PPG Announces New Commitments to Employee Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

PPG has announced new commitments to employee diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in its first dedicated report. The report is available at inclusion.ppg.com. By 2025, PPG has committed to: Achieve more than 34% representation of female employees globally (non-frontline). PPG achieved 30% as of December 31, 2021. Increase Black, Latinx and Asian employees by more than 45% across PPG’s non-frontline, U.S.-based employee population (using January 1, 2021 as the baseline). At the end of 2021, PPG increased non-frontline Black employees by 13%, Latinx employees by 9% and Asian employees 8%.…

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Broadcasters unite to create ‘passports’ to support inclusion

Seven of the UK’s main broadcasters have come together to create access and inclusion ‘passports’ that will remove barriers and support better inclusion of disabled people and other colleagues at work. Channel 4, ITV, BBC, STV, UKTV, S4C and Paramount UK have consulted to agree a similar approach which will see broadcasters encouraging staff to communicate their adjustment needs. The access and inclusion passports, adopted from an initiative formally introduced at the BBC in 2019, will be confidential and will support conversations with line managers to  ensure disabled colleagues and…

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Senior marketers believe diversity and inclusion is biggest challenge facing the industry

‘Diversity and inclusion’ is the data and marketing industry’s biggest challenge (58%), according to a survey completed by nearly 220 senior marketing professionals across the UK who judged the DMA Awards 2021. ‘Retaining talent’ (53%) and ‘Attracting talent’ (49%) were also seen as key issues, which will likely have been exacerbated by the severity of events over the past 18 months. In addition, around half (48%) of data and marketing professionals surveyed also cited measurement as a challenge the industry must overcome – specifically around ROI. ‘Meaningful Measurement’ was the…

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Medtronic Releases Second Annual Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report

Medtronic Releases Second Annual Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report. If this past year had one silver lining, it was a reinvigorated push for social and racial justice. Building a better and more just world for everyone requires pivoting the approach, transparency around progress, and accountability for improvement. With that in mind, Medtronic today issued  “The People Behind Our Mission: 2020 Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report” to publicly share how the company is accelerating efforts to create an inclusive work environment, doubling down on removing bias, and amplifying its impact in local…

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Save the Children: Taking Action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Charity Save the Children reaffirm their commitment to diversity with the following post below on their website: Save the Children reaffirms our unwavering commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, openly reflecting on and sharing the progress we have made, the work we have underway and the opportunities where we still have room to learn and grow. We shared our last DEI update in October, and will continue to do so on a quarterly basis. Save the Children envisions a world where every child gets the future they deserve. To achieve…

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