Diversity & Inclusion / RAP

DMTC is committed to diversity and inclusion because it is the right thing to do and has been demonstrated to support the achievement of better business outcomes.

DMTC is taking tangible and practical actions across our business, through our people. The Company’s approach to diversity and inclusion encompasses issues of gender; sexual orientation; indigenous heritage; disability; cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD); and employment/education background based on both country and sector or discipline.

DMTC’s Diversity & Inclusion Strategy was launched in April 2022 (for more information, see Page 12). The commitments made in both the Strategy and in the Company’s Reconciliation Action Plan are being tracked and regularly reported at management and Board levels.

Information and training sessions on topics ranging from well-being and unconscious bias to respectful workplaces and cultural awareness are being offered for both the Management Team and Board members.

DMTC is working with stakeholders from across the sector to consider internship and job placement programs, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the Career Trackers program, and for people living with low vision or blindness through Vision Australia.

DMTC is also a partner in the “Elevate: Boosting the Next Generation of Women in STEM” program being delivered by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE).

Taking account of DMTC’s size and reach, a key part of the Company’s approach to both our RAP and to D&I Strategy has been to set goals and get to work on implementation within the Company, but also to encourage our partners to be engaged and to take their own tangible actions. The opportunities for this engagement are broad and include education programs, events and sponsoring and creating a pipeline for internship and recruitment opportunities.

In 2021, DMTC received approval from Reconciliation Australia to publicly release its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, or RAP. The RAP affirms a Company-wide commitment to tangible actions that contribute to greater understanding, respect and relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians.

In this context, DMTC sees the Uluru Statement from the Heart as a formative document in the national reconciliation agenda. While the 1967 referendum provided for Australia’s First Nations Peoples to be counted, the Uluru Statement is a plea to be heard. For its part, DMTC has urged its own people and its partners to read the Uluru Statement for themselves, to hear and consider the call for action.

DMTC looks forward to working with our partner group in these and other ways to promote, and contribute to achieving, the goals of our Reconciliation Action Plan.