VCs miss out on trillions for failing to invest in diversity
Venture capitalists (VCs) are missing out on a trillion-dollar opportunity by failing to invest in businesses founded by diverse entrepreneurs, according to...
APLEN: Australia’s workplace parental/care policies fall short
Australia’s workplace parental/care policies are falling short of carer needs to better manage work and care responsibilities, according to Australia’s Working Families...
EHRC: Universities ‘oblivious’ to scale of racial abuse on campus
An inquiry into racism on campus, carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has found alarmingly high levels of...
Hong Kong boardrooms see a drop in female directors
Not-for-profit Community Business has reported a drop in the number of women on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (HSI) company boards. The...
Firms with female CEOs & CFOs ‘more profitable’, confirms S&P
Organisations with female CEOs and CFOs are more profitable, according to S&P Global’s latest report, When Women Lead, Firms Win, which examines the performance...
Lack of diversity puts youth off digital careers, reports IOC
Young people are put off from digital careers in the UK because of a lack of diversity, according to a recent survey...
One in four BAME staff report bullying & harassment, says BITC
The 2019 Race at Work Report, published by Business in the Community (BITC) today, has revealed that one in four black, Asian, minority ethnic...
“Women will not see equal pay until 2059, if current trends continue,” says IWPR
Progress on closing the gender wage gap remains stalled, according to findings released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), today. "If...
72% of firms using D&I training, report financial growth
A new report on US Learning and Development (L&D), released by findcourses.com, states that companies offering their employees diversity and inclusion (D&I)...
Advancing women ‘still not a priority for 79% global firms’, says IBM study
The global gender gap in leadership could persist until 2073, unless companies start to prioritise advancing women in the workplace, according to IBM’s...