Disability Confidence Network at GlaxoSmithKline

Disability Confidence Network (DCN) - work to ensure all employees feel valued and are able to reach their potential through inclusion, awareness, education, access to workplace adaptations and advocacy. Our Disability Confidence Network provides a forum for employees to find out more about accessibility and raise awareness of local initiatives.

Learn more about Disability Confidence:

GSK is committed to being inclusive for people with disabilities. With support from our Global Disability Council and our employee resource group, the Disability Confidence Network, we are working hard to create an inclusive workplace where all our people can thrive. Since 2020, GSK has been an active member of the Valuable 500 pledge, a collection of 500 global companies all committed to placing disability inclusion on the leadership agenda. We are delivering on its objectives through our disability confidence plan.

We’re committed to:

  • Continuing to invest in workplace accessibility, based on assessments at GSK sites, and rolling out our Workplace Adjustment Services to more countries
  • Building the skills and knowledge of our people so they can be disability confident and inclusive of people with disabilities
  • Further improving the accessibility of our products’ packaging for our patients and consumers
  • Delivering the measurable three-year strategic disability confidence plan agreed by our GSK Leadership Team

In addition, we are accredited as Level 3 members of the UK government Disability Confident Scheme and signatories to the UK Department for International Development’s Charter for Change, joining other organisations with a common aim to ensure rights, freedoms, dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. As a global company we apply the UK Disability Confident Scheme across the organisation