We are regularly researching the latest Diversity & Inclusion reports and trends and have included a wide range of practical and useful global resources below to assist you on your journey with us.

Diversity Resources 

• Diversity Mark Application Guidance Notes
• Diversity Mark D&I Maturity Matrix
• Diversity Mark Webinar – Allstate’s Journey to Silver
• Inclusion Starts with I – video from Accenture
• Bonhil Group: The DiversityQ FTSE 100 Board Diversity Report 2020
• McKinsey & Company – Diversity Wins, How Diversity Matters 2020
• Diversity Best Practices – Employee Network and Affinity Groups 2019
• Accenture – Getting To Equal – Research-Report 2020
• WGEA Australia Governement  – Building a Workplace Flexible Strategy 2020 
• Gov UK – Employer Preventing Discrimination 
• Mckinsey & Company – Delivering through Diversity Report – 2020
• BITC – The Business Case for Diversity
• DMNI Webinar – Employee Led Networks
• Webinar – CIPD – Diversity & Inclusion through COVID-19
• CIPD – Diversity Management That Works – 2019
• Equality NI – Flexible Working
• World Economic Forum – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Toolkit
• Christine White – Diversity and Inclusion, From Talk to Action – ‘8 Steps to Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
• Equality NI – The Right To Request Flexible Working, A Guide for Employers
• BoardEx and Odgers Berndtson – UK Leadership Diversity Report 2021
• CMI – Push for progress on workplace inclusion report
• Equality NI – Unified guide to promoting equal opportunities
• Equality NI – Employers service providers model policies
• Equality NI – Employers and service providers – Positive action employer guide
• Baker McKenzie – Mind the gap series – Insights from global compliance leaders
• WiSTEM Steering Group Report.pdf

Gender Equality 

• Don’t Let the Pandemic Set Back Gender Equality – Harvard Business Review 2020
• Australian Government – Advancing Women In STEM Strategy Action Plan 2020
• McKinsey & Company Women in the work place 2019
• WGEA Gov AU – Gender Equity Insights Report 2020
• Future of Athena SWAN Report 2020
• WGEA – Gender Balanced Parental Leave – 2018
• LHH Elevating Women EU Report 2019 
• The Future of Women at Work – Transitions in the Age of Automation – McKinsey Global Institute 
• WGEA – Gender & Negotiation in the Workplace – 2018
• Hampton Alexander Review 2019 – 33% representation of women on FTSE 350 boards and in senior leadership
• WGEA – Women in Leadership Report – Lessons from Australian Companies Leading the Way – 2018
• BITC – Equal lives parenthood & caring in the workplace report 2018 
• WGEA Australia Government – AIBE Centre for Gender Equality in the Workplace Report – 2020 
• Bank of England – Gender Diversity Speech by Joanna Place – 2019 
• McKinsey – Ten things to know about Gender Equality – 2020
• McKinsey – Covid-19 & Gender Equality Countering the Regressive Effects – 2020
• Credit Suisse – Gender 3000 Report – 2019
• Mercer – Global Research Report – 2020 
• Webinar – Harvard Business Review – The missing link in gender equality efforts
• Webinar – McKinsey – Women in the workplace 2020 – progress toward gender equality 
• McKinsey & Company – Lean In – Women In The Workplace Report 2020
• 30 Percent Club – Barriers to Gender Balance at Senior Leadership
• PWC  – Women in Work 2021
• Openreach in Plain Sight Report – Hidden Bias
• HeForShe – Gender diversity in business is making strides
• Gender equality workplace – Going beyond women on the board
• Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality
• Equality Commission NI  – Building a Gender Agenda Seminar

Ethnicity & Race 

• BAME women and Covid 19 Report
• British Council – Guide for Race Equality 2018 
• CIPD Guide to Anti-Racism Strategy – 2020
• EY – Parker Review Report – 2020
• CIPD – Addressing The Barriers to BAME Employee Career Progression To The Top – 2016
• ACAS – Race Discrimination Key Points For The Workplace – 2018 
• CIPD – Guide to Employee Resource Group Black and Ethnic Minorities – 2019
• CIPD – Addressing the Barriers to BAME Employee Career Progression Report – 2020
• BITC – Race at Work Black Voices Report – 2020
• Webinar – St Georges Society – Let’s talk about race – Navigating race in the workplace
• Equality NI – Race Equality
• Danske Bank & BITC – Addressing racism in the workplace webinar
• Catalyst – Cultural Sensitivity Global Infographic
• World Economic Forum – 7 ways companies are advancing racial justice in business
• CIPD – Race inclusion reports
• McGregor Smith Review- Race in workplace

