The Valuable 500 is the global CEO community revolutionising
disability 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 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 Chair 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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