D,E&I Mission
Google is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do—from how we build our products to how we build our workforce.
Diversity at Google
DE&I Priorities
Main Targets & Achievements
Gender
Ethnic Minorities
LGBTQ+
Disability
Veterans
Leadership Data
Mistakes
Google is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do—from how we build our products to how we build our workforce.
D,E&I Vlog
What's it like to work at Google?
“When I think about belonging, I think about the different spaces where I’ve been invited into or been the only person who looks like me, but being welcomed is something different to being invited. And that’s really the journey that we’re on at Google.”
Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer.Strategic Priority No. 1
Built-In
Inclusion
For our Products. Building for everyone means collaborating with everyone.
Strategic Priority No. 2
EQUITY
In Our Workplace
Taking a targeted approach to equity.
Strategic Priority No. 3
IN SOCIETY
Building new systems
To expand opportunity
Primary Target
$20M
Underserved Students
Through our $20 million commitment, 11 million underserved students across major urban centers and rural communities in the U.S. will gain access to computer science education.
Secondary Target
$2.5B
Diverse Suppliers
Spend in 2022. We exceeded that goal by spending $2.8 billion with diverse-owned suppliers.
Tertiary Target
$1.2B
Latin America's Digital Future
In 2022, following 17 years of investment in Latin America, we announced a five-year, $1.2 billion commitment to the region’s digital future
Achievement No. 1
Pioneer
In Workforce Representation Data Reporting
Google has been publishing gender and Race/Ethnicity workforce representation data for ten years
Achievement No. 2
Award
For inclusion
Research program, launched in 2020, the Award for Inclusion Research (AIR) Program is an ongoing effort to support innovative research and professors working to create positive societal impact.
Achievement No. 3
Diversity
Data now a BigQuery public dataset
To make this data more transparent and accessible for analysis, we have added it as a public dataset in BigQuery, Google Cloud’s powerful data warehousing tool.
Employees
178,234
Total no. of employees
As of January 2023
Gender Target
$25M
Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls
Launched in 2021 and focuses on gender inequity, one of the most urgent challenges we face as a society.
Gender Achievement
4,000
Google Managers
Engaged in #ItsUpToMe, an internal allyship campaign to hold them accountable as they craft and reach our diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.
Gender Achievement
20,000
Women attended our first Women of Color Summit
Transcend brought together women of color across the company and around the globe, with over 20,000 women attending virtually, across 100+ cities. Of the women who attended, 95% said they felt a stronger sense of community and 92% felt more included at Google after attending the summit.
“I would not be where I am today if not for those who worked tirelessly toward gender equity in generations past. Though this work is a long way from finished, I continue to be inspired by the dedication I have seen across Google and the impact it is having in the world.”
LORRAINE TWOHILL (SHE/HER) CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, GOOGLEGender Vlog
Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls | When She Rises, We All Rise
Female Pay Gap (Median)
Google UK LIMITED median hourly pay gaps.
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Awards & Recognition
World's Top Companies for Women
Forbes, 2024
Ethnic Minority Representation
% of workforce from ethnic minorities
US Data
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Ethnic Minorities Target
$175M
Economic opportunity package for Black small business owners, startups, job seekers, and developers
Ethnic Minorities Target
$100M
#YouTubeBlack Voices Fund to help Black creators around the world grow and thrive on YouTube
Ethnic Minorities Target
Double
Black+ Representation in the U.S. by 2025
Ethnicity Achievement
$50 Million
Black Colleges
Google invested $50 million in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S. in order to better address the diversity gap in tech (2021)
Ethnicity Achievement
30%
Increase in Black+ Latinx+, and Native American+ Leaders
In 2022, Google met its Racial Equity Commitment of increasing leadership representation of Black+ Latinx+, and Native American+ Googlers by 30%. Three years ahead of schedule.
Ethnicity Achievement
$40M
Toward economic opportunity in Latino communities over the past five years
“Recent events have called for a strong stand in defense of the Black community, but we must extend this work to other groups. Many of our commitments are beginning to do this, and there will be much more to come.”
