A new report called ‘Maintaining Momentum’ by the diversity and inclusion community WiTHL, and its sister organisation Diversity in Retail (DiR), in partnership with The MBS Group, has revealed that more than half of hospitality, travel, leisure and retail businesses in the UK lack ethnic diversity at board level.
The study supports previous research revealing that more than a third of retail businesses in the UK have no ethnic diversity at board level.
While progress has been made towards greater diversity in hospitality, travel, leisure, and retail businesses, the ‘Maintaining Momentum’ report illustrates that the pace of change needs to accelerate if we are ever to truly reach gender parity and ethnic representation.
The report’s findings were launched at the recently held Inclusion Summit at ODEON LUXE, Leicester Square. Alongside keynote speakers Mary Portas and John Amaechi OBE, a selection of panels and discussions took place with leading industry voices who delivered valuable insight into changing attitudes towards diversity and the importance of creating an inclusive culture within a business. They also explored the positive impact created by having a truly inclusive workplace for employees and organisations.
Founder and Chair of WiTHL and DiR, Tea Colaianni, said: “Our research clearly illustrates that while we are making progress, we still have work to do. Bringing together leaders across over 100 companies to facilitate this discussion and indeed maintain, if not increase, momentum of change in this area is exactly why we are holding this year’s summit.”
For those who were unable to attend the summit, the full report is now available to download from the WiTHL and DiR websites.
WiHTL is a ‘collaboration community’ devoted to increasing diversity and inclusion across hospitality, travel, leisure, and retail. Its mission is to support companies across these industries to create diverse and inclusive environments and to positively impact five million employees globally by 2025. With a similar directive, DiR works to support companies across the retail industry to create diverse and inclusive environments and positively impact the industry’s one million employees globally.
For more information on the summit, visit www.wihtl.com/summit.
For more information on WiTHL, visit www.wihtl.com.
For more information on Diversity in Retail, please visit: www.diversityinretail.com.
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