Diversity at Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)

It is improving with each year More presentations and workshops as well as social tea and breakfasts to discuss and honor women and LGBT culture Not too much on ethnic minorities

All female grad intake is a fantastic move. It shows a solid level of commitment, however there's still a while until AEMO has gender parity.

I feel very comfortable within my organisation as a female. Diversity and inclusion committee has great initiatives which are listened to and implemented by the broader business and leadership team.

It's great to see a good balance of women/men in management roles

There's a lot of great initiatives with gender diversity at the moment that are emerging, and AEMO's culture is really great from a D&I perspective. Other areas like ethnicity, and disability are still emerging in AEMO's D&I initiatives, and the LGBTQIA+ community at AEMO has really established itself over the past few years.

AEMO is a very inclusive workforce, primarily driven by the individuals who work here being open minded and respectful. Recruitment and retention are done according to skills and experience, there appear to be no biases in that respect.

There's a network of LGBT+ colleagues (and allies). Corporate events celebrating IDAHOBIT, NAIDOC week, International Women's Day, Religious Holidays, etc.

AEMO culture respects diversity deeply. It's been very accommodating of people's needs and there is a decent level of diversity throughout leadership and the organization. That's not to say AEMO can't improve but it's doing a good job. I regularly see staff cutting back on days temporarily to care for new babies and children, it's part of AEMO's strong flexibility.

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There is very good diversity of backgrounds of employees. There is a greater struggle in diversity between men and women however this may be the nature of the industry.

This is a future area to target. Currently I'm not aware of any initiatives in this vein.

My understanding is that conscious effort is made to recruit from a wide-ranging cohort. We do not want to be seen as only recruitment from certain universities and would much rather recruit the best people for the job.

I think by having a culture that embraces reconciliation and diversity outwardly, and a culture that is very respectful of diversity we are attracting ourselves to applicants from less privileged backgrounds.