G15 Diversity Report: Looking To The Future
Five years after the launch of the G15 Ethnic Diversity Pledge of 2020, we stand at an important moment of reflection and renewed commitment.
Our Diversity Report for 2025 is out now - explore how we're driving change.
Fiona Fletcher-Smith, CEO of L&Q and former G15 Chair said:
It has been a real honour to lead the G15 over the last two years - particularly witnessing the progress members have made in delivering our Ethnic Diversity Pledge, first launched in 2020. This report provides an update about the G15’s progress in ensuring that ethnic minority people across our organisations are invested in, represented, and included.
Since 2020, we have become more ethnically diverse, supported 117 individuals on the G15 Accelerate Programme and have recently hosted our fourth G15 Ethnicity in Housing Awards.
Also included in the report are case studies showing the incredible and much needed work G15 members are doing to boost diversity, equality and inclusion - Peabody’s Black on Board Programme, Guinness Partnership’s work to recruit more older workers and Southern’s programme to embed inclusive recruitment practices represent a small part of the collective effort G15 members have undertaken to make progress against our Ethnic Diversity Pledge.
The volunteer led UNIFY Network has reached thousands of colleagues across the G15 through events, networking sessions and mentoring opportunities. These have helped drive change, creating more equal, diverse and inclusive organisations.
Whilst we’ve made progress, the report shows that more still needs to be done. In 2020, the G15 set a target that 30% of our boards would be ethnically diverse by 2025. We haven’t yet achieved this, partly due to a number of mergers which have taken place since then. However, we remain committed to achieving this, whilst working to ensure that all colleagues can reach their full potential. All of us have a role to play in making our organisations truly representative of the communities we serve.
The change we have seen across the G15 in the past five years is significant, but now is the time to harness the power of our shared diversity to go further and faster.
I would like to thank everyone who has worked to help realise the G15 Ethnic Diversity Pledge over the past five years. Without you, none of this would have been possible.
It has been a privilege to see the change so far, and I know that Ian McDermott, my successor as Chair, will continue to drive us forward towards achieving equity and justice across our organisations in the future.