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Governance
People
Multicultural
Our global footprint covers more than 50 countries, making multicultural
inclusion imperative. Fostering cross-cultural connections is enabled by
Embrace our multicultural network which brings together all those who
share an interest in all aspects of race, ethnicity, nationality and faith.
Embrace took an active role in Interfaith week, when leaders hosted
discussions to gain insight and ideas for better serving our multicultural
customers and clients, and for engaging colleagues across our global
community. Embrace also helped us mark important cultural and
religious calendar dates throughout 2015 such as Diwali and Eid,
creating communications and events to bring to life the rich
multicultural diversity of our people. Day-to-day, this diversity is enabled
by, for example, a dedicated quiet room in many of our larger sites for
prayer and reflection, and by serving halal and kosher food in our
canteens.
Ensuring Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) female entrepreneurs
can sustain and develop their businesses has been a shared focus via
our partnership with the UK Women’s Business Council, and in 2015 we
also supported the Black British Business Awards to celebrate the
achievements of BAME leaders in the UK.
Insight from BAME colleagues has been put into practice for our
attraction and recruitment processes, including profiling available roles in
jobsites dedicated to the diverse job-seeker and targeting high calibre
candidates for our apprenticeship programmes. 26% of our Bolder
apprentices have been from a BAME background, evidencing our
engagement approach is working but we will continue to strive to ensure
our workforce is representative of our communities.
31%
26%
50%
47%
69%
68%
60%
59%
Abo
ve shows the percentage of underrepresented populations that make up our
glob
al and regional populations. Note that underrepresented populations are defined
re
gionally to ensure inclusion with all groups in the workplace
a
UK includes Asian, Mixed, Black, Other and Non-disclosed.
b
US includes Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Mixed, Black, Other and Non-disclosed.
c
South Africa includes African, Indian, Coloured, Other, and Non-disclosed.
UKa
USb
South Africac
Global
Multicultural
2015 (H2)
2014 (H2)
FTE by region
2015 2014 2 013
United Kingdom 49,000 48,600 54,400
Continental Europe 7,400 9,900 9,800
Americas 10,600 10,900 11,100
Africa and Middle East 43,600 44,700 45,800
Asia Pacific 18,800 18,200 18,500
Total 129,400 132,300 139,600