New Ubisoft Plan Aimed at Improving Diversity at Company Over the Next 5 Years

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Ubisoft is publicly committing to a five-year plan which should improve the company's diversity. In recent years, Ubisoft has faced accusations and lawsuits regarding gender-based discrimination, «institutional harassment,» and abuses of power. The accusations led to a wave of departures among Ubisoft's leadership, but stopped short of leading to co-founder Yves Guillemot stepping down. This has led to criticism over a lack of meaningful structural change at Ubisoft, perhaps prompting this new announcement.

The official word provided by Ubisoft regarding its five-year plan is that it's being done in effort to invest in «people policies and processes, to continue to „build a safe and respectful workplace for all,“ and to advance „diversity and inclusion across the board.“ As such, Ubisoft Chief People Officer Anika Grand and VP of Global Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility Raashi Sikka have taken this plan to Ubisoft studios across Europe to explain the process going forward.

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The focus of Ubisoft's multi-year strategy is to ensure the company better reflects its audience. With that in mind, the strategy's focus is to increase diversity with regard to race, ethnicity, and culture. That focus will be executed through three means, talent acquisition, internal talent development, and external talent pipeline development. Through growth and changing the processes through which Ubisoft grows, it's hoping the company will change for the better over time.

Ubisoft will also be „addressing barriers“ internally going forward, too, because there are obviously already a diverse range of peoples working at the company. Ubisoft will be focusing on gender equality, race and ethnicity,