Age & Generation

• CIPD – Creating Longer More Fulfilling Working Lives – 2016
• CIPD – Managing An Age Diverse- Workforce – 2015 
• Equality Commission NI – Age Policy Priorities & Recommendation Report – 2017
• Aspire – The Implications of an Ageing Workforce – 2020
• Future of Work Hub – Changing Demographics & Ageing Workforces – 2020
• Randstad – Accelerating Business with an Age Diverse Workforce – 2020 
• IAB UK – Age Diversity in the Workplace – How To Guide
• Deloitte – Global Millennial Survey – 2020
• Age UK – The impact of Covid-19 on older people – 2020
• Independent Age- Mental health report – 2020
• Equality NI – Age Equality
• Promoting an Age-Inclusive Workforce – Living Learning Earning Longer
• Age UK – Digital Inclusion in the Pandemic – March 2021
• HR Exchange Network – Generations in the workplace
• Ageing Better – Being age friendly employer evidence report
• PWC – Millennials at work
• Catalyst – Gendered Ageism Trend

LGBTQ+

• Stonewall UK –  LQBT in Britain Work Report 2018
• McKinsey & Company – Learning from lived Experiences 2020
• Stonewall UK – Setting up an LQBT employee network group 2019
• Catalyst Research – Flip the Script- Sexual Orientation in the Workplace – 2019
• Human Rights Campaign – A Workplace Divided Report -2018
• McKinsey & Company – How the LGBTQ Plus Community Fares in the Workplace
• Stonewall – Top 100 Employers Report – 2020
• Stonewall – Top 100 Employers Report – 2019
• DMNI Webinar – First Steps to LGBT Inclusion (email emma@diversity-mark-ni.co.uk to request a webinar recording)
• LGBT Health – Transgender Workplace Support
• Harvard Business Review – Creating a Trans Inclusive Workplace
• Learning Hub – Gender Inclusive Language
• My Workplace Health – Gender and Pronouns in the Workplace
• HR Leaders Guide for Non-Binary Gender Inclusion
• Stonewall – Free to Be Strategy 2021 – 2025 
• Catalyst – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace issues
• CIPD – Inclusion at work – perspectives on LGBT and working lives
• Catalyst – Five ways to create a gender inclusive workplace – infographic
• People Management – Five strategies for better LGBT workplace inclusion

Disabilities, Mental Health & Belonging

• DMNI WEBINAR – DMNI Disabilities, Mental Health & Belonging
• Equality NI – Disabled Workers Post Lockdown
• Disability Rights UK – Disability and Employment  
• Demystifying Disability In The Workplace – 2019
• Accenture – Disability Inclusion Research Report – 2018 
• Centre for Social Justice – Disability Report – 2017
• Voluntary Reporting Framework on Disability, Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Thriving at Work The Stevenson/Farmer Review of Mental Health and Employers
• Disability Confident Line Managers Guide to Recruiting, Managing and Developing People with a disability or Health Condition
• CIPD – Neurodiversity at Work – 2018
• Achievability – Neurodivergent Voices, Good Practice in the Workplace – 2020
• Business Disability Forum & Skipton- Inclusive Communication Toolkit
• Business Disability Forum – Hosting Inclusive Meetings
• Equality NI – Disability Equality
• The Queen’s University Belfast Equality & Diversity Lecture – Tilting the Lens: A New Perspective 
• Equality Commission NI – Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace Webinar
• Closing the disability inclusion gap through the power of business leadership
• Danske Bank & BITC – Embracing all abilities in the workplace webinar
• Indeed – Working on Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK Workplace
• Autism NI – Autism and Employment
• CIPD – Health and wellbeing at work report – 2021 
• McKinsey and Company – How to improve workplace mental health sustainably
• ITV launches new on air campaign to highlight Invisible Disabilities  
• Equality Commission NI – Disability and Employment – Making it work
• HBR – Do Your D&I Efforts Include People with Disabilities?
• World Economic Forum – 3 ways disability inclusion can shape the new decade of innovation

Cognitive Diversity 

• CIPD Podcast – Neurodiversity
• The People Leaders Podcast – Cognitive Diversity
• Matthew Syed – Pursuing Cognitive Diversity 
• Mercer – Pathway to your potential – Cognitive Diversity
• Herrmann – What is diversity of thought
• HBR – Teams solve problems faster when they are more cognitively diverse
• Proclaim Consulting – Whole Brain Thinking Applications 
• Deloitte Review – The Diversity and Inclusion Revolution
• Great Minds Think Differently: How to Enable Cognitive Diversity in the Workplace
• How-To Guide: Cognitive Diversity in the Workplace
• Fortune – Why the best leaders build teams that disagree

Social Mobility 

• Sutton Trust – Social Mobility in the Workplace, An Employers Guide -2020
• Raconteur – Social Mobility in the Workplace – 2020
• Gov UK State of the Nation – Social Mobility in Great Britain – 2018-19
• Social Mobility Foundation – Employer Index Key Findings – 2018
• Gov UK – Social Mobility – Monitoring Report – 2013/2020
• Social Mobility Work – Impact of Covid 9 on social mobility – what employers can do
• AMS Client Roundtable on Social Mobility
• AMS-Roundtable Summary – Social Mobility
• PWC – Empowered people communities – social mobility
• Hey Tempo – How to promote social mobility in the workplace
• Tech UK – How can we improve social mobility in the tech sector

