Young people that are disabled or are having health problems have been unnoticed by both employment policy and practices. This is a key result of a current report from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (‘Eurofound’) discussing the active inclusion of these youngsters. The main aim of the research was […]
Effective strategies for building diverse and inclusive organisations was the title and focus of this year’s D&I seminar in Barcelona on 21st/22nd February 2013, organised and hosted by Icon Events international, and co-promoted by European Diversity as media partner. Icon Events is a two days of debate sessions, roundtable discussions, presentations and workshops. A main […]
‘Broad and inclusive’ – experts nowadays agree that the concept of Diversity embraces many if not numerous or even all kinds of differences. But when it comes to concrete implementation and active promotion of distinct dimensions, more or less rigorous choices are being made. A couple of years ago, those choices were made regarding what […]
A new survey launched by HR magazine UK reveals a huge gap between the stated commitment towards the importance of a diverse workforce and the strategic action of the UK’s HR decision-makers. Though 82% out of 271 HR directors, chief executives, managing directors and HR managers stated that diversity and equality were ‘high on their […]
The European Commission has initiated several Diversity projects since the year 2002. While the biggest push for Inclusion was probably the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All in 2007, one of the current initiatives includes the project “Support for Voluntary Initiatives Promoting Diversity Management in the Workplace”.
Each year, Austria’s enterprises pay a total of more than €70 million as an annual compensation fee for not employing as many disabled people as the law requires. Those companies not only loose money, they also miss out on the opportunity to get valuable insights from employees with a distinct perspective, also on the needs […]
After Norway introduced a mandatory 40 percent quota of women on (supervisory) boards of directors for all publicly listed firms, the value of those companies has decreased as a result for several reasons. This is one of the key findings of a study conducted by two US American Finance professors from the University of Michigan. […]
93.9% of the EuroStoxx50 companies cover Diversity in their 2011 CSR Reports, 77,6% in their Annual Reports and 94% on the corporate Websites. These are the impressive numbers from the third comprehensive analysis of its kind evaluating corporate communication of European Blue-Chip companies, initiated by European Diversity Research & Consulting.
Even Diversity experts wonder, at times, if and how D&I management works in a Business-to-Business (B2B) environment. One of key arguments – referring to customer diversity – seems to be missing at a first glance. Orange Business Services shows how an international organisation that caters solely to corporate clients can align its implementation with both, […]
Held within the European Commission’s project ‘Support for voluntary initiatives promoting diversity management at the workplace across the EU’, the High Level Event took place on 31 October 2012 in Vienna under the patronage of the Austrian State Secretary for Integration, Mr. Sebastian Kurz, and hosted by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Vienna […]
