How can business leaders collaborate with others to build inclusive workplaces and have a positive impact more widely?
The theme of this year’s annual CBI Annual Conference is “Build Back Better.” In some ways the recent crisis has created positive momentum, particularly as it relates to sustainability. However, the crisis has not been good for inclusion and equal opportunity generally. This is evident in an increasing digital divide, unemployment particularly impacting the young and issues of inclusivity in the workplace.
The impact of COVID on workplace culture
Our latest survey of employees across the UK, conducted in August and September, shows that workplace culture is being eroded during the pandemic and that inequality in the workplace is rising. Before COVID-19, 23 per cent of employees with disabilities said they felt included at work, but this has now dropped to just 16 per cent.
There’s real hunger to make a positive social impact
While the impact on inclusion makes for grim reading, what we also see is increasing commitment and collaboration to make a difference. There a
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