Cultural & Linguistic Diversity at Stantec New Zealand

At Stantec, we create opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating differences. This goal remains at the heart of our efforts to champion diversity and inclusion throughout our organization.  To achieve that goal, we must continue to build an inclusive workplace that empowers and inspires— but also attracts and nurtures the very best talent from all over the world. Over the years, we’ve made some incredible progress in supporting this area, but as we continue to evolve, so does our understanding of how we need to shift our approach to take our work to the next level. And what does this next level look like? Stantec leading with inclusion and achieving equity.

That means all of us—together, shaping a culture where everyone can bring their whole selves to work in an environment that is welcoming, accepting, safe, supportive, and free of judgement. The inclusive workplace we want to achieve empowers and inspires and provides psychological safety and wellbeing. It encourages all individuals to celebrate their identity and unique voice. And it enables us to build our diversity pipeline; that is, it creates greater depth in our talent pool as we strengthen and diversify our succession planning.

Without inclusion—without building environments where people feel they belong—diversity is that much more difficult to achieve. To attract and retain top talent from all walks of life, we need to ensure inclusion is a way of being—a value system that informs our approach towards leadership, mentorship, and creating clear and defined pathways for growth and career advancement.

Truly transformative work is born from diversity. Harnessing the power of all the characteristics that make us who we are is vital to our success. We design with community in mind, and to genuinely fulfil that promise, we commit to equity in design and to be representative of the many communities we serve. It’s our diversity of thought and expression that sets us apart on the global stage—our combined creativity, innovation, and expertise will always help to maximize our potential to do our best work for our clients and have a lasting impact on our world. Find out more at https://www.stantec.com/en/about/inclusion-diversity