We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our shows should reflect and celebrate the world we live in. We want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds, cultures, and identities working on our teams and shows. We will commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.
Initiatives
Actions
We fully believe in the power of film and television, and we know change is needed not only in front of the camera but behind it as well. That’s why we’re committing ourselves to foster an environment that leads with transparency and open communication. These initiatives have enabled us to foster a unified company culture centered around our core values, providing a safe space for learning, discussing, hiring, and enhancing our allyship skills.
We’re dedicated to continuously advancing our DEI programs, which is why we partnered with these outside vendors. We brought on Fresh Films to help us become an active participant in bringing up underestimated young people to the forefront of tv and film. The program allows these young professionals to be mentored on working sets to help prepare them for success in the creative economy and beyond. Additionally, Staff Me Up’s Coded for Inclusion and The Handy Foundation allows us to integrate an inclusive hiring strategy, while supplier.io has opened up a whole new network of vendors for our productions.
Our
Planet
We know that we have a responsibility to look after our environment and we aspire to be a leader in sustainable content production. To help achieve this, OP has made it our mission to measure our current impact and set targets to reduce the carbon footprint of our current productions. We do this because we have a profound respect for the environments we film in. We know it’s imperative to inspire positive action for the planet and that’s why OP has sets targets on every production until we hit carbon neutrality.
Fremantle has made Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a long-term commitment and at OP we strive to live up to that mission. We have a council that consist of over 50 employees across multiple companies whose sole duty is help create a space to champion allyship and support historically underrepresented people in the workforce.
We are actively expanding our vendor network to support diverse ownership, and we have adopted several strategies to achieve this goal. Firstly, we are very intentional about the contractors we engage in with our subrental business; we have had increased growth with this initiative. Secondly, we have implemented the use of a specialized database that connects us with underrespresented production vendors which we now utilize for all our new and existing shows. Lastly, we are collaborating with various companies to cast a wider net for recruitment not only at our company, but in our post-production and music departments.
Our commitment to providing equal business opportunities is expressed through our partnerships, DEI initiatives & actions, and our vendor diversity program. We view our employees, freelancers, suppliers, and vendors as key business partners. Our goal is to ensure that minorities, women, veterans, and LGBTQ+, smaller business, and disabled people have opportunities to offer their product and services to our global family.
This commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion extends from our workforce and continues in our relationships with our vendors. As a global organization, we understand that working with vendors and suppliers of multiple backgrounds and sizes, enhances innovation and creativity. These types of partnerships make us stronger and allow us to create sustainable content.
Vendor Diversity Portal
As part of our ongoing commitment to vendor diversity, we are integrating tools that allow us to better communicate and interact with new and existing vendors.Please register your company by clicking the link below which will direct you to our vendor portal.
Your registration will allow our entire organization to view your company credentials and capabilities, and any other pertinent information to making a sourcing decision. You will also be able to access the database and make updates or changes at any time.
If you have any additional questions, please contact [email protected]
