Sustainability continued
Colleague resource groups
Colleagues who wish to create a group are supported to gauge interest, given Executive sponsorship, and supported by the corporate affairs team to set the foundations and engage members and our wider stakeholders. ” Women’s International Network The Women’s International Network is complementary to our colleague resource groups and is designed to: • Create a safe space for women to be themselves • Inspire development of and attract more women to NCC Group The network is for those who identify as women and who are passionate about making NCC Group an even greater place to work. The network connects globally via Teams and is divided into local chapters led by senior women to ensure we have sponsorship at the highest level. Over the past financial year we saw the establishment of a Breast Feeding Support Group, the launch of our Menopause Library and Support Group, and a month long International Women’s Day campaign, bringing colleagues together in our local offices as well as virtual events.
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 opportunities to achieve. Our inclusion and diversity plan underpins our growth strategy and continues to evolve as our voluntary colleague resource groups, established in 2020, embed into our way of life at NCC. In addition to resource groups for our four focus areas: Gender, LGBTQIA+, Neurodiversity and Race and Ethnicity, we have welcomed the formation of new groups for Accessibility, Climate Change and Giving Back (see pages 50 and 51). Colleagues who wish to create a group are supported to gauge interest, given Executive sponsorship, and supported by the corporate affairs team to set the foundations and engage members and our wider stakeholders. At the heart of this engagement is our NCC Conversations programme, which creates opportunity for colleagues to get involved in conversations across a broad range of topics. NCC Conversations range from blogs and panel sessions and resources, to toolkits for managers to lead the conversations locally.
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