Equal Opportunities & Inclusion
GLOBAL EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
Our Employee Resource Groups have gone from strength to strength this year, supporting colleagues with interest and passion in the following areas; Cultural Awareness, Gender Equality, Wellbeing & Disability and LGBTQ+.
Our progress this year can be measured by:
- The King’s Trust Brilliant Breakfast event, which focused on inclusion attended by Group colleagues. In the US, we had over 200 colleagues from across all regions participating in virtual and in-person events
- Our US team created a series of impactful campaigns, including Black History Month with its focus on Artist Highlights, Pride Month showcasing Trail Blazers Highlights, and Women’s History Month centred around Leaders in STEAM Highlights
- Improved communication channels for Employee Resource Groups on our new internal communications platform
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
This year our we bought to life our strategy through:
- CRISIS HOMELESSNESS ALLIANCE AND HAYS PROJECT FLOURISH
Through our partnership with Crisis and Hays, we have provided employment and learning opportunities for two new colleagues this year who have both experienced homelessness.
- PRIDE
This year we worked with the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group and designed a campaign which was activated in June 2025 in selected showrooms, bringing together the power of our product, our community and our colleagues has been a great example of our positive culture and doing the right thing.
Building a meritocracy
Building a meritocracy is key to our culture to our strategy, and this is
demonstrated by:
- INCLUSION – 77% inclusivity score
- GENDER BALANCE – All leadership teams are gender balanced, and the FTSE Women Leaders Review placed us #7 of the FTSE 250
- REPRESENTATION – Teams represent the national identity and the race/ethnic mix of the markets in which they operate
