interview on Spice FM

Watch the highlights of Our Kenya Country Director, Yvonne Muthoni, from a recent interview on Spice FM as she speaks on our message of inclusion and why the private sector plays a crucial role in advancing LGBT rights in Kenya.

Find the full interview here.

Business Action for LGBT+ Rights

Open For Business is a coalition of leading global companies dedicated to LGBT+ inclusion. Open For Business builds the business and economic case for LGBT+ inclusion in challenging countries. We believe that inclusive, diverse societies are better for business and better for economic growth. We have dedicated regional programs in the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe and East Africa with a program in South East Asia planned. Each of these programs works with advocates in the local business communities, strengthening local business voices by providing them with evidence and fact-based arguments.

In this video, we share why we do what we do and include reflections from a variety of activists and the Open For Business team.

Central & Eastern European Program Launch Impact 

The virtual EU launch of the Central & Eastern European program and the subsequent country events in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine attracted much media and political attention. This short video highlights the key report findings and immediate impact of the launch.

Central & Eastern European Program European Union Kickoff Event 

Keynote address: Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality of the European Commission

Presentation of key report findings: Open for Business' Executive Director Kathryn Dovey and CEE Program Lead George Perlov

Panel discussion including:

• Karina Govindji, Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion EMEA & Latin America, Google

• Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director, ILGA-Europe

• Tamás Dombos, Board Member, Hatter Society (HU)

• Marcin Tomaszewski, Principal Economist for Central Europe and the Baltics, EBRD

 The event was moderated by Jon Miller, Partner Brunswick Group and Founder and Chair of Open For Business

Central & Eastern European Program Hungarian Launch Event (primarily in Hungarian)

 Keynote interview:  Peter Arvai, Executive Chair and Founder of Prezi

Presentation of key Hungarian report findings: Open for Business' Executive Director Kathryn Dovey and CEE Program Lead George Perlov

The situation facing LGBT+ people in Hungary vis-à-vis work: Tamás Dombos, Board Member of Háttér Society

·       Panel discussion including:

• Melinda Miklos, CEO of We Are Open

• Éva Zanin, D&I Expert at Magyar Telekom

 The event was moderated by the journalist Adam Kanicsar

Central & Eastern European Program Polish Launch Event (primarily in Polish)

Keynote address: Bartosz Rega, Co-CEO at Monterail, Wroclaw

Presentation of key Polish report findings: Open for Business' Executive Director Kathryn Dovey and CEE Program Lead George Perlov

The situation facing LGBT+ people in Poland vis-à-vis work: Slava Melnyk, Executive Director Campaign Against Homophobia

·       Panel discussion including: 

• Kuba Piwowar, Digital Acceleration Lead at Google

• Marcin Tomaszewski, Principal Economist for Central Europe and the Baltics at EBRD

• Aleksandra Muzińska, Co-Founder For a Change Fund

Central & Eastern European Program Romanian Launch Event (primarily in Romanian)

Keynote address: Marcin Tomaszewski, Principal Economist for Central Europe and the Baltics, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Presentation of key Romanian report findings: Open for Business' Executive Director Kathryn Dovey and CEE Program Lead George Perlov

The situation facing LGBT+ people in Romania vis-à-vis work: Teodora Roseti-Ion-Rotaru, Executive Director of ACCEPT Association

·       Panel discussion including:

• Sara Del Fabbro, CEO & CSO, IKEA South East Europe

• Perry Zizzi, RDCC President and Managing Partner, Denton’s

• Oana Dumitrescu, Industry Manager

2020 New Coalition Partners announced

Open For Business announce the addition of ten new companies to our coalition of global companies promoting LGBT+ inclusive societies. By joining, these companies are not only showing their commitment to LGBT+ inclusion around the world but also committing to further collaboration with their new coalition partners to build the economic and business case for LGBT+ inclusion.

The companies joining are Allen & Overy, BD, Deloitte, Dow, Facebook, Herbert Smith Freehills, IKEA (Ingka Group), Kearney, L’Oréal, and Unilever.

Inclusive, diverse societies are better for business and essential for economic growth

Open For Business constructs the business and economic case for LGBT+ inclusion,

Produced by Hoods Inc. Productions
Voiced by Anna Tan, Coaching Go Where
Graphics by BDA Creative

McKinsey's Managing Partner's message to Open For Business

McKinsey's new global Managing Partner, Kevin Sneader, wished Open For Business a happy third birthday.

Business Action for LGBT+ Inclusive Societies

The Open For Business coalition launched 3 years ago at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Summit. Since then, we have shown that the private sector can take real action to help create LGBT+ inclusive societies. A conversation has started about the economic case for LGBT+ rights. It's global and it's local. Are you part of it?

Open For Business at CHOGM 2018

Jon Miller of Open For Business speaks with Harry Phinda about the Business case for LGBT+ inclusion at the Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, April 2018.

The CEOs: The Importance of Collective Business Action on Global LGB&T Inclusion

Watch eight business leaders discuss their commitment and the importance of collective business action on global inclusion.

Six LGBT advocates travelled to the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos

Open For Business travelled to the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos with six global LGB&T advocates in partnership with All Out and Hub Culture. Their goal, to bring the business and economic case for diversity and inclusion to global business leaders.