WHO WE WORK WITH...
Our Supporters
Collaboration is key to our success. We have members from various industries and at different parts of their ethnicity journey.
Top Tier Members
AMAZON UK
TOP TIER MEMBER
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, Earth’s best employer, and Earth’s safest place to work. We are a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of our customers.
Our diverse perspectives come from many sources including gender, race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, education, and professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and always look for ways to scale our impact as we grow.
BURBERRY
TOP TIER MEMBER
Burberry is a global luxury brand headquartered in London, England. Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities.
DLA Piper
TOP TIER MEMBER
DLA Piper: We bring the world closer.
We provide our clients with pragmatic, actionable solutions to their most pressing challenges in every corner of the globe. While our perspectives are shaped by our international presence, we measure success one relationship at a time, whether we are serving clients locally or around the world.
Our investment in new technology-backed solutions enables us to deliver better and faster for our clients.
EXPERIAN
TOP TIER MEMBER
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organisations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
HSBC UK
TOP TIER MEMBER
HSBC UK serves more than 14 million customers across the UK, supported by over 20,000 colleagues. The company offers a complete range of retail banking and wealth management to personal and private banking customers, as well as commercial banking for small to medium businesses and large corporates. Its intention is to open up a world of opportunity for its customers, colleagues, communities and the planet that everyone shares. HSBC UK values difference, with diverse ideas and perspectives helping it to innovate, manage risk, and grow the business in a sustainable way.
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP
TOP TIER MEMBER
Legal and General are a global financial group and investor, protecting people’s futures. We aim for a better future for our colleagues, customers and society by making a genuine societal and environmental impact that really lasts. We call it ‘Inclusive Capitalism’ because everyone’s invited to share in its success.
NATIONAL GRID
TOP TIER MEMBER
National Grid sits at the heart of Britain’s energy system, connecting millions of people and businesses to the energy they use every day. Our individual companies run the systems and infrastructure that deliver electricity across the country.
As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future.
NatWest Group
TOP TIER MEMBER
NatWest is a relationship bank for a digital world. We champion potential breaking down barriers so the people families and business we serve in communities can thrive. By supporting our customers at every stage of their lives, we can build long-term value, invest for growth, make a positive contribution to society and drive sustainable returns for shareholders.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. This is integral to fulfilling our purpose.
Supporting Partner Members
BP INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORTING PARTNER
We want to be an energy company with purpose; one that is trusted by society, valued by shareholders and motivating for everyone who works at bp. Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and improve people’s lives.
We are prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our transition – we want our workforce and customers to experience greater equity –while also helping our partners in the bp ‘ecosystem’ do the same.
BT GROUP
SUPPORTING PARTNER
BT Group is one of the world’s leading communications services companies with a clear purpose: We Connect for Good.
At BT Group we are advancing towards a future where every employee feels valued, empowered, and inspired to contribute their unique brilliance to the company’s success and the broader community. We firmly believe in the power of connection, the importance of everyone’s contribution, and the transformative potential of working together towards a common good.
KIER GROUP
SUPPORTING PARTNER
At Kier, it’s our brilliant people, the culture we foster and the values that we work to that make us unique.
As a leading infrastructure services, construction and property development group, every person is working to our purpose to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK.
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
SUPPORTING PARTNER
Lloyds Banking Group were ranked first place within the Maturity Matrix in 2022. The bank were the first FTSE 100 to set targets on ethnicity and have now set targets on Black representation. “The Matrix has been a way for us to complete an internal audit against the key deliverables of our Race Action Plan. It has helped us focus and identify areas for improvement, and assess how we’re performing
against other organisations,” Samantha Owo, Race Action Plan Lead, Lloyds Banking Group,
PARAMOUNT
SUPPORTING PARTNER
Paramount is home to the world’s most iconic entertainment brands, including Paramount+ Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET and Channel 5. Paramount delivers premium content to audiences across platforms worldwide. We connect with billions of people—through our studios, networks, streaming services, live events, merchandise, and more.
STONEWATER
SUPPORTING PARTNER
Stonewater is a leading social housing provider, with a mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.
We manage around 33,600 homes, serving 75,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
CANADA LIFE
SUPPORTING PARTNER
Canada Life are a specialist UK financial services provider, leaders in the wealth, investment, and protection solutions markets. The UK’s leading group protection provider, they employ 1500 colleagues across the UK. Along with companies across North America, the UK, Europe and Asia, Canada Life UK and the sister company, Canada Life Asset Management, are part of Great-West Lifeco.
Basic Members
ARCADIS
MEMBER
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and build assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
With sustainability at the heart of everything we do, our focus is on maximizing our impact aimed at improving quality of life. The solutions we develop address important societal challenges around resilience, places, and mobility. Leveraging data and technology, we have the capabilities and services to meet client demands driven by global trends such as urbanization, climate change, digitalization, evolving stakeholder expectations and potential unforeseeable events.
We care for each other and create a safe, respectful and inclusive working environment where our talented, passionate and diverse people can grow, perform, and succeed.
BNP PARIBAS
MEMBER
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 190,000 employees, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.
BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group’s performance and stability.
BNY MELLON
MEMBER
At BNY Mellon, we believe the best way to succeed at anything is to Consider Everything and Include Everyone. This fundamental belief that inclusion powers our success is evident in our collective purpose and shared values.
Our Purpose: To power individuals and institutions to succeed across the financial world.
Our Values: Passion for Excellence – Integrity – Strength in Diversity – Courage to Lead
It’s our business to manage, grow and preserve assets. We do this for ourselves and for our clients. When it comes to our best asset – our people – we don’t leave performance to chance.
Doing what we do well requires building the best global team, delivering the best solutions, taking smart risks, finding new paths to growth and enabling our clients to do the same.
That’s why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at BNY Mellon is business strategy – DEI is central to achieving high performance, competitive advantage, innovation and growth.
CADENT GAS
MEMBER
We are the UK’s largest gas distribution network, bringing gas to 11 million homes and businesses. We don’t own the gas inside our pipes, we manage a network of more than 82,000 miles of pipes which transports it. We play a critical role in providing an essential public service to keep people safe, warm, and connected, while supporting the most vulnerable in our communities through our positive social impact programmes and Cadent Foundation charity partnerships
Equity, diversity and inclusion is a priority for us, and it’s fundamental that our culture allows our colleagues to thrive, feel empowered, respected and included.
CHANNEL 4
MEMBER
Channel 4 has had a duty to represent the underrepresented and reflect the diversity of the UK through entertainment since its inception over 40 years ago. Our commitment to putting diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do not only shapes our content, but also how we work as an organisation. In June 2020, we set out six new commitments for Channel 4 to be a driver of anti-racism in the industry and improve ethnically diverse representation. Through this pledge, we commit to redoubling our efforts to improve diversity on and off screen, using our influence to do more to drive anti-racism.
GAIN THEORY
MEMBER
Gain Theory is a global marketing effectiveness consultancy that empowers marketers and insight professionals to make smarter, faster, data-informed decisions using data, technology, and advanced analytics to drive business growth.
Our team is a fusion of world-class creative minds from the data, technology, marketing and analytics domains, who work with some of the biggest brands from around the world across a range of different challenges.
Across six continents, we are united by a common mission: to empower informed marketing decisions, by more people, more often.
GATWICK AIRPORT
MEMBER
Our vision is to be the airport for everyone, whatever your journey. We aim to be the UK’s most accessible airport, prioritising the needs of every passenger and giving everyone an equal opportunity to fly. For our people we’re continuing to build a diverse and inclusive workplace, one where everyone is welcome.
JACOBS
MEMBER
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
MEMBER
“All of our staff are strongly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We have always had a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of discrimination and our community focus is central to our Group’s ethos. But more is now needed. We want to build a legacy of hope and empower our staff, students and wider communities to be bold, spirited and free to help make change we want, and need, to see. Racism, oppression, discrimination and all other forms of inequality simply must be eliminated.”
CEO, Sam Parrett
https://www.lsec.ac.uk/equality_diversity
https://www.lsec.ac.uk/accreditations
MACFARLANES
MEMBER
We are a distinctive London-based law firm with a unique combination of services tailored around the needs of our clients. Our culture is thoughtful, challenging and supportive, it is our mission to continue to develop a diverse workforce, where every employee feels able to bring their best self to work.
MACQUARIE
MEMBER
Macquarie is a global financial services group operating in 31 markets in asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment.
MOTABILITY OPERATIONS
MEMBER
Motability Operations is the commercial organisation that delivers the Motability Scheme to over 700,000 disabled people across the UK. We deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We provide worry-free mobility solutions to recipients of the government’s higher rate mobility allowance.
NETWORK RAIL
MEMBER
Network Rail owns, operates, and develops Britain’s railway infrastructure. They exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support the country’s economic prosperity. Running a safe, reliable, and efficient railway, serving customers and communities is what they’re all about. They are committed to becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, to harness the skills and expertise of all their people and attract the best talent to help them have a safe, accessible railway for everyone.
OFCOM
MEMBER
As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that keeps the UK connected now and in the future. Our work covers phones and broadband, TV and radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We are also the regulator for online safety in the UK.
PLATFORM HOUSING GROUP
MEMBER
Platform Housing Group is the largest Housing Association in the Midlands with 45,000 homes and 120,000 customers living in our rented accommodation and shared ownership properties.
We have 1,400 colleagues working across the business with the same ethos running throughout; to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
People make Platform and our vision is to be an inclusive and fair workplace that offers a truly modern people experience and is reflective of the localities in which we work. We want to create a workplace that offers both flexibility and the necessary support to colleagues who must balance their home responsibilities with their workloads and their own well-being. This will create a place where people can be themselves and feel that their differences are valued and used to drive our business forward.
STHREE
MEMBER
As the only global pure-play STEM talent provider, we’re proud to be a company where people from all cultures, communities and backgrounds can come together to move society forward through Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
Our ambition is to be recognised as leaders of D&I in the staffing industry and we are inspired by our purpose of ‘bringing skilled people together to build the future’, we know that our differences are the key to our success and will help us solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
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