Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Celebrating our differences.
Sharing our success.
At Lilly, we believe our differences continue to help us move towards being a more innovative, patient-centric company. It is our goal that every employee feels welcomed, respected, valued and heard.
Karen Alexander
Senior HR Director, Lilly UK & Northern Europe
Lilly recognised as a top employer 2026
Lilly has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a 2026 Top Employer in the UK.
Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.
The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices Survey. This survey covers six HR domains consisting of 20 topics including People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Wellbeing and more.
Lilly recognised as a leader in diversity
We’re proud that our work as has been recognised by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion, who awarded Lilly a Silver Standard TIDE (Talent, Inclusion, Diversity Evaluation) Award for DEI excellence, to mark achievements in promoting and progressing workplace diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging.
Lilly was once again named as a Leader in Diversity by the Financial Times and their research partner Statista in the 2026 Diversity Leaders list. The list was compiled from an independent survey across 16 European countries. Employees were asked about their perception of their companies' inclusivity, based on a range of aspects of diversity.
Upholding our long-held value of respect for people means that we will continue to strive towards creating a more diverse and inclusive environment at Lilly.
Lilly was once again named as a Leader in Diversity by the Financial Times and their research partner Statista in the 2026 Diversity Leaders list. The list was compiled from an independent survey across 16 European countries. Employees were asked about their perception of their companies' inclusivity, based on a range of aspects of diversity.
Upholding our long-held value of respect for people means that we will continue to strive towards creating a more diverse and inclusive environment at Lilly.
Gender inclusion network
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Works to remove obstacles that prevent all employees at Lilly from achieving their full potential by challenging attitudes and beliefs about gender. We do this by identifying barriers, and raising awareness of individual gender bias. Our key focus areas centre on overcoming career and wellbeing derailers, particularly those linked to confidence and relationships.
EnAble
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EnAble's purpose is to create a disability-confident culture. We do this by promoting awareness, providing support, and removing barriers for people living with disabilities, impairments and long-term health conditions. Access Lilly is our priority focus, a strategic initiative aimed at creating a barrier-free environment, both physical and digital, for all employees and customers.
LGBTQ+ Allies Program
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Improving knowledge, enhancing support, and driving inclusive leadership, centred around support and advocacy for equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and those of other diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+) everywhere Lilly operates.
embRACE
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Works to create an environment where people of colour are empowered to be their authentic selves and to foster a culture where we celebrate differences. We strive to move our business towards a culture that represents genuine inclusion because Lilly wins for its patients and communities when we utilise the strengths of all.
The Proud Science Alliance
Lilly is proud to be a member of The Proud Science Alliance, a collective of healthcare and life sciences sector LGBTQ+ networks who work together to raise the bar on LGBTQ+ inclusion within their organisations and the sector as a whole. We do this by sharing good practice and collectively sponsoring programming designed so that we achieve more together than we could individually.
Business Disability Forum
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We partner with the Business Disability Forum to assess and improve our facilities, processes and working practices, and are members of the UK Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. This scheme works to ensure disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and career aspirations and is supported by our EnAble employee group.
2025 Gender Pay Gap Report
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Careers
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