All Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) articles – Page 13
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Diageo joins Free The Bid push to aid women in advertising
In November, Diageo was named as one of the top ranking FTSE 100 companies for gender parity in the boardroom
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B Corps businesses 'grow 28 times faster than UK GDP'
Average year-on-year growth across the 150 UK businesses signed up to B Corps was 14% in the past year
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Analysis & Features
Big enough to bite? Sales salary survey 2018
With salaries stagnating, roles more demanding than ever and a diminishing pool of talent, how to pull in the best?
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Comment & Opinion
It's not just BBC being swept up in gender pay gap maelstrom
Business won’t be able to ride this new heightened focus on how we treat, talk about, listen to and pay women by shoving its head in the sand
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Female sales directors paid 38% less than men
Real-time salary data showed male sales directors earn £138,885 on average while females in the same role earn £86,600
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Comment & Opinion
Spotlight on food & drink in week of gender missteps
“Business issues are never just business issues.” This was the prophetic observation of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi before she was plunged into PR hell this week
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Most autistic people avoid supermarkets, report finds
Autistica’s research found supermarkets were losing out on a potential £13.5m in weekly revenue…
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Women in Wholesale looks to aid recruitment with research
Results will be available as a free report
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Comment & Opinion
Macho fmcg is still a hostile place for LGBTQ
Sir, Thank you for your article ‘How LGBTQ friendly is fmcg?’ (11 November, p28). It isn’t. End of…
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Diageo plans to become 'best employer for women in the UK'
The spirits giant has unveiled a gender pay gap significantly below the national average across its British businesses
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Analysis & Features
How LGBTQ-friendly is fmcg?
Stonewall’s list of the top 100 LGBTQ-inclusive employers only includes two food and drink companies. How can it be sorted…
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Diageo tops fresh FTSE 100 ranking for most female directors
The Smirnoff owner’s board is 44.4% female, with four female directors and one female executive director
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Analysis & Features
Making a career in wholesale more attractive to women
The Women in Wholesale conference heard last week how leading players in the industry are tackling the gender divide
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Greggs signs Time to Change mental health workplace pledge
Greggs launched its Balanced You health and wellbeing initiative ealier this year…
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Motor Fuel Group rolls out disabled driver refuelling app
Sainsbury’s became the first supermarket to adopt the technology at its 300 filling stations last week…
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FWD hits bursary target to fund more women in wholesale
The Fellowship Fund provides part-funding for external career development, training and studying
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Comment & Opinion
Take mental health seriously: employee care goes beyond HR
World Mental Health Day occurs annually on 10 October. This year the pledge was centred on mental health in the workplace
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Comment & Opinion
Diversity doesn’t stop with gender… but it’s a good start
The BRC’s new gender diversity initiative is a timely reminder for the grocery industry to not go the same way as the IT crowd
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Comment & Opinion
Grocery suppliers must take urgent action on diversity
When launching my brand, I wanted to stand out from the crowd and bought a wide-brim fedora, says The Black Farmer founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones. I needn’t have bothered - my skin colour alone made me stand out.
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Age, race, gender? Irrelevant questions of a retrograde era
It will be a great day when diversity is freed from its stubborn association with those that possess differing physical traits, says Jonathan Fitchew of Pareto Law