The 90% journey: Encouraging firms to share their information

Initiatives not a zero-sum game

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"If we do not have the data or evidence, it is very difficult to talk about change”. This quote by Anthony Horrigan of pay gap analysis consultants Spktral, sums up well the next step in our diversity journey.

Renewed focus on ethnicity This year the Diversity Project celebrated its five-year anniversary and identified ethnicity as a key area of focus going forward. Consequently, the Race and Ethnicity and #TalkAboutBlack workstreams of the Diversity Project have set an ambitious and challenging target; for the industry and member firms to achieve a 90% ethnicity data disclosure rate within two years. Reaching this target will provide a strong basis to identify gaps, stumbling blocks and establish additional actions and targets to accelerate representation and better reflect society acros...

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