About
The Standard is a nationally acknowledged practical tool to help organizations of all sizes and sectors embed equality.
The Standard will help your business:
- Achieve tangible business benefits
- Reduce the risk of discrimination litigation
- Achieve fairness in the workplace and embrace diversity
- Improve competence when seeking to bid for work with the Public Sector
Principle components of the Standard are:
- Business/leadership commitment to equality
- Policies and procedures that actively promote equality
- Promotion of a diverse culture
The Standard is awarded in recognition that you actually plan and promote good equality and diversity practices in the workplace. Achieving the Standard can help you become an employer and supplier of choice in a marketplace that now expects employers to recognise equality and diversity and the needs of the individual and society.