‘No Diversity, No Commission’ covers our entire international organisation of 180 countries. The policy requires production companies to adhere to diversity guidelines before budgets are signed off, and productions are approved to begin. Paramount has committed to identifying scripted content promoting underrepresented cultures for its youth, entertainment, and kids’ brands. In Europe, 30% of Paramount’s international 2021 budget will focus on producing stories about underrepresented groups and issues. 

Channel 5 is committed to showcasing experts with a diverse range of skills and experiences and wants to attract the broadest range of talent to contribute.  As such, we’d particularly like to hear from people with disabilities, those from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, women, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ communities from all around England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. If you have a fresh and special story to tell and you believe you have a new viewpoint which the Channel 5 audience would like to hear please find out more: https://www.channel5.com/nfnv-privacy-policy/ 

Channel 5 has commissioned a range of projects from seven black, Asian, and minority ethnic (B.A.M.E) owned and managed production companies following the launch of its B.A.M.E Indies Initiative. The projects were created in collaboration with the TV Collective and saw nine production companies teamed with Channel 5 commissioners to support their delivery of mainstream programmes. The ‘Promotion Opportunity Project’ identifies and supports the promotion of B.A.M.E talent in the UK production sector. It’s all part of Channel 5’s commitment to nurturing diverse off-screen talent. The aim is to champion several mid-level freelancers to help their career progression. 

Every other year, Paramount shares data and insights relating to its employee population in the UK helping us to see and fully understand the diverse make-up of our business.  

By law, all UK-based companies with more than 250 employees are required to publish information on an annual basis about their gender pay gap – the difference between average pay for their male and female employees. 

Here at Paramount we have been reporting our UK gender gap since 2017 and voluntarily publishing our ethnicity pay gap since 2019. Please click on the link below to read the 2022 report. viacomcbs-mediahub.co.uk/corporate/viacom-gender-pay-report 

We’ve launched our first ever B.A.M.E Talent Sponsorship Programme. It pairs junior staff members from a B.A.M.E background with a senior leader to work on a project outside their business area. The sponsorship is all part of creating equitable working practices. We’ve also launched our Female Talent Programme to help female-identifying employees develop their professional development. Recognising B.A.M.E and female talent is essential to us and stems from research on our company population. 

We have created three companywide Task Forces to develop initiatives that will address racial equity in every area of our business.  Each group will have an executive chair and will critically require support from employees across our organisation. 

Paramount’s Inclusion Board ensures our senior leadership team in the UK is closely aligned with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).