The Valuable 500 is the global CEO community revolutionisingdisability inclusion through business leadership and opportunity.
Join us to help build an inclusive world where everybody wins.
The global movement putting disability on the business leadership agenda.
We need 500 national and multinational, private sector corporations to be the tipping-point for change and help unlock the social and economic value of people living with disabilities across the world. Because the potential of 1.3 billion should not be ignored.
Whether you’re starting your disability inclusion journey, scaling up or leading the charge, join The Valuable 500 to show the world how it’s done.
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The Valuable 500 is a business to business initiative catalysing the influence of large private sector corporations (1000+ employees) in national and international markets.
By joining The Valuable 500, you agree to:
Table disability on your board agenda.
Make ONE firm commitment to action.
Share your commitment to The Valuable 500 internally and externally.
In return, you will have access to our Valuable resources and a community of like-minded peers.
Information on how to access each of these will be available upon sign up.
You’ll need to validate your commitment to The Valuable 500 with the signature of your Chairperson or CEO.
[daɪˈvɜːsɪʃ]
Adjective: diversish
Selectively inclusive of some types of people within a company, group or business, depending on which type suits the company best.
Over 1.3 billion people across the world live with some form of disability.
Together with their friends and family, this group has a spending power of $8 trillion.
80% of disabilities are acquired between the ages of 18 and 64 – the workforce age.
Only 4% of businesses are focused on making offerings inclusive of disability.
There are more clothing lines for dogs than for disabled people.
CEO, Page Group
“If you can’t hire talent, you have a problem…and there’s this hidden pool called disability.”
Global Chairman and CEO, EY
“I have seen time and again the contribution our people – all of our people – can make when they feel trusted, supported and engaged.”
Chairman and CEO, Verizon
“At Verizon, we create the networks that move the world forward, but we cannot fulfill our purpose if any member of society is left behind. Technology has the power to connect and enhance the lives of all people, including the one billion individuals living with disabilities.”
CEO, Accenture
“At Accenture, accelerating disability inclusion is key to our commitment to creating a culture of equality where everyone can advance and thrive, and core to our strategy of being an innovation-led company.”
CEO, Unilever
“What organization doesn’t want to represent the people they are serving?”
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered
“We all come into the workplace with biases…Awareness – building is good.”
CEO, Interbrand
“It’s hard to be an effective leader if you are not acknowledging 15 percent of your workforce.”
CEO, Calvin Klein, Inc.
“This pledge signifies our commitment to consider differently-abled people in our recruiting, marketing and product development efforts. We believe that collaboration is critical, and that together, this group has the opportunity to create significant and meaningful impact.”
CEO, BCG
“As part of our ongoing commitment to unlocking the potential of every employee at BCG and across our clients, including those with disabilities, we’re proud to join the Valuable 500. We look forward to learning from best in class organizations and leaders, contributing to the dialog, and to advancing opportunity, equality, and inclusion for all.”
Former CEO, Unilever
“Choosing to hero one population over another is really exclusion; and up until this point, disabled people have been excluded to the cost of society, business and the economy.”
In this series of interviews, Valuable 500 Founder Caroline Casey speaks to some of our most valuable leaders about getting disability on the corporate diversity agenda.
Caroline Casey speaks to PageGroup CEO Steve Ingham.
Caroline Casey speaks to Bloomberg Chairman, Peter Grauer.
Caroline Casey speaks to Valuable 500 Chair and former Unilever CEO, Paul Polman.
Caroline Casey speaks to the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney.
Ahead of the 2020 US Presidential Election, Caroline speaks to Former Iowa Senator and co-author of the ADA, Tom Harkin.
Caroline spoke to EVP and Dean of Omnicom University, Janet Riccio.
At the Bloomberg Equality Summit, Caroline spoke to Nicola Mendelsohn, VP, EMEA at Facebook.
Caroline Casey speaks to Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the CBI.
At the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Caroline Casey talks to Former Dow Chemicals Chairman and CEO, Andrew Liveris.
Caroline Casey speaks to Rosaleen Blair, Founder and Chair of Alexander Mann Solutions.
On the 30th Anniversary of the ADA, Caroline Casey speaks to International Disability Rights Activist, Judy Heumann.
