The Rainbow Registered accreditation and its easily recognizable mark () helps customers, clients, partners and prospective employees to identify LGBT+ friendly businesses and organizations, while enabling those businesses and organizations to demonstrate their commitment to providing a welcome and inclusive experience. Your business or organization will attract and retain customers, clients, partners and employees whose values align
Not only is having LGBT+-friendly policies in your company the right thing to do – it’s also good for business. That’s why Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, with Tourism HR Canada, have collaborated to launch the Rainbow Registered LGBT+ Friendly Accreditation Program.
Rainbow Registered is a national accreditation for LGBT+ friendly businesses and organizations. When you see a Rainbow Registered symbol, you know the business or organization meets a stringent set of standards to ensure LGBT+ customers feel safe, welcomed, and accepted.
The accreditation program grants a time-limited recognition to businesses and organizations for demonstrating compliance with the quality standard. Accredited businesses are deemed market ready for the LGBT+ customer and given the right to be associated with the program’s prestigious Rainbow Registered designation mark.
In addition to benefiting from guidelines that provide information and advice on ensuring LGBT+ customers feel welcome and accepted, accredited businesses will be able to demonstrate and market themselves as safe destinations for the LGBT+ market.
Accredited businesses will be listed in the Rainbow Registered directory – the national directory of businesses certified as LGBT+ friendly – and will have the opportunity to display the program’s distinguishable Rainbow Registered designation mark in their business or storefront.
Here are workshops and training offered by the CGLCC – many of which are currently FREE (until they run out of funding).
If you are interested in any of these, please contact:
Loren Christie
Business Development at Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce
Direct: 416-882-5645
Toll Free: 1-866-300-7556 ext 21