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Sustainability (ESG) (continued)
SOCIAL
OUR PEOPLE
Engagement survey
6,457
respondents
84%
response rate
We are proud that our ESG progress has
been recognised by our people. Our recent
engagement survey shows 79% of colleagues
believe RWS fosters environmentally
friendly practices; 80% believe RWS shows
a commitment to ethical business decisions
and conduct; 82% of colleagues believe they can
report unethical practices without fear of negative
consequences; and 78% believe RWS is taking action to
be socially responsible.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
We place signi昀椀cant focus on speci昀椀c pillars of activity based on the
Group's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy. Each pillar of activity has
its own Employee Resource Group ("ERG") to provide feedback into the
Group diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) plans, and guide initiatives
that are bespoke to their pillar. Each ERG has an Executive Team member
as a sponsor, together with an HR leader and a dedicated learning
and development team member supporting it to ensure appropriate
organisational prioritisation and in昀氀uence. Health and well-being is a
separate ERG with its own programme supporting all colleagues as well
as the DEI initiatives.
Our ERGs are: • Culture • Ethnicity • LGBTQ+ • Persons with disabilities •
Women at RWS
The purpose of these groups is to identify strategies for meeting the
collective interests identi昀椀ed by each group, thereby driving engagement
and increasing the representation, voice, contribution and in昀氀uence of
that group over time.
In FY23 we extended our central e昀昀orts, launching the RWS Diversity
Council whose purpose is to guide and support RWS in creating a diverse
and inclusive organisation. The primary role of the council is to connect
the work of all the diversity and inclusion resource groups into a broader
business-driven results-oriented strategy. To bring all DEI activities
together more e昀昀ectively, we also introduced the RWS Diversity Festival
in May 2023. We are particularly pleased with our new Language PAL
programme which encourages colleagues looking to develop their skills in
a particular language to reach out to colleagues for assistance.
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