Menopause

• Menopause in the workplace – Why is it important?
• NHS Employers – Menopause in the workplace
• Unison – The Menopause is a workplace issue – guidance and model policy
• Guidance on menopause and the workplace
• Menopause in the workplace – employment law 
• BITC – Menopause in the workplace – toolkit
• Promoting Equality in Employment for Women affected by Menopause
• People Management – Number of tribunals involving menopause triples in three years
• DavidsonMorris – Menopause in the Workplace 
• Bupa UK – Menopause at work – Women’s Health Hub

STEM 

• Australian Government – Advancing Women In STEM Strategy Action Plan 2020
• Equate Scotland – Women in STEM Report2 2020
• Royal Academy of Engineering – Diversity & Inclusion Strategy -2020/2025 
• Matrix NI – Women in STEM Report- 2018
• Institute of Coding – What motivates women to learn and work in digital
• Wise Campaign – Why women in STEM become innovators – 2019
• University of Bristol – BME in STEM – 2019
• British Science Association – Inquiry on Equity in STEM Education
• Capital One – Closing the Diversity Gap
• Advancing women technologists leaders – Strategy 2018
• Matrix NI – Women in STEM Role Models
• Wise Campaign – Why women in STEM become innovators
• CCEA – Why don’t more young women study computing?
• Pulsar – Gender diversity in AI research
• A Class That Turned Around Kids’ Assumptions of Gender Roles
• Equality Commission NI  – Building a Gender Agenda Seminar
• Catalyst – Women in STEM Research

Diversity Mark Signatory Case Studies

• Diversity, inclusion and belonging embedded at Danske Bank  
• Catalyst champion diversity and inclusion within the stem sector
• Utility Regulator join Diversity Mark
• Encirc champion equality diversity and inclusion in manufacturing

Global Case Studies 

• Accenture – Getting To Equal 2020 Research Report
• WGEA – Aurecon Elevating Women In STEM – 2017
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin – Responsible Business Report 2019/2020
• WGEA – St Barbara – Attracting Women to a Male Dominated Industry – 2017
• Monzo – Diversity and Inclusion Report 2020 
• Microsoft – Diversity and Inclusion Report 2019 
• Fujitsu – Diversity & Inclusion Website – Best Practice
• WGEA Griffith University Developing Women Leaders – 2017
• Accenture – Diversity & Inclusion Website – Best Practice  
• Unilever – Diversity and Inclusion Website – Best Practice
• Dell Technologies – Diversity and Inclusion Report -2020
• WGEA – Mercy Health, Introducing Men into a Career in Caring – 2017
• PWC – Global Annual Review – 2020
• IPG Diversity & Inclusion – Intentional Inclusivity while Working Remotely – 2020
• The Atlantic – Diversity & Inclusion Report – 2020
• PWC – The Diversity Journey – Best Practices – 2020
• Webinar – Glassdoor’s journey to a more equitable workplace  
• Social Talent – Diversity and Inclusion – 9 companies around the world that are embracing diversity
• Talent Solutions – How to make impact in diversity and inclusion
• People – Sustainability – About us – LEGO
• Shell Global – Supporting our LGBT+ talent at Shell

Learning Tools

• 50 Ways to Fight Bias, a bias program to support women at work — Lean In
• Lean In – 50 Ways to Fight Bias PowerPoint Presentation
• WGEA – Best Practice – Setting Gender Targets Guidelines
• WGEA – Perspective Paper – Supporting Careers by Mentoring or Sponsorship – 2017 
• People in Sight – Diversity & Inclusion Survey Questions
• Think with Google – What Inclusive Marketing Looks Like 

Ted Talks – Diversity & Inclusion

• Ted Talks – Janet Stovall – How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace?
• Ted Talks – Arwa Mahdawi – The Surprising Solution to Workplace Diversity
• Ted Talks – Wendy Knight – From the inside out diversity, inclusion & belonging
• Ted Talks – Chip Conley – What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work and vice versa?
• Ted Talks – Mellody Hobson – Colour blind or colour brave?
• Ted Talks – E’Ula Green – How to go beyond diversity & inclusion to community & belonging?
• Ted Talks – Kristen Pressner – Are you biased? I am
• Ted Talks – Melinda Epler – 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace?
• Ted Talks – Hannah Barham Brown – Disability & work let’s stop wasting talent
• Ted Talks – Rocio Lorenzo – How diversity makes teams more innovative?
• Ted Talks – Maria Morukian – The missing link to sustainable diversity and inclusion
• Ted Talks – Kenneth Johnson – The face of workplace diversity
• Ted Talks – Rebeca Hwang – The power of diversity within yourself
• Ted Talks – Tiffany Alvoid – Eliminating microaggressions the next level of inclusion
• Ted Talks – Melanie Funchess – Implicit Bias how it effects us and how we push through?
• Ted Talks – Mairead Mackle – What would Bertha do?
• Ted Talks – Daisy Auger Domínguez – Inclusion Revolution 

If you would like to submit, or suggest a report for inclusion on this page please contact emma@diversity-mark-ni.co.uk