Jose Alberto started the LGBT+ and allies employee resource group (GLAD) at Dow in the Mexico City Office in 2012 with zero participants; today approximately 34% of employees participate. His main contributions to build a LGBT+ friendly office can be summarised in three main categories; Awareness, Empathy, Create a Culture of Inclusion and Team Building. Dow is a founding Member of Pride Connection, the first Mexican LGBT and Allies companies association and organised the first Human Rights Campaign Event outside the USA. Jose Alberto has been a speaker on several events talking about employee resource groups and their benefits as a business case and has done more than 20 Interviews and articles in Tier-1 newspapers such as El Universal, Milenio and Magazines such as Divers Magazine, Ambiente Plastico, Manufactura; to discuss LGBT rights in the workplace.
