About us

Diversity and Inclusion

In a changing world, we know that delivering exceptional results requires a broad perspective.

Building a business based on core values of diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity enables us to support all of our people to reach their full potential, find happiness at work and tap into a diverse range of ideas and skill-sets to deliver for our clients.

In 2018, we made five commitments to diversity and inclusion, each one with an action plan to support ongoing change within our organisation and the wider industry.

Our five commitments
01

Mental health

We commit to training all managers and a group of dedicated champions from across the business to make mental health an everyday topic of conversation, dispel common myths and make it easier for people to seek support. We will also roll out training on stress awareness and employee meditation, and are establishing an annual Mental Health Awareness Week to support our ongoing efforts.

02

Apprenticeships

We commit to growing our existing apprenticeship programme in order to nurture the careers of young people from all walks of life and build a more diverse workforce.

03

Recruitment

We commit to further embedding diversity within our recruitment processes by using only balanced shortlists for all new hires and internal promotions and training all managers on unconscious bias.

04

Learning and development

We commit to expanding the range of content available on our Learning and Development platform to support the changing of attitudes towards the diversity and inclusion agenda. We are continuing to train managers and future leaders on all aspects of diversity and inclusion.

05

Flexibility

We commit to designing a flexible working environment that nurtures a healthy work life balance, supports our diverse employee profile and fits our business.

Our five commitments

01

Mental health

We commit to training all managers and a group of dedicated champions from across the business to make mental health an everyday topic of conversation, dispel common myths and make it easier for people to seek support. We will also roll out training on stress awareness and employee meditation, and are establishing an annual Mental Health Awareness Week to support our ongoing efforts.

02

Apprenticeships

We commit to growing our existing apprenticeship programme in order to nurture the careers of young people from all walks of life and build a more diverse workforce.

03

Recruitment

We commit to further embedding diversity within our recruitment processes by using only balanced shortlists for all new hires and internal promotions and training all managers on unconscious bias.

04

Learning and development

We commit to expanding the range of content available on our Learning and Development platform to support the changing of attitudes towards the diversity and inclusion agenda. We are continuing to train managers and future leaders on all aspects of diversity and inclusion.

05

Flexibility

We commit to designing a flexible working environment that nurtures a healthy work life balance, supports our diverse employee profile and fits our business.

Partnerships and programmes

Time to Change Employer Pledge

We are a signatory of the Time to Change Employer Pledge, a growing social movement that aims to change the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace. Find out more here. 

Diversity and Inclusion week

We take part in BNP Paribas’ annual Diversity and Inclusion week, a programme of panels and round tables on topics such as cultural diversity, gender equality, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical appearance, religious diversity and disability. 

Women in leadership

Advancing gender diversity is one of our priorities. In 2012, we created the international Women in Leadership (WIL) programme to change perceptions, bring about change and increase the number of female managers at every level of our business.

Employee networks

We have six internal networks created by employees, for employees: MixCity; Ability; Early Careers Network; Pride; Multicultural; and Parents & Carers. They are open to all and support engagement around diversity and inclusion, LGBT inclusivity, career development and disability.

Industry partnerships

We are an active partner of the following organisations: the LGBT charity Stonewall; Real Estate Balance, which aims to address gender imbalance in our sector; and Changing the Face of Property, a joint initiative between 10 of the UK’s major property firms to increase diversity and inclusion.

Gender Pay Gap

It is encouraging to see that our Gender Pay Gap is slowly decreasing but, we recognise that it’s not enough. As part of our Next Chapter strategy we are committed to addressing these issues and to improving our gender population imbalance, which in time will positively shift our gender pay balance.
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