Our refreshed and accelerated approach to diversity and inclusion is aligned to our purpose to enable growth, create jobs and improve lives. To do this, we recognise the need to have a workforce that is representative of the communities we work with and drive a deeper commitment to diversity and inclusion and eliminating any inequity. Our pledge and the actions are revisited to ensure we are making progress, our pledge is:
“At the Growth Company (GC) we want everyone to feel that they belong and we are committed to creating an environment where all individuals are valued and treated with respect. The fundamental principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are core to our values and ways of working. At GC we have an EDI Steering Committee which comprises of members of our workforce who are passionate about EDI and help drive forward our EDI objectives. The EDI Steering Committee is sponsored by GC's Board Member, Vanda Murray OBE and our Managing Director of Marketing Manchester who support and empower our work to drive change needed to achieve inclusivity. I fully endorse the work of the EDI Steering Committee and EDI Network Groups and believe it’s an essential part of what makes GC a great place to work. We are dedicated to ensuring that colleagues have a voice and we want to create a culture of continuous learning through the learning platform.”