MELONIE PARKER (SHE/HER) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, GOOGLEEthnicity Vlog
Building a More Equitable Camera | Google
Public Supporter / Signatory
Race at Work Charter (Business in the Community)
United Kingdom
Statement Against Voter Suppression (Black Economic Alliance)
United States
Partnership for Racial Justice
World Economic Forum
LGBTQ+ Representation
% of workforce that identify as LGBTQ+
Global % self-identified as LGBQ+ and / or Trans+
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LGBTQ+ Achievement
40 Million
LGBTQ+ Youth Worldwide
In 2021 Google provided $2.7 million and a team of Google Fellows to scale The Trevor Project's suicide prevention work through AI and machine learning. In 2022, we granted an additional $2 million to help it scale its digital crisis services to more countries, starting with Mexico. With our support, The Trevor Project hopes to reach more than 40 million LGBTQ+ youth worldwide.
LGBTQ+ Achievement
$12 Million+
In cash and Ad Grants to 90+ organisations working to support LGBTQ+ Communities globally
From 2019 to 2021
LGBTQ+ Achievement
LGBTQ+ Inclusive
Product Design
Added “LGBTQ friendly” and “Gender- neutral restroom” attributes options for business profiles in Google Maps
“Supporting LGBTQ+ communities has been a priority from the earliest days of Google, from our pioneering healthcare policies to our early Pride celebrations. We continue to build on that legacy everyday by prioritizing intersectional LGBTQ+ advocacy across all our platforms.”
JUAN RAJLIN (HE/HIM) TREASURER, GOOGLELGBTQ+ Vlog
Black Trans Lives Matter
Awards & Recognition
Equality 100 Award
Human Rights Campaign, 2025
HRC Equidad Mexico
Human Rights Campaign, 2024
Most Progressive Graduate Employers for LGBTQ+
Windō, 2024
Public Supporter / Signatory
Marriage Equality
United States
Marriage Equality
Australia
Marriage Equality
Taiwan
Public Supporter / Signatory
Trans Rights are Human Rights
United Kingdom
Equal Treatments of same-sex couples
Hong Kong
Statement in support of LGBTQI+ People in the Workplace
Brazil, 2018
Public Supporter / Signatory
Equality Act
United States
Marriage Equality
Japan
Statement in support of LGBTQI+ People in the Workplace
Brazil, 2022
Public Supporter / Signatory
Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling LGBTI Discrimination
United Nations
Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ State Legilsation
United States
Statement about the importance of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace
Poland
Disability Representation
Global % self-identified as having a disability
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Disability Vlog
Commit to creating more disability inclusive media | Google
Awards & Recognition
Best Places to Work
Disability:IN, 2024
Public Supporter / Signatory
Innovating for Disability Inclusion
Valuable 500
Veterans Representation
Global % self-identified as being, or having been, members of the military
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Veterans Achievement
$29M+
In programs helping the military-affiliated community build meaningful careers
Veterans Vlog
Amie Hanbury: Creating her own American dream | Grow with Google
Awards & Recognition
America's Best Employers for Vets
Forbes, 2024
Defence Employer Recognition Gold Award
UK Ministry of Defence, 2024
Public Supporter / Signatory
Armed Forces Covenant
United Kingdom
Leadership Breakdown
Ethnic Minority Data is US and Female data is global
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Our Mistakes
Gemini AI chatbot image generation of people offering inaccuracies in historical image generation and refusing to create images of particular groups (2024).
This wasn’t what we intended. We did not want Gemini to refuse to create images of any particular group. And we did not want it to create inaccurate historical — or any other — images. So we turned the image generation of people off and will work to improve it significantly before turning it back on. This process will include extensive testing. Gemini image generation got it wrong. We'll do better.
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This wasn’t what we intended. We did not want Gemini to refuse to create images of any particular group. And we did not want it to create inaccurate historical — or any other — images. So we turned the image generation of people off and will work to improve it significantly before turning it back on. This process will include extensive testing. Gemini image generation got it wrong. We'll do better.
Happiness Survey
90%
Employees gave the company's mission a 90% favorability rating
Happiness Survey
85%
Employees gave the company’s values an 85% favorability rating.
Awards
Diversity Leaders 2024 - #5 in Industry
Financial Times-Statistica
70% of the ranking is based on employee surveys and remaining 30% is based on share of women in management, the comms they make in favour of DEI and the diversity score provided by Denominator
Awards
Best Company for Diversity
Comparably
In 2021, ranking in the top 10% of other companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for Diversity Score.