NCC Group plc Annual Report 2021

Sustainability continued

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Creating an inclusive and diverse community We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, representative of the diversity of the world they live in, share their personal experiences and have equal opportunity to achieve. Our inclusion and diversity plan underpins our growth strategy and in FY21 was focused on four areas that were identified as being important to our colleagues: • Gender • LGBTQIA+ • Neurodiversity • Race and ethnicity For each of these focus areas we have colleague resource groups led by a Steering Committee, each of which has an Executive sponsor, HR and a Talent Partner. A dedicated Group Communications Business Partner is responsible for supporting our colleague resource groups to drive engagement both internally and externally. At the heart of our commitment to inclusion and diversity is our NCC Conversations programme, which we launched in August 2020. Each month the focus area Steering Committees work together to produce content, from blogs to panel sessions and resources, which support our ongoing awareness and education for colleagues. In addition, the programme includes workshops with external experts invited to support learning around topics exploring what it means personally and in the workplace.

What a journey we’ve been on over the past nine months. The content, the resources, the conversations and the personal experiences being shared, alongside the feedback we’ve received both internally and externally, have been inspiring. Our NCC Conversations programme is a great example of our values in action. We work together, being brilliantly creative and embracing difference, and what connects us – what we all have in common – is our desire to make this a safe and great place for all. A highlight for me was when a colleague said: “Had I ever before today come out as a transvestite in the workplace? Well, I never had. This is a first for me and it is indeed a big step. So why did I feel the need to do it? It is because of our inclusion and diversity programme that I felt like it was no longer a matter of why, but why not.”

Chloe Kersey Communications Business Partner and NCC Conversations lead

Inclusion and diversity engagement FY21 highlights

4 colleague resource groups: Race and Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, Neurodiversity and Gender 36 Steering Committee members across the four groups 90

13 external guest speakers 15 articles published externally (newsroom.nccgroup.com) 20 Instagram posts 90

1/3 of colleagues attended at least one workshop

250 average workshop attendance

inclusion and diversity community members 6 Executive sponsors

pieces of content shared internally