Electrocomponents Plc’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
At Electrocomponents Plc, Inclusivity is important to us, and we are committed to ensuring our people have equal opportunities regardless of their disability, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that over one billion people live with a disability globally, which impacts 15% of the world’s population, or 1 in 7 of us.
We recognise the direct impact inclusion and accessibility have on our peoples’ ability to create, develop, grow and achieve. As a result, we aim to ensure inclusion and accessibility are at the heart of our business and woven into the fabric of every part of our organisation.
As we continue in our mission to ensure every one of our people is empowered to bring their true self to work and make amazing happen, our commitments to action include:
- Championing more talent from the disabled community to join our organisation.
We don’t believe in quick fixes and acknowledge that authentic change takes time. Still, we are committed to ensuring we attract, recruit and embrace a diverse and inclusive group of individuals who want to excel in their career with us.To start, we have invested in a partnership with Jane Hatton and Evenbreak to raise awareness of our jobs amongst people with disabilities. This investment will allow us to continue developing our Life pages on the site and attract candidates on a global scale. - Continuing to strengthen our knowledge and insight into the support we can offer our people who identify with having a disability, as members of the British Disability Forum (BDF).
- Elevating and continuing to support our Employee Resources Group (ERG), LifeWorks. Launched in Summer 2020, LifeWorks has created a safe space for our people and allies to share their experiences of disability, mental health and financial wellbeing.