UK Athletics Awarded Advanced Equality Standard

  UK Athletics and England Athletics have been recognised nationally for their commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Both have achieved the Advanced Level of the Equality Standard for Spor...

Standing together against racism

by The FA

It’s been a difficult year for many of us and as we experienced this summer, football can serve to remind us of some of the things we’ve been missing out on. Major tournaments are a brilliant opportun...

Bold, vocal and proud: 5 women advancing lesbian visibility

We want to share the stories of five proud members of Accenture’s LGBTI community.  Their examples of struggle and fulfillment—and words to live by—are inspirational reminders of the importance of be...

Accenture: How to be an ally to transgender people every day

When you’re a member of the LGBTI community, allies can help you feel free—and safe—to be who you are.As we recognize International Transgender Day of Visibility, Accenture Business Analyst Fernanda M...

Jacobs is Speaking up and Speaking Out - 8 Positive Actions for Equality

by Jacobs

Chair and CEO Steve Demetriou details actions Jacobs is taking to speak up, speak out.     Throughout the weekend, people of every race, age, gender and nationality took to the streets by the thousan...

Jacobs Named One of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women

by Jacobs

This just in! Jacobs has been recognized for our efforts to work towards gender equality. The Times Top 50 Employers for Women is the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established listing of empl...

International Women in Engineering Day at Jacobs

by Jacobs

Q&A: Talking with Jacobs STEAM, Latina Influencer Paula Silva For this interview, we connected virtually with Jacobs hydraulic engineer and former Enlace chair Paula Silva to talk career, STEAM and he...

Unapologetic leadership can pave the way to gender equality

I challenge all companies to publicly commit to clear, ambitious gender goals. It’s the only way we can make real progress towards gender equality.   Just last year, I joined Arcadis as Chief Financia...

Jacobs - Best Place to Work for LGBTI+ Equality

by Jacobs

  Jacobs - Best Place to Work for LGBTI+ Equality     Jacobs received top honours on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the U.S.’s premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies a...

Transgender Day of Visibility with Capita's Rainbow Alliance

by Capita

At Capita we’re proud to have a diverse community of colleagues and to foster work environments where everyone can feel comfortable being 100% themselves. As part of a series of virtual sessions, this...

Northern’s ambition to be ‘Best in Class’ in EDI

When it comes to breaking down barriers and pushing for equality and equity, Northern Trains is certainly on the right tracks thanks to our comprehensive roster of company-wide initiatives that promot...

Does celebrating International Women's Day in 2021 strike you as strangely out of place? After all, did the Charter of the United Nations not affirm the principle of equality between women and men exactly 76 years ago – in 1945?

Does celebrating International Women's Day in 2021 strike you as strangely out of place? After all, did the Charter of the United Nations not affirm the principle of equality between women and men exa...

International women's day gives us the opportunity to reflect on our D&I journeyat GBI

by Grosvenor

HR Director for Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, Jo Banfield, explains how we are working to promote diversity and inclusion through new policies, her role within a predominantly female Executive Team & w...

Happy International Women’s Day 2021!

by Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Today is an opportunity to come together to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is a day to take check of how far our society has progressed when it comes...

Jacobs - Choosing to Challenge on International Women’s Day

by Jacobs

Choosing to Challenge on International Women’s Day At Jacobs, living inclusion and working to end gender inequity are year-round activities: the drive to create a world where everyone has the same opp...

Reviewing the evidence: What works when promoting gender inclusion at work?

Why gender diversity matters In 2017 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) produced a report that stressed the following findings:   1. There is a positive relationship between management diversity and innova...

Celebrating Women's Month with VERCIDA

Celebrating Women’s Month.  Every March to coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March we celebrate Women in all forms. It is essentially a month where everyone raises awareness for the impact...

RACEquality network launched as part of sport-wide commitment to tackle racial inequality

Following last year’s very successful Let’s Talk about Race programme a new RACEquality Network has launched to help both UKA and the Home Countries Athletics Federations tackle racial inequality wit...