Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirements
Google and Meta do not meet the requirements to partner with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the organisation has said, after the two tech giants ended their official involvement and
The two companies have this year curtailed their spending on Mardi Gras, Guardian Australia has confirmed, and are not sponsoring the event in any capacity.Neither company would comment on the shift but it is understood that the costs of sponsorship were a factor for at least one of them – rather than the move away from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the US since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The Mardi Gras website says: “We want to partner with industry leaders in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – who champion DEI as an integral part of their organisation and culture.”that internally in Meta, the decline of the company’s diversity goals began with the departure of the chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in 2022.
Anna Brown, chief executive of Australia’s peak LGBTQ+ lobbying organisation, Equality Australia, said all corporations who participate in the parade “should be demonstrating support for their LGBTIQ+ staff and our broader community, not just one day of the year but every day”.
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