Creating an inclusive and diverse workplace
We are a people business with over 2,000 people focused on making the digital world safer and more secure. To achieve this we must ensure that our NCC Group community is as diverse as the world we represent, so we continue to foster partnerships that support this. We empower local action in support of our communities, and through our colleague resource groups, we encourage conversations that matter on a broad range of social topics to make NCC Group a great and respectful environment for all.
Being an ethical, responsible employer and supply chain partner
Creating an inclusive and diverse workplace
Reducing our impact on the environment
Mental health In addition to our standard wellbeing policies and resources such as Employee Assistance Programmes that support colleagues at every stage of their life, we have a Mental Health First Aid network. Over 60 colleagues around the world have undertaken accredited training to provide support to their colleagues with their mental health. We also offer a mental health module to managers to create awareness and further support colleagues in the workplace. Physical wellbeing In addition to mental wellbeing, the pandemic has created challenges for physical wellbeing. With restrictions still impacting many of our operations in the first half of the last financial year, we continued to look at changing needs for colleagues to work confidently and safely. Where restrictions were in place, and where permitted, we provided a way for colleagues who had a critical need for office working space to access this. Each of our offices has an onboarding document that outlines the responsibility of users, and how to stay safe in the working environment. Flexible/hybrid working continues as an option for colleagues and we continue to assess the evolution to our future world of work, with our primary focus ensuring we meet our customers’ needs.
We are guided by our Code of Ethics and our values, which define our behaviours – treating everyone and everything with respect. This is the foundation of our culture, and we strive to create an environment where everyone is welcome and can be successful Creating a network of allies In 2021 our colleague resource groups led a piece of work to explore how we could create an environment to empower everyone to be an active ally for all. We selected Oakridge Training Centre as our partner, and the concept was launched by the CEO to all colleagues in a live virtual event in November 2021. Our campaign and training – Action Ally – is focused on equipping colleagues with skills they can use in both their personal and professional life to be an active ally. Complementary to our broader inclusion and diversity annual training, Action Ally training began in the second half of our financial year with the Executive Committee and senior leaders. It began rolling out to colleagues during 2022 as well as being built into our onboarding programme to underpin our values and behaviours and Code of Ethics. Wellbeing We recognise the past two years has been tough for everyone, and as we evolve from the learnings of the pandemic, we continue to put emphasis on creating an environment that supports colleagues regardless of their physical or mental wellbeing.
UN Global Compact Principles addressed either directly or indrectly in this section of our Communication of Progress: 1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights 6. Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation
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