Guide to Using The Global Benchmark 2025 Evidence Document
In your welcome email for the Global Benchmark there will be two attachments: one labeled ""GBM 2025 Evidence." This is where you will upload your evidence for each question. Note: only the questions that require evidence are listed in this document.
How to use the document
1) When you open the Microsoft Word document, you will see 9 headers but no additional information.
2) To open each header (1 for each section of the Global Benchmark), left-click with your mouse on the arrow to the left of the header. To close the section, left-click the arrow again.
3) Each section's header includes all of the questions for that section. You can open each question the same as you opened the section.
Within each question are three parts. The answer (written in black italicized text), what evidence we are looking for (in red text, and highlighted yellow in the photo below), and (in brackets and highlighted green below) the text "[Place Evidence Here]". This is where you should upload your photos, screenshots, or direct links where applicable.
How to attach evidence
Image (such as a screenshot or photo, this is our preferred method of evidence)
1) Choose "Insert" along the bar at the top of your screen
2) Chose "Pictures" from the left side of the top bar, and select "Pictures..."
3) Select the image you would like to insert from your browser, and choose "insert"
Your image will display as an image directly in the document
Document (such as a PDF or PowerPoint)
1) Choose "Insert" along the bar at the top of your screen
2) Choose "Object" at the right side of the top bar, then choose "Object..."
3) Choose "Create from File" as the second tab of the pop-up window, then browse and select your file from your computer (see arrow below). Choose "Display as icon" then choose "ok"
Your evidence will show as a clickable Icon of your upload
Link (If you want to direct us to a public webpage or an online version of a PDF, PowerPoint, or presentation)
1) Choose "Insert" along the bar at the top of your screen
2) Choose "Link" and select "Insert Link..."
3) On the left side of the popup choose "Existing File or Web Page" (blue highlighted below), then type the text you wish to have displayed - this can be the title of the information or the answer number, such as "2-1.3" (yellow highlight below), and insert the link at "address" (green highlight below)
Your link will show as clickable with the text you provided
Do you not have evidence for a particular question?
Then you can remove the question (image a) or make a strike-through (image b)
In the images below, the respondent indicated having no evidence for answer 1-1.3
(image a)
You may also leave the question as-is and make no changes to the document.
Submitting your evidence
When you have completed attaching your evidence; please save the document as "[your organization name] GBM 2025 Evidence" and email it with your completed Global Benchmark Survey (excel spreadsheet) to benchmark@workplacepride.org